Affinity Groups

CFAS represents the collective interests of medical school faculty and academic societies on a range of cross-cutting issues.

The CMOG engages academic medical center CMOs and helps to enhance knowledge and skills to successfully meet the clinical and business demands of their role.

The COD is comprised of AAMC-member medical school deans and has as its purpose the continuing improvement of the nation’s medical schools.

COF provides a national forum for leaders promoting hospital and physician compliance and ethical conduct in billing, privacy, and data integrity.

CAHSE members are health system and teaching hospital CEOs. They focus on how key changes in health care delivery and policy uniquely impact their organizations

FOCI provides a national forum for leadership who oversee and manage conflict of interest related to research, medical education, and clinical decision-making.

GRR provides a forum for federal relations staff at medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic societies.

The GBA is comprised of leaders at medical schools with responsibilities in finance, administration, operations, HR, planning, and department management.

The GDI unites expertise, experience, and innovation to guide the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout medicine and biomedical sciences.

The GEA advances medical education and educators through faculty and curriculum development, scholarship, research, and assessment.

The GFA builds and sustains faculty vitality in medical schools and teaching hospitals by supporting faculty affairs and faculty development leaders.

The GFP is comprised of physician executives and administrative leaders and supports them to meet the challenges of health care delivery in faculty practice.

The GIA helps alumni relations, communications, development, marketing, and public affairs professionals increase awareness and support for academic medicine.

The GIP engages with strategic planners and facilities managers at academic medical centers to enhance their skills, knowledge, and sharing of best practices.

The GIR promotes the use of IT and information resources in academic medicine across all of the missions and the institutional level.

The GRMC fosters and promotes professional growth and development, information sharing, communication, and discussion of key issues related to RMCs and beyond.

GRAND convenes research leaders in discussion of issues critical to the research enterprise and linking research advancements with improvements to health.

GREAT provides a forum for discussion of the research training enterprise with leadership of biomedical graduate, postdoctoral, and MD-PhD programs.

The GRA, an authoritative source on GME practices and administration, represents leaders overseeing accreditation, education, administration, and financing.

GSA convenes leaders in medical school admissions, student affairs, diversity affairs, financial aid and student records to address key student services issues.

GWIMS advances participation and inclusion of women by nationally addressing gender equity, recruitment, retention, mentorship, awards, and career advancement.

ORR provides input into the development of AAMC policy and is a leadership and professional development pipeline for residents interested in academic medicine.

The OSR provides medical students a voice in academic medicine at a national level and promotes the expression of student ideas and views on learner issues.