Dr. Darrell Kirch is president and chief executive officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Founded in 1876, the Association of American Medical Colleges, or AAMC, is a nonprofit association representing all 129 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools and nearly 400 teach hospitals and health systems. Dr. Kirch assumed his current position as AAMC president in July 2006 following six years as senior vice president for health affairs, dean of the college of medicine and CEO of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at the Pennsylvania State University.