Professional Organizations

All specialties also have professional organizations where you can register as a student member and get involved, sometimes membership is free. Many professional organizations offer:

• mentorship programs

• research opportunities

• opportunities to attend national conferences

• student awards

• online modules, podcasts, and videos to learn about different topics and cases

Please note- below are some of the organizations but there may be others.

Specialty	Name of Organization	Link
Anesthesiology	American Society of Anesthesiologists	https://community.asahq.org/home
CT Surgery	The American Association for Thoracic Surgery	https://www.aats.org/
Child Neurology	Child Neurology Society	https://www.childneurologysociety.org/
Dermatology	American Academy of Dermatology Association	https://www.aad.org/
Radiology	Association of Academic Radiology	https://www.aarad.org/
Emergency Medicine	American College of Emergency Physicians	https://www.acep.org/
Family Medicine	American Academy of Family Physicians	https://www.aafp.org/home.html
General Surgery	The American College of Surgeons	https://www.facs.org/
Internal Medicine	The American College of Physicians	https://www.acponline.org/
Med/Peds	The National Med-Peds Residents Association	https://medpeds.org/
Interventional Radiology	Society of Interventional Radiology	https://www.sirweb.org/
Neurology	American Academy of Neurology	https://www.aan.com/
Neurosurgery	American Association of Neurological Surgeons	https://www.aans.org/
Obstetrics-Gynecology	The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists	https://www.acog.org/
Ophthalmology	American Academy of Ophthalmology	https://www.aao.org/
Orthopedic Surgery	American Academy/Association of Orthopedic Medicine	https://www.aaomed.org/
Otolaryngology	American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery	https://www.entnet.org/
Pathology	The American Society for Clinical Pathology	https://www.ascp.org/
Pediatrics	American Academy of Pediatrics	https://www.aap.org/en/
PM&R	American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	https://www.aapmr.org/home
Plastic Surgery	American Association of Plastic Surgeons	https://aaps1921.org/
Psychiatry	American Psychiatric Associatio	https://www.psychiatry.org/
Radiation-Oncology	American Society for Radiation Oncology	https://www.astro.org/about-astro
Urology	American Urological Association	https://www.auanet.org/
Vascular Surgery	Society for Vascular Surgery	https://vascular.org/