AMERICAN THYROID ASSOCIATION INC
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Mission Statement
Research leads to cures … for thyroid disease and thyroid cancers! With your help, there is new hope for the millions of people who suffer from thyroid disease. The American Thyroid Association® (ATA) is a unique society with 1700 clinician and scientist members from 43 countries around the world, representing the world’s leading experts in thyroidology. In addition to the academic community, the ATA offers an array of services to the public, thyroid patients and their families, providing information, referral services, and a wealth of online resources describing the many thyroid diseases and types of thyroid cancer. Research, symptoms and treatments are detailed throughout the ATA website. The philanthropic support of our members, friends, the public and grateful patients permits the ATA to provide this variety and extent of valuable services, such as: •Research •Patient Education and Advocacy •Ridgway Trainee Conference •Continuing Medical Education programs •General Support
About This Cause
The American Thyroid Association is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of thyroid disease through excellence in research, clinical care, education, and public health. ATA is an international membership medical society with over 1,700 members from 43 countries around the world. Celebrating its 94th anniversary, the ATA delivers its mission through several key endeavors: the publication of highly regarded professional journals, Thyroid, Clinical Thyroidology, and VideoEndocrinology; annual scientific meetings; biennial clinical and research symposia; research grant programs for young investigators, support of online professional, public and patient educational programs; and the development of guidelines for clinical management of thyroid disease and thyroid cancer. The ATA promotes thyroid awareness and information through its online Clinical Thyroidology for the Public (distributed free of charge to over 11,000 patients and public subscribers) and extensive, authoritative explanations of thyroid disease and thyroid cancer in both English and Spanish. The ATA website serves as the clinical resource for patients and the public who look for reliable information on the Internet. Mission: The ATA is the leading organization devoted to thyroid biology and to the prevention and treatment of thyroid disease through excellence in research, clinical care, education, and public health. ATA VALUES The ATA’s values are: •scientific inquiry •clinical excellence •public service •patient advocacy •education •worldwide collaboration and collegiality •ethical conduct Goals 1.To foster and support research on thyroid molecular and cell biology, physiology, and diseases. 2.To disseminate new knowledge that leads to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of thyroid diseases. 3.To support education of trainees, basic scientists, physicians, and other health care professionals concerned with investigating, diagnosing, and treating thyroid diseases. 4.To establish and guide public policies on the causes, diagnosis, and management of thyroid diseases and related disorders. 5.To be the advocate for thyroid specialists in the councils concerned with science, clinical medicine, and health care delivery. 6.To encourage broad-based support from industry and other parties to fulfill the Association’s scientific and educational missions. 7.To stimulate philanthropic giving to a fund that supports the Association’s activities. 8.To enlarge and diversify the Association’s membership 9.To develop, implement, and regularly review the Association’s long-term plan. 10.To foster contact, collegiality, and collaboration among members and within the international thyroid community. 11.To promote collaboration with thyroid societies in other regions of the world concerning public health and other scientific issues. Annual Meeting and International Thyroid Congress The annual meeting, held every fall, brings together over 1,000 physicians and investigators from around the world to share the newest clinical and basic science research into thyroid disease. The meeting features posters, platform presentations, symposia, “meet the professor” lunches, discussion groups, and distinguished lectures. Awards are made to outstanding clinicians, academicians, young researchers, and dedicated Association members. Selected young investigators receive travel grants to attend the meeting. Exhibitors present related pharmaceutical, laboratory, diagnostic, publication, and organizational products and services. Every fifth year, the American Thyroid Association joins with the Latin American Thyroid Society, the European Thyroid Association, and the Asia Oceania Thyroid Association for an International Thyroid Congress.