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“With almost as many acronyms as the federal government, how do we keep all of the relevant organizations straight?”
Jean Ashley, MSBC, C-TAGME, University of Louisville Kathy Miller, B.S., C-TAGME, Johns Hopkins University
Ambrosya Amlong, B.A., C-TAGME, University of Iowa Kelley Pike, B.A., Albany Medical College
Pat Jacobi, Washington University
Alphabet Soup
We only wish to disclose that we hope this information will be helpful to you one day in your
career as a coordinator.
Disclosure
CERTIFICATION
AND ACCREDITATION
ABMS – American Board of Medical Specialties
Address: 222 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1500 Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312-436-2600 Fax: 312-436-2700
Website: www.abms.org
ABP – American Board of Pediatrics
Address: 111 Silver Cedar Court Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone: 919-929-0461 Fax: 919-929-9255
Website: www.abp.org
ACGME – Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education Main Office: 515 North State Street, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60654 Phone: 312-755-5000
Fax: 312-755-7498 Website: www.acgme.org
RC – Residency Review Committee of the ACGME
Main Office: 515 North State Street, Suite 2000 Chicago, IL 60654
Phone: 312-755-5000 Fax: 312-755-7498
Website: www.acgme.org
MEMBERSHIP
ORGANIZATIONS AND
RELATED SERVICES
AAP – American Academy of Pediatrics
National Headquarters: 141 Northwest Point Blvd. Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-1098
Phone: 847-434-4000 Toll-Free: 800-433-9016
Fax: 847-434-8000 Website: www.aap.org
AMA – American Medical Association
Address: 515 N. State Street Chicago, IL 60654
Toll-free: 800.621-8335 Website: www.ama-assn.org
FREIDA – Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database
Address: 515 N. State Street Chicago, IL 60654
Toll-free: 800.621-8335 Website: www.ama-assn.org
FREIDA Online®
AAMC – Association of American Medical Colleges
Address: 2450 N. Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1126
Phone: 202-828-0400 Fax: 202-828-1125
Website: www.aamc.org
ERAS – Electronic Residency Application Service
Address: 2450 N. Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1126
Phone: 202-828-0400 Fax: 202-828-1125
Website: www.aamc.org
ECFMG– Educational Commission for Foreign
Medical Graduates Address: 3624 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-2685
Phone: 215-386-5900 Fax: 215-386-3185
Website: www.ecfmg.org
NRMP – National Resident Matching Program
Address: 2121 K Street, NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-400-2233 Toll-free: 1-866-653-6767 Website: www.nrmp.org
ASSOCIATIONS SERVING
PROGRAM DIRECTORS AND
DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
APPD – Association of Pediatric Program Directors
Address: 6728 Old McLean Village Drive McLean, VA 22101
Phone: 703-556-9222 Fax: 703-556-8729
Website: www.appd.org
MPPDA – Medicine-Pediatrics Program Directors Association
Address: 330 John Carlyle Street, Suite 610 Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-341-4540 Fax: 703-519-1893
Website: www.im.org
Medicine-Pediatrics Program Directors Association (MPPDA) MPPDA is the organization of accredited internal medicine-pediatric residency programs in the United States.
APDIM – Association of Program Directors in Internal
Medicine Address: 330 John Carlyle Street, Suite 610
Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: 703-341-4540
Fax: 703-519-1893 Website: www.im.org/APDIM.org
OPDA – Organization of Program Directors
Associations
Address: 35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 850 Chicago, IL 60601-2106
Phone: 312-224-2585 Fax: 312-644-8557
Website: www.cmss.org
AMSPDC – Association of Medical School Pediatric
Department Chairs Address: 6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101 Phone: 703-556-9222
Fax: 703-556-8729 Website: www.amspdc.org
COMSEP – Council on Medical Student Education in
Pediatrics Address: 6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101-3906 Phone: 703-556-9222
Fax: 703-556-8729 Website: www.comsep.org
FOPO – Federation of Pediatric Organizations
Address: Jean Bartholomew, ABP, Administrator 111 Silver Cedar Court Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Phone: 919-929-0461
Fax: 919-929-9255 Email: [email protected]
NACHRI – National Association of Children’s Hospitals and
Related Institutions Address: 401 Wythe Street
Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: 703-684-1355
Fax: 703-684-1589 Website: www.childrenshospitals.net
PEDIATRIC
SUBSPECIALTY SOCIETIES
ASPN – American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
Address: 3400 Research Forest Drive, Suite B-7 The Woodlands, TX 77381
Phone: 281-419-0052 Fax: 281-419-0082
Website: www.aspneph.com
PIDS – Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Address: 1300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22209 Phone: 703-299-6764
Fax: 703-299-0473 Website: www.pids.org
PES – Pediatric Endocrine Society
Address: 6728 Old McLean Village Drive McLean, VA 22101
Phone: 703-556-9222 Fax: 703-556-8729
Website: www.lwpes.org
SAHM – Society for Adolescent Health and
Medicine
Address: 111 Deer Lake Road, Suite 100 Deerfield, IL 60015
Phone: 847-753-5226 Fax: 847-480-9282
Website: www.adolescenthealth.org
SDBP – Society for Developmental and
Behavioral Pediatrics Address: 6728 Old McLean Village Drive
McLean, VA 22101 Phone: 703-556-9222
Fax: 703-556-8729 Website: www.sdbp.org
CoPS– Council of Pediatric Subspecialties
Address: 6728 Old McLean Village Drive McLean, VA 22101
Phone: 703-556-9222 Fax: 703-556-8729
Website: www.pedsubs.org
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
SOCIETIES & MEETINGS
PAS – Pediatric Academic Societies (a meeting
sponsored by: APA, APS, SPR, AAP)
Address: 3400 Research Forest Drive, Suite B-7 The Woodlands, TX 77381
Phone: 281-419-0052 Fax: 281-419-0082
Website: www.pas-meeting.org
SPR – Society for Pediatric Research
Address: 3400 Research Forest Drive, Suite B-7 The Woodlands, TX 77381
Phone: 281-419-0052 Fax: 281-419-0082
Website: www.aps-spr.org
APS – American Pediatric Society
Address: 3400 Research Forest Drive, Suite B-7 The Woodlands, TX 77381
Phone: 281-419-0052 Fax: 281-419-0082
Website: www.aps-spr.org
APA – Academic Pediatric Association
National Office: 6728 Old McLean Village Drive McLean, Virginia 22101
Phone: 703-556-9222 Fax: 703-556-8729
Website: www.academicpeds.org
