The AMSA (American Medical Student Association) discusses the AAIMG (American Association of IMGs) on this page:
http://www.amsa.org/intl/ecfmg.cfm
"The AAIMG's list of schools is not complete, but it might be an excellent foundation from which to build on, and hopefully it can be expanded with funding from ECFMG. For more information, you can visit the AAIMG's website at www.aaimg.com"
The above is a quote from that page. I have serious reservations about the site.
Info on aaimg.com -- they are run out of Russia.
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Domain Name: AAIMG.COM
Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL:
http://registrar.godaddy.com
Name Server: NS0.XNAME.ORG
Name Server: NS5.SPB.RU
Status: ACTIVE
Updated Date: 19-nov-2003
Creation Date: 02-nov-1999
Expiration Date: 02-nov-2006
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Registrant:
AAIMG
1802 N. Carson Street
Carson City, Nevada 89701
United States
Registered through: GoDaddy.com
Domain Name: AAIMG.COM
Created on: 02-Nov-99
Expires on: 02-Nov-06
Last Updated on: 19-Nov-03
Administrative Contact:
Demkin, Andrew
[email protected]
60, Moika emb. apt.33
Saint-Petersburg, 90000
RUS
+7 812 3147397 Fax -- +7 812 3147397
Technical Contact:
Demkin, Andrew
[email protected]
60, Moika emb. apt.33
Saint-Petersburg, 90000
RUS
+7 812 3147397 Fax -- +7 812 3147397
Domain servers in listed order:
NS5.SPB.RU
NS0.XNAME.ORG
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This info can be obtained with a web browser from this site:
http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/index.jhtml
The address "1802 North Carson Street, Carson City, NV 89701" does actually exist... it has a computer store (Geek's of Nevada). Their yellowpages listing is here:
http://yellowpages.superpages.com/l...ity&S=NV&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=Find+It
The store's web page is here:
http://www.nevadageek.net/
According to the whois AAIMG is based in NV. The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners does NOT have a "Thomas Moore" (the president of AAIMG) on record --
http://medboard.nv.gov/
AAIMG contact email addresses are hotmail accounts -- seems somewhat dubious.
Claims to be a "non-profit organization" ... yet has the domain ".com"
http://www.aaimg.com/misst.html
I have the impression the AAIMG is a dubious web site that has a hidden agenda and isn't worthy of a positive review on the AMSA site. Personally, if I were an AMSA member I'd want the reference removed from the AMSA web site.