Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee
Welcome to the NMA - Region III website, where you will find information about our latest events and information about Region III of the NMA. The NMA promotes the collective interests of physicians and patients of African descent. We carry out this mission by serving as the collective voice of physicians of African descent and a leading force for parity in medicine, elimination of health disparities and promotion of optimal health.
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
NMA has 33 state and 98 local affiliated medical societies with a ratio of approximately one (1) NMA society for every 259,000 African Americans across the nation (based on 1997 U.S. census data).
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.
Our mission extends into the communities that we serve.
The NMA promotes the collective interests of physicians and patients of African descent. We carry out this mission by serving as the collective voice of physicians of African descent and a leading force for parity in medicine, elimination of health disparities and promotion of optimal health.
120th National President of the NMA
Oliver Tate Brooks, M.D. received his undergraduate degree in biology from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1977. Dr. Brooks received his medical degree in 1981 from Howard University College of Medicine. He completed a residency in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital-Oakland.
Dr. Brooks is Medical Director and past Chief of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at Watts Healthcare Corporation in Los Angeles, California where he also serves as the Medical Director of the Jordan and Locke High School Wellness Centers. He is a Medical Director for L.A. Care Health Plan.
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NMA - REGION III
The NMA promotes the collective interests of physicians and patients of African descent.We are a leading force for parity in medicine, elimination of health disparities and promotion of optimal health.
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National Medical Association Region III Conference
September 3, 2019NMA Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly
August 14, 2019