February 23, 2026

Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee Meeting Summary | Fall 2025

The Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee held its fall meeting on November 7, 2025. Representatives from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and International Surgical Sleep Society (ISSS) joined for a portion of the meeting*. The following is a summary of the fall meeting. Visit the ABIM Blog for reports of prior meetings. Advisory Committee […]

Specialty Board Meeting Summaries

August 12, 2025

Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

The Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee, which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on May 13, 2025. Representatives from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) Sleep Medicine Network, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Sleep […]

Specialty Board Meeting Summaries

January 7, 2025

Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee Meeting Summary | Fall 2024

The Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee—which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty—held its fall meeting on November 12, 2024. The Advisory Committee reviewed updates on ABIM’s work in a number of key areas and discussed other pressing issues in the field. In addition, representatives from the […]

Specialty Board Meeting Summaries

June 30, 2024

Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee Meeting Summary | Spring 2024

The Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee held its spring meeting on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The agenda provided an opportunity to update the Advisory Committee on activity at ABIM and allowed for discussion of pressing issues in the field. The Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee was joined* by guests from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), […]

Specialty Board Meeting Summaries

February 16, 2024

Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee Meeting Summary | Fall 2023

The Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee held its fall meeting on Monday, December 11, 2023. The agenda provided an opportunity to update the Advisory Committee on activity at ABIM and allowed for discussion of pressing issues in the field. The Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee was joined by guests from the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck […]

Specialty Board Meeting Summaries

November 3, 2023

Important Information on References for Sleep Medicine Exams

Beginning January 1, 2024, all Sleep Medicine exam questions will use the updated criteria and evidence presented in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s (AASM) The AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events: Rules, Terminology and Technical Specifications, Version 3 (released February 2023) and The International Classification of Sleep Disorders – Third Edition, Text Revision (ICSD-3-TR, released June 2023).

Announcements

June 28, 2023

Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee Meeting Summary | Spring 2023

The Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee held its spring meeting on Monday, May 1, 2023. The agenda provided an opportunity to update the Advisory Committee on activity at ABIM and allowed for discussion of pressing issues in the field. The Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee was joined by guests from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the […]

ABIM Governance

February 3, 2023

Fall 2022 Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee Meeting Summary

The Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee held its fall meeting on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. The agenda provided an opportunity to update the Advisory Committee on activity at ABIM and allowed for discussion of pressing issues in the field. The Sleep Medicine Advisory Committee was joined by guests from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the […]

ABIM Governance, News

June 3, 2022

ABIM to Transition Sleep Medicine Certification Exam to Annual Administration

ABIM regularly monitors trends to track which areas physicians are specializing in, and uses this data to determine how often to offer assessments in a given discipline. Because of increases in the number of physicians specializing in Sleep Medicine, ABIM will being offering an annual assessment in this discipline starting in 2023. This assessment was […]

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