About ACOEM

Founded in 1916, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) is the nation's largest medical society dedicated to promoting the health of workers through preventive medicine, clinical care, research, and education. A dynamic group of physicians and allied health professionals in a variety of medical practices is united via the College to develop positions and policies on vital issues relevant to the practice of preventive medicine both within and outside of the workplace.

ACOEM promotes optimal health and safety of workers, workplaces, and environments by educating occupational health and other healthcare professionals, enhancing the quality of OEM practice, guiding workplace and public policy, and advancing the field of OEM. The society is in a unique position to reach American workers in a variety of settings given our members employment at hospitals and clinics, colleges and universities, large corporations, factories and industrial sites, law and safety enforcement, government agencies, military, etc.

For more information on ACOEM, visit www.acoem.org. Interested in becoming a member of ACOEM? Visit https://acoem.org/Membership.

Specialty Societies Advancing Adult Immunization

In 2021, ACOEM was chosen as one of seven specialty society partners for a 5-year cooperative agreement awarded to the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve vaccination rates among high-risk adults. CDC specifically asked CMSS to target adults in occupational health settings and CMSS recognized that ACOEM members’ long-standing relationships with health systems, clinics, and employers would be an asset to this vaccination improvement initiative. As part of this agreement, ACOEM has partnered with 6 health care systems and large employers to incorporate CDC's Standards for Adult Immunization Practice into clinical care and increase adult immunization (beginning with COVID-19 and influenza) through education, dissemination, and quality improvement initiatives.