The JMSA honors students in the medical professions who demonstrate academic excellence and a commitment to the values of the Japanese Medical Society of America. Scholarship awards are presented at the JMSA Annual Spring Dinner each year. Here are the students…
The JMSA honors students in the medical professions who demonstrate excellence and a commitment to the values of the Japanese Medical Society of America. ?Scholarship recipients are announced around April each year (the data can be variable because we must…
JMSA had its first Journal Club meeting on October 20th, 2016. The event was organized by Shoko Mori, a third year medical student at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine and 2016 Raymond Sekiguchi MD-JMSA Scholarship Recipient. The JMSA Journal Club,…
Coordination of discharge care is critical to reducing hospital readmissions and ensuring optimal patient outcomes, particularly among the elderly demographic. This is a pressing issue for health care delivery in both Japan and the US, where aging trends coincide with…
JMSA Shadowing Program Report 3 Message from Megumi Grace Sugita: The shadowing opportunity I had through JMSA will influence me throughout my pursuit in medicine. I arrived at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital to shadow cardiothoracic surgeons Dr. Hitoshi Hirose, Dr.…
2015 JMSA Scholarship Recipients with Affiliations and Proposed Projects Honjo-JMSA Scholarship Kenji Fujitani (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Expanding JMSA shadowing program and CPR community outreach program Kenny Nakazawa (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) JMSA…
JMSA Shadowing Program Report 2 Message from Yoshiki Takeyama: Through the JMSA shadowing program, I shadowed Dr. Kano [JMSA Mentor] for 3 sessions. I had the opportunity to observe what a typical day is like for a physician and it…
JMSA Shadowing Program Report 1 Message from Christina Theodorou: Through the JMSA Shadowing Program, I was able to shadow Dr. Erich Anderer [JMSA mentor], a Japanese-American neurosurgeon practicing at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn. I watched as he performed an…
To sign up for JMSA Shadowing Program, please follow the links below Healthcare Professional Mentor Sign Up (http://tinyurl.com/kr9qwry) Student Sign Up (http://tinyurl.com/k263oqt)
JMSA Project Report 6 Lisa Akiyama (Medical Student, Oakland University: William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI) Project: To educate Japanese women about cervical cancer screening. Download the pdf here
