One of our JMSA student representatives, Abe, with support from the Nishioka-JMSA Foundation had the opportunity to give educational outreach sessions to Japanese and Japanese American high school students. The outreach sessions were conducted at hoshuko-s, Saturday Japanese schools where…
Category: Student Projects
2021 Scholarship Announcement
Thanks to our generous donors, we were able to give 14 scholarship awards to our healthcare professionals in training this year. Below are the awardees of the JMSA scholarship 2021, along with their proposed scholarship projects. Congratulations to this year’s…
Scholarship Application for the Japanese Medical Society of America
Our Mission The Japanese Medical Society of America (JMSA) was established in 1973, as a nonprofit organization by Japanese medical professionals serving the New York region with a mission to support the Japanese and Japanese-American communities through various health related…
2020 Scholarship Announcement
Thanks to our generous donors, we were able to give 13 scholarship awards to our healthcare professionals in training this year. Below are the awardees of the JMSA scholarship 2020, along with their proposed scholarship projects. Congratulations to this year’s…
2019 JMSA Scholarship Awardees
Congratulations to this year’s JMSA Scholarship Recipients! Below are the awardees of the JMSA scholarship 2019, along with their proposed scholarship projects. Nishioka – JMSA Scholarship Kristen Homma, Medical Student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine Project: To create a…
Postponing Annual Dinner
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…
Interview with Dr. Maki Kano
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.
2018 JMSA Scholarship Recipients
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. Here are the recipients of the 2018 scholarships and their proposed projects.