• Testamur - An individual who has successfully passed the ASCeXAM, PTEeXAM, ReASCE, or RePTE examination and has chosen not to apply for certification.
• Diplomate - An individual who has successfully passed the ASCeXAM, PTEeXAM, ReASCE, or RePTE examination and has provided documentation of their education and level of service, and satisfied the other requirements set by the NBE.
• Recertification Maintenance for Testamurs or Diplomates of the ASCeXAM or PTEeXAM - Testamurs and Diplomates are required to take the recertification examination in either the 9th, 10th, or 11th year surrounding their 10-year anniversary date to maintain their status with the NBE.
  • Early - Testamurs and Diplomates will take or have passed the recertification examination in their 9th year surrounding their 10-year anniversary date.
  • On Time - Testamurs and Diplomates will take or have passed the recertification examination in their 10th year surrounding their 10-year anniversary date.
  • Graced - Testamurs and Diplomates will take or have passed the recertification examination in their 11th year surrounding their 10-year anniversary date. The NBE allows individuals an extra year after their 10-year anniversary date to take recertification examination before certification status has lapsed.
• Indefinite - Testamur status is valid indefinitely.

Verification of Physician's Certification Status
(Status as of March 6, 2009)

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The physician certification status search is temporarily offline. Please check back later. We apologize for any inconvenience.

In the meantime, you may check for certification status in the alphabetized lists below:

Last Name	Exact name Name sounds like	City	State	Country -Select country- Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada China Cyprus Egypt Germany Hong Kong Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Korea, Republic of Lebanon Netherlands New Zealand Oman Portugal Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Venezuela United States
Exam(s) Passed ASCeXAM	Testamur/Certification Status -Select Certification- Comprehensive Transesophageal Transthoracic Transthoracic Plus Transesophageal Transthoracic Plus Stress TESTAMUR
ReASCE	-Select Certification- Comprehensive Transesophageal Transthoracic Transthoracic Plus Transesophageal Transthoracic Plus Stress TESTAMUR
PTEeXAM	-Select Certification- Perioperative Transesophageal TESTAMUR
RePTE	-Select Certification- Perioperative Transesophageal TESTAMUR

Search tip: Use two-letter abbreviations for U.S. states and Canadian provinces.

The results of this verification search serve as primary source verification of credentials by the NBE. It is your responsibility to provide sufficient identifiers to assure the person reported by the verification system is the physician you seek.

Alphabetized List of Testamur/Certification Status

ASCeXAM: 1996–March 2009

ReASCE: 2005–March 2009

PTEeXAM: 1998–March 2009

RePTE: March 2009

Interested to know whether or not a physician is certified in Nuclear Cardiology or Computed Tomography?
Continue to the following sites to check for this information:

• Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology
  http://64.78.6.90/certificationSearch/index.cfm?search=CBNC
  
  
• Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
  http://64.78.6.90/certificationSearch/index.cfm?search=CBCCT

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