AANEM

Name

AANEM

Legal name

American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Website

https://aanem.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Medical Association Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDADACAC

Programmatic Accreditors (Discipline/Profession-Specific)

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Accreditation Bodies (Institutional & Programmatic)

Keywords

• Professional medical association
• Electrodiagnostic medicine
• Neuromuscular medicine
• CME continuing education
• Medical board certification

Headquarters

HQ city

Rochester

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees for physicians, technologists, researchers, and allied health professionals. Members receive discounted rates on events, education, and access to exclusive resources.
2. Annual Meeting Registration: Registration fees for in-person and virtual attendance at the AANEM Annual Meeting. Pricing varies by membership status and attendee category (physician, technologist, trainee, student).
3. Educational Content Sales: Sales of CME/CEU courses, monographs, checkpoints, self-assessments, and educational bundles. Free for members; non-members pay higher rates.
4. Certification and Accreditation Fees: Fees for ABEM physician and technologist certification, continuous certification programs, and EDX laboratory accreditation applications and maintenance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

AANEM is a nonprofit professional medical membership association that delivers continuing medical education (CME/CEU) courses, board certification through the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (ABEM), voluntary electrodiagnostic laboratory accreditation, and an annual scientific meeting for physicians, technologists, and allied health professionals in neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic medicine. It also operates an Oasis-based learning management system with 541+ courses and advocates for quality patient care and appropriate reimbursement.

Product overview

AANEM operates a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on its Learning Center LMS (OasisLMS), which delivers hundreds of educational products across multiple formats including Self-Assessment Examinations (NM and EDX SAE), Checkpoint courses (NCS-focused), Monographs, Podcasts, Teachable Moments, and Lessons from the Lab series. The Annual Meeting serves as the flagship in-person/virtual event, with the Annual Meeting Video Collection providing on-demand access. Bundled products like the Nerve Conduction Study Bundle and EMG Interactive Training Tool Bundle offer grouped training. Core certifications include ABEM Physician Certification (with Continuous Certification qualifying for 529 expenses), ABEM Technologist Certification (CNCT), and the EDX Laboratory Accreditation Program. Training Program Partnership resources support residency and fellowship development. The Advanced Practice Provider Neuromuscular Course Bundle and Patient Resources for Navigating Healthcare Costs brochure extend the offering into specialized audience segments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (ABEM): Certifying board for physicians and technologists in electrodiagnostic medicine
• AANEM Learning Center
• AANEM Annual Meeting

Products and services

• AANEM Learning Center Online learning management system (Oasis LMS) providing 541+ CME/CEU courses, self-assessments, monographs, podcasts, checkpoints, and recorded annual meeting sessions for neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic medicine professionals.
• AANEM Annual Meeting Annual in-person and virtual scientific conference offering educational sessions, workshops, exhibits, and networking for neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic medicine professionals, including plenary sessions and industry forums.
• Annual Meeting Video Collection On-demand video recordings of most annual meeting sessions available for 3 years with credit claiming options, excluding Ask the Experts sessions and workshops.
• ABEM Physician Certification American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine certification program for physicians, including initial certification, continuous certification, and the NMUS Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ).
• ABEM Technologist Certification (CNCT) Certification program for electrodiagnostic technologists, including the Certified Nerve Conduction Technologist (CNCT) examination and maintenance of certification.
• EDX Laboratory Accreditation Program Voluntary peer-review accreditation process that acknowledges electrodiagnostic laboratories for achieving quality, performance, and integrity standards in electrodiagnostic medicine.
• Advanced Practice Provider Neuromuscular Course Bundle 2025 Bundled educational course package designed for advanced practice providers, covering neuromuscular medicine topics with CME/CEU credits.
• Nerve Conduction Study Bundle Interactive training bundle for nerve conduction studies providing 16 CME and 16 CEU credits.
• EMG Interactive Training Tool Bundle 4-product interactive bundle for electromyography (EMG) training providing 24 CME credits.
• 2025 Neuromuscular Self-Assessment Examination Comprehensive self-assessment examination in neuromuscular medicine that earns 8 SA CME credits and is approved by ABPN and ABPM&R for maintenance of certification.
• Self-Assessment: Neuromuscular Junction Disorders Case-based self-assessment exam covering autoimmune and congenital myasthenic syndromes, Lambert-Eaton syndrome, and NMJ involvement, approved by ABPN and ABPM&R for maintenance of certification, with 44 questions and 4 SA CME credits.
• Training Program Partnership Resources for neuromuscular and electrodiagnostic training programs, including a TPP Director portal, Fellowship Match Portal, and fellowship recognition services.
• ANF and NAC IFCN International Scholarships Travel scholarships for physicians from economically developing countries to attend the AANEM Annual Meeting, providing $1,000 cash and free meeting registration.
• Patient Resources Brochure: Navigating Healthcare Costs Free printable patient resource consolidating financial and support resources to help patients estimate care costs, access assistance, and connect with disease-specific organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 541+ educational courses available through the Learning Center
• +2 more outcomes

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Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, major and core.

