Learning to Care, Learning to Lead: The History of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA)

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Since 1964, the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) has championed recruitment, retention, and graduation of minority medical students. Learning to Care, Learning to Lead: The History of the Student National Medical Association is the story of how SNMA came to prominence and continues to be the organization most directly responsible for supporting the numbers of cultural sensitive and clinically excellent physicians of color in the United States.

Learning to Care, Learning to Lead tells this history by sharing the first person accounts of several of its prime-mover leaders, by discussing the growth and development of its mission and programming, and by using the trends in American culture as a background that parallels its activities.

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Dr. Jeffrey Sterling is a former third-term SNMA Chairman of the Board. He is the organization's first emeritus officer, and SNMA named its first endowment fund in his honor. Dr. Sterling is President and CEO of Sterling Initiatives, LLC, a global healthcare consulting and implementation firm assisting entities in incorporating best practices.

Mrs. Annette McLane retired in 2021 as the longest serving Executive Director and Convention Planner in SNMA history, with thirty years of service. Most notably, under her leadership, SNMA's Annual Medical Education Conference grew to become the preeminent medical student conference in the United States.

Dr. Sharon Allison-Ottey is a former SNMA Chairwoman of the Board. She is the organization's first woman honored as an emeritus officer. Dr. Allison-Ottey is the Founder and CEO of both Carlden Media, Marketing and Publishing and Beautiful Woman Inside and Out, Inc.