NAM Member Sections
Sections and Subsections
The National Academy of Medicine membership is organized in twelve membership sections. Each represents an area of professional endeavor that includes two or more subdisciplines. Every NAM member belongs to ONE section and ONE subsection within that section.
01
Physical, Mathematical, Computer, Information, and Engineering Sciences
a. Physical Sciences (chemistry, physics)
b. Mathematical Sciences
c. Computer/Information Sciences
d. Biomedical Engineering/Engineering Sciences
02
Biochemistry, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Genetics
a. Biochemistry
b. Cellular & developmental biology
c. Medical microbiology/Immunology
d. Genetics
03
Neurosciences, Physiology, and Pharmacology
a. Neurosciences
b. Physiological sciences
c. Pharmacological sciences
04
Internal Medicine, Pathology, and Dermatology
a. Internal Medicine
b. Pathology
c. Dermatology
05
Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology
a. Pediatrics
b. Obstetrics/Gynecology
06
Surgery, Surgical Subspecialties, Anesthesiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Oncology, and Ophthalmology
a. Surgery and surgical subspecialties (excluding ophthalmology)
b. Anesthesiology
c. Radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology
d. Ophthalmology
07
Psychiatry and Neurology
a. Psychiatry
b. Neurology
08
Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Physical Medicine, and Rehabilitation
a. Family medicine/Primary care
b. Emergency medicine
c. Physical medicine & rehabilitation
09
Public Health, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology
a. General epidemiology/Public health
b. Health services research
c. Environmental/Occupational health
d. Biostatistics/Statistics
10
Dentistry, Nutrition, Nursing, Allied Health Professions, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine
a. Dentistry
b. Nutrition
c. Nursing
d. Other allied health
e. Pharmacy
f. Veterinary medicine
11
Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law
a. Health policy, health care financing, economics of health care
b. Biomedical ethics, health/science research, policy, law and medicine
c. Medical sociology, history of medicine, anthropology, political science, organization theory, demography
d. Health psychology, biobehavioral sciences
12
Administration of Health Services, Education, and Research
a. Health services delivery
b. Education
c. Research
d. Health policy/science leadership, advocacy, and/or consulting
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