The right to be you in your work. To be free from outside influence when making decisions that will affect your patients’ lives. To have an advocate in your corner. AAEM exists to protect these rights. It’s your career. OWN IT!
The right to be you in your work. To be free from outside influence when making decisions that will affect your patients’ lives. To have an advocate in your corner. AAEM exists to protect these rights. It’s your career. OWN IT!
Maintaining INDEPENDENCE in the pursuit of
excellence in emergency medicine
Registration is Now Open for AAEM26
Be part of the premier event for emergency physicians, residents, and students. Join us in Seattle, April 11–15, 2026, for five days of high-impact education, hands-on learning, and collaboration with leaders shaping the future of emergency medicine. Register early to secure the best rates and your spot in the most sought-after sessions.
The Frontline Needs Leaders — Answer the Call
Nominations are open for the AAEM Board of Directors, the place where physicians take back control of emergency medicine. If you want this specialty led by the people who actually practice it, your voice needs to be in the room.
Nominations Close: Sunday, January 11, 2026, at 11:59pm CT
CHAPTER DIVISION AND SECTION NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
Step into a role that shapes the work and momentum of your AAEM community. Through our Chapter Divisions and Sections, members connect, collaborate, and lead projects that move emergency medicine forward. If you have ideas to share or want to help guide the conversations and initiatives that matter most, now is the time to get involved.
– LEARN more –own your membership. Own your voice.
Your AAEM membership is more than access—it’s influence. It connects you to a powerful community of emergency physicians, gives you a platform to advocate for your specialty, and equips you with the tools to grow and lead. Stay engaged. Stay empowered. OWN your impact in emergency medicine.
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The Consistency of Emergency Medicine
We are the conscience of emergency medicine. We advocate for the essential rights of emergency physicians. We passionately pursue the idea that how we practice medicine and care for our patients is not just inherent to who we are as individual doctors but also who we must be as a global community of physicians.
In the Know
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Physicians taking back medicine: The rising toll of private equity in health care
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AAEM Response to the Upcoming CMS Fee Schedule Cuts
Upcoming Events
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The Future of EMS | Ethics of Medical Direction in EMS
There is a troubling cultural trend in EMS regarding how new technologies and procedures are being introduced into an EMS system. While certainly all EMS physician medical directors are well-meaning and want to inject new clinical protocols and technology into their systems, it is important that we as an EMS physician community continue to introduce […] -
Four Corners+ Regional Educational Day
A dynamic virtual emergency medicine education day featuring expert speakers from the Four Corners region hosted by AAEM’s Leadership Academy mentee Dr. Dillon Warr. -
The Future of EMS | DL to VL to the Future of Prehospital Airway Management
Direct laryngoscopy dates to 1849. Progress continued into the late 40s and beyond. Success in prehospital care varied. In the 1980s, video laryngoscopy arose and allowed greater visualization of the glottic opening and eventually recording. See it, record it. Additional airway adjuncts became available, such as supraglottic airways. All of these are dependent, to a […]