Academy of
Breastfeeding Medicine

dedicated to the promotion, protection and
support of breastfeeding and human lactation

Membership

Become a Member Today!

Benefits:

  • First-access to clinically useful Guidelines & Protocols
  • Access to members-only, password-protected website, membership directory & library
  • Access to members-only listserv
  • Full-year subscription to Breastfeeding Medicine (over $340 value)
  • Access to timely press releases and announcements of the latest international news
  • Early alerts for key international meetings
  • Access to regular podcasts featuring ABM colleagues and other leaders in the field
  • Online access to all back issues of ABM's Newsletter: News and Views
  • Advocacy opportunities
  • Reduced registration fees at ABM Annual International Meeting
  • Long term care discount - Apply for the MassMutual individual LTC insurance for yourself and/or family  members and receive a 10% ABM member discount.  Also, MassMutual will contribute 10% of the proceeds to ABM's International Travel Scholarship Fund to support travel for our international members to participate in our Annual International Meeting.  For more details, please contact ABM@bfmed.org.
  • And of course the satisfaction of supporting breastfeeding mothers & babies worldwide

Become a Gold Member

Additional Benefits:

  • Recognition at Annual Meeting (Announcement and Certificate)
  • Invitation to Private Event: President's Reception
  • Featured on ABM website (over 15,000 page views each month)
  • Featured spotlight on ABM Blog & Social Media

Become a Lifetime Member

Additional Benefits:

  • Recognition at Annual Meeting (Announcement and Plaque)
  • Name recognition in every issue of Breastfeeding Medicine (6 issues)
  • Invitation to Private Event: President's Reception
  • Featured on ABM website (over 15,000 page views each month)
  • Featured spotlight on ABM Blog & Social Media
  • Our deepest appreciation for your commitment to ABM
  • Avoid hassle of yearly renewal

 

Interested in an Institutional Membership?  Please email ABM@bfmed.org for more details.

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Eligibility Requirements for Members:

  • MD, DO, MBBS, or equivalent degree from an accredited school of medicine or osteopathy
  • A current license to practice medicine in one's state or country
  • Residents, fellows, medical students, and physicians in full-time study
    (Members in this category are non-voting.)
  • Membership Rates:
    (The 2012 membership expires on December 31, 2012.)

    Category 1 $260 (US dollars)

    Category 2 $110

    Category 3 $45*

    Residents/Medical Students  $ 95

    *Category 3 members receive Breastfeeding Medicine online and have the option to receive a hard copy of the Journal at an additional minimal cost. For more information, contact the ABM Office.

    Gold Membership $600
    To remain a Gold Member, you must renew annually as a Gold Member ($490 of the $600 is tax deductible to the extent allowable by law in the USA).

    Lifetime Membership $5,000
    This is a demonstration of lifetime support of ABM (of which $4,300 is tax deductible to the extent allowable by law in the USA). Lifetime Members will never be asked to renew their membership.

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