Board Certification

All members of the Medical Staff are required to hold specialty board certification or eligibility in their primary practice specialty.   Certification must be obtained within 7 years of completing the corresponding training.

Specialty board certification status must be maintained either through recertification exams or through Maintenance of Certification programs (MOC).

The only exceptions shall be:

• Internationally trained physicians who are ineligible to take the U.S. board examination
• Those physicians previously grandfathered into board certification by UMass Memorial Medical Center
• Completed waiver request approved by the Credentials Committee, Medical Staff Executive Committee and Patient Care Assessment Committee