Skip to main content

Table 2 The number of medical specialists according to the American Board of Medical Specialties

From: Acceptance and use of complementary and alternative medicine among medical specialists: a 15-year systematic review and data synthesis

No.

American Board of Medical Specialties

Studies

Participants

1

Allergy and Immunology

-

-

2

Anesthesiology

4

342

3

Colon and Rectal Surgery

-

-

4

Dermatology

-

-

5

Emergency Medicine

-

-

6

Family Medicine

3

296

7

Internal Medicine

11

2,108

8

Medical Genetics and Genomics

-

-

9

Neurological Surgery

1

24

10

Nuclear Medicine

-

-

11

Obstetrics and Gynecology

5

326

12

Ophthalmology

-

-

13

Orthopaedic Surgery

-

-

14

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

1

49

15

Pathology

-

-

16

Pediatrics

6

2,130

17

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

3

104

18

Plastic Surgery

-

-

19

Preventive Medicine

-

-

20

Psychiatry and Neurology

2

22

21

Radiology

-

-

22

Surgery

3

564

23

Thoracic Surgery

-

-

24

Urology

-

-

Total

39

5,965