2008 Specialty Delegate allocations

A new formula for proportional representation to the AMA-YPS Assembly was approved by the AMA House of Delegates (HOD) at the 2007 Interim Meeting. Beginning in 2008, national medical specialty societies who have been granted representation in the HOD will be entitled to send at least two voting delegates to AMA-YPS Assembly meetings. There will no longer be alternate delegates.

Effective Jan. 1, 2008, AMA bylaws state that the apportionment for each state and specialty society, or federal service, will be two representatives (and no alternate representatives) for each 1,000 members of the Young Physicians Section who are members of the society as recorded by the AMA on Dec. 31 of each year.

Each specialty society listed below is entitled to at least two delegates to the AMA-YPS. If you, a young physician under 40 years of age or within the first eight (8) years of professional practice after residency and fellowship training, have an interest in serving as a delegate to the AMA-YPS, contact your specialty society to see if this is feasible. If you need to know how to contact your society, e-mail the AMA-YPS or view our list of staff liaisons for national medical specialty societies. 

2008 National Medical Specialities Represented in the AMA House of Delegates

• Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians and Investigators
• Aerospace Medical Association
• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
• American Academy of Dermatology
• American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians
• American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• American Academy of Insurance Medicine
• American Academy of Neurology
• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy Inc.
• American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
• American Academy of Pain Medicine
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• American Association for Hand Surgery
• American Association for Thoracic Surgery
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
• American Association of Clinical Urologists, Inc.
• American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
• American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
• American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons
• American Association of Plastic Surgeons
• American Association of Public Health Physicians
• American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
• American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
• American College of Cardiology
• American College of Chest Physicians
• American College of Emergency Physicians
• American College of Gastroenterology
• American College of Medical Genetics
• American College of Medical Quality
• American College of Nuclear Medicine
• American College of Nuclear Physicians
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• American College of Physician Executives
• American College of Physicians
• American College of Preventive Medicine
• American College of Radiation Oncology
• American College of Radiology
• American College of Rheumatology
• American College of Surgeons
• American Gastroenterological Association
• American Geriatrics Society
• American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
• American Medical Directors Association
• American Medical Group Association
• American Orthopaedic Association
• American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
• American Pediatric Surgical Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Roentgen Ray Society
• American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Inc.
• American Society for Clinical Pathology
• American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• American Society for Reproductive Medicine
• American Society for Surgery of the Hand
• American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
• American Society of Abdominal Surgeons
• American Society of Addiction Medicine
• American Society of Anesthesiologists
• American Society of Bariatric Physicians
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
• American Society of Cytopathology
• American Society of General Surgeons
• American Society of Hematology
• American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
• American Society of Neuroimaging
• American Society of Neuroradiology
• American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American Society of Retina Specialists
• American Thoracic Society
• American Urological Association
• Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
• Association of University Radiologists
• College of American Pathologists
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons
• Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, Inc.
• Infectious Diseases Society of America
• International College of Surgeons - US Section
• International Spinal Intervention Society
• National Association of Medical Examiners
• North American Spine Society
• Radiological Society of North America
• Renal Physicians Association
• Society for Investigative Dermatology, Inc.
• Society for Vascular Surgery
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Society of Interventional Radiology
• Society of Laproendoscopic Surgeons
• Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces
• Society of Nuclear Medicine
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• The Endocrine Society
• The Triological Society
• United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc.

Professional Interest Medical Associations

• American Medical Women's Association
• American Osteopathic Association
• National Medical Association
• Korean American Medical Association
• American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin

If your society is not listed, but you are interested in AMA-YPS participation, contact the Department of Young Physician Services, or view our criteria for representation and complete a petition (PDF, 35KB).