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Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting

Learn Serve Lead 2026: The AAMC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California, Nov. 6-10

Learn Serve Lead is the AAMC’s premier annual gathering, where forward-thinking dialogue, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing fuel innovation and drive transformation in health, health care, research, and education. Here, leading minds reignite their passions for improving health, forge new partnerships, and shape how we train tomorrow’s doctors and scientists.

Future Learn Serve Lead dates and locations:

  • Nov. 6-10, 2026 | Anaheim, CA
  • Nov. 12-16, 2027 | Washington, DC

Learn Serve Lead 2025 Recap

2025 AAMC Leadership Plenary Highlights

The annual Learn Serve Lead AAMC Leadership Plenary, held during the 2025 annual meeting in San Antonio, featured an informal discussion between AAMC Board Chair Julie A. Freischlag, MD, and AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, on Nov. 3. Watch these video highlights from their conversation about finding your “why” – remembering the moments that motivate us and inspire us across our careers.

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An Inside Look at Learn Serve Lead 2025

  • Come With Me to San Antonio for Learn Serve Lead 2025
    Follow a day in the life at our annual meeting — from inspiring sessions to meaningful connections. The excitement and collaboration throughout the meeting showcase the best of the academic medicine community.
  • Come With Me to Day 2 of the AAMC Annual Meeting
    Come along for Day 2 of #AAMC25! The energy was high as we turned insights into actionable steps across digital learning, community building, new technologies, and more. We're grateful to experience the momentum with the people who empower it!
  • Come With Me to Wrap Up My Meeting Experience
    The final stretch of #AAMC25 wrapped with reflection, connection, and unforgettable learning experiences. From the final plenary on rebuilding public trust in science to an eye-opening discussion on AI in medical education, the energy stayed high.

Highlighted 2025 Stories

Infectious disease physician Adam Ratner, MD, MPH, offers his insights on combating measles and other communicable diseases at Learn Serve Lead 2025.
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The key to understanding and fighting the forces that fuel measles and other viral outbreaks is better communication with families, says infectious disease phys

  • Nov. 4, 2025
Heather Pierce, JD, MPH, AAMC’s senior director for science policy and regulatory counsel, left, speaks with Science Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp, PhD, middle, and Ashley Velie, a Peabody Award-winning producer for 60 Minutes, right, about how to better communicate about science at Learn Serve Lead 2025: The AAMC Annual Meeting.
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Holden Thorp, PhD, the top editor at Science, and "60 Minutes" producer Ashley Velie discuss the power of conversations rather than confrontation.

  • Nov. 4, 2025
On Nov. 3, at Learn Serve Lead 2025: The AAMC Annual Meeting, emergency physicians Christopher Cowell, MD, and Peter Antevy, MD, and trauma surgeon Lillian Liao, MD, shared insights into responding to mass shooting events.
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Three physicians who treated victims urge academic leaders to help staff cope during the crisis and build resilience to the emotional fallout.

  • Nov. 4, 2025
AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, speaks during the Leadership Plenary at Learn Serve Lead 2025: The AAMC Annual Meeting as, from left, ABC News journalist Linsey Davis, AAMC Board of Directors Chair Julie Freischlag, MD, and AAMC Board Chair-Elect Michael Waldrum, MD, look on.
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Caring for patients, conducting groundbreaking research, and training the next generation of physicians will remain academic medicine’s North Star.

  • Nov. 3, 2025
Allison Pugh, PhD, professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, addresses the audience as moderator Susmita Pati, MD, MPH, looks on during a session entitled Seeing the Other: Human Value in the Age of AI at Learn Serve Lead 2025: The AAMC Annual Meeting on Nov. 2 in San Antonio.
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Author Allison Pugh, PhD, sees pressure to be more efficient as reducing “connective labor” between health care workers and patients.

  • Nov. 2, 2025
AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, MD, and former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, chat with the audience and each other at Learn Serve Lead 2025: The AAMC Annual Meeting on Nov. 3 in San Antonio.
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Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, emphasized the importance of taking a stand during opening plenary at Learn Serve Lead 2025.

  • Nov. 2, 2025

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