About Us

The American Medical Association Minority Affairs Section (MAS) is guided by a nine-member Governing Council that includes three at-large members and one representative each from the AMA Medical Student Section, the Resident and Fellows Section, and the Young Physicians Section. The AMA-MAS also maintains an ongoing liaison with national ethnic medical associations through the three positions reserved for the National Hispanic Medical Association, National Medical Association, and the Association of American Indian Physicians.

The AMA-MAS Governing Council invites you to join the AMA-MAS today!

AMA-MAS goals and objectives

• Increase the number of underrepresented minority medical students and physicians.
• Provide AMA forum for networking and grassroots advocacy on minority issues.
• Eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities and improve the status of minority health in the US.
• Promote workforce diversity and cultural competence in the profession.
• Expand the number and influence of minority physicians in the AMA.
• Encourage cooperation and collaboration with minority physician medical associations and other relevant organizations.
• Provide advice/counsel on minority issues to the AMA Board of Trustees and Councils.

Read our Guide to Leadership Opportunities in the AMA

The AMA-MAS Governing Council Members: