Board Certification
To practice medicine in the United States, doctors must be licensed by the states in which they work. However, being licensed does not indicate whether a doctor is qualified to practice in a specific medical specialty, such as pain management medicine, surgery or dermatology. One of the best ways to know if your doctor has the qualifications to provide care in a specialty is to find out if he or she is Board Certified and participating in activities to stay up-to-date with the latest advances in medicine and patient care. Dr. Kiley J. Reynolds is Board Certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology in both Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology.
Being a board certified Pain Management physician means Dr. Reynolds has completed a year of intensive training in the art of Pain Medicine at an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) certified program. Dr. Reynolds is trained and certified in state of the art procedures and adheres to current practices as determined by evidence based medicine. His participation in multiple local and national organizations continually updates his practice of Pain Medicine to ensure he is current to the national standard of care.
When you or a family member needs health care or medical treatment, you want a highly qualified doctor dedicated to providing outstanding care. When you choose a doctor who is Board Certified by one of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Member Boards, you can be confident he or she meets nationally recognized standards for education, knowledge, experience and skills to provide high quality care in a specific medical specialty. Board Certification goes above and beyond basic medical licensure.
A History of High Standards
Since 1933, the ABMS Member Boards have been certifying doctors to help assure patients as well as hospitals, health plans, insurers and the government that these doctors are qualified to provide expert health care in an ever-expanding number of medical specialties and subspecialties. With the guidance and support of ABMS, each of our 24 Member Boards is responsible for developing and implementing the educational and professional standards for quality practice in a particular medical specialty or subspecialty, as well as for evaluating candidates for Board Certification.
A Lifetime of Learning
ABMS is nationally recognized for the high standards our Member Boards set to certify doctors in various medical specialties. And to make sure Board Certified doctors continuously refresh and expand their knowledge, our Member Boards have also established the ABMS Maintenance of Certification® program for career-long self-assessment, learning and improvement activities. Board Certified doctors voluntarily meet additional standards beyond basic licensing. They demonstrate their expertise by earning Board Certification through one of the 24 Member Boards that are part of the not-for-profit American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). Before a doctor can become Board Certified, each must complete: four years of premedical education in a college or university; a course of study leading to an MD or DO degree from a qualified medical school and three to five years of full-time experience in an accredited residency training program. Each doctor earns initial Board Certification by passing a written and, in some cases, an oral examination created and administered by the Member Board in his or her specialty. This is just the first step in the career-long learning and assessment process required by the rigorous ABMS MOC® program. To maintain Board Certification, a doctor must actively keep pace with the latest advances in his or her specialty and demonstrate best practices for patient safety, communications and ethics.