The Northeast Florida Medical Society
The Northeast Florida Medical Society is a duly constituted organization of physicians and a registered component society in Region III of the National Medical Association (NMA) and it’s state constituent organization, the Florida State Medical Association, Inc. (FSMA). It is one of five metropolitan sectors of FSMA: South Florida/Miami-Broward, Gulf Bay Area/Tampa-St Petersburg, Atlantic Central/Daytona-Orlando, West Florida (Tallahassee-Pensacola).
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide a common forum for physicians to promote excellence in the practice of medicine among our membership for the health care delivery to all citizens in Northeast Florida. Major goals include the eradication of religious, racial and gender discrimination from Northeast Florida’s medical institutions, and increase public awareness concerning adverse risk factors inherent in modern living, and encourage the altering of lifestyles to prevent early onset of disease.
Basically, We aim to provide:
- Professional Excellence
- Eliminate discrimination
- Create awareness on health matters
- Advocating for early healthy lifestyle
History
The Northeast Florida Medical Society began its revitalized existence as a “Medical Section” component of the Florida/Jacksonville Medical Dental Association in 1994 at a Florida State Medical Association meeting in Orlando, Florida.
Florida / Jacksonville Medical Dental and Pharmaceutical Association was founded in 1896 as a minority physician, dentist and pharmacy organization for continuing medical education in the care of illnesses common in African Americans, primarily because of the very small numbers of allied health professionals. In 1960, only approximately sixty African American physicians, and a lesser number of allied professionals were practicing in Florida. The NEFMS section now constitutes the local affiliate organization of the National Medical Association (Washington, D.C.) and its state component-the Florida State Medical Association.
There are over one thousand African American physicians in Florida, with approximately 150 located in Northeast Florida, and they represent a fair number of specialty areas in institutional and private practices.
NMA: NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
The National Medical Association is the parent organization of the Northeast Florida Medical Society. The NMA promotes the collective interests of physicians and patients of African descent, carrying 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.
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