The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) is a nonprofit
professional
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medical association of
emergency medicine physician
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
s. It was formed in 1993 is based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
AAEM works cooperatively alongside the
American College of Emergency Physicians
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is a professional organization of emergency medicine physicians in the United States.
The organization was founded August 16, 1968, by eight physicians in Lansing, Michigan. ACEP established t ...
and the
American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians
The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) is a professional organization of emergency medicine physicians. It was founded in 1975. Active membership is open only to osteopathic (D.O.) medical physicians who have practiced em ...
when the interests of emergency medicine call for a united front. Active membership is open to all physicians who have completed an emergency medicine
residency approved by either the
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or
American Osteopathic Association
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) is the representative member organization for the more than 176,000 osteopathic medical doctors (D.O.s) and osteopathic medical students in the United States. The AOA is headquartered in Chicago, Illinoi ...
. The association is also affiliated with the
.
Fellows use the
post-nominal letters FAAEM.
References
External links
Official website
American Academy of Emergency Medicine
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Medical associations based in the United States
Emergency medicine organisations
Medical and health organizations based in Wisconsin