List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel

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A

Abbreviation	Organization or Personnel
AA	Alcoholics Anonymous
AABB	AABB, formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks
AACCN	American Academy of Critical Care Nurses
AAD	American Association of Dermatology
AADGP	American Academy of Dental Group Practice
AAFP	American Academy of Family Physicians
AAIN	American Academy of Industrial Nurses
AAN	American Academy of Nursing
AAO	American Academy of Ophthalmology
AAO	American Academy of Optometry
AAOS	American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
AAP	American Academy of Pediatrics
ABEM	American Boarded in Emergency Medicine
ABMS	American Boarded in Medical Specialties
ACCP	American College of Chest Physicians
ACEP	American College of Emergency Physicians
ACOG	American College of Obstetics and Gynecology
ACR	American College of Radiologists
ACR	American College of Rheumatology
ACS	American Cancer Society
ACP	American College of Physicians
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
ANF	Australian Nursing Federation
AOA	American Optometric Association
AOA	Australian Orthopaedic Association
APGAR	American Pediatric Gross Assessment Record (a backronym)
APA	American Psychiatric Association
ARA	American Rheumatological Association
ARRT	American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
ASAPS	American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
ASCEPT	Australasian Society of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists
ASCP	American Society for Clinical Pathology
ASCP	American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
ASHA	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
ASMI	Australian Self-Medication Industry
ASMSO	American Society of Medication Safety Officers
ASPS	American Society of Plastic Surgeons
ASRT	American Society of Radiologic Technologists
ASSH	American Society for Surgery of the Hand

B

BMA	British Medical Association
BAAPS	British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

C

CAD	Canadian Association of the Deaf
CAEP	Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
CAG	Canadian Association of Gerontology
CAMT	Canadian Association of Music Therapy
CAMTS	Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems
CAO	Canadian Association of Orthodontists
CAO	Canadian Association of Optometrists
CAOT	Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
CAP	Canadian Association of Physicists
CAP	College of American Pathologists
CAR	Canadian Association of Radiologists
CASLPA	Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
CASLPO	College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario
CCOHS	Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
CCS	Canadian Cardiovascular Society
CDAAC	Communicative Disorders Assistant Association of Canada
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CMA	Canadian Medical Association
COTA(A)	Council on the Ageing (Australia)
CPhT	Certified Pharmacy Technician
CPME	Standing Committee of European Doctors
CRD	Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

D

DDS	Doctor of Dental Surgery
DMD	Doctor of Dental Medicine
DO	Doctor of Osteopathy
DoH	Department of Health (various countries)

E

EN	Enrolled Nurse (AU) - See Licensed Practical Nurse

F

FDA	Food and Drug Administration
FHO	Foundation House Officer

G

GMC	General Medical Council (UK)
GP	General practitioner

H

HC	Health Canada
HEMS	Helicopter Emergency Medical Service

I

IASP	International Association for the Study of Pain
IFMSA	International Federation of Medical Students' Associations
IMO	Irish Medical Organisation

J

JAMA	Journal of the American Medical Association

JC	Joint Commission, previously JCAHO

L

LMSSA	Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the Society of Apothecaries
LPN	Licensed Practical Nurse
LVN	Licensed Vocational Nurse - See Licensed Practical Nurse

M

MD	Medical doctor

MLA	Medical laboratory assistant

MT	Medical technologist

MLT	Medical laboratory technician

N

NA	Narcotics Anonymous
NEJM	New England Journal of Medicine
NAACLS	National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science
NCA	National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel
NHC	Nephrology Hypertension Clinic, P.C
NHS	National Health Service
NICE	National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
NKF	National Kidney Foundation
NYHA	New York Heart Association
NPSA	National Pharmaceutical Services Association

O

OD	Doctor of Optometry

P

PA	Physician Assistant
PCT	Primary Care Trust (UK)
PHARM	Pharmaceutical Health and Rational Use of Medicines (Australia)
Pharm.D	Doctor of Pharmacy
PSNZ	Pharmaceutical Society Of New Zealand
PGNZ	Pharmaceutical Guild Of New Zealand
PRHO	Pre-registration house officer (UK)

R

RA	Radiologist's Assistant
RACP	Royal Australasian College of Physicians
RACS	Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
RCGP	Royal College of General Practitioners
RCM	Royal College of Midwives
RCN	Royal College of Nursing
RCOG	Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
RCP	Royal College of Pathologists
RCP	Royal College of Physicians
RCPA	Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
RCS	Royal College of Surgeons (England)
RCSI	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
RN	Registered Nurse
R.Ph	Registered Pharmacist
RPN	Registered Practical Nurse - See Licensed Practical Nurse
RPSGB	Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
RT	Radiologic Technologist

S

SEN	State Enrolled Nurse (UK) - See Licensed Practical Nurse
SHO	Senior house officer (UK)
SpR	Specialist registrar (UK)

U

UKPDS

United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study

W

WHO	World Health Organization
WMA	World Medical Association

See also

• acronym
• List of medical abbreviations

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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .