List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel

• AA Alcoholics Anonymous
• AAD American Association of Dermatology
• AADGP American Academy of Dental Group Practice
• AAFP American Academy of Family Physicians
• AAOS American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• AAP American Academy of Pediatrics
• ACOG American College of Obstetics and Gynecology
• ACS American Cancer Society
• ACS American College of Surgeons
• ADA American Dental Association
• ADA American Diabetes Association
• AGD Academy of General Dentistry
• AHA American Heart Association
• AMA American Medical Association
• AMA Australian Medical Association
• ARA American Rheumatological Association
• CAOT Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
• CAD Canadian Association of the Deaf
• CAEP Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
• CAG Canadian Association of Gerontology
• CAMT Canadian Association of Music Therapy
• CAO Canadian Association of Orthodontists
• CAO Canadian Association of Optometrists
• CAP Canadian Association of Physicists
• CAR Canadian Association of Radiologists
• CASLPA Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
• CCS Canadian Cardiology Society
• CMA Canadian Medical Association
• CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• CMO Chief medical officer
• FDA Food and Drug Administration
• GP General practitioner
• HC Health Canada
• LMSSA The Society of Apothecaries
• JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association
• MD Medical doctor
• NA Narcotics Anonymous
• NEJM New England Journal of Medicine

• O.D. Optical doctor
• RACP Royal Australasian College of Physicians
• RACS Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
• RCP Royal College of Physicians
• RCS Royal College of Surgeons
• RCOG Royal College of Obstetricans and Gynaecologists
• RCN Royal College of Nursing
• RCM Royal COllege of Midwives
• UKPDS United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study
• WHO World Health Organization

See also

• acronym
• list of medical acronyms