Mission:

• Improve healthcare for Asians and Pacific Islanders (API) – especially Asian immigrants and refugees in the Cleveland metropolitan area.
• Foster cultural sensitivity and understanding.
• Encourage student leadership and community engagement on API issues.

Key Events:

• Volunteer and shadow at the International Community Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center that serves the API population in Cleveland.
• Community Health Screenings at events such as the Women's Health Day, Men's Health Day, Cleveland Asian Festival, flu clinics, and Lunar New Year Festival.
• Attend APAMSA national conferences and meet physicians as well as medical students across the US.
• Physician panels with local physicians from the API community.
• Health Literacy Education Talks, particularly on Hepatitis B awareness.
• Social events (dumpling making night, Lunar New Year potluck, Crazy Rich Asians movie night, and more!)

Electives:

• Medical Mandarin - learn how to do a physical exam and practice other health vocabulary in Mandarin.
• Healthcare in Asiatown - shadow at the International Community Health Center, practice your physical exam/history taking skills with patients, and learn how to write SOAP notes.

Don't forget to check out the national organization's website here and register with them for free!

Have any questions? Contact contact.apamsa.cwru@gmail.com.

Faculty Advisor:
Kam Lam, MD MPH MS
lams2@ccf.org
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Student  Leaders:
National Delegate - Yuming Shi 
yxs1002@case.edu
Social Chairs - Lianne Mulvihill & Jessie Liu 
lxm317@case.edu, jcl136@case.edu
Medical Mandarin - Rongyi Sun & Yang Cai 
rxs1051@case.edu, yxc1336@case.edu
Asiatown Elective - Caroline Cao 
crc116@case.edu
​Finance - Brandon Lau 
bxl500@case.edu
Outreach - Susan Zheng 
sxz670@case.edu