SAEM

What SAEM does

SAEM, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, is a U.S.-based non-profit professional medical association founded in 1989 and headquartered at 1111 East Touhy Ave, Des Plaines, Illinois. The organization serves academic emergency-medicine professionals across the career arc — medical students, residents, fellows, faculty, department chairs, administrators, pharmacists, and military personnel — and reached a record membership of more than 11,000 members in 2024. Its remit is the advancement of patient care through education and research in emergency medicine.

The core offerings are organized across publications, education, meetings, career services, and research funding. SAEM publishes two peer-reviewed journals (Academic Emergency Medicine and AEM Education and Training) plus recurring newsletters (SAEM Pulse, SAEM Weekly), distributes a digital education platform (SOAR / SAEM Online Academic Resources), runs the flagship Annual Meeting together with regional meetings and webinars, and operates EM Job Link as the field's career portal. A new online community platform, SAEM ConnectED, is scheduled to launch on June 29, 2026. Research support is delivered through the SAEM Foundation grants program, the NIH-aligned strategic dashboard, the Neuro-EM Scholars Program, and the National Academy of Medicine ABEM Fellowship. Content is also delivered via multiple podcast series, RAMS Roadmaps career guides, the GRACE clinical guidelines, and the Virtual Residency & Fellowship Fair. Eleven affiliated academies and interest groups — AACEM, AAAEM, ADIEM, AEUS, AGEM, AWAEM, CDEM, GEMA, RAMS, Simulation Academy, and AEMP — segment programming by subspecialty and career stage.

The revenue model is a non-profit member-supported structure combining tiered annual membership dues, registrations for meetings and webinars, subscription/journal access revenue, non-member access fees for exhibitors and presenters, and grant administration through the SAEM Foundation. Distribution is primarily self-serve via the SAEM website and membership system, augmented by an active social media presence on Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram, and by the EM Job Link career portal. Membership growth, new digital platform investment, and expanding global reach through GEMA indicate a deliberate broadening of engagement surface for a stable, mature academic-medicine association.

Name

SAEM

Legal name

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Website

https://saem.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SAEM is a U.S. non-profit professional medical association serving 11,000+ academic emergency-medicine members through journals, education platforms, meetings, career services, and research grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Des Plaines

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: SAEM generates revenue through tiered membership fees for different professional categories including medical students, residents, fellows, faculty, young physicians, pharmacists, and military personnel
2. Annual Meeting and Events: Revenue from SAEM Annual Meeting registrations, regional meetings, webinars, and the Virtual Residency & Fellowship Fair
3. Publication Access: Journal access and publication-related services for members and non-members
4. Grant Administration: SAEM Foundation provides grant funding opportunities for research and education in emergency medicine

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels13 records

Core offering

SAEM is a nonprofit professional membership organization for academic emergency medicine that delivers peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, and clinical practice guidelines (Academic Emergency Medicine, AEM Education and Training, SAEM Pulse, SAEM Weekly, GRACE), an online academic education platform (SOAR), career resources and job board (EM Job Link), an annual meeting and regional events, and research grant funding administered through the SAEM Foundation.

Product overview

SAEM (Society for Academic Emergency Medicine) is a professional membership organization, not a technology product company. Its offerings consist of publications (Academic Emergency Medicine journal, AEM Education and Training journal, SAEM Pulse newsletter, SAEM Weekly), educational resources (SAEM Online Academic Resources/SOAR platform, RAMS Roadmaps career guides, GRACE clinical guidelines), career services (EM Job Link, Virtual Residency & Fellowship Fair), and research funding (SAEM Foundation Grants). These services support the academic emergency medicine community through knowledge dissemination, professional development, and funding opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM): The official journal of SAEM
• AEM Education and Training
• SAEM Pulse
• SAEM Weekly
• SAEM ConnectED
• EM Job Link
• RAMS Roadmaps

Products and services

• Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM) Journal

Quantifiable outcome

• 11,000+ members served through educational resources and professional development

