The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society has been resurveyed by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and awarded Accreditation with Commendation for six years (7/2014 - 7/2020) as a provider of continuing medical education for physicians.

ACCME accreditation seeks to assure the medical community and the public that AOFAS provides physicians with relevant, effective, practice-based continuing medical education that supports US health care quality improvement. The ACCME employs a rigorous, multilevel process for evaluating institutions' continuing medical education programs according to the high accreditation standards adopted by all seven ACCME member organizations. These organizations of medicine in the US are the American Board of Medical Specialties, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the Association for Hospital Medical Education, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, and the Federation of State Medical Boards of the US, Inc.
Governance
The AOFAS is governed by an elected 11 member Board of Directors. The 2018-2019 President is J. Chris Coetzee, MD, of Edina, Minnesota. Other officers are President-Elect William C. McGarvey, MD, Katy, Texas; Vice President Bruce E. Cohen, MD, Charlotte, North Carolina; Secretary Christorpher W.. DiGiovanni, MD, Waltham, Massachusetts; Treasurer Bryan D. Den Hartog, MD, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Immediate Past President Thomas H. Lee, MD, Pickerington, Ohio
Members-at-Large on the Board are Samuel B. Adams, Jr., MD, Durham, North Carolina; John T. Campbell, MD, Baltimore, Maryland; A. Holly Johnson, MD, New York, New York; and Sandra E. Klein, MD, St. Louis, Missouri.
AOFAS Executive Office
The AOFAS Executive Office is located in Rosemont, Illinois. Elaine M. Leighton, MPH, CAE, is the Executive Director.
The AOFAS is a 501(c)(3) organization.