The Academy of Medicine of New Jersey


What started out over 27 years ago as an effort to help a few of our state's medical specialty societies better organize their activities has become a major focus for AMNJ. The Academy presently provides varying levels of office management, educational expertise and guidance, and secretarial services to 30 organizations representing 10,000 New Jersey physicians and health care professionals.
The major advantage to the various organizations is that they now have a permanent address, telephone number, and professional staff available on a full-time basis. This arrangement provides continuity that was not available in the past, since most of these organizations changed their address each year or two as new officers were elected.
In addition, the different groups benefit from the cost savings of group purchasing and sharing of modern office equipment and technology, trained personnel, etc. The societies are able to benefit from a cross-fertilization of ideas between groups, particularly when a common problem might present itself to more than one specialty.
This management service has been offered by The Academy of Medicine of New Jersey since 1973. One of the secrets of its success is that individual staff members with medical backgrounds are assigned to specific groups. This approach, plus the utilization of modern association management techniques, provides an efficient professional service at a non-profit price.
The major benefit this service provides to medicine is that the officers of the societies can spend their valuable time on matters pertaining to the objectives of the organization and not be concerned with administrative detail. This facet has become even more significant as various external forces are increasing their attempts to regulate the private practice of medicine.
Further information on the Academy's management services can be obtained by contacting the AMNJ executive offices.
Affiliated Societies
New Jersey Association of Electromyography & Electrodiagnosis Steve Lomazow, MD	Association for Hospital Medical Education of New Jersey James McCorkel, PhD, President
Delaware Valley Vascular Society Mark B. Kahn, MD, President	Dermatological Society of New Jersey Arnold Zimmerman, MD, President
Nephrology Society of New Jersey Penny DeFranco, MD, President	Neurological Association of New Jersey Alan E. Ottenstein, MD, President
New Jersey Academy of Otolaryngology and New Jersey Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery Paul J. Carniol, MD, President	New Jersey Association of Medical Specialty Societies Leon Costa, MD, President
Medical History Society of New Jersey Allen B. Weisse, MD, President	New Jersey Medical Directors Association Teresa Schaer, MD, President
New Jersey Child Neurology Society David E. Mandelbaum, MD, President	New Jersey Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Society Patrick Tempera, MD, President
New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons Steven Norwitz, MD, President	New Jersey Physicians Golf Association James K. Varney, MD, President
New Jersey Pediatric Society Barry Prystowsky, MD, President	New Jersey Psychoanalytic Society Edmund Chaitman, MD, President
New Jersey Rheumatology Association Elliot D. Rosenstein, MD, President	New Jersey Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology Victor Parsonnet, MD, President
New Jersey Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Thomas J. Cava, MD, President	New Jersey Chapter, American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine Frank Griffin, MD, President
New Jersey Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery Catherine Schneider, MD, President	The New Jersey Society of Pathologists Eugene P. Fazzini, MD, President
Society of Surgeons of New Jersey John J. Castronuovo, Jr., MD, President	Vascular Society of New Jersey Mark E. Kahn, MD, President
The Urology Society of New Jersey Patrick Ciccone, MD, President