The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (AGCME) is a private, nonprofit council that evaluates and accredits medical residency programs in the United States.

The ACGME was established in 1981 from a consensus in the academic medical community for an independent accrediting organization. Its forerunner was the Liaison Committee for Graduate Medical Education, established in 1972. The mission of the ACGME is to improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’ education through exemplary accreditation.

ACGME Programs

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency Program

The Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have had a training program in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities for over 37 years. This training program has over 100 graduates who have assumed leadership positions in training, research, administration and clinical care. Graduates of the program are in 20 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 6 countries. Learn more.

Pediatric Rehabilitation Fellowship

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine-Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation offers a 1 or 2 year ACGME accredited training program to qualified applicants who have completed an ACGME accredited residency program in either Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation or a combined program in Pediatrics and PM&R. Learn more.

The Spinal Cord Injury Medicine (SCIM) Residency/Fellowship

The Spinal Cord Injury Medicine (SCIM) residency/fellowship at Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) was established in July 2007 under the auspices of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department and is an ACGME accredited program. Learn more.

For more information email: trainingadm@kennedykrieger.org