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
Building an engaged network
We are building an engaged network of physicians and communities that will result in targeted, measurable improvement to our nation's health.
Uniting physicians and communities
We are uniting the work of physicians with communities across the country to provide significant improvements for access to high-quality health care to some of our most vulnerable populations.
Identifying best practices
We are identifying and promoting the best models of health care practice and education in order to help scale them across the country.
Developing future leaders
We are developing the physician leaders of tomorrow who will guide the medical profession and provide the highest-quality care to underserved communities.
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
Jacqueline A. Bello, MD
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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