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Science Skill and Compassion Quality Healthcare Public Trust and Setting the Standards in Addiction Medicine The American Board of Addiction Medicine ABAM provides assurance to the American public that addiction medicine physicians have the knowledge and skills to prevent recognize and treat addiction. Founded in 2007 ABAM was the nations first medical specialty board that certified addiction medicine physicians across a range of medical specialties. The board set standards for physician education assessed physicians knowledge and continues to require and track lifelong education. In October 2015 the American Board of Medical Specialties formally recognized addiction medicine as a multispecialty subspecialty.