·  

Academy of General Dentistry

ADAMS/AURORA MEDICAL SOCIETY 303-756-2718

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

ALS ASSOCIATION (Lou Gehrig's Disease, Rocky Mountain Chapter) 303.772.1211

ALZHEIMER's ASSOCIATION 303.813.1669

·         AMA ALLIANCE 312 / 464-4470

• AMA MEDSTUDENT
• AMC CANCER RESEARCH CENTER 303.233.6501

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ALLERGY ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY

·         AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ALLERGY ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY (AAAAI)

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY / American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Mr. Stuart A. Copans
Co-Chairman Adjunct Associate Professor, Dartmouth Medical School
Rural Child Psychiatry Committee
202 Putney Road
Battleboro, VT 05301
Phone: 802.257.0811
Fax: 802.257.7013
E-mail: sacopans@sover.net
Ms. Mary Crosby
Deputy Executive Director and Director for Government Affairs
3615 Wisconsin Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20016
Phone: 202.966.7300 Extension: 127
Fax: 202.966.2891
E-mail: mcrosby@aacap.org

·         AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF COSMETIC SURGERY

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FACIAL PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS American Academy of Family Physicians Patient Information American Academy of Family Physicians national association of family doctors to promote and maintain high quality standards for family doctors who are providing continuing comprehensive health care to the public.

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF INSURANCE MEDICINE

• AMERICAN ACADEMY OF INSURANCE MEDICINE

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY

• American Academy of Family Physicians
  Ms. Rosemarie Sweeney, MPA
  VP for Social Economic Affairs and Policy Analysis
  2021 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.
  Washington, DC 20036
  Phone: 202.232.9033    Alternate Phone: 888.794.7481
  Fax: 202.232.9044
  E-mail: rsweeney@aafp.org

• AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners / American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
  Dr. Jan Towers, Ph.D., NP-C, C.R.N.P
  Director of Health Policy
  P.O. Box 40130
  Washington, DC 20016
  Phone: 202.966.6414
  Fax: 202.966.2856
  E-mail: jtowers@aanp.org
• American Academy of Nursing
  Dr. Terry Gaffney, DrPH, RN, FAAN, MPA
  Director
  600 Maryland Avenue S.W.
  Suite 100 West
  Washington, DC 20024-2571
  Phone: 202.651.7110    Alternate Phone: 202.651.7238
  Fax: 202.554.2641
  E-mail: tgaffney@ana.org
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·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGIC ALLERGY

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY - HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PAIN MEDICINE

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS  303-770-6048 American Academy of Pediatrics American Academy of Pediatrics  American Academy of Pediatrics
Ms. Molly Hicks, MPA
Legislative Assistant
601 13th Street N.W. Suite 400 North
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.347.8600
Fax: 202.393.6137
E-mail: mhicks@aap.org

American Academy of Periodontology

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHARMACEUTICAL PHYSICIANS

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

• American Academy of Physician Assistants - national organization that represents physician assistants (PAs) in all specialties and all employment settings and promotes quality, cost-effective, accessible health care, and the professional and personal development of physician assistants American Academy of Physician Assistants
  Ms. Sandra Harding
  Director, Federal Affairs
  950 North Washington Street
  Alexandria, VA 22314
  Phone: 703.836.2272 Extension: 3205
  Fax: 703.684.1924
  E-mail: sandra@aapa.org

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PSYCHIATRY & THE LAW

·        AMERICAN ACADEMY OF SLEEP MEDICINE

·        AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HAND SURGERY

·        AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY

·        AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS

·        AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL UROLOGISTS

American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Dr. Geraldine Polly Bednash, Ph.D, RN, FAAN
Executive Director
One Dupont Circle NW Suite 530
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.463.6930
Fax: 202.785.8320
E-mail: pbednash@aacn.nche.edu
 

·         AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE (AACOM ) ABOUT OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE 
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
Mr. Michael J. Dyer, MSW, JD
Vice President for Government Relations
5550 Friendship Blvd. Suite 310
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Phone: 301.968.4152
Fax: 301.968.4185
E-mail: mdyer@aacom.org

American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

American Association for Dental Research

·        AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRODIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE

·        AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GYNECOLOGICAL LAPAROSCOPISTS

·        AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HIP & KNEE SURGEONS

·        AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

American Association of Orthodontists

·        AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PLASTIC SURGEONS

American Association of Public Health Dentistry

·        AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PHYSICIANS

American Association of Women Dentists

American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association

• AMERICAN CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY SOCIETY  

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ALLERGY, ASTHMA, & IMMUNOLOGY

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS

American College of Dentists

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS / American College of Emergency Physicians - to support quality emergency medical care, and to promote the interests of emergency physicians. American College of Emergency Physicians
Dr. Michael Carius, MD
President
34 Maple Street
Suite 325
Norwack, CT
Phone: 203.852.2281
Fax: 203.855.3705
E-mail: mcarius@acep.org

Ms. Barbara Marone
Federal Affairs Director
2121 K Street NW
Suite 325
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202.728.0610 Extension: 3017
Fax: 202.728.0617
E-mail: bmarone@acep.org
Web site: http://www.acep.org

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF MEDICAL GENETICS

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF MEDICAL QUALITY

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICIANS

American College of Nurse Practitioners - advocacy and keeping NPs current on legislative, regulatory and clinical practice issues that effect NPs in the rapidly changing health care arena.

