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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American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
600 Enterprise Drive, Suite 108
Oak Brook , IL 60523
President: Vinod Shah, MD
Phone: (630) 990-2277
Fax: (630) 990-2281
E-mail
Web site
American College of International Physicians
9323 Old Mt. Veron Road
Alexanderia, VA 22309
Chairman BOT and President: Alex Yadao, MD
Phone: (701) 221-1500
Fax: (703) 221-1500
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
6302 Princeville Circle
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
President: Ray Hachem, MD
Phone: (717) 960-0564
Fax: (717) 960-7655
E-Mail: fvortho@aol.com
Web site
Argentine - American Medical Society (AAMS)
Sociedad Medica Argentino-Estadounidense
854 Jefferson Street
Baldwin Harbor, NY 11510
President: Mara J. Fiorentino, MD
Admin. Secretary: Mrs. Mirta Barone
Fax: (516) 771-0580
E-mail: mf380@aol.com
Web site
Asian-American Medical Society
8695 Connecticut, Suite D
Merrillville, IN 46410
President: Vijay Dave, MD
Asian-American Physician Association of Western New York
725 Orchard Park Road
West Seneca, NY 14224
President: Faruk M. Koreishi, MD
Phone: (716) 632-1595
Association of Chinese American Physicians (ACAP)
33-70 Prince Street, Suite 703
New York, NY 11354
President: David Zhang
Phone: (718) 321-8893
Web site
Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad
1166 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11213
President: Christian Lauriston, MD
Phone: (718) 245-1015
Association of Kerala Medical Graduates
41 Woodshire Dr.
Ottumwa, IA 52501
Phone: (641) 682-2509
E-Mail: cpunnen@yahoo.com
President: P. C. Punnen, MD
Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas
16008 Amar Rd.
City of Industry, CA 91744
Phone: (330) 677-0400
E-Mail: admin@anpa.org
President: Julius Kpaduwa, MD
Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America
6414 South Cass Avenue
Westmont, IL 60559
President: Syed Abdus Samad, MD
Phone: (630) 968-8605
Fax: (630) 968-8677
E-Mail: president@appna.org
Web site
Association of Philippine Physicians in America
312 Sprague Road
Penn Valley, PA 19072
President: Francis Talangbayan, MD
Phone: (610) 563-6756
E-mail: April1110@comcast.net
Bangladesh Medical Association of North America
4250 Hempstead Turnpike
Bethpage, NY 11714-5707
President: Nazmul H. Khan, MD
Phone: (989) 686-8382
Web site
Burmese Medical Association of North American
P.O. Box 20052
Baltimore, MD 21284
President: James Hsu, MD
Phone: (505) 522-2400
Web site
Chinese American Medical Society
41 Elizabeth Street, Suite 403
New York, NY 10013
President: Wilson Ko, MD
E-Mail
Web site
Chinese American Physicians' Society
345 Ninth St., Ste. 204
Oakland, CA 94607-4206
Executive Director: David Derr, MD
President: Christopher Chen, MD
E-Mail
Web site
Colegio Medico Cubano Libre
P. O. Box 141016
Coral Gables, FL 33114-1016
President: Enrique Huertas, MD
Phone: (305) 446-9902
Confederation of Hispanic American Medical Associations
900 Ridge Side Drive
Monterey, CA 91754
President: Adrian Ortega, MD
Dominican American Medical Society
Fort Washington St., P.O. Box 322068
New York, NY 10032
President: Miguel R. Hernandez, MD
Phone: (646) 943-1502
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
401 East 34th Street
New York, NY 10016
President: John Tsioulas, MD
Phone: (212) 683-4447
Hudson Valley Indian Physician Practitioners
97 Main Street
Fishkill, NY 12524
President: Jai K. Jalag, MD
Phone: (914) 897-3210
Fax: (914) 897-3290
E-mail: info@hudsonvalleymd.com
Hungarian Medical Association of America
P.O. Box 421
Buffalo, NY 14226-1617
President: Tamas Peredy, MD
Phone: (716) 510-3719
E-mail: peredy@gwi.net
Web site
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
Indian American Urological Association
Two Woodfield Lake
1100 East Woodfield Road, Suite 520
Schaumburg, IL 60173
President: Amit Chakrabartz, MD
Phone: (847) 517-7225
Web site
Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons, Inc
1616 H Street, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
President: Rene F. Rodriguez, MD
Phone: (202) 782-5435
E-Mail
Web site
International College of Surgeons - U.S. Section
1516 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60610
President: Jay Bachicha, MD
Phone: (312) 787-6274
Fax: (312) 787) 9289
Web site
Iranian American Medical Association
P.O. Box 8218
Haledon, NJ 07538-0218
President: Ashkan Afshin, MD
Phone: (949) 235-6137
Iranian Medical Society
P.O. Box 33
Woodbridge, VA 22194
President: Hamed Khosrav, MD
Phone: (703) 644-8140
Islamic Medical Association of North America
101 W. 22nd Street, Suite 106
Lombard, IL 60148
Executive Director: Khalique Zahir, MD
Phone: (630) 932-0000
Fax: (630) 932-0005
E-Mail
Japanese Medical Society of America
100 Park Avenue, Suite 1600
New York, NY 10017
President: Jean G. Furuyama, MD
Phone: (212) 315-5038
E-mail
Web site
Korean-American Medical Association of the U.S.
