American Medical Informatics Association

• Name — American Medical Informatics Association • Abbreviation — AMIA • Formation — 1989, merger of NGOs incorporated in 1972 • Type — NGO • Status — NPO • Purpose — Professional association • Headquarters — Washington, D.C. • Membership — 5,585 • Language — English • Leader Title — President and Chair of the Board • Leader Name — Genevieve Melton-Meaux, MD, PhD • Leader Title2 — Chief Executive Officer • Leader Name2 — Amanda Hanova, MSM, LSSGB • Website — http: www.amia.org

AMIA is the official United States representative to the International Medical Informatics Association. It has grown to more than 5,000 members from 42 countries worldwide. Together, these members represent all basic, applied, and clinical interests in health care information technology. It publishes the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. AMIA is a professional scientific association that was formed by the merger of three organizations in 1988: the American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics (AAMSI); the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI); and the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC).

AMIA was founded in 1989 by the merger of three organizations: • American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics • American College of Medical Informatics • Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care

As a professional society, AMIA leadership includes member-leaders who are elected annually from the membership. Until 2004, AMIA was led by an elected president and chair of the Board of Directors, who worked closely with the organization's professional executive director. In 2004, AMIA created the role of a full-time, staff President and CEO, and changed the elected leadership role to chair of the board. The first President and CEO of AMIA was Don E. Detmer. He was succeeded in July 2009 by Edward H. Shortliffe. In March 2012, he was succeeded by Kevin Fickenscher. In 2013, he was succeeded by Douglas B. Fridsma, who served until December, 2019. Beginning in 2020, AMIA updated the leadership structure, changing the staff "President and CEO" role to "CEO," and the elected "Chair of the Board" back to the previously title of "President and Chair of the Board." The current President and chair of the Board is Philip R. O. Payne. The current Chief Executive Officer is Amanda Hanova, MSM, LSSGB.

AMIA annually holds the following meetings: • AMIA Annual Symposium • The AMIA Informatics Summit comprising: • AMIA Summit on Translational Bioinformatics • AMIA Summit on Clinical Research Informatics • AMIA Clinical Informatics From 2026, AMIA has merged the AMIA Informatics Summit and the AMIA Clinical Informatics conferences into a single one: • AMIA Amplify Informatics Conference AMIA facilitates two certifications: • Clinical Informatics Subspecialty • AMIA Health Informatics Certification (AHIC)

The association includes a number of special interest and working groups on a variety of issues important to its membership.