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
Dr. Sarah Sanders served as the 2014-15 President of the AMA Alliance. One of the first committees she chaired at the county level of the Alliance was the American Medical Association Education and Research Foundation Committee, now known as the AMA Foundation. Dr. Sanders received her bachelor of science in pharmacy and doctor of pharmacy degrees from Purdue University and received a master’s of arts in gerontology from Ball State University. She taught at Butler University College of Pharmacy as an assistant professor and also was a guest lecturer at Temple University School of Pharmacy. Dr. Sanders has volunteered on many boards and committees in the various communities in which she has lived including serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Open Door Community Health Services, Inc. in Muncie, Indiana. She is a past chair of the Minority Advocacy Council of Purdue University College of Pharmacy and continues to sit on that council. She also serves as a member of the Strategic Research Advisory Council of Purdue University.
Sarah Sanders, PharmD, President
Jacqueline A. Bello, MD
President-elect
NEURORADIOLOGY
NEURORADIOLOGY
Heather A. Smith, MD, MPH
Secretary
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
William Sternfeld, MD
Treasurer
GENERAL SURGERY
GENERAL SURGERY
Patricia L. Austin, MD
Immediate Past President
OPHTHALMOLOGY
OPHTHALMOLOGY
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
OB-GYN
OB-GYN
Mary Beth Ellison
Board Member
Jon Ekdahl, JD
Board Member
Russell W.H. Kridel, MD
Board Member
FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY
FACIAL PLASTIC SURGERY
Nancy Kyler
Board Member
Erica E. Marsh, MD, MSCI
Board Member
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Nancy Mueller, MD
Board Member
NEUROLOGY & PAIN MANAGEMENT
NEUROLOGY & PAIN MANAGEMENT
Tamaan Osbourne-Roberts, MD
Board Member
FAMILY MEDICINE
FAMILY MEDICINE
Melanie Walker, MD
Board Member
NEUROLOGY
NEUROLOGY
Jordan Lippincot
Student Board Member
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