40 Bennet Road
Engelwood, NJ 07631
President: Euishin E. Kim, MD
Phone: (201) 541-1345
E-mail: kamausa2001@yahoo.com
Web site
Morgagni (Italian) Medical Society
14 East 75th Street
New York, NY 10075
President: Antonia Delli-Pizzi, MD
Phone: (212) 570-6411
National Arab American Medical Association
801 S. Adams Street Suite 208
Birmingham, MI 48009
President: Rodwan K. Rajjoub, MD
Phone: (248) 646-3661
Fax: (248) 646-0617
E-Mail: naama@naama.com
Web site
National Council of Asian & Pacific Islander Physicians
450 Sutter, Ste. 600
San Francisco, CA 94108
Chairman: Dexter Louie, MD
Phone: (415) 954-9408
Fax: (415) 954-9999
Web site
National Hispanic Medical Association
1700 17th Street, NW, Suite 405
Washington, DC 20009
President and CFO: Elena Rios, MD, MSPH
Phone: (202) 265-4297
Web site
North American Taiwan Medical Association- Chicago Chapter
38 Ridgefield Lane
Willowbrook, IL 60521
Phone: (708) 229-5812
Fax: (708) 499-2337
Peruvian American Medical Society
6488 Tamelane Drive
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
President: Ralph G. Kuon, MD
Phone: (248)851-2709
E-mail: PAMS1996@aol.com
Philippine Medical Association of America
Midland Parkway
Jamaica Estates, NY 11432
President: Alfred Donaire, MD
Phone: (718) 526-8508
Polish-American Medical Society
6121 N. Elston
Chicago, IL 60646
President: Jozef F. Mazurek, MD
Phone: (773) 792-0209
Fax: (773) 792-0112
E-mail: orawiec@sbcglobal.net
Rajasthan Medical Alumni Association
89 Shore Road
Manhasset, NY 11030
President: Pravin Singhai, MD
Phone: (516) 825-5505
Fax: (516) 365-4853
Romanian Medical Society of New York
2126 Broadway
Long Island City, NY 11106
President: Napoleon Savescu, MD
Phone: (718) 932-1700
Fax: (718) 728-7635
Russian American Medical Association
36100 Euclid Avenue - Suite 330-B
Willoughby, OH 44094
President: Yevgenly Khavkin, MD
Phone: (440) 953-8055
Fax: (440) 953-0242
Web site
Salvadorean American Medical Society
1631 North Loop West #570
Houston, Texas 77008
President: Ramon Quesada, MD
Phone: (713) 864-1150
E-mail: rncr1950@aol.com
Web site
Serbian-American Medical Society
30 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 510
Chicago, IL 60602
President: Liliana Stevoff, DDS
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: Reynaldo Castillo, MD
Phone: (740) 532-6634
E-mail: mannyneuro@aol.com
Spanish-American Medical Society
865 Merrick Avenue
Westburg, NY 11591-6694
President: Samuel Arce, MD
Phone: (516) 354-0710
Fax: (516) 354-8181
E-mail: samdesny@samdesny.org
Thai Physicians Association of America
1809 Cardinal Ct.
Flossmoor, IL 60422
President: Pisit Rangsithienchai, MD
Phone: (618) 628-0223
Fax: (618) 628-1672
E-mail: pisit1947@gmail.com
Web site
Turkish American Physicians Association
1350 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
President: Saedettin Sun, MD
Ukrainian Medical Association of North American
2247 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
President: Wayne Tymchak, MD
Phone: (773) 278-6262
E-mail: tymchak@shaw.ca
Web site
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
E-mail: uscma@uscma.org
Web site
Venezuelan American Medical Association
P.O. Box 15460
Plantation, FL 33318-5460
Vietnamese Medical Association of the USA
4221 Greenway
Baltimore, MD 21218
President: Nguyen Don Quan, MD
Phone: (410) 502-5383
E-mail: president@vamausa.org
Web site
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
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.
