Subspecialty Certification: Correctional Medicine 

Eligibility Requirements

  • Have graduated from a COCA-accredited college of osteopathic medicine and have completed an AOA or ACGME-accredited training program OR be a graduate of a LCME-accredited medical school and have completed an ACGME-accredited training program.

  • AOA Board Certified in either Family Practice, Internal Medicine, or Occupational and Preventive Medicine

  • Have satisfactorily completed a two-year Correctional Medicine Fellowship (one year if the MPH degree is already completed)

Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-COM) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is the only fellowship program in this field currently approved by the American Osteopathic Conjoint Committee of Correctional Medicine.  The Correctional Medicine Written Examination will be offered annually at the fall OMED conference.

For More Information

Visit certification.osteopathic.org/correctional-medicine or contact:

Certification Director:  Karissa Delgado
  • American Osteopathic Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AOBPM&R)
  • American Osteopathic Board of Preventive Medicine (AOBPM)
  • Correctional Medicine
  • Pain Medicine
  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

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