2008 ANNUAL CONVENTION AND SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY
JULY 26-31, 2008 * Atlanta, Georgia * SAVE THE DATE!

The National Medical Association’s 2008 Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly will be held July 26-31, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia.  The National Medical Association’s Scientific Assembly is acclaimed as the nation’s foremost forum on medical science and African American health. Each year, more than 5,000 African American physicians and other health professionals from across the country convene to participate in the scholarly exchange of medical advances and to develop health policy agenda for the coming year.

Through NMA’s 24 Scientific Specialty Sections, the NMA Convention and Scientific Assembly attracts the broadest spectrum of African American physicians, academicians and scientists in the country.  The scientific program will open on Saturday, July 26th with special postgraduate courses and workshops, and continue from Sunday, July 27th through Thursday, July 31st with 24 concurrent Scientific Specialty sections ranging from Aerospace and Military Medicine to Women’s Health.

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2008 Post Convention Seminar
“Collaboration Among Health Professionals in Reducing Health Disparities”
July 31 - August 3, 2008
Marco Island, Florida
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Scientific Specialty Sections
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Past & Future Conventions
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REGIONAL MEETINGS

The organizational structure of the NMA provides an established national network of affiliated community-based organizations with a powerful reach within African American communities across the nation. The NMA has 33 state and 98 local affiliated medical societies across the nation. The state and local societies are segmented into six geographic NMA regions.  Each of the six regions hold an annual meeting in the spring. 

Region I Annual Meeting
May 22 - 26, 2008
Sonesta Maho Beach Hotel
St. Martin/St. Maarten
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Region II Annual Meeting
March 27 - 30, 2008
Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay
Cambridge, Maryland
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Region III Annual Meeting
April 17 - 20, 2008
Trump International Sonesta Beach Hotel
Miami, Florida
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Region IV Annual Meeting
May 2- 4, 2008
MGM Grand Detroit
Detroit, Michigan

Region V Annual Meeting
May 15 - 18, 2008
Chateau Sonesta Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana

Region VI Annual Meeting
April 17 - 20, 2008
Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort
Miami, Florida
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WEB CASTINGS

"Racial and Ethnic Differences in Response to Medicines: Towards Individualized Pharmaceutical Treatment"
Dr. Valentine J. Burroughs

"Shifting Paradigms on Race and Medicine" A Panel Discussion moderated by NMA CME Director
William E. Matory, M.D.

"Human Genome Variation and Racial Disparities in Medicines"
Dr. Georgia M. Dunson