Bolivian American Medical Society (BAMS)
Lincolnwood, Illinois, United States of America
ABOUT
These documents were issued by the Secretary of State of the state of Illinois recognizing our organization as an official corporation. This document marks our official recognition as a not for profit organization on March 19, 1976.
The “Bolivian-American Medical Society” was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in the State of Illinois in June 1976. Its first name was “Bolivian Medical Society, Inc.” There were about 150 Bolivian medical graduates in the Chicago Metropolitan area from Bolivian medical schools such as San Andres, San Simon, San Francisco Xavier, and other Foreign Medical Schools.The important meeting to start the Corporation was held at the home of Dr. Jaime R. Escobar in River Forest, Illinois. He was elected as the First President. A Board of Directors was also elected. The founding doctors were fourteen in total.
The Societies main activities were to improve the medical education of the young doctors in the three Medical Schools in Bolivia, to help the General Hospitals to provide better care to our Bolivian brothers, to organize medical conventions, to disseminate new medical knowledge to doctors and students, and to organize medical missions to improve the health of our needy Bolivian brothers and sisters.
Mission:
• To form an organization of Bolivian physicians in the United States to promote and facilitate professional relations between and among the members of the organization and all members of the medical profession.
• To provide for the continuing education of the members of the organization by means of lectures, panel discussions, seminars, publications, and the like.
• To support and assist Bolivian medical education, and to make grants and gifts in aid to Bolivian medical schools and Bolivian medical students.
• To further the education of Bolivian medical students by means of lectures, panel discussions, and seminars sponsored by the organization and by distributing various educational materials to Bolivian medical students.
• To support and assist medical education in general.
These documents were issued by the Secretary of State of the state of Illinois recognizing our organization as an official corporation. This document marks our official recognition as a not for profit organization on March 19, 1976.
The “Bolivian-American Medical Society” was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in the State of Illinois in June 1976. Its first name was “Bolivian Medical Society, Inc.” There were about 150 Bolivian medical graduates in the Chicago Metropolitan area from Bolivian medical schools such as San Andres, San Simon, San Francisco Xavier, and other Foreign Medical Schools.The important meeting to start the Corporation was held at the home of Dr. Jaime R. Escobar in River Forest, Illinois. He was elected as the First President. A Board of Directors was also elected. The founding doctors were fourteen in total.
The Societies main activities were to improve the medical education of the young doctors in the three Medical Schools in Bolivia, to help the General Hospitals to provide better care to our Bolivian brothers, to organize medical conventions, to disseminate new medical knowledge to doctors and students, and to organize medical missions to improve the health of our needy Bolivian brothers and sisters.
Mission:
• To form an organization of Bolivian physicians in the United States to promote and facilitate professional relations between and among the members of the organization and all members of the medical profession.
• To provide for the continuing education of the members of the organization by means of lectures, panel discussions, seminars, publications, and the like.
• To support and assist Bolivian medical education, and to make grants and gifts in aid to Bolivian medical schools and Bolivian medical students.
• To further the education of Bolivian medical students by means of lectures, panel discussions, and seminars sponsored by the organization and by distributing various educational materials to Bolivian medical students.
• To support and assist medical education in general.
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