The AMA Board of Trustees chartered the AMA Education Foundation (AMA-EF) to raise and disseminate funds in support of medical schools to help relieve budget deficits and aid in resource development.
HISTORY
Who we are
The AMA Education Foundation changed its name to the AMA Education and Research Foundation (AMA-ERF) to also support desperately needed medical research.
The AMA-ERF established the Student Loan Guarantee Program to assist medical students, interns, and residents with low cost loans. Over $95 million was dispersed during the 18-year lifetime of this program. By 1963, one in seven trainees had been assisted by this program.
The AMA-ERF was reorganized and renamed the AMA Foundation to acknowledge the holistic role the AMA Foundation plays in the lives of physicians and the communities they serve. One year later, the AMA Foundation formed its own separate Board of Directors.
The AMA Foundation awards the first Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship, continuing its legacy of supporting medical students. To date, more than $110 million has been awarded to deserving medical students throughout the country.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Meet AMA Foundation Board President
Jacqueline A. Bello, MD, FACR, is an academic physician, who is Professor of Radiology and Director of Neuroradiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) in New York City. She is board certified by the American Board of Radiology, with a certificate of added qualification in neuroradiology. Dr. Bello holds leadership positions in several medical organizations, including the LCME Council, the ABMS Continuing Certification Committee and the ASNR Board of Directors. She served as Chair of the AMA Council on Medical Education and is involved in numerous AMA and AMA Foundation endeavors. During her extensive career, Dr. Bello has expanded medical knowledge by teaching, with more than 100 lectures at medical specialty society meetings and visiting professorships. She has authored, edited, or contributed to 14 textbooks in the fields of neurology and radiology. Dr. Bello has been elected to the Davidoff Society at AECOM and named Teacher of the Year by both the Columbia Presbyterian Department of Radiology and the Montefiore Medical Center Department of Radiology. She has received the Gold Medal for Meritorious Service by the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons Alumni Association, in addition to her recognition as a Columbia University President’s Alumni Medalist. She has recently assumed the role of Vice-Chair, American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors.
Jacquline A. Bello, MD, FACR, President
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