• American College of Cardiology (ACC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 January 2023AANEM endorsed the 2023 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Cardiac Amyloidosis, which focuses on multidisciplinary care for cardiac amyloidosis patients who often have extracardiac neuromuscular manifestations.
• Heart Failure Society of AmericamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-endorsed the 2023 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Cardiac Amyloidosis alongside AANEM and International Society of Amyloidosis.
• International Society of AmyloidosismajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-endorsed the 2023 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Cardiac Amyloidosis alongside AANEM and Heart Failure Society of America.
• American Academy of NeurologymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Affirmed the value of the 2023 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Cardiac Amyloidosis statement, recognizing the importance of multidisciplinary care for amyloidosis patients.
• American Neuromuscular Foundation (ANF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANF is AANEM's affiliated foundation focused on funding neuromuscular research grants and scholarships. The organizations share staff and resources, with ANF providing research funding opportunities and international scholarships for physicians from economically developing countries to attend AANEM meetings.
• North American Chapter of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (NAC IFCN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAC IFCN partners with ANF to provide international scholarships for physicians from economically developing countries to attend the AANEM Annual Meeting. Joint scholarship provides $1,000 cash plus free meeting registration.
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerABPN reviews and approves AANEM Self-Assessment Exams as part of comprehensive lifelong learning programs mandated by ABMS for continuous certification. AANEM sends monthly CME record updates to ABPN.
• American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPM&R)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerABPM&R reviews and approves AANEM Self-Assessment Exams for maintenance of certification. AANEM sends monthly CME record updates to ABPM&R as part of ABMS continuous certification requirements.
• Peripheral Nerve SocietymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint educational session at AANEM Annual Meeting covering peripheral nerve topics, combining expertise from both organizations in neuromuscular and peripheral nerve medicine.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Broad incumbents

• American Medical Association: Largest US physician membership organization with a much broader portfolio of CME, certification advocacy, and policy work. Provides a useful upper-bound benchmark for medical specialty society scale.
• American Academy of Neurology: Larger neurology specialty society with a parallel structure of membership, CME, board certification support, annual meeting, and advocacy. Operates in the same clinical ecosystem as AANEM and serves overlapping physician populations.

Others

• Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education: National CME accreditor that grants AANEM its authority to issue continuing medical education credits. Functions as a regulator and standards-setter for AANEM's 541+ course library.
• American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: ABMS member board that partners with AANEM by reviewing and approving AANEM self-assessment exams for maintenance of certification. Functions as a certification enabler for AANEM's physician members rather than a direct competitor.
• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: ABMS member board that accepts AANEM self-assessment exams for continuous certification and receives monthly CME record updates from AANEM, making it a critical certification pipeline partner.

Direct peers

• American College of Rheumatology: Mid-sized medical specialty society with a comparable operating model: member dues, CME accreditation, annual scientific meeting, fellowship support, and practice resources for a defined clinical specialty.
• American Association of Electrodiagnostic Technologists: Direct peer association serving EDX technologists with certification, education, and advocacy. Targets the same technologist segment as AANEM's CNCT program and competes for the same professional development dollars.
• Peripheral Nerve Society: International specialty society for peripheral nerve medicine that co-hosts educational sessions with AANEM and has overlapping membership in neuromuscular and peripheral nerve practitioners.
• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: PM&R specialty society with comparable member-driven model, CME/CEU programs, board certification alignment, and annual meeting. Many AANEM members also belong to AAPM&R, and the two organizations partner on continuing certification pathways.

Emerging players

• Heart Failure Society of America: Specialty society with comparable size and member-driven structure that co-endorsed the 2023 ACC cardiac amyloidosis pathway with AANEM. Serves as a peer in multidisciplinary specialty society collaboration models.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/AANEMorg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aanemorg
• Instagraminstagram.com/aanemorg

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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