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As the current AMCP president, I am proud to introduce to you AMCP and its activities! AMCP is a non-profit organization of mostly ethnic Chinese physicians with a shared commitment to community service, professional development and promotion of collaborations in order to advance medical sciences and patient care. It also strives to facilitate the interaction and cooperation between the medical professionals of US (Minnesota in particular) and China. AMCP welcomes all physicians, Chinese and non-Chinese, Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, mid-level providers and physicians in training, to join us in promotion of the AMCP objectives. Since its inauguration on January 10, 2004, AMCP has grown in membership despite the leaving of several former members because of relocation. By the end of January 2007, it has 54 members including 9 life-time members. AMCP has established a volunteer clinic, the Minnesota Chinese Health Center (MCHC), and many of our members volunteer in the clinic. The clinic serves not only ethnic Chinese patients but also the local population at large. By the end of 2006, it has had over 500 patient visits since opening in October 2004. The patient population included Chinese, non-Chinese Americans, Southeast Asians, Asian Indians, Japanese and Russians. AMCP has held and will continue to hold periodic public health education seminars to promote healthy life-style and disease prevention as well as early recognition of warning signs and symptoms of diseases that should lead to medical attention. AMCP has sponsored professional seminars, which will become quarterly Medical Forums starting from 2007. The Medical Forums will serve as the platform not only for the promotion of intellectual interaction and professional development of AMCP members but also for facilitation of collaboration between AMCP members and the Twin Cities community including other health organizations, medical device manufacturers and biomedical companies. AMCP led the first Midwest Medical Delegation to China in October 2006 and will host a medical delegation from Zhejiang University Medical School and Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital from Hangzhou, China in March 2007. It will continue to promote the interaction and collaboration of medical professionals between US (Minnesota in particular) and China. AMCP’s success depends on the support of its members and the community. My predecessor and the first AMCP president Dr. Steven Shu worked tirelessly to promote AMCP’s course. We have received tremendous support from not only the local Chinese community including many volunteers helping in the various functions of AMCP but also organizations such as Park Nicollet Health Services that helped make it possible for AMCP to provide free medical services to those who need them most. I would like to personally invite you to join us in our efforts to promote the AMCP objectives!
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