Directory of Ethnic Medical Associations
The list below contains names, contact information and the name of a recent president of many ethnic medical organizations in the United States.
It is extremely difficult to maintain current information for these organizations because the address and telephone number often changes when there is a change in officers. If you have additional or more current information, please contact us.
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Albanian American Medical Society
58 East Springfield St., Ste. 2
Boston, MA 01228
President: Lindita Coku, MD
Email: info@albamedsociety.org
Phone: (617) 236-0113
Fax: (617) 236-0113
Website: www.albamedsociety.org
American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
600 Enterprise Drive, Suite 108
Oak Brook , IL 60523
President: Sunita Kanumury, MD
Phone: (630) 990-2277; (951) 929-0124
Fax: (630) 990-2281
Email: president@aapiusa.net
American College of International Physicians
6345 South Kings Hwy.
Alexanderia, VA 22306
Chairman BOT and President: Alex Yadao, MD
Email: walkwithgod@gmail.com
Phone: (703) 221-1500
Fax: (703) 221-1500
Website: www.acip.org
American Association of Surgeons of Indian Origin
Highland Park Plaza, #209
Covington, LA 70433
President: Surendra K. Purohit, MD
Phone: (504) 892-6811
Fax: (504) 892-8767
American Lebanese Medical Association
501 Swanson Avenue
Placentia, CA 92870
President: Ray Hachem, MD
Phone: (714) 742-3313
Fax: (714) 960-7655
Email: info@almamater.org
Website: www.almamater.org
Argentine - American Medical Society (AAMS)
Sociedad Medica Argentino-Estadounidense
4507 Furling Lane, Ste. 110
Destin, FL 32541
President: Mara J. Fiorentino, MD
Admin. Secretary: Mrs. Mirta Barone
Phone: (850) 654-0054
Email: drmarafiorentino@gmail.com
Website: www.aams.us
Argentinian Medical Association
1171 Santa Fe Avenue
Buenos Aires, Argentina
President: Prof. Elias Hurtado Hoyo
Phone: 54 11 5276-1040
Email: info@ama-med.org.ar
Asian-American Medical Society
200 E. 86th Pl., PO Box 10039
Merrillville, IN 46411-0039
President: Vijay Dave, MD
Phone: (219) 756-1400
Website: www.apamsa.org
Asian-American Physician Association of Western New York
725 Orchard Park Road
West Seneca, NY 14224
President: Vishal Sharma, MD
Phone: (716) 675-1001
Association of Chinese American Physicians (ACAP)
136-30 Maple St., Ste. 2B
Flushing, NY 11354
President: Lisa Eng, MD
Email: leng500075@aol.com
Phone: (718) 605-3700
Fax: (718) 984-1126
Website: www.acaponline.org
Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad
600 Somerdale Rd., Ste. 209
Vorhees, NJ 08043
President: Yves Manigat, MD
Email: ymanigat@aol.com
Phone: (609) 429-8445
Association of Kerala Medical Graduates
P.O. Box 74703
Cleveland, OH 44194-4703
President: Aravind Pillai, MD
Email: dpilla1605@aol.com
Phone: (641) 682-2509
Website: www.akmg.org
Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas
P. O. Box 24303
Overland Park, KS 66283-4303
President: Fiemu Nwariaku, MD
Email: nonie@anpa.org
Phone: (214) 6489968; (913) 402-7102
Website: www.anpa.org
Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America
6414 South Cass Avenue
Westmont, IL 60559
President: Manzoor Tariq, MD
Phone: (630) 968-8585; (314) 378-1658
Fax: (630) 968-8677
Email: president@appna.org; mtariqmd@gmail.com
Website: www.appna.org
Association of Philippine Physicians in America
210 Vail St.
Staten Island, NY 10309
President: Alfonso Nillas, Jr., MD
Email: masmd@aboutappa.org
Phone: (718) 356-4630
Bangladesh Medical Association of North America
87-46 168 St.Jamaica, NY 11432
President: Abdul F. Islam, MD
Email: Afio179@aol.com
Phone: (989) 686-8382
Website: www.bmana.org
Burmese Medical Association of North American
P.O. Box 20052
Baltimore, MD 21284
President: James Hsu, MD
Phone: (505) 522-2400
Website: www.bma-na.net
Cameroon Medical Council
P. O. Box 15534 Yaounde’
Cameroon Republic
Vice President/Liaison: Daniel Muna, MD
(237) 2200.6028 (Yaounde); (237) 2200.6027 (Douala)
Email: cnma@hotmail.com
Website: www.onmc.cm
Center for Neurological Disorders, SC
2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy.
