Nominations Open

To be eligible for nomination, you have to be nominated by a member and seconded by an additional member. Election to the AAP is an honor extended to physicians with outstanding credentials in basic or translational biomedical research and is limited to 70 persons per year. View eligibility and what is required for the online application.

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2025 AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting

The next AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting will be held from April 25-27, 2025 in Chicago.

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Physician Scientist Trainee Network

The goal of decreasing the time for MD – PhD and MD graduates to launch careers.

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Paul W Noble, M.D.

2024 President

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About the association


Association of American Physicians

The Association of American Physicians (AAP) is an honorary medical society founded in 1885 by the Canadian physician Sir William Osler and six other distinguished physicians of his era for “the advancement of scientific and practical medicine.” Read more...

Election to the AAP is an honor extended to physicians with outstanding credentials in basic or translational biomedical research and is limited to 70 persons per year. The AAP includes over 1900 active members and 755 emeritus and honorary members. The great majority are US citizens. However, other countries are also represented. Read more...

The AAP seeks to inspire the full breadth of physician-led research across all fields of science related to medicine and health, and to build a community of physician scientists in support of the principle that objective science and evidence are essential foundations for improving patient care and the health of Americans. Read more...

This award is given to an AAP member whose lifetime efforts have had an enormous impact on the field of Internal Medicine (or the specific member’s discipline) through the scientific discipline they have brought to the field and the many outstanding scientists that they have trained. Read more...

This award is given annually to a new AAP inductee who embodies the spirit of Dr. Helen M. Ranney. Dr. Ranney was a pioneer in academic medicine who made groundbreaking advances in biomedical research, patient care, education, mentorship, and also broke barriers to help diversify leadership in academic medicine. Read more...

History of AAP

  • 1886

    First AAP meeting

    Some of the most important advances in biomedical science were first reported at annual AAP meetings.

  • 1922

    Insulin discovery

    The discovery of insulin by Banting and Macleod in 1922.

  • 1926

    Treatment of pernicious anemia

    The discovery, by Minot and Murphy in 1926, that pernicious anemia could be treated by feeding patients extracts of raw liver.

2024 Elected Members