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ATA Mission
The ATA leads in promoting thyroid health and understanding thyroid biology.
ATA VISION
The ATA is the leading organization focused on thyroid biology and the prevention and treatment of thyroid disorders through excellence and innovation in research, clinical care, education, and public health.
ATA VALUES
The ATA values scientific inquiry, clinical excellence, public service, education, collaboration, and collegiality.
Goals
- To foster and support research on thyroid molecular and cell biology, physiology, and diseases.
- To disseminate new knowledge that leads to prevention, diagnosis,and treatment of thyroid diseases.
- To support education of trainees, basic scientists, physicians, and other health care professionals concerned with investigating, diagnosing, and treating thyroid diseases.
- To establish and guide public policies on the causes, diagnosis, and management of thyroid diseases and related disorders.
- To be the advocate for thyroid specialists in the councils concerned with science, clinical medicine, and health care delivery.
- To encourage broad-based support from industry and other parties to fulfill the Association's scientific and educational missions.
- To stimulate philanthropic giving to a fund that supports the Association's activities.
- To enlarge and diversify the Association's membership
- To develop, implement, and regularly review the Association's long-term plan.
- To foster contact, collegiality, and collaboration among members and within the international thyroid community.
- To promote collaboration with thyroid societies in other regions of the world concerning public health and other scientific issues.
Description
Founded in 1923, the American Thyroid Association is a professional society of 900 U.S. and international physicians and scientists who specialize in the research and treatment of thyroid diseases. The Association is dedicated to promoting scientific and public understanding of the biology of the thyroid gland and its disorders, so as to improve methods for prevention, diagnosis, and management. The Association fosters excellence in research, patient care, and education of patients, the public, and the medical and scientific communities. The Association also guides public policy about the prevention and management of thyroid diseases.
Annual Meeting
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.
ATA Board of Directors, Journal Editors, Staff
