• AA Alcoholics Anonymous
  • AAD American Association of Dermatology
  • AADGP American Academy of Dental Group Practice
  • AAFP American Academy of Family Physicians
  • AAOS American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • AAP American Academy of Pediatrics
  • ACOG American College of Obstetics and Gynecology
  • ACS American Cancer Society
  • 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
  • ARA American Rheumatological Association
  • CAOT Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
  • CAD Canadian Association of the Deaf
  • CAEP Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
  • CAG Canadian Association of Gerontology
  • CAMT Canadian Association of Music Therapy
  • CAO Canadian Association of Orthodontists
  • CAO Canadian Association of Optometrists
  • CAP Canadian Association of Physicists
  • CAR Canadian Association of Radiologists
  • CASLPA Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
  • CCS Canadian Cardiology Society
  • CMA Canadian Medical Association
  • CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • CMO Chief medical officer
  • FDA Food and Drug Administration
  • GP General practitioner
  • HC Health Canada
  • LMSSA The Society of Apothecaries
  • JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association
  • MD Medical doctor
  • NA Narcotics Anonymous
  • NEJM New England Journal of Medicine

  • O.D. Optical doctor
  • RACP Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • RACS Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  • RCP Royal College of Physicians
  • RCS Royal College of Surgeons
  • RCOG Royal College of Obstetricans and Gynaecologists
  • RCN Royal College of Nursing
  • RCM Royal COllege of Midwives
  • UKPDS United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study
  • WHO World Health Organization

See also