Milwaukee, WI 53215
President: Bhupendra O. Khatri, MD
Phone: (414 ) 385-1801
Fax: (414) 385-1899
Chinese American Medical Society
41 Elizabeth St., Ste. 403
New York, NY 10013
President: Warren W. Chin, MD
Phone: (212) 334-4760
Email: jseto@camsociety.org
Website: www.camsociety.org
Chinese American Physicians' Society
345 Ninth St., Ste. 204
Oakland, CA 94607-4206
Executive Director: David Derr, MD
President: Vanessa Chan, MD
Phone: (510) 839-1072
Email: society@caps-ca.org
Website: www.caps-ca.org
Cuban American Medical Association
P. O. Box 141016P, 717 Ponce DeLeon Blvd
Coral Gables, FL 33114-1016
President: Enrique Huertas, MD
Phone: (305) 445-1429
Website: www.manta.com
Confederation of Hispanic American Medical Associations
1400 N. El Paso, Street, #A
El Paso, TX 79902-3438
President: Oscar E. Perez, MD
Dominican American Medical Society
610 W. 145th St.
New York, NY 10031
President: Manuel Acevedo, MD
Phone: (212) 234-9100
Email: hwasp@aol.com
Website: www.dmanewyork.com
FMG Organization
92 Bogota Street
Staten Island, NY 10314
President: Jairo Casas, MD
Phone: (718) 698-5967
Hellenic Medical Society of Chicago
P. O. Box 5363
River Forest, IL 60305
President: Peter Bell, MD
Hellenic Medical Society of New York
P. O. Box 1952
New York, NY 10016
President: Peter Tsairis, MD
Phone: (888) 467-6337
Hudson Valley Indian Physician Practitioners
97 Main Street
Fishkill, NY 12524
President: Jai K. Jalag, MD
Phone: (914) 897-3210
Fax: (914) 897-3290
Email: info@hudsonvalleymd.com
Hungarian Medical Association of America
P.O. Box 421
Buffalo, NY 14226-1617
President: Istvan Somkut, MD, PhD
Phone: (716) 510-3719
Email: ssomkuti@abington-repromed.com
Website: www.hmaa.org
Icelandic Medical Association
Children's Hospital, 34th and Civic Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (267) 426-6047
Illinois-Peruvian American Medical Society
918 Williams Street
River Forest, IL 60305-1457
President: Anibal Pepper, MD
Phone: (708) 386-1322
Website: www.pamsnational.org
Indian American Urological Association
Two Wooodfield Lake
1100 East Woodfield Road, Suite 520
Schaumburg, IL 60173
President: Amit Chakrabartz, MD
Phone: (847) 517-7225
Email: amitcmd@yahoo.com
Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons, Inc
1616 H Street, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
President: Rene F. Rodriguez, MD
Phone: (202) 782-5435
Email: contact@icps.org
Website: www.icps.org
International College of Surgeons - U.S. Section
1516 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60610
President: Dinesh Ranjan, MD
Phone: (312) 787-6274
Fax: (312) 787) 9289
Website: www.ficsonline.org
Iranian American Medical Association
877 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10012
President: Masood A. Khatamee, MD
Phone: (212) 744-5500
Website: www.lama.org
Iranian Medical Society
P. O. Box 2471
Merrifield, VA 22116-2471
President: Behdad Aryarand, MD
Phone: (703) 644-8140
Website: www.ims-dc.net
Islamic Medical Association of North America
101 W. 22nd Street, Suite 106
Lombard, IL 60148
Executive Director: Khalique Zahir, MD
President: Assalamu Alaikum, MD
Phone: (630) 932-0000
Fax: (630) 932-0005
Email: hq@imana.org
Website: www.imana.org
Janusz Korczak Medical Society
40 Cabrini Blvd., #108
New York, NY 10017
President: Makoto Iwahara , MD
Phone: (212) 305-1061
Email: webmaster@jmsa.org
Website: www.jmsa.org
Japanese Medical Society of America
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
President: Makoto Iwahara, MD
Phone: (212) 305-1061
Email: jfuruyama@aol.com
Website: www.jmsa.org
Korean-American Medical Association of the U.S.
