New York Academy of Medicine
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The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) is a health policy and advocacy organization founded in 1847 by a group of leading New York City metropolitan area physicians as a voice for the medical profession in medical practice and public health reform. The Academy quickly established the Metropolitan Board of Health, the first modern municipal public health authority in the United States.