The AAMC’s Impact: Leading and Serving Academic Medicine
For decades, the AAMC has proudly:
- Supported medical schools, academic health systems, and teaching hospitals in developing the physician workforce, caring for patients and communities, and advancing medical knowledge.
- Supported the mission-focused people who lead these institutions.
- Served as the national voice and advocate for academic medicine.
As a 501(c)(3), purpose-driven organization, we reinvest our revenue back into programs, products, and services that support the entire academic medicine community and the health of people everywhere.
Speaking and Advocating for Academic Medicine
The AAMC is the leading voice and advocate for medical schools, academic health systems and teaching hospitals, and academic societies.
244,000 medical students, residents, researchers, faculty members, physicians, and others make up the AAMC-supported grassroots community calling for solutions to critical issues in academic medicine.
A permanent injunction resulted from an AAMC-led lawsuit challenging abruptly announced cuts to federal reimbursements of facilities and administrative (F&A) costs for research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
800 national, regional, and trade media outlets (print, online, and broadcast) cited the AAMC in 2024.
Serving as the Professional Home for Academic Medicine
AAMC resources support purpose-driven careers in academic medicine through professional and leadership development, peer communities, and member engagement.
1,775 job opportunities in academic medicine are posted each year on AAMC CareerConnect, along with career guidance for job seekers.
9,000 people are connecting with peers and sharing resources across 80 AAMC Communities.
Nearly 10,000 people attended at least one of the AAMC’s 60 professional development workshops, conferences, and webinars in 2024. An additional 4,500 people attended Learn Serve Lead 2024: The AAMC Annual Meeting.
More than 17,000 people participate in the AAMC’s 23 affinity groups and councils to take advantage of peer networks and volunteer leadership opportunities.
Developing the Workforce of the Future
The AAMC supports aspiring medical students in their journeys to becoming doctors, providing the tools that institutions and educators need to select, educate, and train America’s medical workforce.
More than 120,000 aspiring medical students have participated in the AAMC Virtual Medical School Fair since 2016, connecting with admissions officers to better understand the journey of becoming a doctor.
90,000 people per year take the AAMC MCAT® exam, a validated predictor of success in medical school.
51,000 aspiring doctors apply to medical school each year through the AAMC AMCAS® program.
$27 million a year is granted in reduced or waived fees to aspiring medical students through the AAMC Fee Assistance Program.
Improving the Health of All
Biomedical researchers develop treatments and cures, and advance our knowledge of human health. Academic health systems and teaching hospitals make patient care safer, more affordable, and more accessible. The AAMC supports institutions in these lifesaving missions.
$775,000 was invested by the AAMC in programs that support improvements in telehealth, integrated behavioral health, community health, medical career pathway programs, and more in FY 2024.
More than 55 health systems are improving connections between primary care physicians and specialists through the AAMC Project CORE® program.
More than 400 academic health systems and teaching hospitals — and 70 academic societies — rely on the AAMC ERAS® program to help them identify the best candidates for 10,000 postgraduate residency and fellowship programs.