Call for AACE Committee Volunteers
We are looking for committee volunteers who are enthusiastic to get involved, eager to make a difference, and committed to improving patient care. Your commitment helps us as we work together to achieve our mission of elevating the practice of clinical endocrinology to improve global health. Share your experiences and expertise, connect with fellow members, and collaborate with your peers on initiatives aimed at advancing the field of endocrinology.
AACE community members have the potential to serve on committees based on their level of member engagement.
Informed — Potential to serve on one (1) committee
Engaged — Potential to serve on multiple committees
Committee participation is limited; therefore, applicants will be asked to identify up to three committees they would like to join.
Endocrinologists, Physicians in other specialties, Fellows in Training, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and others are welcomed and encouraged to apply.
2025 Committee Application Period Closed on September 25, 2024.
The committee descriptions below provide an overview of volunteer opportunities to help identify your areas of interest.
Advocacy Committee
The Advocacy Committee represents, promotes, and advocates for the interests of AACE with regard to policies, laws, regulations and other developments that may affect clinical endocrine patient care, the association and its membership.
Time commitment: The Advocacy Committee meets virtually once a month for approximately 1-2 hours. Additional business may be conducted via email if necessary.
Status: Application Closed for 2025.
Click here for Advocacy Committee ChargeAnnual Meeting Scientific Program Committee (2026)
The purpose of the Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee is to design, coordinate, and implement education programming for the AACE Annual Meeting.
With the increased focus on incorporating healthcare workers across the care continuum, this committee provides Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Primary Care Physicians, and Endocrinologists an opportunity to work together to create compelling and informative content for all patient care team members.
The term of service on this committee will begin in April of 2025, and will conclude in May 2026, at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.
Time commitment: The Annual Meeting Program Committee meets virtually once a month, with an estimated time commitment of 2-4 hours per month.
Status: Application Closed for 2025.
Asian Pacific (APAC) Advisory Board
The APAC Advisory Board will serve under the purview of the Education Oversight Committee to assist AACE with all educational activities in India and the broader Asian-Pacific Region. The APAC advisory board is responsible for working with AACE global volunteers to plan education as needed for the region. The advisory board will meet virtually as needed. Most of the work is completed via email communication. The committee consists of the following:
- Chair
- Vice Chair
- Members
The Chair of the APAC advisory board will also serve on the Education Oversight Committee. Members serve one year and may be reappointed during the annual committee appointment process.
Status: Application Closed for 2025. *
Awards Committee
The Awards Committee will solicit nominations from the AACE Membership for internal and external awards dedicated to the art and science of medicine, to be recommended to the Board for approval. It will also develop, produce and promote the annual recognition awards to AACE Annual Meeting attendees through digital and print mediums; evaluate awards titles and criteria and consider creating new awards as necessary; and provide recommendations for the Dr. Lewis E. Braverman Endocrine Fellow-In-Training Travel Grant recipients, for Board of Trustees approval.
Time commitment: Committee members meet virtually 4-5 times per year. Additional work may be conducted via email if needed.
Status: Application Closed for 2025. * Call for volunteers will open the Spring of 2025 for service July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.
Certificate Programs Subcommittee
The Certificate Programs Subcommittee members are comprised of endocrine care team members and physicians who collaborate to oversee the certificate programs' development, design, evaluation, and maintenance. The committee member's responsibilities are:
- Develop program-level and course objectives
- Identify and select courses
- Provide industry insight and updates regarding professional practice gaps
- Review and evaluate the program and courses
- Oversee course and program updates and revisions in alignment with clinical and industry changes and updates
- Recruit workgroup members to serve as course faculty
Time commitment: Committee members meet virtually at least once per month (maximum 2x) for 60-90 minutes. Responsibilities: Planning, reviewing, and evaluating program and communicating with staff liaison and committee members is approximately 7-15 hours per month.
Status: Application Closed for 2025.
