Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. It indicates that the cardiologist is board-certified.
In regards to graduate degrees, FACC could stand for Florida Association of Community Colleges or Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
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.
After a Doctor's name, FACC probably means "Fellow of the American College of Cinematography."
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
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.
No, he is not board certified in any specialties.
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
Fellow of the American Academy of Cardiology.
It's just the same thing.
what is the difference between being board "eligible" and board "certified" ?
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.