Statistics

The total number of ABPS Board Certified Plastic Surgeons since 1937 is 10,285.

Approximately 7,644 are in active practice as of January 2023.

WRITTEN EXAMINATION 2010 - 2022
YEAR	TOTAL TEST TAKERS	TOTAL PASS	TOTAL PASS RATE	PASS - First Time Test Takers Only. Not Reference Group.	PASS RATE - First Time Test Takers Only	TOTAL FAIL	TOTAL FAIL RATE
2010	230	195	84.8%	184	94.4%	35	15.2%
2011	234	201	85.9%	193	95.5%	33	14.1%
2012	239	207	86.6%	199	94.8%	32	13.4%
2013	179	151	84.4%	136	94.4%	28	15.6%
2014	225	198	88.0%	192	96.5%	27	12.0%
2015	229	207	90.4%	198	95.7%	22	9.6%
2016	240	229	95.4%	217	99.1%	11	4.6%
2017	229	202	88.2%	202	92.7%	27	11.8%
2018	232	199	85.8%	192	88.9%	33	14.2%
2019	230	198	86.1%	179	91.3%	32	13.9%
2020	219	188	85.8%	178	90.4%	31	14.2%
2021	289	254	87.9%	249	92.2%	35	12.1%
2022	282	245	86.9%	224	90.3%	37	13.1%

ORAL EXAMINATION 2010 - 2022
YEAR	TOTAL TEST TAKERS	TOTAL PASS	TOTAL PASS RATE	PASS - First Time Test Takers Only	PASS RATE - First Time Test Takers Only	TOTAL FAIL	TOTAL FAIL RATE
2010	210	164	78.1%	138	81.7%	46	21.9%
2011	219	176	80.4%	148	84.1%	43	19.6%
2012	234	182	77.8%	163	82.7%	52	22.2%
2013	248	220	88.7%	181	92.3%	28	11.3%
2014	195	158	81.0%	138	83.6%	37	19.0%
2015	231	203	87.9%	179	91.8%	28	12.1%
2016	222	195	87.8%	173	90.1%	27	12.2%
2017	223	213	95.5%	196	98.0%	10	4.5%
2018	225	209	92.9%	198	94.3%	16	7.1%
2019	180	167	92.8%	161	93.6%	13	7.2%
2020	215	192	89.3%	182	89.7%	23	10.7%
2021	209	183	87.6%	180	88.2%	26	12.4%
2022	247	235	95.1%	218	95.2%	12	4.9%

Continuous Certification (formerly MOC-PS) Examination 2010-2021
YEAR	TOTAL TEST TAKERS	TOTAL PASS	TOTAL PASS RATE	TOTAL FAIL	TOTAL FAIL RATE	MOC renewed via Hand Exam	Total # Recertified
2010	233	225	96.6%	8	3.4%	6	231
2011	174	168	96.6%	6	3.4%	5	173
2012	156	154	98.7%	2	1.3%	9	163
2013	224	216	96.4%	8	3.6%	13	229
2014	271	264	97.4%	7	2.6%	16	280
2015	306	289	94.4%	17	5.6%	24	313
2016	359	349	97.2%	10	2.8%	16	365
2017	404	395	97.8%	9	2.2%	25	420
2018	284	268	94.4%	16	5.6%	28	296
2019	384	384	100.0%	0	0.0%	18	402
2020	425	425	100.0%	0	0.0%	18	443
2021	216	216	100.0%	0	0.0%	5	221

The CC Examination transitioned to the Longitudinal Learning Assessments after 2021

HAND SURGERY EXAMINATION 2011-2022
YEAR	TOTAL TEST TAKERS	TOTAL PASS	TOTAL PASS RATE	PASS - First Time Test Takers Only	PASS RATE - First Time Test Takers Only	TOTAL FAIL	TOTAL FAIL RATE
2011	25	20	80.0%	19	82.6%	5	20.0%
2012	28	23	82.1%	18	81.8%	5	17.9%
2013	25	19	76.0%	19	82.6%	6	24.0%
2014	33	29	87.9%	27	90.0%	4	12.1%
2015	26	23	88.5%	22	88.0%	3	11.5%
2016	39	35	89.7%	33	94.3%	4	10.3%
2017	21	17	81.0%	17	81.0%	4	19.0%
2018	41	35	85.4%	38	89.5%	6	14.6%
2019	29	25	86.3%	25	92.0%	4	13.8%
2020	32	27	84.4%	25	86.2%	5	15.6%
2021	40	38	95.0%	38	97.44%	2	5.0%
2022	33	29	87.9%	27	93.10%	4	12.1%

HAND RECERTIFICATION EXAMINATION 2007-2019
YEAR	TOTAL TEST TAKERS	TOTAL PASS	TOTAL PASS RATE	PASS - First Time Test Takers Only	PASS RATE - First Time Test Takers Only	TOTAL FAIL	TOTAL FAIL RATE
2007	32	24	75.0%	19	86.4%	8	25.0%
2008	19	18	94.7%	11	91.7%	1	5.3%
2009	34	30	88.2%	16	88.9%	4	11.8%
2010	37	28	75.7%	15	78.9%	9	24.3%
2011	30	27	90.0%	18	100%	3	10.0%
2012	32	29	90.6%	13	92.9%	3	9.4%
2013	31	28	90.3%	7	100.0%	3	9.7%
2014	34	28	82.4%	10	90.9%	6	17.6%
2015	31	29	93.5%	10	100%	2	6.5%
2016	24	23	95.8%	7	87.5%	1	4.2%
2017	36	35	97.2%	13	100%	1	2.8%
2018	29	29	100%	16	100%	0	0%

Effective in 2019 HR was transitioned to CC Hand Module