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.
Please click here to support our work!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 |
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| 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 | . | . | . | . |
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 to outstanding 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 in person. Below, please read about some of our past scholarship awardees.
2025
Catherine Chang: Rush Medical School
Connie Chang-Chien: UCSF
Stephen Chien: Drexel Medical School
Yu-Tien Hsu: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei
Amy Huang: University of Connecticut
Irene Lee: Emory School of Medicine
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2024
Hudson Liu: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Michelle Guan: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Justine Ker: Tulane University School of Medicine
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2023
William Lee Wang: Stanford University School of Medicine
Brendan Huang: Tulane University School of Medicine
Te-Feng Arthur: National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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2022
Melody Wang: Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
Chih Chieh Huang: School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taiwan
Frances Tao: UC Riverside School of Medicine
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2021
Derek Kao: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Kevin Tyan: Harvard Medical School
Andy Yu-Der Wang: Tufts University School of Medicine
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2020
Ya-Ching Hung: Taipei Medical University
Grace Tsai: Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Alice Tzeng: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU
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2019
Richard Chen: Western University College of Dental Medicine
Philip Cheng: Baylor College of Medicine
Jesse Kao: St. Louis University School of Medicine
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2018
Yu Hsin Cindy Liu: UCSD School of Medicine
Ben Wang: Columbia University, College of Dental Medicine
Cheng Y H (Jeff): USC
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2017
Allen Shih: Yale School of Medicine
Jenny Shih: Harvard Medical School
Abby Wang: UCSF
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2016
Rebecca Chen: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Corissa Chang: UCSF
Daniel Wang: SUNY Update Medical University
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2015
Jason Chien: George Washington University
Alice Chuang: Brown University
Keven Kuang Lee: UCLA
Jonathan C. Lin: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jyun-You Liou: National Taiwan University
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2014
Grace Chao: Harvard Medical School
Jeffrey Chen: UCSF
Tiffany Hsu: Brown University
Jeffrey Lin: UCLA
Kun-Hsing Yu: Stanford University
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2013
Eric Chen: UCLA
Alan Kuo: UCLA
Andrew Lee: UCSF
Vincent Lin: St. Louis University
Lily Wang: University of New South Wales
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2012
Yen-Michael S Hsu: University of Texas-Houston
Frank Kuo: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Joseph Lin: John Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Wayne M. Tsuang: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
Katherine Wu: Duke University School of Medicine
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2011
Julian Hong: University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine
Cynthia Huang: UCLA, School of Medicine
Joshia Liao: Baylor College of Medicine
Jen-Jane Liu: Stanford School of Medicine
Alex C. Wu: Chicago Medical School
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2010
Allen Ho: Harvard Medical School
Steven Hsu: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cindy Hsin-Ju Liu: University of Oregon
Victor Huang: UCSF
Wesley Wu: Brown Medical School
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2009
Steven Chang: Columbia University
Cathy Cheng: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Edward Sheen: Brown Medical School
Gerald Wang: Stanford University School of Medicine
Florence Wu: Johns Hopkins
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2008
Rita Chuang: USC School of Dentistry
Alex Lin: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Peter Chai: Brown Medical School
Stanley Liu: UCSF
Jennifer Pan: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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