"The purpose of the AAP is to advance academic physiatry by providing leading edge programs, products, and services"

The Benefits of Joining the AAP

The benefits of membership in the AAP are important for both the new and mature academic physiatrist. Among the many services are:

Subscription to the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (the official AAP journal)
Subscription to the quarterly AAP Newsletter
Member rates for AAP Annual Meeting
Mailings of technical materials on education and research
A source and resource of materials pertinent to the field including several information brochures and booklets
A voice for PM&R providing information to policy and decision-making officials
Assistance in Physiatric career development
Networking and interaction with leading professionals in academic physiatry
A 50% discount on subscriptions to The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. (Log into our Members Only Area and click on "Member Book Discounts" for the special discount link.)

Our Membership Criteria

The Association Bylaws require that a prospective member be a physician qualified to practice medicine in the USA and Canada. Provision for a nonphysician to belong to the AAP is found in the affiliate member category. An academic physiatrist from a non-North American country can qualify as an international member. Associate, resident, affiliate, and international members enjoy all the benefits of membership except voting and holding office.

Diplomate Members ($395.00) A Diplomate member must be a physician qualified to practice medicine in the United States or Canada. He/she must hold an academic faculty appointment as a physiatrist in a US or Canadian medical school or be a full-time teaching physiatrist in a non-university-affiliated residency program. He/she must have a primary certificate of PM&R and be a Diplomate of the ABPMR or declared equally qualified by his/her country's specialty examining board (such as the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada).

Associate Members ($395.00) An Associate member is a physician qualified to practice medicine in the United States or Canada and is actively engaged in the practice of PM&R. An Associate member may be actively engaged in the training of physicians and/or students in PM&R. Physiatrists without faculty appointments and non-physiatrists who are certified in a subspecialty field by the ABPMR, but who have academic pursuits and/or interests in PM&R, may also qualify for Associate membership. Associate members enjoy all the privileges of membership except voting and holding office.

Affiliate Members ($325.00) An Academic Affiliate member is a nonphysician health care professional with an academic appointment in a division or department of PM&R in a North American Medical School. An Administrative Affiliate member is a nonphysician health care professional involved either in the administration of a PM&R division/department, residency training program or research program, or in the immediate supervision of the previously described individual. Affiliate members enjoy all the privileges of membership except voting and holding office.

International Members ($300.00) An International member is a physician legally qualified to practice medicine in his/her country of residence, with training and experience comparable to Diplomates of the ABPMR. An International member must also be actively engaged in the practice of PM&R as well as in physiatric research and/or the training of physicians/students in the specialty of physiatry. Sponsorship by a PM&R Chair is required. International members enjoy all of the privileges of membership except voting and holding office.

Emeritus Members ($155.00) Emeritus membership is for a physician permanently retired from the practice of medicine.

In-Training Members ($97.00) An In-Training member is a physician actively engaged in a training program leading to admissibility to the certifying examination of the ABPMR (or his/her country's equivalent examining board), or for a student in a North American medical school or osteopathic school.

Those wishing to join should send the completed AAP Membership Application form to the AAP along with:

Application Fee of $25.00
(by check in US$ only; or by Visa/MasterCard/AmEx credit card)
Include first year's membership fee according to the following:
Diplomate = $395.00
Associate = $395.00
Associate (first year out of residency) = $240.00
Academic Affiliate/Administrative Affiliate = $325.00
Emeritus = $155.00
In-Training Resident/Medical Student/Fellow = $97.00
International = $300.00
Curriculum Vitae
(not required of medical students or residents)

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