APAMSA

APAMSA's foundation was laid in 1993 by Asian American students worried about the present and future of the APA community. Dr. B Li co- founded the e-mail bulletin board 'AAMSnet' for Asian American medical students in 1994 and co-formed the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association in 1995.

APAMSA was formed because issues of APA health were largely ignored by existing organizations. Since its initial formation in 1995, APAMSA chapters have formed at schools across the country to improve the health and well-being of the APA community and promote understanding of the unique challenges Asian Pacific Americans face in medicine.


January 1993

"A Call for Community Involvement" New York: NYU


April 1993

"Asian American Caucus at AMSA" Miami: WI


October 1993

"Asian American Family Health: Needs and Networks" Columbus: OSU

"Breaking the Silence" Boston: Harvard


April 1994

"Asian American Caucus at AMSA" Washington, D.C: CWRU, Stanford


October 1994

"A New Voice" Boston: Harvard

"White House Briefing on Health Care Reform" Washington, D.C.: Harvard, Tufts, NYU

"AAMSnet on-line" Columbus: OSU


January 1995

Formation of APAMSA, First National Conference "Reflections on Self & Community"
New York: Columbia, Cornell, Einstein, NYU, SUNY Brooklyn, Mt. Sinai


October 1995

Second National Conference "Strength Through Unity"
Philadelphia: Medical College of Pennsylvania- Hahnemann University, Temple University, Jefferson Medical College, University of Pennsylvania


October 1996

Third National Conference "APA Leaders: Forging Ties for a Stronger Tomorrow"
Boston: Harvard University


October 1997

Fourth National Conference
Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University


November 1998

Fifth National Conference
Chicago: Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Finch Chicago Medical School, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine


November 1999

Sixth National Conference
San Francisco: University of California at Davis


October 2000

Seventh National Conference "Ancient Traditions, New Frontiers"
Los Angeles: University of Southern California, Stanford University


October 2001

Eighth National Conference "Forging into the next Millennium: Committment to API Service"
New York City: New York University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine


October 2002

Ninth National Conference "Our Culture, Our Health"
St. Louis: Washington University, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine


November 2003

Tenth National Conference "Changing the Face of Medicine"
Washington DC: Georgetown University SOM, George Washington SOM, Johns Hopkins SOM, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences


November 2004

Eleventh National Conference "Leading By Example"
Houston, Texas: UT Houston Medical School, Baylor College of Medicine, UT Health Science Center San Antonio


October 2005

Twelfth National Conference “Building Bridges: Linking Past, Present, and Future”
Chicago, IL: Northwestern University


October 2006

Thirteenth National Conference "Medicine: A Call to Service"
Washington DC Metro Area at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences


October 2007

Fourteenth National Conference "Bridging Cultures, Taking Action"
UCSF and Stanford University


October 2008

Fifteenth National Conference "Building ONE Community"
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine