American Board of Legal Medicine

American Board of Legal Medicine

Logo of the American Board of Legal Medicine
Type	Professional Society
Headquarters	Severna Park, Maryland
Location	United States
Chairman	Peter Rheinstein
Website	http://www.ablminc.org/

The American Board of Legal Medicine sets the standards for training and certifying competency in health care law for dual degreed physician attorneys, with the self-stated aim of promoting excellence in practice through its certification process. Candidates who have completed the requisite training may take an examination to become board-certified by ABLM.

History

Peter Rheinstein, Chairman of the American Board of Legal Medicine

The current American Board of Legal Medicine is a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1951 in the state of Delaware.[1][2] In 1980, the American Board of Law in Medicine, Inc. also was incorporated in the state of Delaware. To facilitate the recognition of Legal Medicine as a specialty, the two entities merged in 1987 with the surviving entity being the American Board of Legal Medicine, Inc.

Organization

The ABLM is governed by a twelve-member board, who elect their own chairman, secretary, and treasurer.

Examination process

ABLM administers examinations to individuals with both legal and medical degrees. The Board has certified approximately 300 MD/JDs in legal medicine by means of computer-based or paper based examinations.[3] The ABLM also furnishes study materials and courses in Legal Medicine and Medical Malpractice.

Legal Medicine, 8th edition

Authored by the two primary organizations in the field, American College of Legal Medicine & American Board of Legal Medicine, Legal Medicine: Health Care Law and Medical Ethics, 8th Edition provides up-to-date information on topics surrounding professional medical liability, the business aspects of medical practice, and medicolegal and ethical issues.[4]

Board members

• Peter Rheinstein, Chairman
• Matthias Okoye,[5] Secretary
• John D. Busowski, Treasurer
• S. Sandy Sanbar, Executive Director [6]
• Michael Brooks
• Marvin Firestone
• John K. Hall
• Weldon E. Havins
• Richard Kelly
• Joseph P. McMenamin
• Daniel L. Orr II
• Richard Wilbur

Past Chairpersons

• Edgar Reed, 1980-84
• Lee Goldsmith, 1984-86
• Cyril Wecht,[7] 1986-96
• Allan Gibofsky, 1996-2003
• Sal Fiscina, 2003-2007
• S. Sandy Sanbar, 2007-2011

References

1. Collected papers, 1956-1959. American Board of Legal Medicine. Central Book Company, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1960
2. Medical Economics, Volume 30 p 154, 1953
3. Shafeek S. Sanbar, American College of Legal Medicine. Legal Medicine. 8th edition Elsevier 2024
4. Legal Medicine on Google Books https://books.google.com/books/about/Legal_Medicine_E_Book.html?id=8gajBQAAQBAJ
5. Cyril H. Wecht, Matthias I. Okoye. Forensic Investigation and Management of Mass Disasters. Lawyers & Judges Publishing 2007 p447
6. Shafeek S. Sanbar, American College of Legal Medicine. Legal Medicine. 8th edition Elsevier 2024
7. Cyril Wecht. Preparing and Winning Medical Negligence Cases. Juris Publishing, Inc. 2009