Dr. John Fullerton is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Hospice & Palliative Medicine, and Addiction Medicine (by the ABAM), as well as board certified as a Medical Review Officer (MRO), Medical Director, Forensic Physician, and Home Care Physician.
Board certification is a voluntary act and there is no mandate that doctors become board certified. However, board certification demonstrates a physician’s exceptional expertise in a particular specialty and/or subspecialty of medical practice and has become the gold standard when looking for credentials of physicians.
For the patient, board certification provides the assurance that doctors have not only been trained in their specialty, but have been tested with a national standardized examination.