Background

Since the earliest arrivals of Taiwanese immigrants, the community has maintained a strong network across the United States reflected by the early establishment of the Taiwanese American Association, which has chapters in most metropolitan areas. The post-1965 immigration patterns and the healthcare professional recruitment efforts by the United States during the 1970's brought a wave of migration of Taiwanese health professionals who would ultimately settle in this country with their families.

1980's - 1990's
A series of organizations were founded to bring together highly educated individuals among the 1st generation Taiwanese community across the country. The first such organization was the North American Taiwanese Professors Association (NATPA) in 1981, and was soon followed by NATMA (Medical) in 1984, NATWA (Womens') in 1988, NATEA (Engineers) in 1991, and NATSA (Taiwan Studies) in 1994.

NATMA is Established

1984
The North American Taiwanese Medical Association (NATMA) was founded to promote cultural and educational exchange of Taiwanese American Medical and Dental professionals. The membership consists primarily of 1st generation Taiwanese Americans.

Currently, the organization is revising its Bylaws to expand membership beyond physicians and dentists, in order to recognize the diversity of health care professions represented by the growing 2nd generation membership.

National Chapters

Over the past two decades, NATMA has established a strong foundation throughout the major metropolitan regions of the United States and Canada. The contacts for the active chapters are listed here:

Baltimore Chapter:
Ie-Ming Shih 施益民
5208 Springlake Way, Baltimore, MD 21212
(H)410-435-6765
email: ishih@jhmi.edu

Chicago Chapter:
Ching-Chong Huang 黃慶鍾
38 Ridgefield Lane,Willowbrook,IL 60527
(H)630-789-2470 (O)815-725-6331 (F)630-789-2811

Cleveland Chapter:
Peter H. Huang 黄邦雄
689 Colonial Dr., Youngstown, OH 44505
(H)330-759-2243 (O)330-747-2244 (F)330-480-3806
email: phh@neoucom.edu

Kansas City Chapter:
Jin-Tze Wu 吳敬次
8410 Huntington, Wichita, KS 67206
(H)316-681-2193 (O)316-962-3030 (F)316-962-2620
email: jinwu@swbell.net

Michigan Chapter:
John Chi-Yong Liao 廖智鏞
1016 Collon Drive, Bad Axe, MI 48413
H)989-269-9869 (O)989-269-9819 (F)989-269-8567
email: liaopath@gmail.com

Greater New York Chapter:
Pofu Hsieh 謝博夫
136-25 Maple Ave.#203, Flushing, NY 11355
(O)718-961-1234 (H)516-625-0382 (F)718-961-1236
email: ph7@nyu.edu

Greater Philadelphia Chapter:
Jack Huang 黄俊仁
1535 Bardsey Dr., Lower Gwynedd, PA 19002
(H)215-542-8078 (O)215-699-9698

NW Seattle Chapter:
John Chen 陳志毅
8659 inverness Dr. NE, Seattle, WA 98115
(O)206-522-6047
email: johnyichen@yahoo.com

Pittsburgh Chapter:
Samuel Han 韓義
127 E. Wayne St., Butler, PA 16001
(H)724-586-5248 (O)724-282-3530 (F)724-282-3035
email: sihan@zbzoom.net

Second Generation Chapter:
David Huang 黃志超
601 Elmwood Avenue, PO Box 679, Rochester, NY 14642
(H) 716-275-1667
email: david_huang@urmc.rochester.edu

Southern California Chapter:
Chao-Hsiung Hsu 許昭雄
790 E. Latham Ave., Hemet, CA 92543
(H)951-658-7591 (O)951-658-3254 (C)951-566-6575
email: chsu254@gmail.com

St. Louis Chapter:
Lii-Mei Beverly Chang Tsai 張理美
731 The Hamptons Ave., Town & Country, MO 63017
(H)314-434-2833 (O)314-645-6454 x1316 (F)314-872-6818
(C)314-313-0809
email: leebeechang@yahoo.com

Northern California Chapter:
Shinn-Shyng Chang 張信行
1255 Tolteca Court, Fremont, CA 94539
(H)510-623-8687 (F)510-623-8490
Email: drsschang@aol.com

New England Chapter:
Chi-Tien Chang 張擧典
117 Moulton Street, Newton Lower Falls, MA 02462
(H)617-965-4565 (O)617-584-7650 (F)617-964-8533

Washington, DC Chapter:
James Yeh 葉叔銘
7000 Greentree Rd., Bethesda, MD 20817
(H)301-365-7233 (O)301-869-1800
email: j2yyeh@aol.com

Hawaii Chapter:
Naoky Tsai 蔡直樹
42-127 Kalanianaole Rd., Kailua, HI 96734
(H)808-262-9388 (O)808-574-6541 (F)808-263-8418
email: naoky@hawaii.edu