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.

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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 . . . .
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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)
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