Certifying Examination

This form covers information regarding the applicant’s undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate medical education.

Review, sign and date the attestation online. Approval of the application is contingent upon approval by the applicant’s program director, who will be contacted separately.

Note: To avoid the late fee, the signature form must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. ET on the deadline date.

Applicants still in residency must also provide a letter from their residency program director attesting that they have satisfactorily completed three progressive years of general surgery or integrated vascular surgery residency and that they have a guaranteed categorical residency position available for the applicant upon completion of SCC training. These applicants must email this letter from to the exam coordinator.

Reports uploaded prior to meeting the required cases numbers will be deleted and a note regarding its deficiencies will be posted to the applicant’s portal.  Applicants are responsible for monitoring their portal and uploading the report meeting all case requirements.

If applicant is completing an ACGME-accredited fellowship: Applicants must upload a copy of their ACGME Surgical Critical Care Defined Category and Minimum report (preferred). ABS will also accept an ACGME Critical Care Patient Report if the report by category is not available (must allow for additional processing time). These are the ONLY reports that will be accepted. Other types of documentation, even if they contain similar information, will be rejected upon review.

The report must include a minimum of 200 total critical care patients managed and must meet the required minimums for each category. Please see the ACGME Case Minimum Requirements: Surgical Critical Care (pdf) for details on each category and number of cases required. Patients may fit into multiple categories and may be counted more than once. Patients who die and meet these criteria should be included; there is no limit on the number of deaths reported.

All other applicants: Complete and submit the ABS report of critical care experience via the ABS website. All case number requirements must be met.

For each patient, you will provide the patient ID and select the applicable categories:

Categories: Advanced Mechanical Ventilation; Airway Management – Intubation; Airway Management – Bronchoscopy; Shock Management; Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy; Dysrhythmia Management; Neurologic Management; Hepatic Failure Management; Noninvasive Cardiac Output Monitoring; Nutrition; Gastrointestinal Disorders; Infection; Miscellaneous Procedures*; Injury; Endocrine Disorders; Organ Failure; End-of-Life Care

* Miscellaneous Procedures includes central venous catheter placement, tube thoracostomy, thoracentesis, paracentesis, diagnostic peritoneal lavage, fasciotomy, escharotomy and proficiency in management of procedural complications.

Submit the nonrefundable credit card payment (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover) where indicated; a completed application form must be submitted first. A separate exam fee will also be required once the application is approved.

Note: The total application fee due will be based on when the application fee is paid. To avoid the late fee, payment of the application fee must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. ET on the deadline date.