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians - specialty association composed of osteopathic physicians, residents, interns and medical students devoted to the education and development of emergency medicine within the osteopathic profession and to support quality emergency medical care, promote interests of osteopathic emergency physicians, support development and implementation of osteopathic emergency medicine education, and advance the philosophy and practice of osteopathic medicine through a system of quality and cost-effective health care in a distinct, unified profession.

American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians - American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians  -national organization of Osteopathic Family Physicians to promote excellence in osteopathic family medicine through quality education, visionary leadership and responsible advocacy.

American College of Osteopathic Internists - to advance the practice of osteopathic internal medicine to enhance the professional and personal development of the family of osteopathic internists.

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS - AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY / American College of Rheumatology - professional organization of rheumatologists and associated health professionals who share a dedication to healing, preventing disability, and curing the more than 100 types of arthritis and related disabling and sometimes fatal disorders of the joints, muscles, and bones. Members include practicing physicians, research scientists, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, psychologists, and social workers.

·        AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS /

American Dental Assistants Association

American Dental Association /

American Dental Education Association /

American Dental Hygienists' Association

AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION 720.855.1102

·        AMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

·        AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

AMERICAN HEAT ASSOCIATION 303.369.5433 American Heart Association Heart and Stroke Encyclopedia

American Hospital Association

·        AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE

AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION 303.388.4327 American Lung Association (ALA) - www.lungusa.org
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
(800) LUNG-USA
http://www.lungusa.org/virginia/
http://www.lungusa.org/chicago/
http://www.lungusa.org/losangeles/
http://www.lungusa.org/oregon/

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA)   312 / 464-5000 American Medical Association
Ms. Mary Beth Savary Taylor
Legislative Counsel
1101 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.789.7481
Fax: 202.789.7485

Mr. Andrew Shore
Legislative Counsel
1101 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.789.8511
Fax: 202.789.7485
E-mail: andrew_shore@ama-aisn.org
Web site: http://www.ama-assn.org/

·        AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION

·        AMERICAN MEDICAL GROUP ASSOCIATION

• American Medical Student Association Foundation
  Ms. Joan Hedgecock
  Associate Director
  1902 Association Drive
  Reston, VA 20191
  Phone: 703.620.6600 Extension: 208
  Fax: 703.620.5873
  E-mail: joan_h@www.amsa.org
  
   

  Mr. Makeba Williams
  Legislative Affairs Director
  1902 Association Drive
  Reston, VA 20191
  Phone: 703.620.6600 Extension: 211
  Fax: 703.620.5873
  E-mail: makeba_w@www.amsa.org
  Web site: http://www.amsa.org
   

• American Nurses Association

·        AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION

·        AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE SOCIETY

American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics - to promote and advance the specialty of Orthopedics

American Osteopathic Association - member association representing osteopathic physicians (D.O.s), and serves as the primary certifying body for D.O.s, and is the accrediting agency for all osteopathic medical colleges and health care facilities.

·        AMERICAN PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ASSOCIATION

·        AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION / American Psychiatric Association - medical specialty society of U.S. and international member physicians, he voice and conscience of modern psychiatry, to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental disorder, including mental retardation and substance-related disorders

American Public Health Association / American Public Health Association

• American Public Human Services Association

AMERICAN RED CROSS - MILE HIGH CHAPTER

·        AMERICAN ROENTGEN RAY SOCIETY

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGERY

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THERAPEUTIC RADIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ABDOMINAL SURGEONS

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADDICTION MEDICINE

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BARIATRIC PHYSICIANS

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COLON AND RECTAL SURGEONS

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CYTOPATHOLOGY

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF GENERAL SURGEONS

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEUROIMAGING

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEURORADIOLOGY

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF OPHTHALMIC PLASTIC
AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS

·        AMERICAN SOCIETY OF RETINA SPECIALISTS

• American Telemedicine Association
  
  Mr. Jonathan Linkous
  Executive Director
  910 17th Street NW, Suite 314
  Washington, DC 20006
  Phone: 202.223.3333
  Fax: 202.223.2787
  E-mail: jlinkous@americantelemed.org

·        AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY

·        AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

·         AMF - MTC 303-761-6594

• AMSA
• AOA
• APAMSA
• APMA
• APMSA

·          ARAPAHOE MEDICAL FOUNDATION 303-761-6593

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION 303.756.8633

• Association of Academic Health Centers

·         ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN INDIAN PHYSICIANS (AAIP)

·         ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES (AAMC) Association of American Medical Colleges

Mr. Robert Dickler
Senior Vice President
2450 N Street NW, Suite 505
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202.828.0490
Fax: 202.862.4792
E-mail: rdickler@aamc.org
Web site: http://www.aamc.org

 

Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc. - international membership organization dedicated to eliminating the disparities related to cardiovascular disease in all people of color.

