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The AANEM was founded in 1953 and incorporated in 1959 in Rochester, Minnesota, as a nonprofit organization under the name of the American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis (the name changed to the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine in 1989 and to its current name in 2004). Its stated goal at that time was to increase and extend, as widely as possible, the knowledge of electromyography and electrodiagnosis and to promote the professional association of those physicians and surgeons most interested in electromyography and electrodiagnosis. The American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis was conceived at an advisability meeting held at the Shirley-Savoy Hotel in Denver, Colorado, September 6, 1951, under the chairmanship of Dr. James G. Golseth. Twenty-three physicians attended this meeting. The formal organizational meeting was then held on August 29, 1953, at the Palmer House in Chicago, Illinois, also under the chairmanship of Dr. Golseth. Twenty-one physicians (16 in person and 5 by proxy) attended this meeting, adopted a constitution, elected officers and a council, and made plans for future meetings. In 1973, Mrs. Gisela Wiederholt began assisting the AANEM's Secretary-Treasurer with the increasing workload as a part-time secretary and was hired as the association's first Executive Secretary in November 1976. She handled association matters out of her home until April 1979 when the association first rented space and...

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