Medical Abbreviations

MAPB - Medical Arts and Photography Branch
MCP - Management Cadre Program
MD - Medical doctor
MEO - Most Efficient Organization
MHPF - Minority Health Professionals Foundation
ML - Military Leave
MMWR - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
MPP - NIH Merit Program Plan
MPW - Medical Pathological Waste
MRA - Minimum Retirement Age
MSPB - Merit Systems Protection Board

N/A - Not Applicable/Not Available
NA - Narcotics Anonymous
NACHO - National Association of County Health Officials
NAS - National Academy of Sciences
NCCAM - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
NCI - National Cancer Institute
NCMHD - National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
NCRR - National Center for Research Resources
NEI - National Eye Institute
NEJM - New England Journal of Medicine
NHGRI - National Human Genome Research Institute
NHLBI - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NHS - National Health Service
NIA - National Institute on Aging

NIAAA - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIAID - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NIAMS - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
NIBIB - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
NICE - National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
NICHD - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDCD - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
NIDCR - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
NIDDK - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIGMS - National Institute of General Medical Sciences
NIH - National Institutes of Health
NIHTC - National Institutes of Health Training Center
NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health
NINDS - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NINR - National Institute of Nursing Research
NLM - National Library of Medicine
NLT - Not Later Than
NMA - National Medical Association
NOA - Nature of Action
NPSA - National Pharmaceutical Services Association
NRC - National Research Council
NRSA - National Research Service Award
NSF - National Science Foundation
NTE - Not To Exceed
NTIS - National Technical Information Service
NYHA - New York Heart Association