Annual Meeting

2025 Annual Meeting of the HOD: Feb. 11 Speakers' Update

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As we prepare for the 2025 Annual Meeting, we encourage you to visit and bookmark the HOD Annual Meeting page. Information about the meeting including schedule, registration, housing and items of business will be added as they become available. As always, if you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us at HOD@ama-assn.org.

A-25 resolution submissions

The HOD office is now accepting resolution submissions for the 2025 Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates. AMA PolicyFinder has been updated with all actions from the 2024 Interim Meeting and is available for your reference. Detailed information about resolution submission along with resolution templates may be found on the process for submitting a resolution page.

The deadline for A-25 resolutions is April 22, 2025, at noon Central. Please note that it can take up to 24 hours for resolutions to be reviewed. Resolutions will not be accepted as on-time if any requested revisions have not been addressed by the sponsor by the stated deadline. Therefore, it is highly recommended that resolutions be submitted early to allow time for review and any necessary corrections. Resolutions adopted and forwarded by the AMA section meetings held after this date and prior to the HOD opening session are excepted. 

Online reference committees

Resolutions accepted by the on-time deadline will be included in the Online Reference Committees (ORC) for review and comment. The ORC will open for comments on May 1 at 5 p.m. Central. At the request of our councils, the speakers have decided the ORC will close for general comments on May 22 at noon Central. Report and resolution authors will be allowed to provide comments until 5 p.m. Central that day. Any comments received after noon Central that are not from an author will be deleted.

A-25 volunteer application

We are still in need of volunteers to serve on reference committees (other than F), Rules & Credentials Committee and as assistant tellers for the 2025 Annual Meeting. Please complete the A-25 HOD Committee Volunteer Form and indicate all positions for which you would be interested in serving. You must complete this form to be considered for service at A-25 as previous forms are not retained. The deadline to submit the volunteer form is March 26, 2025, at noon Central

All reference committees will meet virtually between May 24 and 29, 2025 for their preliminary executive session and report reviews. The Preliminary Reference Committee Reports must be completed in time to be posted on May 30, 2025. Volunteers are asked to be available during this window for these meetings.

The Pending & Forthcoming Reports list has been updated and can be accessed from the HOD speakers' page.

All communications sent out to the HOD leading up to the 2025 Annual Meeting can be found on the speakers' updates overview page. Refer to the January speakers' update for information on items including:

  • A-25 group registration for candidate interviews
  • A-25 virtual and in-person interview window
  • A-26 endorsement window reminder
  • A-27 group endorsement form and window
  • Speakers’ Open Forum

2025

March 17: Deadline to submit appointed council applications and COI
March 26: HOD volunteer form submission deadline (noon Central)
April 2: Deadline to submit A-25 virtual interview group information
April 22: 45-day on-time resolution submission deadline (noon Central)
April 26–May 4: A-25 virtual interview window
May 1: HOD Handbook posted (8 a.m. Central) 
May 1: Online reference committees open for comments (5 p.m. Central) 
May 15: Deadline to submit A-25 in-person interview group information
May 22: Online reference committees close for general comments (noon Central) 
May 22: Online reference committees close for author comments (5 p.m. Central) 
May 30: Preliminary reference committee reports posted to AMA website (5 p.m. Central) 
June 6: A-26 election endorsement window closes (5 p.m. Central) 
June 6–9: A-25 in-person interview window
Oct. 6: Deadline to submit A-27 group endorsement form (5 p.m. Central)
Nov. 14: A-27 election endorsement window opens (6 a.m. Eastern)

2026

June 5: A-27 election endorsement window closes (5 p.m. Central)

The AMA is currently soliciting applications for candidates to fill vacancies that will occur on AMA councils in 2025. The deadline to submit the application with accompanying updated biographical materials is Monday, March 17, 2025. (The deadline has been extended for 2025 since the HOD-mandated deadline of March 15 falls on a Saturday.)

Download the 2025 appointed council information (PDF) or visit the AMA council & committee page for further information and instructions. For additional information please contact Nadine Siewnarine at nadine.siewnarine@ama-assn.org or (312) 464-4468.

The AMA Council on Medical Education is currently soliciting candidates for AMA nomination for these opportunities:

  • ABMS Stakeholder Council
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology–Psychiatry Director
  • ACGME Review Committees for:
    • Colon and Rectal Surgery
    • Medical Genetics and Genomics
    • Nuclear Medicine
    • Orthopaedic Surgery
    • Pathology
    • Preventive Medicine
    • Psychiatry
    • Radiology

The deadline for applications for these opportunities is Feb. 20, 2025. Position descriptions and applications for each opportunity can be found on the medical education leadership opportunities page. Should anyone have questions, please contact Mary Grandau, program specialist II, AMA Council on Medical Education, at mary.grandau@ama-assn.org.

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Responses should be directed to HOD@ama-assn.org


For additional speakers' updates visit the updates overview page.

Visit the 2025 Annual Meeting page for registration and additional information for the HOD meeting.

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