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
1950
1957
The AMA Education Foundation changed its name to the AMA Education and Research Foundation (AMA-ERF) to also support desperately needed medical research.
1962
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.
1998
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.
2004
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.
Today's Initiatives
ACCOUNTABILITY
We know accountability is key to a successful organization. Accountability is biphasic: members must be honest with themselves, internally and must collectively support the mission of the AMA Foundation, externally. We do this through open and respectful debate.
TRANSPARENCY
We strive to maintain transparency in our decision-making, financial operations, and communications among board members, the staff, AMA, donors, awardees, and the public. Creating a culture of trust enhances our work and assures all stakeholders.
Vision
We value open-mindedness and creativity to adapt to short-term challenges while exploring innovative opportunities for long-term success.
TEAM
We are a team consisting of board and staff. We achieve our mission with the teamwork of active and engaged stakeholders. With this synergy of talent and energy, we bring together physicians and communities to improve our nation’s health.
STEWARDSHIP
We acknowledge and appreciate our donors’ philanthropy and all other contributions. We are committed to fiscal responsibility in the oversight of our mission.
INCLUSIVENESS
We embrace diversity, inclusion, and equity in all aspects at the core of who we are. We strive to create an environment as well as programs that reflect the communities we serve and in which everyone feels welcomed and empowered. We pledge a commitment to equitable treatment and nondiscrimination in all that we do.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Meet AMA Foundation Board President
Jacqueline A. Bello, MD, FACR, is an academic physician who is currently a professor of AECOM radiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. She is board certified by the American Board of Radiology, with a certificate of added qualification (CAQ) in neuroradiology. Dr. Bello currently holds positions on several medical boards, including the Board of Directors as President of The American Society of Neuroradiology, editorial board member of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR), American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors, and Executive Committees of the New York Roeentgen Society (NYRS) and the New York State Radiological Society (NYSRS). She is a fellow of the American College of Radiology and the NY Academy of medicine. During her extensive career, Dr. Bello has expanded medical knowledge by teaching in more than 100 lectures and visiting professorships at medical specialty society meetings and medical schools. Additionally, she has authored, edited, or contributed to fourteen textbooks in the fields of neurology and radiology.
Jacquline A. Bello, MD, FACR, President
Heather A. Smith, MD, MPH
President-elect
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
William Sternfeld, MD
Treasurer
GENERAL SURGERY
GENERAL SURGERY
Nancy Mueller, MD
Secretary
NEUROLOGY & PAIN MANAGEMENT
NEUROLOGY & PAIN MANAGEMENT
Sarah A. Sanders, PharmD
Immediate Past-president
PHARMACY
PHARMACY
Joshua M. Cohen, MD, MPH
Board Member
NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY
NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY
Willarda V. Edwards, MD, MBA
Board Member
INTERNAL MEDICINE
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Lisa Egbert, MD
Board Member
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Jon Ekdahl, JD
Board Member
LAW
LAW
Mary Beth Ellison
Board Member
AMA ALLIANCE REP
AMA ALLIANCE REP
Jerry D. Kennett, MD
Board Member
CARDIOVASCULAR
CARDIOVASCULAR
Jeremy Lazarus, MD
Board Member
PSYCHIATRY
PSYCHIATRY
Jordan Lippincot
Board Member
STUDENT BOARD MEMBER
STUDENT BOARD MEMBER
Thomas J. Madejski, MD
Board Member
INTERNAL MEDICINE
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Erica E. Marsh, MD, MSCI
Board Member
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Tamaan Osbourne-Roberts, MD
Board Member
FAMILY MEDICINE
FAMILY MEDICINE
Albert Ray, MD
Board Member
FAMILY MEDICINE
FAMILY MEDICINE
Melanie Walker, MD
Board Member
NEUROLOGY
NEUROLOGY
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