Do you have to be certified by American Board of Otolaryngology to be a board certified ENT?

The ABFPRS is not an ENT board. To be a board-certified ENT, you are certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology or its Canadian equivalent.

To be ABFPRS certified, you must take its exam and fulfill its education requirements, and *also* be certified by *either* the ABPS *or* the ABO or its Canadian equivalent. You do *not* need to have done ENT training to be certified by the ABFPRS.

I get prompted by Realself to answer questions when they have to do with rhinoplasty or revision rhinoplasty, so I'm guessing you're investigating board certification to select a doctor. Don't do that. These boards do not review a doctor's results in rhinoplasty and deny him certification if he doesn't measure up. Hospital privilege committees don't review a doctor's results and deny him privileges if he doesn't measure up. The boards don't know whether he treats his patients respectfully, or whether he offers them surgery when he knows he can't help them. You select your surgeon based on other matters: his before and after photos, mostly. You need to see that he has been able to accomplish for someone else, what you want for yourself, in a sort-of-similar kind of nose situation. One of the very finest middle ear surgeons I've ever had the honor of working with was not board certified at all, and I know plenty, plenty of plastic surgeons who did shamefully bad surgery for their entire careers. It's not the place to expend your efforts.

My two cents!

The only REAL plastic surgery board in the United States is the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS). In order to obtain board certification with ABPS, you need to complete an ACGME accredited 6 year plastic surgery residency or an ACGME accredited 3 year plastic surgery fellowship (after completing 5 years of general surgery training). I would ensure to find a reputable American Board of Plastic Surgery certified surgeon. Ideally, this surgeon has also completed an Aesthetic Society accredited aesthetic surgery fellowship. This will ensure your surgeon has the most amount of legitimate plastic surgery training and certifications.

That said, many plastic surgeons and ophthalmologists may apply for board certification in facial plastic surgery. In America, you must be certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology to be a board certified otolaryngologist. AKA ENT. Thank you for this question. Sincerely, Dr Joseph