Membership Information

Open Health Professional Membership Application

Who We Are:

• The American Academy of Environmental Medicine was founded in 1965, and is an international association of physicians and other professionals interested in the clinical aspects of man and his environment.
• The Academy is interested in expanding the knowledge of interactions between human individuals and their environment, as these may be demonstrated to be reflected in their total health.

The Academy of Firsts:

The founders and members of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine are recognized as the first to describe or the first organization to acknowledge ...

• Serial Dilution Endpoint Titration
• Sublingual Immunotherapy
• Optimal Dose Immunotherapy
• Food Allergy/Addiction
• Provocation/Neutralization
• Avoidance/Reintroduction Challenge Testing
• Rotary Diversified Diet
• Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
• Total Load Phenomenon
• Environmental Control in the Home, Workplace, and Hospital
• Chemically Less-Contaminated Foods
• Sauna Depuration
• Hepatic Detoxication Enhancement
• Gulf War Syndrome
• Endocrine Mimicry Disorders
• Yeast Syndrome
• CFID/FMS

Membership Categories

PHYSICIAN MEMBER – Those members who have earned a recognized Doctorate Degree (M.D., D.O., or their international equivalents) in medicine and who possess a current license to practice medicine, issued by the applicable licensing authority; and who meet any additional requirements for individual membership as may be imposed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

FELLOW – Those Physician members who, upon request, after successful completion of the requirements as determined by the Board of Directors, are accorded this title in recognition of their contribution to the Academy by action of the Board of Directors

DOCTORAL MEMBER – Those members who hold one of the following verifiable advanced professional degrees from an accredited educational institution: Ph.D.'s or D.Ed's in related fields, Doctors of Optometry or Audiology, Doctors of Pharmacy, Doctors of Dentistry, Doctors of Nursing, Doctors of Science, Doctors of Chiropractic, Doctors of Naturopathy, etc.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATE MEMBER – A professional associate member is a person who holds one of the following professional degrees and is interested in Environmental Medicine and in the furtherance of the purposes of the Academy. This category would include Nurses, Dietitians, Nutritionists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Journalists, Attorneys, Architects, Engineers, Biologists, and all other professionals not included in the categories of membership listed above.

ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MEMBER - Those members who hold one of the following professional degrees from an accredited educational institution including but not limited to Masters of Psychology and Social Work, Nurse Practitioners, Physician'a Assistances (P.A.-C's), Registered Nurse, Graduate Level Dietitians and Nutritionists, and other non-doctoral professional degrees having a clinical component, and who meet any additional requirements for membership as may be imposed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

CORPORATE MEMBERS – Those organizations, qualified by the Board, that are interested in and supportive of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine and environmental medicine principles, concepts and practices, and which meet any additional requirements of membership as may be imposed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

LIFE MEMBER – Those members who, upon request, after payment in lump sum of an amount equal to 15 times the amount of regular dues for that category of membership assessed in the year the request is made, are accorded the title of "Life Member" in the membership category by action of the Board of Directors.

STUDENT/RESIDENT MEMBER – Those members currently enrolled in an accredited medical educational institution.

IN-ACTIVE MEMBER – Those previously active members who are incapacitated by reason of illness, accident, or infirmity who are totally retired from the active pursuit of their regular course of work. Election to inactive membership shall be for a maximum of one year, unless the member is totally incapacitated. However, an inactive member may be re-elected to this classification annually by the Board of Directors.

EMERITUS – Those members having reached the calendar age of 65 years, and having retired from the active pursuit of their regular course of work, may upon request, be granted Emeritus status by action of the Board of Directors.

HONORARY MEMBER – Those persons or entities interested in furthering the purposes and goals of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, and who have donated the sum of $1,000 or more (or equivalent in property) to the Educational Fund of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine. These members are elected to Honorary Member status for one year after each donation, by action of the Board of Directors.

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