North American Taiwanese Medical Association - Southern California Chapter（NATMA-SCC）
North American Taiwanese Medical Association - Southern California Chapter（NATMA-SCC） (南加州台灣醫學會) is listed as a group member of the |Taiwan Center Foundation of the Greater Los Angeles.
Identity Snapshot
- Chinese: 南加州台灣醫學會
- English (as listed): North American Taiwanese Medical Association - Southern California Chapter（NATMA-SCC）
- Relation: Taiwan Center group member (official listing)
- Source: https://www.taiwancenter.org/group-members ·
taiwancenter-org-group-members.md
Role in the Community
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The chapter published its own yearbook: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/847-e5-8c-97-e7-be-8e-e6-b4-b2-e5-8f-b0-e7-81-a3-e4-ba-ba-e9-86-ab-e5-b8-ab-e5-8|TAH #847 北美洲台灣人醫師協會南加州分會2005年刊]]
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Organized the 台美醫學交流會 in 2016: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/12-70|TAH #70 台美醫學交流會 by NATMA / S. California]]
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Took part in the 2017 NATMA delegates’ Taiwan Medical Progress Exchange Tour (11/05–12/2017): [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/2017-28|TAH #28 NATMA Delegates Exchange Tour, 2017]]
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NATMA’s international medical-service tradition is documented in member memoirs: from 2005 members joined NATMA 國際義診團 to Taiwan’s Central American allies six times (family medicine, internal medicine/pediatrics, OB-GYN, surgery, dentistry, acupuncture, donated medicines and equipment); the March 2015 Guatemala mission fielded 56 people, served 3,058 patients, and set a record of 53 surgeries at the Amatitlan public hospital: Our Journeys — NATMA義診團 memoir
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An earlier-generation memoir lists NATMA (醫師協會) among the twelve Taiwanese American organizations that jointly ran the US census advocacy campaign alongside TAA, TACL, and FAPA: Our Journeys — 人口普查專案 memoir
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2021: 北美洲台灣人醫師協會南加州分會 (and its foundation chapter) were co-initiating organizations of the Southern California joint statement supporting Taiwan’s WHO/WHA participation: 2021年南加州僑界支持台灣參與WHA聯合聲明 — the initiator list names all four NATMA entities side by side (協會、協會南加州分會、協會基金會、協會基金會南加州分會), documenting the chapter as part of a four-body organizational structure
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The chapter operates under the parent national association 北美洲台灣人醫師協會 (NATMA/USA), whose own TAH directory record and member bulletin are held in the corpus: USA 北美洲台灣人醫師協會 and TAH — NATMA eNews letter record
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2010: the chapter’s annual meeting and banquet is documented in its own TAHS corpus record: NATMA-SCC 2010 Annual Meeting and Banquet
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2025-06-18: NATMA-SCC and WHO Committee issued a three-point statement of full support for Taiwan For WHO during the pandemic — arguing Taiwan must not be excluded from WHO and that NATMA’s founding mission, like WHO’s, is Health For All regardless of politics: TJJ 2025-06-18 三點聲明及呼籲; ongoing TJJ coverage is archived under the tag page Tag: NATMA 南加州分會
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A republished Southern California community event calendar lists the chapter’s 2016-09-10 annual meeting at Pacific Palms Resort alongside 台灣會馆 events — evidence of the chapter’s place in the regular SoCal community calendar: TJJ archive — 南加州活動日曆
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2021/02 — 北美洲台灣人醫師協會南加州分會 is listed among the 友情宣傳 community supporters of the 台灣人聯合基金會 / 台灣優社 228 事件線上追思紀念會 series, alongside 洛杉磯聖東台灣同鄉會 and other SoCal groups (TJJ 2021-02-24 紀念會系列活動)
Source Notes
- Content priority A: Name on Taiwan Center group-members page
- Hub: |taiwancenter.org
- Content priority C: Independent history not expanded from listing alone