Named customers6 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSAEM maintains a strategic partnership with NIH for emergency medicine research funding, including the Neuro-EM Scholars Program and strategic goals for EM NIH funding with tracked active projects, principal investigators, and annual funding data
• Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAACEM is an affiliated academy of SAEM focused on leadership development for academic department chairs, offering the Chair Development Program, Chair Mentorship Program, and Emerging Leader Development Program (eLEAD)
• Academy of Administrators in Academic Emergency Medicine (AAAEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAAAEM supports emergency medicine administrators through benchmarking surveys, the Certificate in Academic Emergency Medicine Administration (CAEMA), and the AAAEM Annual Retreat
• Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerADIEM promotes diversity and inclusion through DEI curriculum, webinars, scholarships, visiting scholarships, LGBTQIA+ mentoring program, and LEAP program
• Academy of Emergency Ultrasound (AEUS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAEUS provides ultrasound education through narrated lecture series, asynchronous curriculum, webinars, grant writing mentorship, and the AEUS Sono Gallery image bank
• Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine (AGEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAGEM focuses on elderly patient care through webinars, in-person learning, scholarships for medical students/residents/fellows, and grant opportunities for geriatric EM research
• Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine (AWAEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAWAEM supports women through mentorship programs, speaker bureaus, awards, grants including SAEMF Grant, research publications, and AWAEM Toolkit resources
• Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDEM serves medical students and faculty through clerkship directory, M3/M4 curriculum, grants for undergraduate EM education, and faculty resources
• Global Emergency Medicine Academy (GEMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGEMA supports global EM through open access courses, webinars, GEM Fellowships consortium, and research pilot grants for international emergency medicine initiatives
• SAEM Residents and Medical Students (RAMS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRAMS provides career guidance through RAMS Roadmaps series covering medical education, research, EMS, pediatrics, wilderness medicine, health policy, and other specialty tracks
• Simulation AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSimulation Academy promotes simulation-based education through webinars, SAEM simulation videos, novice research grants, and Terrific Tuesdays programming
• SAEM FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSAEM Foundation provides grant funding including Emerging Infectious Disease, Research Training, Large Project, Education Fellowship, ARMED Pilot, and Academy-specific grants
• Academy of Emergency Medicine Pharmacists (AEMP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAEMP supports pharmacy professionals through awards, webinars, RxSTAT toolkit, leadership development, and AEMP newsletter
• Techies Without Borders (TWB)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit organization dedicated to ensuring access to up-to-date evidence-based medical care globally through ICT4D solutions, including CMES continuing education system accessible without internet
• ACGMEcoreOthersAccreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education - SAEM provides response and position statements related to ACGME requirements

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): AAMC is the umbrella association for US medical schools and teaching hospitals, serving academic medicine broadly. It overlaps with SAEM's academic EM faculty and chairs audience on research funding, faculty development, and workforce policy, but at a wider, less specialty-specific scope.
• American College of Physicians (ACP): ACP is a large, established internal medicine society with a similar member-tiered dues structure, peer-reviewed journals (Annals of Internal Medicine), annual meeting, and continuing education portfolio. As a much larger and broader incumbent, ACP serves as a benchmark for how a specialty society scales publishing, education, and member services.
• Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM): SGIM is a comparable academic medical professional society structured around membership tiers, peer-reviewed journals, annual meetings, and grants. While focused on internal medicine, it shares SAEM's academic-society operating model and member-driven publishing and education model.

Direct peers

• Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA): EMRA is the resident and student section historically affiliated with ACEP, mirroring SAEM's RAMS section. Both organizations compete for early-career EM professionals through scholarships, mentorship, board prep, and event programming, making EMRA a close functional peer in the trainee segment.
• American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): ACEP is the largest US emergency medicine professional society, serving practicing EM clinicians. SAEM and ACEP overlap heavily in members (academic EM faculty are often ACEP members too) and compete for event attendance, CME, and advocacy influence, but SAEM differentiates by focusing on the academic/research mission.
• American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM): AAEM is a membership-based EM professional organization serving practicing emergency physicians with similar member-tiered dues, publications, and educational programming. It competes directly with SAEM for EM physicians' dues dollars, CME engagement, and representation.
• Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD): CORD is a specialty society for EM residency program directors, directly overlapping with SAEM's academic leadership audience. Both organizations deliver faculty development, residency resources, and medical education programming, competing for institutional engagement.
• American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM): ABEM certifies EM physicians and runs the National Academy of Medicine ABEM Fellowship (also referenced by SAEM). Both organizations serve the same EM physician population around certification, training standards, and lifelong learning, making ABEM a closely adjacent peer.

Emerging players

• American Geriatrics Society (AGS): AGS is the leading US professional society for geriatric medicine. SAEM's Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine (AGEM) partners with and operates adjacent to AGS at the EM/geriatrics interface (e.g., AEM special collection on Geriatric Emergency Medicine), making AGS a relevant adjacent peer in a key SAEM sub-community.
• American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM): AIUM is a medical society organized around ultrasound, overlapping with SAEM's Academy of Emergency Ultrasound (AEUS). Both deliver ultrasound education, accreditation, and community resources, with AIUM serving as the cross-specialty peer to AEUS's EM-specific work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/saemonline
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCFyc9y4eYZ-e5gtO3xAS19w
• Facebookfacebook.com/SAEMonline
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/society-for-academic-emergency-medicine
• Instagraminstagram.com/saemonline

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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