420 Lexington Avenue, Ste. 310
New York, NY 10170
President: Chul S. Hyun, MD; Sabina Lee, Executive Director
Phone: (646) 783-6097
Email: info@koreanama.org; lee.sabina@koreanama.org
Website: www.koreanama.org
Morgagni (Italian) Medical Society
14 East 75th Street
New York, NY 10075
President: Antonia Delli-Pizzi, MD
Email: mdf60@aol.com
Phone: (212) 570-6411
Website: www.morgagnimedsocietyny.org
National Arab American Medical Association
801 S. Adams Street Suite 208
Birmingham, MI 48009
President: Mouhanad Hammami, MD
Phone: (248) 646-3661
Fax: (248) 646-0617
Email: naama@naama.com; mhammami@naama.com
Website : www.naama.com
National Council of Asian & Pacific Islander Physicians
445 Grant Avenue, Ste. 202
San Francisco, CA 94108
Chairman: Dexter Louie, MD
Email: dlouie929@aol.com
Phone: (415) 954-9408
Fax: (415) 954-9999
Website : www.ncapip.org
National Hispanic Medical Association
1411 K. Street, Ste. 1100
Washington, DC 20005
President and CFO: Elena Rios, MD, MSPH
Email: nhma@nhmamd.org
Phone: (202) 628-5895
Website: www.nhmamd.org
North American Taiwanese Medical Association- Chicago Chapter
38 Ridgefield Lane
Willowbrook, IL 60521
Email: natma.chicago@yahoo.com; yihnchiou@hotmail.com
Phone: (708) 229-5812
Fax: (708) 499-2337
Website: www.natma.org
Peruvian American Medical Society
6488 Tamelane Drive
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
President: Roberto Coquis, MD
Email: rcoquis@bellsouth.net
Phone: (248) 851-2709
Website: www.pamsnational.org
Philippine Academy of Family Physicians
2336 Marconi St., Makati City
Metro Manila, Philippines 1234
President: Soraya P. Abubakar, MD
Phone: (0632) 844-2135/889-8053
Fax: (0632) 844-3436
Email: thepafpinc@skybroadband.comp.ph
Website: www.thepafp.org
Philippine Medical Association of America
572 E. 17th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11226
President: Eduardo Macalino, MD
Phone: (718) 852-8564
Polish-American Medical Society
6121 N. Elston
Chicago, IL 60646
President: Jozef F. Mazurek, MD
Phone: (773) 792-0209
Fax: (773) 792-0112
Email: jfmazurek@ameritech.net
Website: www.zlpchicago.org
Rajasthan Medical Alumni Association
89 Shore Road
Manhasset, NY 11030
President: N. Hadpawat, MD
Phone: (516) 825-5505
Fax: (516) 365-4853
Website: www.rajmaai.com
Romanian Medical Society of New York
2126 Broadway
Astoria, NY 11106
President: Napoleon Savescu, MD
Phone: (718) 932-1700
Fax: (718) 728-763
Website: www.rmsny.org
Romanian Medical Association of America
2191 South Blvd
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
President: Iuliana Niculescu, MD
Email: iulniculescu@yahoo.com
Website: www.romanianmaa.org
Russian American Medical Assocation
36100 Euclid Avenue - Suite 330-B
Willoughby, OH 44094
President: Yevgenly Khavkin, MD
Phone: (440) 953-8055
Fax: (440) 953-0242
Email: ramadoctors@gmail.com
Website: www.russiandoctors.org
Salvadorean American Medical Society
1631 North Loop West #570
Houston, Texas 77008
President: Ramon Quesada, MD
Phone: (713) 864-1150
Email: rnuilac@gmail.com
Website: www.samsdoctors.com
Serbian-American Medical Society
30 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 510
Chicago, IL 60602
President: Liliana Stevoff, DDS
Email: koritarov@hotmail.com
Website: www.samds.net
Society of Asian-Indian Surgeons of America
Department of Surgery
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center
1650 Selwyn Avenue, #4H
Bronx, NY 10457
President: Vellore S. Parthivel, MD
Phone: (718) 960-1251
Society of Philippine Surgeons in America
2600 North Third St.
Harrisburg, PA 17110
President: Agaton Gualbuerto, MD
Phone: (740) 532-6634
Email: agualberto@spsatoday.com
Website: www.spsatoday.com
Spanish-American Medical Society
420 Lakeville Road
New Hyde Park, NY 11042
President: Franklin A. Caldera, MD
Phone: (516) 354-0710
Fax: (516) 354-8181
Email: samdesny@samdesny.org
Website: www.samdesny.org
Thai Physicians Association of America
1809 Cardinal Ct.
Flossmoor, IL 60422
President: Soontorn Thrupkaew, MD
Phone: (618) 628-0223
Fax: (618) 628-1672
Email: soontomt@yahoo.com
Website: www.tpaa.us
Turkish American Doctors Association of Midwest
Yesim Guleynz, President
Cell: (708) 207-2792
Office: (708) 423-2300
Email: yfgulec@yahoo.com
Turkish American Physicians Association
1350 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
President: Saedettin Sun, MD
Email: info@americanturkishsociety.org
Ukrainian Medical Association of North American
2247 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
President: Wayne Tymchak, MD
Phone: (773) 278-6262
Email: tymchak@shaw.ca
Website: www.umana.org
United States Colombian Medical Association (USCMA)
2600 Douglas Rd., Suite 506
Coral Gables, FL 33134
President: Marco Danon, MD
Phone: (305) 446-7099
Fax: (305) 446-3340
Email: uscma@uscma.org
Website: www.uscma.org
Venezuelan American Medical Association
2812 Weston Rd., Ste. 125
Weston, FL 33331
President: Leon Lapco, MD
Telephone: (954) 258-8512, (954) 980-8301
Email: info@vama.us.com
Website: www.vama.us.com
Vietnamese Medical Association of the USA
4221 Greenway
Baltimore, MD 21218
President: Nguyen Don Quan, MD
Phone: (410) 502-5383
Email: president@vamausa.org; info@vamausa.org
Website: www.vamausa.org
Please note that updated information on the following organizations was not available for verification when this list was updated in July 2009: American Yugoslav Medical Society, Columbian Medical Society, Janusz Kurczak Medical Society, Medical Association of the US and Mexico, and Semmelweis Scientific Society. Please contact us at img@ama-assn.org if you have any questions about these organizations.
Additional medical associations defined by ethnicity or race
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Association of American Indian Physicians
National Hispanic Medical Association
The three organizations listed above have memberships that consist predominately of U.S. medical graduates. For more minority physician resources, go to the Minority Affairs Consortium site.
