About Us

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        <h1>About Us</h1>
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        <p>The Philippine Medical Society of Northern California (PMSNC), a non-profit organization registered as a 501(c)(3), is staffed by volunteer Filipino-Americans practitioners from the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding areas. Founded in 1972, its mission originally was to foster fellowship among Filipino physicians and to provide charitable assistance to underprivileged Bay Area residents.</p>
        <p>The society's membership is primarily made up of healthcare professionals living in the four "regions" of the Bay Area: San Francisco/San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda/Contra Costa, and Napa/Solano/Monterey. The organization elects twenty officers every two years.</p>
        <p>The specific and primary purposes of PMSNC are:</p>
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          <li>To unite and promote closer personal and professional relationships and better understanding among the members and other medical societies.</li>
          <li>To encourage continued professional growth and development of the members.</li>
          <li>To encourage qualified Filipino  and  Filipino-American students to pursue the medical profession and to provide financial assistance and other scholarship support to such students.</li>
          <li>To provide medical assistance to the elderly and indigent Filipino-Americans as well as other minority groups in the US and support medical-surgical missions.</li>
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        <p>The organization conducts monthly gatherings that feature an educational lecture, followed by a general membership and board of directors meeting. There are eight permanent committees: executive, membership, by-laws, continuing education, scholarship, medical missions, and inter-society relations.</p>
        <p>PMSNC is run entirely by members and volunteers and operates purely on donations and the generosity of its supporters.</p>
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