Arab-American Doctor at Beth Israel Brooklyn Earns Special Distinction
KINGS HIGHWAY — Even among the likes of New York City’s professional high achievers, Samir A. Farhat, MD, FCCP, a physician in Beth Israel Brooklyn, has attained a rare distinction in medicine.
Having been board-certified previously in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care and sleep medicine, Farhat recently passed his fifth specialty board exam in neurocritical care. Most people would be proud to have one; some have two and at the most, three board certifications. Board specialty certification demonstrates exceptional expertise in a particular specialty or subspecialty.
“Board certification is the hallmark of an elite physician. It defines a licensed physician who passed a rigorous test designed by his peers and met a higher bar,” said Chaim Bernstein, MD, FCCP, chief medical Officer, Beth Israel Brooklyn, himself a triple-boarded pulmonary care specialist. “A physician who is board certified in five specialties is rare.”