The American Board of Legal Medicine, Inc.

ABLM

ABOUT ABLM

ABLM is a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1951 in the state of Delaware.

In 1980, the American Board of Law in Medicine, Inc. also was incorporated in the state of Delaware.

ABOUT ABLM

In 1987, the two entities merged in order to facilitate the recognition of Legal Medicine as a specialty.

Presently, the surviving entity is the American Board of Legal Medicine, Inc.

The American Board of Legal Medicine, Inc. (ABLM):

1. Develops, promotes and publishes the specific criteria required for the admission of candidates for examination in Legal Medicine.

The American Board of Legal Medicine, Inc. (ABLM):

2. Examines candidates and certifies as Diplomates in Legal Medicine those who successfully meet all the requirements.

ABLM Chairmen since 1980

Edgar Reed, MD, JD 1980-1984Lee Goldsmith, MD, JD 1984-1986Cyril Wecht, MD, JD 1986-1996Allan Gibofsky, MD, JD 1996-2003Sal Fiscina, MD, JD 2003-2007S. Sandy Sanbar, MD, PhD, JD 2007-

Current ABLM Officers

S. Sandy Sanbar, MD, PhD, JD, FCLM, Chairman, ABLM

Matthias I. Okoye, MD, JD, FCLM, Secretary, ABLM

Peter H. Rheinstein, MD, JD, MS, FCLM, FAAFP, Treasurer, ABLM

ABLM Trustees

1. Marvin H. Firestone, MD, JD, FCLM2. Weldon E. Havins, MD, JD, FCLM3. Curtis E. Harris, MD, JD, FCLM4. John K. Hall, MD, JD, MBA, FCLM5. Don Harper Mills, MD, JD, FCLM, 6. Daniel L. Orr, II, DDS, MD, PhD, JD, FCLM7. Michael M. Raskin, MD,JD, MS, MPH, MA, FCLM

8. Cyril H. Wecht, MD, JD, FCLM9. Richard Wilbur, M.D., JD, FCLM10. Ex-Officio: Melvin Shiffman, MD, JD, FCLM

ABLM Website

www.ablminc.org ABLM By-LawsEligibility for Examination General RequirementsDegrees, Licenses & RegistrationApplication for Examination – Exam will

be Online July 2010. Please Apply Now for Board Certification.

Definition of ABLM Diplomate

ABLM Diplomate is a licensed physician/attorney who holds a certificate from the American Board of Legal Medicine, attesting to satisfactory evidence of special training and competence, demonstrated by successfully completing a Board Certification examination in Legal Medicine.

ABLM Diplomate is a “Hybrid”

ABLM Diplomate is “NOT” merely a Physician or an Attorney. He/She is a Physician-Attorney.

ABLM has the very highest competency standard in the U.S.

ABLM requires a second Doctorate degree (JD) to qualify

ABLM Diplomate is a “Hybrid”

ABLM standard surpasses ALL other nationally recognized certifying organizations:

ABMS AOA Specialty Boards ABPS

ABLM Board Certified Specialist

Virtually all Dual-Degreed MD’s & DO’s acquire Residency training in a medical specialty or subspecialty

The ABLM regards the additional 2-3 years of education in an Accredited University School of Law as the “Equivalent of Fellowship” in a medical specialty.

ABLM Board Certified Specialist

May an ABLM Diplomate claim that he/she is a “Board Certified” Legal Medicine Specialist?

By Statute or Regulation, most States, including Oklahoma, do not allow physicians to publicly claim to be “Board Certified”, unless the Specialty is recognized, or equivalent, to an ABMS.

ABLM: Holds Highest Standard

Because the ABLM requires physicians to have a second doctoral degree (JD), its standard is not only equivalent to, but in fact EXCEEDS the ABMS Standard.

No State Medical Licensing Board has prohibited the “HYBRID” ABLM Physician-Attorney Diplomates from claiming they are “Board Certified” Legal Medicine Specialists.

2009: Ruling by the OSBMLS

The ABLM is NOT recognized as an ABMS Specialty, which requires only an MD degree, and NOT Dual Degrees.

In 2009, in a historic U.S. case of first impression by a State licensing Board, Sanbar, as required by Rule, petitioned the OSBMLS to permit him to publicly use the words, “Board Certified” by the ABLM.

UNIQUE Ruling by OSBMLS

Upon Review & Consideration of the Sanbar Case in Executive session, the OSBMLS ruled that: “Physician-Attorneys” DO NOT fall under

the Rule, which applies to MD “Physicians.”The Board has NO Jurisdiction over

“Physician-Attorneys” (HYBRID);Therefore, Sanbar may claim that he is

“Board Certified” by the ABLM.

ABLM Goals: 2007-2010

Model Curriculum for Legal Medicine;Board Review Courses, Seminars &

Mock Trials;E-Book: LEGAL MEDICINE & MEDICAL

ETHICS, 8th Edition, 2010;ABLM e-Journal (JABLM) at ABLM

Website www.ablminc.org;

JOINT PROGRAMS with:American College of Legal Medicine State and National OrganizationsMedical Organizations: State & County,

& NationalLiability Insurance Companies Pharmaceutical Companies, etc….

2007-2008 ABLM Seminars

1. 2007 Board Review Course - ACLM Meeting

2. 2007 - A DAY WITH THE JUDGES Seminar – Sponsors OSMA, PLICO & Integris Health, Inc.

3. 2008 - A DAY WITH THE JUDGES Seminar – Sponsors OSMA, PLICO & Francis Hospital, Tulsa

4. Four Medical-Legal Cruise Seminars

2009 – ABLM Seminars/Courses

1. Mock Trial: ACLM Meeting, Las Vegas2. Mock Trial –Sponsors: OSMA & PLICO3. A DAY WITH THE JUDGES –

Sponsors: OSMA, PLICO, & Integris4. Medical Legal Cruise Seminars –

Caribbean Cruise in January, and Alaska Cruise in August

CSI Seminar: Nebraska Institute of Forensic Sciences, Kearney, NE

ABLM Seminars in 2010

www.ablminc.org