Our Impact
NATMA Foundation
The NATMA Foundation was established in 1995 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit in the state of California. Our mission includes the support of international medical relief and scholarships to students and trainees in healthcare professions. Over the years, the NATMA Foundation has awarded a myriad of scholarships and grants to students, residents, and other healthcare trainees, as well as organized and supported many medical missions to countries as far-reaching as India and most recently, Ukraine. Physicians, dentists, pharmacists and other allied health workers have come together and worked tirelessly in such countries, with an eye toward medical sustainability. With your generous support, we can continue to sponsor future generations of healthcare workers through scholarships and grants, as well as our work in international medical missions.
Please click here to support our work!Medical Missions
Over the past 20 years, NATMA has supported and organized international medical missions to countries as far ranging as Burma (2016), Honduras (2018), Guatemala (2017), Ukraine (2023), Cambodia (2018), Grenada (2003), Panama (2006), Haiti (2008), India (2020), among others.
These missions often consist of multiple specialties such as pediatrics, internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics-gynecology, dentistry, ophthalmology, pain medicine, orthopedics as well as specialists in pharmacy, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, and medical education.
Please click on the links below to view stories from our missions:
| Year/Month 年/月 |
Country 國家 |
Physicians 醫師 |
Dentists 牙醫師 |
Pharmacists and Nurses 藥劑師，護理師 |
Total # of Participants 團員人數 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003/12 | Grenada 格瑞那達 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 2005/3 | Costa Rica 哥斯大黎加 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 75 |
| 2006/8 | Panama 巴拿馬 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 51 |
| 2007/2 | Guatemala 瓜地馬拉 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 64 |
| 2007/8 | Panama 巴拿馬 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 50 |
| 2008/2 | Haiti 海地 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2008/8 | Nicaragua 尼加拉瓜 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 36 |
| 2009/3 | Dominican Republic 多明尼加 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 60 |
| 2011/1 | Belize 貝里斯 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 28 |
| 2012/4 | Guatemala 瓜地馬拉 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 35 |
| 2013/2 | Dominican Republic 多明尼加 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 48 |
| 2014/1 | Myanmar 緬甸 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| 2015/3 | Guatemala 瓜地馬拉 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 56 |
| 2016/12 | Myanmar 緬甸 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 38 |
| 2017/1 | Guatemala 瓜地馬拉 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 56 |
| 2018/2 | Cambodia 柬埔寨 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 2018/4 | Honduras 宏都拉斯 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 71 |
| 2018/12 | Paraguay 巴拉圭 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 44 |
| 2019/3 | Cambodia 柬埔寨 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 2019/3 | Honduras 宏都拉斯 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 41 |
| 2019/7 | Guatemala 瓜地馬拉 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 2020/3 | India (Sikkim) 印度 錫金邦 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 43 |
| 2023/3 | Honduras 宏都拉斯 | . | . | . | . |
| 2023/8 | Ukraine 烏克蘭 | . | . | . | . |
| 2024/2 | Paraguay 巴拉圭 | . | . | . | . |
You can learn more about our medical missions work by visiting our Media Page that has links to various press reports on these initiatives.
Please reach out today to get involved in planning or participating in our next mission trip!
For Trainees/Students
The NATMA Foundation awards scholarships tooutstanding individuals who hold great promise in the future of medicine. Scholarships are typically awarded every year.Recipients are expected to attend the annual meeting and receive the award inperson. Please check back for details about how to apply for the next cycle. Below, please read about some of our pastscholarship awardees.
- Brendan Huang MD, Neurology PGY-2, Northwell Hospital (2023)