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1991 |
The ACMG incorporates to give national representation to providers of genetic services and their patients with genetic disorders, and to speak for the emerging specialty of medical genetics in organizations and agencies concerned with medical service, certification, and regulatory issues. |
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1992 |
The ACMG submits the first extensive revision of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for genetic testing to the Current Procedural Terminology Code Committee of the American Medical Association. |
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1993 |
The ACMG publishes the first edition of the ACMG Standards and Guidelines for Clinical Genetics Laboratories. |
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1994 |
The first Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting is held. |
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1995 |
The ACMG becomes a full member of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies. |
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1996 |
The ACMG obtains full membership in the AMA House of Delegates. |
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1997 |
The Accreditation Council on Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) grants the ACMG provisional accreditation as a Continuing Medical Education (CME) provider. |
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1998 |
The first issue of Genetics in Medicine, the Official Journal of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics is published. |
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2000 |
The first Executive Director is hired. |
| 2001 | The ACMG publishes the first standards and guidelines for cystic fibrosis population carrier screening. |
| 2004 | The Maternal & Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services enters into a cooperative agreement with the ACMG to develp the National Coordinating Center for Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Collaborative Groups. |
| 2005 | The ACMG publishes Newborn Screening: Toward a Uniform Screening Panel and System which recommends a national uniform panel of conditions for newborn screening. |
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2006 |
The ACMG launches the first issue of The ACMG Medical Geneticist, the official newsletter of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics |
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2007 |
The ACMG launches its new integrated website. |
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2008 |
Dr. Barry H. Thompson, FAAP, FACMG Joins American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) as Medical Director
ACMG received a $13.5 million, 5-year contract from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of a National Newborn Screening Translational Research Network |
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2009 |
ACMG joined the Association for Molecular Pathology, the College of American Pathologists, and the American Society for Clinical Pathology in a lawsuit filed today charging that patents on the human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer interfere with diagnostic testing, stifle research and limit women’s options regarding their healthcare.
ACMG moves to new expanded office space in downtown Bethesda to accommodate growing organization. |
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2010 |
ACMG, in collaboration with the American Board of Medical Geneticists, develops a set of modules on the ACMG website to satisfy the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part IV requirements.
ACMG celebrates the US District Court ruling yesterday that genes are "unpatentable." The Federal Court Ruling calls Gene Patents Invalid. |
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