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 Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Board of Directors

One position. Application deadline: July 10, 2026.

• Position description: ACCME BOD (PDF)
• AMA application: ACCME BOD (DOC)

ACCME Accreditation Review Committee

Two positions. Application deadline: July 10, 2026.

• Position description: ACCME ARC (PDF)
• AMA application: ACCME ARC (DOC)

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Board of Directors

One position. Application deadline: July 10, 2026.

• Position description: ACGME BOD (PDF)
• AMA application: ACGME BOD (DOC)

ACGME Review Committee for Family Medicine

One position. Application deadline: July 10, 2026.

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

ACGME Review Committee for Internal Medicine

One position in Hematology-Oncology.  One position in Rheumatology.

Application deadline: July 10, 2026.

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

ACGME Review Committee for Preventive Medicine

One position. Application deadline: July 10, 2026.

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

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

One position. Application deadline: June 16, 2026.

• Position description: ABOS (PDF)
• AMA application: ABOS (DOC)

Additional opportunities

Information on these opportunities will be posted in July 2026.

• ACGME Review Committee for Allergy and Immunology
  One position.
• ACGME Review Committee for Colon and Rectal Surgery
  One position.
• ACGME Review Committee for Internal Medicine
  Two positions: One position in Geriatrics or Hospice and Palliative Medicine. One position in General Medicine
• ACGME Review Committee for Obstetrics and Gynecology
  One position.
• ACGME Review Committee for Pediatrics
  Two positions.
• ACGME Review Committee for Psychiatry
  One position.
• Liaison Committee on Medical Education
  One position.

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