The purposes of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery is to foster, promote, support, augment, develop and encourage investigative knowledge in DermaSurgery; to promote the highest possible standards in clinical practice, continuing education, and research in DermaSurgery; to promote the highest standards of patient care and promote the public interest relating to DermaSurgery; and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and methodology for DermaSurgery and related basic sciences.
The objects of the American Psychological Association is to advance psychology as a science and profession and as a means of promoting health, education, and human welfare.
The American Psychiatric Association is an organization of psychiatrists working together to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental disorders, including mental retardation and substance-related disorders. It is the voice and conscience of modern psychiatry. Its vision is a society that has available, accessible quality psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.
The American Pain Society is a multidisciplinary community that brings together a diverse group of scientists, clinicians and other professionals to increase the knowledge of pain and transform public policy and clinical practice to reduce pain-related suffering.
The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society is a medical specialty society whose members are orthopaedic surgeons specializing in surgical and medical treatment of injuries, diseases, and other conditions of the foot and ankle.
The mission of the American Medical Association is to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.
The mission of the American Contact Dermatitis Society (ACDS) is to promote, support, develop and stimulate information about contact dermatitis and occupational skin disease for improved patient care.
The American College of Rheumatology is an organization of and for physicians, health professionals, and scientists that advances rheumatology through programs of education, research, advocacy and practice support that foster excellence in the care of people with arthritis and rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is a national organization of internists — physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses in adults. ACP is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in the United States.
The American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA) is an international non-profit medical society of health care professionals who treat and/or perform research on birth defects of the head and face.