Click here for Certificate Committee ChargeClinical Practice Guidelines Oversight Committee
The AACE Clinical Practice Guidelines Oversight Committee (CPG OC) is a highly engaged committee that is responsible for some of our most important efforts toward development of official AACE clinical guidance documents. This committee offers a great opportunity to gain leadership experience, network with peers, and further your expertise in clinical endocrinology and evidence-based medicine.
We are open to all applicants, yet do prefer those who have:
- Experience in epidemiology, guideline or systematic review development, or leading clinical trials
- Strong leadership skills with focus on collaboration, inclusion, and teamwork
- Experience in facilitating or participating in open and productive discussion in a collegial environment
- Commitment to the mission, vision, and positions of AACE
- Commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion
Time commitment: The CPG OC meets once a month in the evening for 1 hour via Zoom and completes all work virtually. The estimated time commitment, including the monthly meeting, is 3-5 hours per month, depending on documents to review. The term of a CPG OC member is 2 years with a maximum of one renewal.
Status: Application Closed for 2025.
Click here for CPG OC Charge, Structure, and other relevant informationContinuing Medical Education Accreditation Subcommittee
- Review and accredit educational programs and activities related to the practice of clinical endocrinology.
- Maintain ACCME accreditation standards and ensure compliance with reporting requirements.
- Review ACCME Standards for Accreditation with Commendation and support implementation of changes to enable AACE to aspire to meet the requirements for Commendation during the next accreditation application.
- Assist staff in resolving conflict of interest issues to ensure bias free and balanced educational offerings.
Time commitment: Work conducted by email, minimal time commitment, 1-2 hours per month.
Status: Application Closed for 2025.
Disease State Network Oversight Committee (DSN OC)
The Disease State Network Oversight Committee provides endocrine disease state strategy that aligns with the AACE Strategic Plan and oversees the AACE Endocrine Disease State Networks (DSN) and DSN Workgroups. The DSN OC is composed of the Chairs and Vice Chairs of the Disease State Networks:
- Bone and Parathyroid
- Cardiometabolic and Lipids
- Diabetes
- Nutrition and Obesity
- Pituitary, Gonad, Adrenal and Neuroendocrine
- Thyroid
Time commitment: The DSN Oversight committee meets virtually approx. 5-6 times a year and once in person at the AACE Annual Meeting. Chairs and Vice chairs lead communication and sharing updates among other DSNs and within the workgroup leadership.
Status: Application Closed for 2025 for Vice Chair positions on all DSNs, for a one-year term, 1/1/25-12/31/25.
Click here for DSN Oversight Committee Charge, Structure and other relevant informationDiversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
AACE is committed to embracing diversity in all forms, and we will strive to realize the principles of equity and inclusion and apply them to the entire AACE community. The DEI committee will fulfill AACE’s brand goal of developing and promoting a very human, interpersonal organization: one that is welcoming and inclusive of a diverse population of endocrinology stakeholders. As part of this committee, you will help:
- Develop effective strategies to ensure a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion across AACE’s community membership, leadership, governance, and educational activities, as well as the community at large, that is responsive to the changing health care environment and demographics through generations.
- The DEI Committee Chair selects members to represent AACE DEI on several committees including Awards, Nominating Committee, Education Oversight Committee, Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee, and the Endocrine Care Team Committee.
Time commitment: Varies depending on assignment but requires at least quarterly 1-hour virtual committee meetings and additional virtual project- based meetings varying from 1-2 hours per month depending on actual assignments.
Status: Application Closed for 2025.
Education Oversight Committee
AACE strives to educate physicians and other health care professionals on evidence-based, unbiased, high quality, and timely clinical and research endocrine content that would result in impactful change in their professional skills, performance, and strategies caring for patients and their caregivers. The AACE Education Oversight Committee (EOC) is a highly engaged committee responsible for all AACE educational content.
Time commitment: This committee meets virtually every month and works collaboratively in a virtual environment. The estimated time commitment is 2-4 hours per month.
