It’s time again for our popular JMSA Golf Outing! Date: Saturday 6/11/11 Place: Lido Beach Golf Club on Long Island (www.lidogolf.com) Cost: $140 per player, which includes the green fee, lunch, and prizes Please send checks to the JMSA office…
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Hideyo Noguchi Memorial
JMSA is commemorating Dr. Hideyo Noguchi’s passing on 5/21/1928. He was a prominent microbiologist who was born in Fukushima and discovered?the spirochete?that causes syphilis. As many of us know, he?suffered a burn to his left hand at the age of…
JMSA Relief Fund Update: Meredith Kato, M.D. runs a marathon!
Meredith Kato, M.D. completed her Big Sur Marathon on May 1, 2011 and has raised over $2600 for the JMSA Japan Relief Fund! Thank you and go Meredith!! Dr. Meredith Kato, M.D. received her medical education at Cornell University.…
Report from the Front Lines: TMAT Response Update
Tokushukai Disaster Medical Assistance Team (TMAT) organized medical relief missions to areas affected by the Touhoku earthquake, and completed its last mission on May 2nd. 5 MDs and 1 RN / NP from JMSA and JAMS' Net have volunteered with TMAT. Ms.…
Report from the Front Lines: TMAT Minamisanriku Response
These are photos from Ms. Wakako Ecklund, a neonatal nurse practitioner who worked with the Tokushukai Disaster Medical Assistance Team (TMAT) in Minamisanriku, Miyagi-ken. Her explanations accompany the photos. The images give a glimpse of rescue efforts by TMAT and…
Report from the front lines: TMAT Kesennuma Response
Here are some photos from Ms. Jeri Sumitani, a PA who was in Kesennuma City with the Tokushukai Disaster Medical Assistance Team (TMAT). Her explanations accompany the photos. These images reveal the destruction from the earthquake and tsunami, the medical…
Report from the front lines: TMAT member Ms. Nahoko Harada
Here is a report we have received from Ms. Nahoko Harada. Ms. Harada volunteered with TMAT in Kesennuma, one of the most devastated areas, to serve those who required medical attention. Please click “Read More” to see her report and…
Members in Training Get-Together
Please join us for a get-together dinner for medical students, residents, and fellows on Saturday, March 19, at 5:30PM!? It will be held at dieci, a Japanese Italian restaurant in NYC. This will be a great opportunity for members-in-training to…
Tokyo Women’s Medical University 2011 Exchange Program
Each year, students from Tokyo Women’s Medical University (TWMU) participate in an exchange program with medical schools in the US (Brown, Columbia, Mt. Sinai, Tufts, and U of Texas Houston), Belgium, China, England, France, and Korea. Students begin preparing for…
Japan Society Corporate Program: Yoko Makino Policy Series
Please join the Japan Society in welcoming Joseph S. Nye Jr to the Yoko Makino Policy Series. Date: Wednesday, April 6, 6 PM – 8 PMSpeaker: Joseph S. Nye Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor and former Dean of Harvard’s Kennedy…