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Useful Links
American Medical Associaton
The American Medical Association helps doctors help patients by uniting physicians nationwide to work on the most important professional and public health issues. Working together, the AMA's quarter of a million physician and medical student members are playing an active role in shaping the future of medicine. For more information on the AMA, please visit www.ama-assn.org.
American Medical Association Alliance
The largest volunteer arm of the AMA, the AMA Alliance is a health advocacy network, supporting physicians and organized medicine with advocacy, health promotion and fundraising.
American Medical Association Institute for Ethics
Alzheimer's Association
800-272-3900
www.alz.org
American Council on Alcoholism
800-527-5344
www.aca-usa.org
American Services for the Blind
215-627-0600
www.asb.org
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
800-311-3435
ccc.cdc.gov
What's New on the Emergency Preparedness & Response Site - CDC
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/whatsnew.asp
DC Board of Medicine
DC Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians
DC Department of Health - Health Emergency Preparedness & Response Administration (HEPRA)
DC Department of Health, Pharmaceutical Control Division
Processes controlled substance registrations.
* For questions regarding controlled substance registrations, contact Ms. Briscoe at 202-535-2076.
DC Department of Health, Bioterrorism Helpline: 202-442-9196
DC - health coverage options in DC - http://healthinsurance.dc.gov
The District of Columbia's Department Of Health, Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Program
Paulette Jackson, Special Projects Coordinator
Department of Health
Primary Care & Prevention Administration
Bureau of Communicable Diseases
STD Control Program
717 14th St., NW, Building Box 14
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 727-9862 Telephone
(202) 727-3345 Fax
paulette.jackson@dc.gov
DC Hospital Association Provides links to DC hospitals.
DC Society of Anesthesiologists
Federal DEA Registration -
Online - www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/online_forms.htm
Registration specialists are available during normal businesshours to provide information about new applications, renewals, order forms, or manuals (for pharmacists, physicians, mid-level practitioners and chemical handlers).
DC - 202-305-8888 or 1-877-801-7975 (202-305-8355 fax)
MD - 877-330-6670 (410-244-3589 fax)
Maryland Controlled Substance License
For information on obtaining a controlled substance license for the state of Maryland, call the Maryland State Narcotics Bureau, 410-764-2890.
Medicare Hotline - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
800-medicare 800-633-4227
www.medicare.gov
National Cancer Institute
800-4-CANCER 800-422-6237
www.cancer.gov
National Capital Poison Center
800-222-1222
www.poison.org
National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention
800-CDC-INFO 800-232-4636
www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/nchstp.html
National Drug and Alcohol Abuse Helpline
800-729-6686
www.ncadi.samhsa.org
National Health Information Center
800-336-4797
www.health.gov/nhic
National Patient Safety Foundation (AMA)
National Practitioner Data Bank
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance
800-221-7437
www.sidsalliance.org
Organization of State Medical Association Presidents (OSMAP)
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) mobilizes the health professions and enlists support from the general public to protect and promote the human rights of all people. PHR believes that human rights are essential for the health and wellbeing of all members of the human family. PHR educates health professionals and medical, public health, and nursing students and organize them to become active in supporting a movement for human rights and creating a culture of human rights in the medical and scientific professions.
Public Health Foundation, is a DC-based non-profit organization that works with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Quarantine Department to publicize resources and materials available to the public health sector. Click here to access the CDC Division of Quarantine's current publication, "Health Information for International Travel"
US Consumer Product Safety Commission Information Service
800-638-2772
www.cpsc.gov
Washington Psychiatric Society
Certifying Organizations
Medical Information on the Internet
Medical Textbooks on the Internet
Selected Media
Local
National
Government
Medicare -- DC area
Health Plans -- DC area
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