Dawn Bulgarella, CEO of the UAB Health System, will serve on the 2026-27 Board of Directors of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) through her election as chair-elect of the Council of Academic Health System Executives (CAHSE), a leadership group within the AAMC. CAHSE includes more than 400 academic health system and teaching hospital members and serves as the principal forum within the AAMC for senior health system executives.

Bulgarella will occupy one of two seats on the AAMC Board of Directors reserved for CAHSE leadership.

The AAMC Board of Directors includes leaders from medical schools, teaching hospitals, academic health systems and related organizations across the United States and Canada.

The Association of American Medical Colleges represents accredited U.S. medical schools, academic health systems, teaching hospitals, and academic societies dedicated to advancing medical education, research and patient care.