Congratulations to our Colleagues Elected to the NAM Class of 2025

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) recently announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members at its annual meeting. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is delighted to recognize the outstanding work of five family physicians: Mohammed K. Ali, MD, MSc, MBA, Andrea A. Anderson, MD, Med, Esa M. Davis, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Christine E. Dehlendorf, MD, MS, and Donald K. Warne, MD, MPH.

New members are elected annually through a selective process that recognizes individuals who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health.

“I am deeply honored to welcome these extraordinary health and medicine leaders and researchers into the National Academy of Medicine,” said NAM President Victor J. Dzau. “Their demonstrated excellence in tackling public health challenges, leading major discoveries, improving health care, advancing health policy, and addressing health equity will critically strengthen our collective ability to tackle the most pressing health challenges of our time.”

Mohammed K. Ali, MD, MSc, MBA, William H. Foege Distinguished Professor of Global Health; director, Emory Global Diabetes Research Center; and professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta. For leading groundbreaking surveillance of national and international diabetes quality of care, and research translating community, clinical, and policy innovations to improve diabetes care and preventive services. His pioneering scientific contributions have shaped global diabetes targets, visualization of care and preventive service gaps, and inspired scale-up efforts in multiple countries.

Andrea A. Anderson, MD, MEd, associate professor, Division of Family Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC. For being an academic family medicine leader in care of the underserved. She chaired the American Board of Family Medicine and has led national medical student assessment committees, the Federation of State Medical Boards, and other organizations spearheading national standards for professionalism, assessment, professional regulation, certification, and combatting misinformation. Locally she was a longtime advocate for a new academic family medicine department at GWU and is participating in its development.

Esa M. Davis, MD, MPH, FAAFP, professor of family and community medicine, associate vice president for community health, and senior associate dean for population health and community medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore. For advancing women’s health and health equity through trailblazing epidemiologic studies elucidating the associations of parity, pregnancy intervals, and weight gain with risk for maternal obesity, gestational diabetes, and their associated health disparities. She leads landmark pragmatic clinical trials informing practice guidelines to improve obesity- and diabetes-related maternal health outcomes.

Christine E. Dehlendorf, MD, MS, professor and vice chair for research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. For her work in improving reproductive health and empowering patient-centered contraceptive choices. Her seminal practice-based research illuminated inadequate and inequitable shared decision-making about contraceptive options. She created a novel online contraceptive decision support tool and a first-ever patient-reported outcome performance measure of contraceptive care.

Donald K. Warne, MD, MPH, co-director, Center for Indigenous Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. For his work that has significantly advanced Native American health by advocating for health care access, education, and policy reform. His leadership empowers Native communities through representation and culturally competent care. His achievements emphasize the importance of advocacy, education, and health systems change for marginalized populations.

The NAM’s website states that a diversity of talent among NAM’s membership is assured by its Articles of Organization, which stipulate that at least one-quarter of the membership is selected from fields outside the health professions — for example, from such fields as law, engineering, social sciences, and the humanities. The newly elected members bring NAM’s total membership to more than 2,500, including nearly 200 international members.

The full story and complete list of new members can be found here: National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members