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Since 2011, the ABA has offered certification in sleep medicine (SM), a subspecialty caring for patients with sleep problems and specific sleep disorders.
Sleep medicine encompasses a multidisciplinary body of knowledge regarding the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathophysiology and pharmacology of sleep and wakefulness and their disorders.
After you register for your exam in ABA GO, ABIM will reach out to schedule.
Exam Date
Nov. 10, 2025
Standard Registration
Dec. 1, 2024-June 15, 2025
Fees
$2400 Retake: $1800
The SM exam is administered by ABIM; therefore, the ABA does not offer MOCA Minute questions covering sleep medicine. ABIM provides two options for maintaining your SM subspecialty certification: a recertification exam or Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment (LKA)
If you’re already certified in sleep medicine, you can take the SM Recertification Exam once in your 10-year MOCA cycle to maintain your subspecialty certification.
LKA offers an alternative to traditional recertification exams.
Over the course of 5 years, you’ll be offered 600 questions and must open at least 500 to meet the LKA Participation Requirement.
You’ll receive 30 questions at the start of each quarter and can answer them any time before the end of that quarter. If you don’t meet the Participation Requirement, ABIM will let you know, and you’ll be able to take the traditional, 10-year MOC exam to stay certified.
