The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest and most influential organization representing the voices of hundreds of thousands of physicians, residents and medical students across the United States. Founded in 1847, the AMA works to advance the interests of physicians and patients by advocating for policies that improve access to quality care, strengthen the patient-physician relationship, promote physician autonomy and wellbeing, advance science and technology, and uphold the high medical ethics of the profession. The AMA’s mission is to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
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Founded in 1930, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is a professional membership organization of 67,000 pediatricians committed to the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. AAP is the nation’s leading advocacy organization for children, and the leading source of children’s health-related information for pediatricians and their patients.
AAP also oversees HealthyChildren.org, the only parenting website backed by pediatricians, and has the largest pediatric publishing program in the world, with more than 300 titles for consumers and over 500 for physicians and other health care professionals, including Pediatrics, its monthly scientific journal, and AAP News, its membership news magazine. For more information on AAP publications, please visit http://www.aappublications.org.
AAP headquarters is in Itasca, IL.; AAP also operates a federal affairs office in Washington, DC. Join our team and play a role in shaping the way children’s health is provided in the U.S. Since 2005, AAP has been named one of the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in Chicagoland.
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The American College of Physicians is the largest medical specialty organization in the United States with members in more than 172 countries worldwide. ACP membership includes 163,000 internal medicine physicians, related subspecialists, and medical students. Internal medicine physicians are specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness.