WELCOME to Region VI, one
of six regions of the National Medical Association. The National
Medical Association was established in October of 1895 and is the
largest and oldest national professional organization representing
over 22,000 African-American physicians in the United States and
the Virgin Islands. The members include primary care physicians,
medical sub-specialists and surgical specialists.
The NMA is geographically divided into six regions. The last,
Region VI includes the following states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North
Dakota, Oregon, South
Dakota, Utah, Washington,
and Wyoming.
Each of the states within Region VI has local affiliate societies.
With so many states in its jurisdiction, the overarching task
for the Regional chair is to enhance and improve communalization
and relationships among state and local societies, and with the
national office. The anticipated outcome of this task is a more
informed Region VI member of the NMA.
Our Mission is to continue to be committed to improving the health
status and outcomes of minorities and the medically underserved.
While the NMA has historically focused on health issues related
to African Americans, its principles, goals, initiatives and philosophies
address and benefit all Americans. The NMA is committed to the
elimination of health disparities and the promotion of healthy
lifestyles.
We are hard at work addressing major medical issues and challenges,
such as providing equal access to quality health care, and creating
a more diverse medical workforce. Through its highly regarded
trade publications, the NMA offers important information to its
members, constituents, and the medical community. The Journal
of the National Medical Association has been published monthly
since 1909, and focuses on medical advances and policies that
can improve the health care of the disadvantaged. NMA News, the
association’s quarterly newsmagazine, provides updates on
NMA activities and pertinent issues in medicine. For more information
or to subscribe please visit our National Web site at www.NMAnet.org.
- Raise the standards of the medical profession and medical
education
- Stimulate favorable relationships among all physicians
- Nurture the growth and diffusion of medical knowledge
and the prompt universal delivery of knowledge to all peoples
by means of an adequate health care delivery system
- Stimulate the education of the public concerning all
matters affecting the public health
- Sponsor the enactment of just medical laws
- Eliminate religious, racial, sexual discrimination and
segregation from American medical institutions by means of an
effective organization of the medical profession within the states
and territories of the United States
