Six Hospice Physicians Among the First to Become Certified

    Six Hospice of Palm Beach County physicians have successfully passed the first ABMS sponsored certification examination for the newly created Hospice and Palliative Medicine sub-specialty and have obtained their ABMS certificate of added qualification.
   
    The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) approved the creation of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) as a sub-specialty of ten participating boards in September 2006, and the first examination was administered by the American Board of Internal Medicine in October 2008.
   
    The six physicians who received the certification are:
   
    Richard Levene, DO, FAAFP, FAAHPM: VP of Medical Affairs
    Faustino Gonzalez, MD: Access Medical Director
    Robert Dudley, MD: Unit Medical Director
    Daniel Fortier, MD: Assistant Medical Director
    Marie Tromans, MD: Assistant Medical Director
    Michael Falkowitz, MD: Assistant Medical Director