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved / Association of Clinicians for the Underserved

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs / Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs

·        ASSOCIATION OF MILITARY SURGEONS OF THE UNITED STATES

• Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions
  Mr. Tom Elwood
  Executive Director
  1730 M Street NW, Suite 500
  Washington, DC 20036
  Phone: 202.293.4848
  Fax: 202.293.4852
  E-mail: asahp1@asahp.org
  Web site: http://www.asahp.org/
  
• Association of Schools of Public Health
  Dr. Harrison Spencer, MD, MPH
  President and CEO
  1101 15th Street NW, Suite 910
  Washington, DC 20005
  Phone: 202.296.1099
  Fax: 202.296.1252
  Web site: http://www.asph.org
  

Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials / Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

·        ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY RADIOLOGISTS

British Dental Association

British Pharmacological Society

Cancer Research UK

Center for Health and Health Care in Schools

Center for Health Care Strategies

Center for Health Professions

Center for Policy Alternatives

• CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Oral Health Resources

·         CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES
(FORMERLY HCFA) 

CFIC, Rome

ClinicalTrials.gov

·        COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS

·         COLORADO DENTAL ASSOCIATION 303-740-6900

·         COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - HEALTH FACILITIES DIVISION

·         COLORADO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL CARE (CFMC) 303-695-3362

• COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY  7351 LOWRY BOULEVARD, DENVER, COLORADO 80230 303-779-5455, 720-859-1001 OR 800-654-5653

·         COLORADO NEUROSURGICAL SOCIETY 303-447-8642

·         COLORADO OB/GYN SOCIETY 303-693-6127

·         COLORADO ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY 303-772-0900

·         COLORADO OTOLARYNGOLOGICAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SOCIETY 303-831-1213

·         COLORADO PHYSICIANS HEALTH PROGRAM (CPHP) 303-860-0122

·         COLORADO SOC. OF PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEONS 303-770-6048

·         COLORADO SOC. OF PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEONS 303-770-6048

·         COLORADO SOCIETY OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGISTS 303-436-6899

·         COLORADO SOCIETY OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGISTS 303-770-6048

·         COLORADO SOCIETY OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 303-224-2036

·         COLORADO SOCIETY OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE 303-322-1752

·         COLORADO/WYOMING GASTROENTEROLOGICAL SOCIETY 303-484-9773

·        CONGRESS OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS

·        CONTACT LENS ASSOCIATION OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS

·         COPIC 303-779-0044

Dental Health Foundation

·         DENVER MEDICAL SOCIETY 303-377-1850

·         DOCTORS CARE 303-730-1313

EMBO

eMedicine Consumer Health

Emergency Nurses Association - national Association for professional nurses dedicated to the advancement of emergency nursing practice

European Society of Human Genetics

• FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
• The Genetics Society
• Genome.gov
• HUNTINGTON's DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA 303.321.5503
• IFMSA

·         INFOARAPAHOE COMMUNITY GUIDE DIRECTORY OF COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESOURCES

Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons - association of Hispanic physicians in the nation to promote cooperation among U.S. Hispanic physicians AND health professionals in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Spain and to advance their professional and educational needs

·        INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS UNITED STATES SECTION

International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism

International Spinal Cord Society

·        INTERNATIONAL SPINAL INJECTION SOCIETY

LUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY  (all blood related cancers)
5353 W. Dartmouth Av, Denver  303.984.2110
M-F 8:30-4:30
Eligibility: Must be diagnosed with one of Leukemia's, Lymphoma, Multiple Myloma or Hodgins Disease.
SERVICES: fund research to find cures for the forms of Leukemia and to provide patient financial aid to people with Leukemia or one of its forms.

LUPUS FOUNDATION OF COLORADO 303.333.2300

·         MEDICARE AND MEDICAID OVERVIEW

·         MEDICARE THE OFFICIAL MEDICARE SITE

• MEDSIN
• MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION  The Galleria 720 S. Colorado Blvd. # 450-S, Denver 303.691.3331
  M-F 9-5:00
  SERVICES: association covers 43 neuromuscular diseases. Services include (at no direct cost to the patient or their families) providing limited durable medical equipment; limited physical, occupational and respiratory therapy, recreational activities etc.

·        NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS

National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems - working to coordinate a full spectrum of treatment services, including inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, and outpatient programs as well as prevention and management services.

National Cancer Institute Clinical Cancer Information

National Council for Community Behavioral Health Care - behavioral health trade association representing the providers of mental health, substance abuse and developmental disability services.

National Family Caregivers Association - supports, empowers, educates, and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for a chronically ill, aged, or disabled loved one AND committed to improving the overall quality of life of caregiving families and minimizing the disparities between family caregivers and non-caregivers.

National Health Council - place where all segments of the health care community meet for reasoned discussion and persuasive advocacy voluntary health agencies; professional and membership associations; nonprofit organizations with an interest in health; and, business and industry.

National Hispanic Medical Association - Association is a non-profit to improve the health of Hispanics and other underserved populations

• NATIONA