Definition of "board-certified" []

• Having completed the process of board certification in a specialty field. Used chiefly of physicians: The hospital maintains a staff of board-certified surgeons and anesthesiologists. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Leo Galland, M.D. is a board-certified internist, author and internationally recognized leader in integrated medicine."
• "The number of non-surgical procedures is underestimated by this report, Dr. Eaves said, because only board-certified physicians are surveyed."
• "Only 46% of U.S. hospitals have a board-certified intensivist available round the clock."