FOUNDING
Founding Partner Organizations
Council of Medical Specialty Societies
As a coalition of more than 50 organizations representing nearly 1 million physicians, CMSS elevates the unique role of medical specialty societies.
We share our members’ commitment to ensure that high quality, evidence-based healthcare is available and accessible to all patients. We believe in the power of a diverse, shared learning community; a unified voice; and an expansive perspective to help shape the future of healthcare.
Our mission is to advance the expertise and collective voice of specialty societies in support of physicians and the patients they serve.
American Academy of Nursing
The American Academy of Nursing (Academy) serves the public by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge. Academy Fellows are inducted into the organization for their extraordinary contributions to improve health locally and globally.
With more than 3,700 Fellows across the globe, the Academy represents nursing’s most accomplished leaders in policy, research, administration, practice, and academia.
The Academy’s vision, Healthy Lives for All People, is met through its mission: improve health and achieve health equity by impacting policy through nursing leadership, innovation, and science.