For the past 112 years, the National Medical Association (NMA) has conducted its Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly, the nation’s foremost conference devoted to medical science and African American health.  This year, the NMA returns to its birthplace, Atlanta, Georgia for the 2008 Annual Convention that will convene from July 26-31, 2008.

We are collaborating with the American Cancer Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morehouse School of Medicine and Emory University among others to assure the conference remains cutting edge to enhance our resource capability to meet the demands of today’s ever changing health care environment.

The 2008 NMA Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly offers an exciting venue to interact with the largest spectrum of African American physicians, academicians and scientists in the country as well as other allied health professionals. The scientific program will begin on Saturday, July 26th with special postgraduate courses and continue to Sunday, July 27th through Thursday, July 31st.  Twenty-five concurrent scientific sections will conduct educational sessions ranging from Aerospace Medicine to Women’s Health; also over 150 exhibits will display information. Don’t delay, register and join over 5,000 of your colleagues, today!

Who Should Attend

If you’re a medical professional involved in providing the most recent information concerning patient care, then the National Medical Association’s 2008 Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly is for you.  Medical Professionals who should attend:

• Physicians
• Scientists
• Nurse practitioners
• Physician assistants
• Nurses
• Medical Students
• Dietitians
• Administrators
• Health Care Professionals
• Others

NMA 2008 Important Dates

• Feb. 15:  Abstract Submission Deadline
• Mar. 1:  Early Bird Registration Deadline
• Mar. 15:  Advance Registration Begins
• June 15:  Advance Registration Deadline
• July1:  Onsite Registration Begins
• July 11:  Housing Closed

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