HOD Organization

Member organizations of the AMA House of Delegates

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All 50 states are represented in the House of Delegates (HOD), along with the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 

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Other groups entitled to a seat(s) in the HOD are:

  • U.S. Air Force
  • U.S. Army
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • U.S. Navy
  • U.S. Public Health Service

More than 120 national medical specialty and other societies make up the Federation of Medicine.

  • Academy of Physicians in Clinical Research
  • Aerospace Medical Association
  • AMDA—The Society for Post-acute and Long-term Care Medicine
  • American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
  • American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
  • American Academy of Dermatology
  • American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • American Academy of Family Physicians
  • American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • American Academy of Insurance Medicine
  • American Academy of Neurology
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy Inc. 
  • American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
  • American Academy of Pain Medicine
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
  • American Academy of Sleep Medicine
  • American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 
  • American Association for Hand Surgery
  • American Association for Thoracic Surgery
  • American Association of Clinical Endocrinology
  • American Association of Clinical Urologists, Inc. 
  • American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons
  • American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine
  • American Association of Plastic Surgeons
  • American Association of Public Health Physicians
  • American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
  • American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  • American College of Cardiology
  • American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST)
  • American College of Emergency Physicians
  • American College of Gastroenterology
  • American College of Legal Medicine
  • American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
  • American College of Medical Quality
  • American College of Mohs Surgery
  • American College of Nuclear Medicine
  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • American College of Physicians
  • American College of Preventive Medicine
  • American College of Radiation Oncology
  • American College of Radiology
  • American College of Rheumatology
  • American College of Surgeons
  • American Contact Dermatitis Society
  • American Gastroenterological Association
  • American Geriatrics Society
  • American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
  • American Orthopaedic Association
  • American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
  • American Psychiatric Association
  • American Rhinologic Society
  • American Roentgen Ray Society
  • American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • American Society for Clinical Pathology
  • American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
  • American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  • American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
  • American Society for Radiation Oncology
  • American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
  • American Society for Reproductive Medicine
  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • American Society of Addiction Medicine
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists
  • American Society of Breast Surgeons
  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
  • American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
  • American Society of Cytopathology
  • American Society of Dermatopathology
  • American Society of Echocardiography
  • American Society of Hematology
  • American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
  • American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
  • American Society of Neuroimaging
  • American Society of Neuroradiology
  • American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
  • American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
  • American Society of Retina Specialists
  • American Society of Transplant Surgeons
  • American Thoracic Society
  • American Urological Association
  • American Vein and Lymphatic Society
  • Americas Hernia Society
  • AMSUS The Society of Federal Health Professionals
  • Association for Clinical Oncology
  • Association of University Radiologists
  • College of American Pathologists
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • Heart Rhythm Society
  • Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • International College of Surgeons: U.S. Section
  • International Pain and Spine Intervention Society
  • International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery
  • International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery
  • National Association of Medical Examiners
  • North American Neuromodulation Society
  • North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
  • North American Spine Society
  • Obesity Medicine Association
  • Outpatient Endovascular and Interventional Society
  • Radiological Society of North America
  • Renal Physicians Association
  • Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
  • Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  • Society for Investigative Dermatology, Inc. 
  • Society for Vascular Surgery
  • Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
  • Society of Cardiovascular and Computed Tomography
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • Society of Hospital Medicine
  • Society of Interventional Radiology
  • Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
  • Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  • The Endocrine Society
  • The Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons
  • The Triological Society
  • Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
  • American Medical Women’s Association
  • American Osteopathic Association
  • National Medical Association
  • American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
  • American Medical Group Association
  • GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality

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