Nelson named to board of directors of AAMC

Kathleen G. Nelson, M.D., will serve a one-year term on the board of directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

kathleen_nelson_storyKathleen G. Nelson, M.D., professor of pediatrics, senior associate dean for faculty development at the UAB School of Medicine, was named to the board of directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges.  Her term will run until November 2012.

The AAMC is a nonprofit association representing all 135 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools and nearly 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, including 62 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers and 93 academic and scientific societies.