Status: Application Closed for 2025. *
Endocrine Care Team (ECT) Steering Committee
The Endocrine Care Team (ECT) Steering Committee represents the membership, engagement, and educational needs of NPs, PAs, PharmDs, and other members of the endocrine patient care team.
The Committee will help to recruit and retain AACE community members by assessing current member benefits, education offerings, and make recommendations for improvement.
The Committee Chair will serve as liaison to the AACE Board of Directors/ Trustees to present the best methods for collaboration between physicians and members of the care team.
Time commitment: Committee members meet virtually 3-4 times per year, with an optional event during the AACE Annual Meeting. Additional business may be conducted via email if needed.
Status: Application Closed for 2025 for Nurse Practitioners, Physician’s Assistants, PharmDs and other members of the endocrine patient care team.
Fellows Education Subcommittee
As part of this committee, you will help support the interests of and address issues of concern to fellows in training; responsible for the development of fellows’ education, including Endocrine University and the Fellows activities at the annual meeting; and promote effective communication and action between individuals, training programs, and AACE.
Time commitment: This Committee generally meets 3 to 3 times a year, with minimal time commitment.
Status: Application Closed for 2025.
FACE Application Committee
Potential members must possess a FACE or MACE distinction. This committee requires substantial time commitment due to the extensive nature of the work. As part of this committee, you will: Review and approve applications for FACE distinction of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology; and review the application and criteria for FACE distinction to determine if any changes need to be made and, if so, submit a recommendation(s) to the Board of Trustees for their approval.
Time commitment: This is a working committee that requires substantial time commitment due to the extensive nature of the work during the application review period. The committee generally meets 3 to 4 times a year, with most of the work conducted via email.
Status: Application Closed for 2025, for service July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026. Selection notifications will be sent in the Spring of 2025.
Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) Advisory Board
The MENA Advisory Board will serve under the purview of the Education Oversight Committee to assist AACE with all educational activities in the Middle East and Northern Africa Region. The MENA advisory board is responsible for working with AACE global volunteers to plan the AACE MENA meeting and other education as needed. The advisory board will work collaboratively on the education program with physician colleagues in the Middle East North Africa region. This advisory board will meet virtually 1-2 times per year. Most of the work is completed via email communication. The committee consists of the following:
- Chair
- Vice Chair
- Members
The Chair of the MENA advisory board will also serve on the Education Oversight Committee. Members serve one year and may be reappointed during the annual committee appointment process.
Status: Application Closed for 2025. *
Professional Standards Committee
We are looking for volunteers who have an interest or expertise in helping to identify, manage and mitigate conflicts of interest. As part of this Committee, you will, on an as-needed basis:
- Review conflict of interest (COI) forms and other information submitted by Board members, Committee Chairs, and Committee members
- Address any questions or concerns regarding financial, intellectual, ethical or other COI.
- Review AACE’s COI policy and make recommendations as needed to ensure the COI policy follows best practices
- Review complaints concerning reported unethical activities alleged against a member by another member
- Respond to requests from the Board for guidance and recommendation on matters involving ethics and COI.
- Developing, as needed, member education materials regarding professional standards and ethics.
Time commitment: This Committee generally meets 2 to 3 times a year, with minimal time commitment. Additional business may be conducted via email if necessary.
Status: Application Closed for 2025.
2025 Committee Application
* If you have an area of particular interest or expertise, or if the committee you are interested in is not open to volunteers at the moment, please make this known in the committee application. Such preferences are taken into consideration in the appointment process or for future volunteer opportunities.
Committee Application Period Closed on September 25, 2024.
Other Ways to Volunteer - Disease State Networks
Disease State Networks provide pools of experts for AACE to draw upon to serve as physician liaisons, faculty, program editors for AACE educational programs, and authors or reviewers for AACE white papers and guidelines.
As an AACE community member, you can choose to be included in multiple disease networks based on your areas of interest and expertise, with the understanding that you may be asked to serve as an expert volunteer for AACE in these areas of choice.
Learn About AACE Disease State Networks