What is board certified or eligible?

Physicians can only obtain board certified or eligible status by completing a minimum of 3 years of residency. During this rigorous training period, our doctors routinely managed thousands of complicated patients in a high stakes and high stress environment, often as the leading member of a team of healthcare professionals. The residency period culminates in a board examination, after which Physicians become board certified. Physicians who do not attempt the exam remain eligible for the test, and are therefore referred to as board eligible. The Newport Concierge Physicians team have all completed a minimum of 10,000 hours of residency training and have managed well over 10,000 cases with an attending/supervising physician prior to becoming an independent attending physician themselves.