NAMMembershipSections

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

  1. Physical Sciences (chemistry, physics)
  2. Mathematical Sciences
  3. Computer/Information Sciences
  4. Biomedical Engineering/Engineering Sciences

02

Biochemistry, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and Genetics

  1. Biochemistry
  2. Cellular & developmental biology
  3. Medical microbiology/Immunology
  4. Genetics

03

Neurosciences, Physiology, and Pharmacology

  1. Neurosciences
  2. Physiological sciences
  3. Pharmacological sciences

04

Internal Medicine, Pathology, and Dermatology

  1. Internal Medicine
  2. Pathology
  3. Dermatology

05

Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology

  1. Pediatrics
  2. Obstetrics/Gynecology

06

Surgery, Surgical Subspecialties (excluding ophthalmology), Anesthesiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Oncology, and Ophthalmology

  1. Surgery and surgical subspecialties (excluding ophthalmology)
  2. Anesthesiology
  3. Radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology
  4. Ophthalmology

07

Psychiatry and Neurology

  1. Psychiatry
  2. Neurology

08

Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Physical Medicine, and Rehabilitation

  1. Family medicine/Primary care
  2. Emergency medicine
  3. Physical medicine & rehabilitation

09

Public Health, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology

  1. General epidemiology/Public health
  2. Health services research
  3. Environmental/Occupational health
  4. Biostatistics/Statistics

10

Dentistry, Nutrition, Nursing, Allied Health Professions, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine

  1. Dentistry
  2. Nutrition
  3. Nursing
  4. Other allied health
  5. Pharmacy
  6. Veterinary medicine

11

Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law

  1. Health policy, health care financing, economics of health care
  2. Biomedical ethics, health/science research, policy, law and medicine
  3. Medical sociology, history of medicine, anthropology, political science, organization theory, demography
  4. Health psychology, biobehavioral sciences

12

Administration of Health Services, Education, and Research

  1. Health services delivery
  2. Education
  3. Research
  4. Health policy/science leadership, advocacy, and/or consulting

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