Medical education leadership opportunities

Are you an AMA member interested in leadership roles in medicine? We welcome your desire to become involved and make a difference in medicine. 

Review the current requests for nominations listed on this page. If you are interested in a position and meet the qualifications stated in the position description, you may apply for nomination by completing and submitting the required documentation by the application deadline.

Please note that, while the AMA Board of Trustees makes the nominations, it is the requesting organization that makes the final appointment.

For questions about the nominations process, contact Mary Grandau at [email protected].

Carefully review the AMA's Conflict of Interest policy and Principles before applying.

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Review Committee for Family Medicine

Application deadline: Dec. 15, 2025

• Position description: ACGME RC-FM (PDF)
• AMA application: ACGME RC-FM (DOC)

ACGME Review Committee for Internal Medicine

Application deadline: Dec. 15, 2025

• Position description: ACGME RC-IM (PDF)
• AMA application: ACGME RC-IM (DOC)

ACGME Review Committee for Ophthalmology

Application deadline: Dec. 15, 2025

• Position description: ACGME RC-OPHTH (PDF)
• AMA application: ACGME RC-OPHTH (DOC)

ACGME Review Committee for Preventive Medicine

Application deadline: Dec. 15, 2025

• Position description: ACGME RC-PM (PDF)
• AMA application: ACGME RC-PM (DOC)

ACGME Review Committee for Psychiatry

Application deadline: Dec. 15, 2025

• Position description: ACGME RC-PSYCH (PDF)
• AMA application: ACGME RC-PSYCH (DOC)

In addition to these leadership roles, AMA offers medical student leadership roles at the local and national levels. Learn more.