The California Academy of Preventive Medicine (CAPM) is the official state society for California physicians specializing in the specialty of “Public Health and General Preventive Medicine.” It also welcomes physicians specializing in either of the other two specialties certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine: Occupational Medicine, and Aerospace Medicine, or who are certified by that board in one of the currently recognized subspecialties (e.g., Addiction Medicine, Clinical Informatics, Medical Toxicology, and Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine). CAPM engages in educational and scientific activities, support for these specialties, and promotion of public policies and legislation that enhance public health and disease prevention and control in California. Board-certified physicians may become Fellows, others who are working in one of these fields, but not Board-certified, may become general members.

Dr. Richard Sun developed the original CAPM Web site, and maintained it for many years. Nathan Price offered concepts for the current WordPress site as a student volunteer. Web designers include, in chronological order: Heather Rinne, Anthony Mangione, and Dr. Silvia Caswell.