Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. It indicates that the cardiologist is board-certified.
After a Doctor's name, FACC probably means "Fellow of the American College of Cinematography."
A practicing doctor who is not board certified is still a licensed physician who has met a minimum set of requirements. Board certification means the doctor is highly specialized in a certain area of medicine.
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart. FACC is an acronym that stands for Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and FHRS stands for Fellowship in the Heart Rhythm Society.
There is no such board certified chiropractic. It is an incomplete terminology. It must be "board certified chiropractic "something" like orthopedist, neurologist, radiologist...etc. Board certified chiropractic specialist means doctor of chiropractic (DC) who is certified by specialty boards such as neurology, orthopedic, radiology...etc. by passing specialty board examinations. Usually, the board certified doctors have an extensive training (2-3 years of residency) in the specialty to obtain the credential.
FAAFP after a doctor's name means she's board certified through the American Academy of Familiy Practice.
The suffix "ABFM" signifies that the physician is board-certified by the The American Board of Family Medicine. Board-certified physicians are also known as "Diplomates" of their respective specialty's certifying board. For example, "Dr. Robert Jones, M.D., ABFM" means that Dr. Jones is a diplomate or in other words is board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. "Dr. William Smith, D.O., ACC" is a diplomate or is board-certified by the American College of Cardiology.
According to the doctor I work for who has this next to his name, means, Fellow of Surgeons of Vascular Medicine. They are board certified in a spcialty.
I can't figure out what this question is supposed to mean. There is apparently a plastic surgeon by that name in New York, and as far as I can tell he is a valid, board certified, plastic surgeon.
MD almost certainly means "Doctor of Medicine". FICC could mean "Fellow of the International College of Chiropractors". That would be an unusual combination. More likely, FICC means "Fellow of Indian College of Cardiology". There are a couple of other less likely meanings for the abbreviation, but if your doctor got his or her training in India, it is probably the latter.
In regards to graduate degrees, FACC could stand for Florida Association of Community Colleges or Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.