| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | METS | Medical Equipment Technical Society; Metabolic Equivalents [of Oxygen Consumption] |
 | ESS | European Spine Society |
 | FCAP | Fellow Of The College Of American Pathologists |
 | ACCP | American College Of Clinical Pharmacology |
 | IPITA | International Pancreas And Islet Transplant Association |
 | FACG | Fellow Of The American College Of Gastroenterology |
 | BAPS | British Association Of Plastic Surgeons |
 | SGM | Society For General Microbiology |
 | FACOG | Fellow Of The American College Of Obstetricians And Gynecologists |
 | BOSC | Board Of Scientific Counselors |
 | ASHCSP | American Society For Hospital Central Service Personnel [of AHA] |
 | ACL | American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis; Anterior Chamber Lens; Anterior Cruciate Ligament; Association For Computa-tional Linguistics |
 | SBET | Society For Biomedical Engineering Technicians |
 | AGA | American Geriatrics Association |
 | BMA | British Medical Association |