Air Medical Physician Association

What Air Medical Physician Association does

Air Medical Physician Association (AMPA) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit professional membership association founded in 1992 and headquartered in Purcellville, Virginia. It serves physicians who specialize in rotor wing (helicopter), fixed wing (airplane), and critical care ground medical transport, including medical directors, flight physicians, and researchers across emergency medicine, critical care, internal medicine, pediatrics, and surgical subspecialties. With approximately 300+ members, AMPA describes itself as the only organization solely dedicated to representing the air and critical care transport physician subspecialty.

AMPA's product portfolio is built around five interconnected educational, publishing, and quality-improvement services: the Air Medical Journal (a peer-reviewed journal co-published with four partner associations), the authoritative textbook "Principles and Direction of Air Medical Transport, 2nd Edition," the Medical Director Core Curriculum (a three-part CAMTS-recognized training program), the Air Medical Physician Symposium (AMPS), and the GAMUT quality-metrics database. The underlying technology is content-, credentialing-, and benchmarking-based rather than software-based. Distribution is primarily self-serve through the website (ampa.org) and member portal (ampa.memberclicks.net), supported by social media, email newsletters, and on-site presence at AMTC and CCTMC conferences.

AMPA's business model is subscription-recurring membership dues (ranging from $100 for medical students/residents to $375 for active physicians, with an international rate of $200 and a $150 non-physician affiliate tier), supplemented by conference registration revenue, Core Curriculum fees, textbook sales, and journal-related income. Go-to-market is community-led: physicians join to access networking, the journal subscription, the textbook, reduced conference fees, the FAMPA fellowship designation, and the Medical Director Core Curriculum. The association has no outside funding, no parent company, and is governed by an elected Board of Trustees with an Executive Director (Lisa Volz) handling operations.

Name

Air Medical Physician Association

Legal name

Air Medical Physician Association

Website

https://ampa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AMPA is a 501(c)(6) professional membership association founded in 1992, serving approximately 300+ physicians specializing in air and critical care ground medical transport worldwide. It delivers the Air Medical Journal, the "Principles and Direction" textbook, a CAMTS-recognized Core Curriculum, and the GAMUT quality-metrics database.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Professional Association

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Air Medical Transport (Helicopter/Fixed-Wing) (HLAFANAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Safety, Security & Emergency Services (OSHA, Fire, EMS, Security CE) (EDAAALAK)

Keywords

• Air medical physicians
• Critical care transport
• Medical direction curriculum
• Transport medicine membership
• Air ambulance standards

Headquarters

HQ city

Purcellville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees from physicians and affiliates. Membership categories include Founding Member ($375), Active Member ($375), International Non-North American Active Member ($200), Affiliate ($150), Academic ($350), and Medical Student/Resident ($100).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AMPA is a non-profit professional membership association serving physicians who direct rotor wing, fixed wing, and critical care ground medical transport programs. It sells tiered annual memberships and delivers four core programs: the Air Medical Journal, the Medical Director Core Curriculum (a CAMTS-recognized three-part training program), the annual Air Medical Physician Symposium, and the GAMUT quality metrics database, supported by the authoritative textbook "Principles and Direction of Air Medical Transport, 2nd Edition."

Product overview

The Air Medical Physician Association (AMPA) is a professional association, not a technology product company. Its offerings consist of five interconnected services: (1) the Air Medical Journal (AMJ), a peer-reviewed journal co-published with four other transport associations; (2) Principles and Direction of Air Medical Transport, 2nd Edition, the authoritative textbook underpinning the Core Curriculum; (3) the Air Medical Physician Symposium (AMPS), an annual half-day conference program held alongside AMTC; (4) the Medical Director Core Curriculum, a three-part (Core I/II/III) physician training program recognized by CAMTS; and (5) the GAMUT database for collecting and benchmarking transport quality metrics. These are educational, publishing, and quality-improvement services for the air medical transport profession.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Air Medical Journal (AMJ) Official peer-reviewed journal of five leading critical care medical transport associations, providing practical and clinical articles, case studies, and original research covering all aspects of the critical care transport profession. Distributed to members as a core membership benefit.
• Principles and Direction of Air Medical Transport, 2nd Edition Authoritative textbook covering air and ground critical care transport medicine. The most comprehensive collection of information in the field, used as the foundation for the Medical Director Core Curriculum and distributed to members as a complimentary PDF.
• Air Medical Physician Symposium (AMPS) Annual half-day clinical education symposium held alongside the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC). Features cutting-edge presentations and interactive panel discussions focused on controversial and clinically relevant issues in critical care transport medicine, targeted at physicians, medical directors, and clinicians.
• Medical Director Core Curriculum Three-part core curriculum program (Core I, II, and III) for physicians managing critical care air and ground medical transport teams, covering quality and safety, regulatory compliance, operations, leadership, and program development. Recognized and recommended by CAMTS as background training for Medical Directors of critical care transport programs seeking accreditation or reaccreditation. Jointly provided through Medical Education Resources (accredited by ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC).
• Ground and Air Medical Quality in Transport (GAMUT) Database Transport quality metrics database developed and maintained by AMPA. Collects quality data from participating transport programs and benchmarks improved practice for the benefit of patients in the air and ground critical care transport community.

