Sunbury Community Hospital physicians, John P. Pagana, M.D., and Jessica Pagana-DeFazio, D.O., have recently completed requirements for Board Recertification from the American Board of Family Medicine.  Board Certification confers a standard of excellence in knowledge and practice to physicians who not only certify via examination process, but who also work diligently on the maintenance of these skills during the seven-year cycle between examinations.

Founded in 1969, the American Board of Family Medicine, is a voluntary, not for profit, private organization whose purposes include improving the quality of medical care available to the public, establishing and maintaining standards of excellence in the specialty of Family Medicine, improving the standards of medical education for training in Family Medicine, and determining by evaluation the fitness of specialists in Family Medicine who apply for and hold certificates.

To achieve recertification by the ABFM, a family physician must verify the completion of 300 hours of acceptable continuing medical education over the past six years; possess a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the United States; and successfully complete a one-day, written examination of cognitive knowledge and problem-solving abilities.