Dear Colleague:

This is to request that you join the National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) as a Basic or Premier member for January – December, 2008. Established in 1994 in Washington, DC, NHMA’s mission is to improve the health care for Hispanics and to advance leadership of Hispanic physicians.

NHMA Premier Membership has special benefits for Physicians, Residents, Medical Students and Associate Members such as:

• Discount registration at the NHMA Annual conference, March 2009 in Brooklyn, NY
• Exclusive Job Opportunities Notices
• Speaking Opportunities and Listings in the NHMA Speaker's Bureau
• Nomination for Federal & Corporate Boards & Advisory Committees/Panels
• Participation with NHMA Interest Group Projects & Board of Director's Committees
• Resource Panel and White Paper Opportunities
• National and Regional Media Interview Opportunities
• Exclusive National and Regional Networking Events
• Website Resources and Monthly Newsletter
• Leadership Development Activities
• Editorial Board Participation for NHMA Portal & Future Publications
  

NHMA Basic Membership (Free) entitles you to access to NHMA's website resources and to receive monthly NHMA e-announcements

NHMA dues are utilized to support the staff at the national office in Washington, DC who coordinate the NHMA Programs – the NHMA Leadership Fellowship, the Hispanic Graduate Medical Education Curriculum Project, the Congressional Hispanic Health Care Briefing Series, Obesity & Diabetes Education Campaign, the Hispanic Health Portal, NHMA Podcasting project and the Annual Conference.

NHMA serves as a key resource for policy makers in Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. During 2007, NHMA provided input for the development of the Health Disparities bills, the Health Professions Appropriations, the Medicare Bill as well as nominated several physicians to key meetings and advisory committees. We hope you will join us in developing our organization.

Sincerely,
Elena Rios
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH
President and CEO

NHMA is a 501c6 non-profit association, dues are not tax deductible. Except as a business expense.

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