Quantifiable outcome

• GAMUT database collects transport quality metrics and benchmarks for improved practice across member programs
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered international partner and core.

• ICARUS Aeromedicalinternational partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerICARUS e.V. (International Community for Aeromedical Research and Universal Standards) is an AMPA International Partner. ICARUS is dedicated to advancing patient-centered, high-quality critical care transport and retrieval medicine, with a mission to promote excellence in medical direction, research, education, and training.
• Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMPA has a representative with CAMTS, the body that develops standards for the critical care transport profession. The AMPA Medical Director Core Curriculum is recognized and recommended by CAMTS as background training for Medical Directors of critical care transport programs seeking accreditation.
• Medical Education Resources (MER)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint provider of continuing medical education for AMPA's Medical Director Core Curriculum programs. MER is jointly accredited by ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
• Air Medical JournalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMPA co-sponsors this official journal with AAMS, ASTNA, IAFCCP, and NEMSPA. The journal is the premier provider of information for the critical care medical transport industry.
• Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization. AMPA co-sponsors the annual Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) with AAMS.
• Critical Care Transport Medicine Conference (CCTMC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMPA co-sponsors the annual CCTMC conference, held each spring.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): ACEP is the dominant emergency medicine physician association in the US. Most AMPA members practice in emergency medicine backgrounds, making ACEP the most powerful broader-incumbent competitor for emergency physician membership, education, and advocacy.
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM): SCCM is a large, established critical care medicine society whose members include many of the same intensivists and critical care physicians who practice transport medicine and overlap with AMPA's audience. It is a broader incumbent whose educational products compete for the same physician mindshare.

Direct peers

• Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS): AAMS is the broadest air medical industry association, representing operators, programs, and across-the-board practitioners. It is the most direct peer to AMPA because AAMS co-sponsors the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) with AMPA and is one of the five associations that co-publish the Air Medical Journal.
• Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA): ASTNA represents the nursing constituency of the same critical care transport community that AMPA serves for physicians. It co-publishes the Air Medical Journal with AMPA and co-sponsors AMTC, making it the closest workforce-aligned peer alongside IAFCCP.
• National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP): NAEMSP is a physician-level professional association in the closely overlapping EMS and pre-hospital medicine space. While its scope is broader than AMPA's transport focus, it competes for the same emergency medicine physicians' CME dollars and policy influence in pre-hospital care.
• National EMS Pilots Association (NEMSPA): NEMSPA represents the pilot workforce within the same air medical transport community. It is a co-publisher of the Air Medical Journal with AMPA and operates as an adjacent workforce-aligned association serving the same transport programs that employ AMPA's physician members.
• International Association of Flight & Critical Care Paramedics (IAFCCP): IAFCCP represents flight and critical care paramedics — the third practitioner pillar of the air medical transport team alongside AMPA physicians and ASTNA nurses. It co-publishes the Air Medical Journal with AMPA and co-sponsors AMTC.

Others

• EMS World: EMS World is a leading EMS trade publication and conference organizer (EMS World Expo) that overlaps with AMPA's audience of EMS physicians and serves as an adjacent content and education provider in the broader pre-hospital medicine ecosystem.
• Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS): CAMTS is the standards-setting and accrediting body for the medical transport industry. It is not a competing membership association but rather an adjacent ecosystem participant that gives AMPA's Core Curriculum formal recognition — making it a critical enabling institution rather than a competitor.

Regional players

• ICARUS Aeromedical (ICARUS e.V.): ICARUS is AMPA's international partner, dedicated to advancing critical care transport and retrieval medicine in Europe. It functions as a regional peer for European physician audiences and is operationally aligned with AMPA through mutual recognition rather than direct membership competition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AMPAdocs
• Facebookfacebook.com/AMPA.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ampadocs

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

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