Endocrine Society member Rexford S. Ahima, MD, PhD, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS).
Ahima, director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., is one of nearly 270 members elected in 2023 drawn from academia, the arts, industry, policy, research, and science, and include more than 40 International Honorary Members from 23 countries.
An at large member of the Endocrine Society Board of Directors, Ahima has been a very active member, including stints on the Laureate Awards Committee, the Obesity Expert Panel, Diabetes Advisory Group, as well as on the editorial boards of Molecular Endocrinology and Endocrine Reviews.
Ahima received intercalated BSc research training in endocrinology in the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London; his MD from the University of Ghana; and his PhD from Tulane University in New Orleans, La. After completing his internship and residency training in internal medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack D. Weiler Hospital and Jacobi Medical Center in New York, Ahima did his clinical and research fellowship training in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Ahima is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), the Association of American Physicians (AAP), and Interurban Clinical Club, and fellow of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the Obesity Society (TOS), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
This year’s election of new members to the AAAS maintains a commitment to honoring excellence that began more than 240 years ago. In 1780, the Academy’s founders – including John Adams and John Hancock – envisioned an organization that would recognize accomplished individuals and engage them in addressing the greatest challenges facing the young nation. The first members elected to the Academy in 1781 included Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.
Today, the Academy continues to be both an honorary society, electing new members from the non-profit, private, and public sectors, and an independent policy organization with initiatives in the arts, democracy, education, global affairs, and science.
When announcing this year’s new members, Academy President David W. Oxtoby said, “With the election of these members, the Academy is honoring excellence, innovation, and leadership and recognizing a broad array of stellar accomplishments. We hope every new member celebrates this achievement and joins our work advancing the common good.”
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