Written by: Maki Kano-Lueckerath, M.D. Vice President, JMSA Attending in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, The Mount Sinai Japanese Medical Practice During this difficult time, as we face a Pandemic of COVID-19, many people are grappling with questions of what to…
Author: Makoto Iwahara, M.D. Attending, Department of Gastroenterology, Lenox Hill Hospital New York City is now the United States epicenter of the corona virus, also known as Covid-19. As of 3/25/2020, NYC has over 20,000 people infected with the virus.…
Dear JMSA Members and Friends, The current situation with the Coronavirus pandemic is certainly a challenge of unprecedented proportions to all of us. However, such a challenge gives us an opportunity to rise to the occasion and become beacons of hope for our community. We began…
Dear Applicants for the New York Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Scholarship 2020:Due to the rapid spread of COVID-19, we have decided that we must postpone the selection process for the 2020 New York Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Scholarship. Many of those involved in the…
Dear JMSA member and friend:Due to the spread of COVID-19, we have postponed our 48th JMSA Annual Spring dinner originally scheduled for April 25, 2020. We have chosen a new date of August 15, 2020 with sincere hopes that the…
Dear JMSA member and friend:Due to the current spread of COVID-19, we have decided to postpone our annual dinner originally scheduled for 4/25/20.We are in the process of determining a new date for the dinner and once we finalize the…
JMSA Scholarship Application is Now Open! Every year, JMSA, along with our generous donors, awards scholarships to students and postgraduate trainees in healthcare to support their education and training. Please see below for the application. The current cycle for 2020…
Dear JMSA Member and Friend: The New York Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Society, Inc. (HNMS) is requesting applications for the 2019 scholarship. The scholarship is designed to support young life scientists from Japan who are pursuing a research career in the…
Dr. Maki Kano is the current JMSA Vice President and a Pediatrician and Internist who practices in Westchester, NY. She sat down for an interview with Riku Moriguchi, a fourth year medical student at Albert Einstein, to discuss her career as a Japanese-speaking physician in the US. Below is the transcript of the interview, where she speaks about her upbringing, her current practice, both the joys and challenges of being a working mother, and her experiences in JMSA.
The JMSA is excited to announce that the application for 2019 scholarships is now open! Please complete the required information and send your application back to us at applications@jmsa.org. Should you require further information, do not hesitate to reach out…
