The Academic Healthcare Emergency Management (AHEM) Consortium is a national forum for leaders in academic healthcare emergency management committed to collectively addressing the challenges that threaten health system resilience in emergencies and disasters. AHEM’s 15-member organizations deliver exceptional patient care across multiple areas of care, teach the nation’s next generation of medical providers, and conduct groundbreaking research to advance healthcare.

The AHEM Consortium fosters strong collaboration among academic healthcare emergency managers; provides national leadership during complex disasters; develops innovative, research-supported innovations in healthcare emergency management; provides a unified voice on healthcare emergency management policy and advocates nationally to ensure a more resilient healthcare sector.

This 2025 – 2027 Strategic Plan outlines the objectives AHEM aims to achieve.