Make a difference in GI and help advance AGA’s vision to end the burden of digestive diseases! Offer your candidacy or nominate a peer today for one of the following AGA leadership positions. Serving as a volunteer will require your presence and dedication and is your opportunity to use (or enhance) leadership skills, advance your career, and make a difference for our field and our patients.
We welcome volunteers who bring diversity across all dimensions, including (but not limited to) gender, race and ethnicity, geography, sexual identity, practice setting, diverse perspectives and institution type.
Terms begin in June 2024, and you must be an AGA member to serve. Application deadlines are coming up in the fall, either Oct. 2 or Nov. 1, depending on the position.
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AGA Governing Board
Nominations are being accepted through Oct. 2, 2023. The AGA Governing Board brings together great ideas, diverse perspectives, and smart partners to create a positive future in GI. Physician and scientist members are encouraged to serve. The term of service is three years.
Vice President (1), Councillor, Clinical Research (1), Councillor, Practice (1)
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AGA Nominating Committee
Nominations for six nominating committee openings are being accepted through Oct. 2, 2023. AGA Nominating Committee members select future officers and councillors for the AGA/AGA Institute as well as the members who are placed on the ballot for election to the committee for the following year. Full and senior members as well as early career members in practice and research are eligible. The term of service is one year.
Early-Career Practice Member (1), Early-Career Research Member (1), Member (4)
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AGA Committee Appointments
Apply today or recommend a colleague to serve on an AGA committee. Committee members are actively involved in AGA’s vision of ending the burden of digestive diseases. Applications are being accepted through Nov. 1, 2023. Positions are available to full physicians and scientists. Trainees may apply to serve as a trainee member on select committees.
Committee Name | Title |
Audit Committee | Member (1) |
Center for Gut Microbiome Research and Education Scientific Advisory Board | Chair Elect (1), Member(2) |
Center for GI Innovation and Technology Strategic Advisory Board | Member (3) |
Clinical Guidelines Committee | Chair Elect (1), Member (2) |
Clinical Practice Updates Committee | Member (4) |
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee | Member (3) |
Education & Training Committee | Chair Elect (1), Member (4) |
Ethics Committee | Member (2) |
Finance & Operations Committee | Member (1) |
Government Affairs Committee | Member (4) |
PAC Board of Advisors | Chair Elect (1), Member (2) |
Publications Committee | Chair Elect (1), Member (2), Practice Member (1), Trainee Member (1) |
Quality Committee | Member (1) |
Research Awards Panel | Chair Elect (1), Vice Chair Elect (1), Member (8) |
Research Policy Committee | Member (3) |
Trainee and Early Career Committee | Chair Elect (1), Postdoctoral Fellow (1) |
Women’s Committee | Chair Elect (1), Member (2) |
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AGA Institute Council
Nominations are being accepted for six sections of the AGA Institute Council through Nov. 1, 2023. The AGA Institute Council is responsible for AGA’s scientific and educational sessions at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW). All full AGA member physicians and scientists (should hold an MD, PhD, or equivalent degree) are eligible for nomination. The sections accepting nominations for the positions of vice chair and nominating committee member are listed below.
Council Section | Title |
Basic & Clinical Intestinal Disorders (BCID) | Vice chair, Nominating Committee Member |
Clinical Practice (CP) | Vice chair, Nominating Committee Member |
Endoscopy, Technology & Imaging (ETI) | Vice chair, Nominating Committee Member |
Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IMIBD) | Vice chair, Nominating Committee Member |
Liver & Biliary (LB) | Vice chair, Nominating Committee Member |
Microbiome & Microbial Therapy (MMT) | Vice chair, Nominating Committee Member |
Obesity, Metabolism & Nutrition (OMN) | Vice chair, Nominating Committee Member |
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AGA Course Directors
Each year, AGA selects course directors and co-directors for its educational programs. Course director positions often require previous experience with the specific course and experience in program planning. View more details here. Nominations are being accepted through Nov. 1, 2023.
Committee Name | Title |
Crohn’s and Colitis Congress | Director-Elect |
GI Cancer Symposium with ASCO | International Representative, Program Committee Member |
Principles of GI for the NP and PA | Physician Director, MD; Program Director, APP |
AGA Postgraduate Course | Co-Director |