Who We Are

Latino Medical Student Association

The Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) is a network of students, alumni, and health professionals whose mission is to promote the development of Latino students through educational, volunteer, professional and networking opportunities to foster diversity, higher education, and the improvement of the Latino community. At the LMSA-West region, we represent Latinx medical students and other allied health professionals across 11 states: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. We have active chapters in 10 of those 11 states. The West Region of LMSA represents approximately 17% of all medical students who identify of Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish origin at allopathic medical schools in U.S. states per 2017-2018 enrollment data. 

Learn more about us by reading our mission, learning our history, meeting our leadership, meeting our advisory board, and getting to know our chapters.

Our Chapters

University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson

Arizona

University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix

Arizona

AT Still School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona

Arizona

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

California

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

California

Keck School of Medicine of USC

California

Touro California

California

Stanford University School of Medicine

California

UC Davis School of Medicine

California

UC Irvine School of Medicine

California

UC Riverside School of Medicine

California

UC San Diego School of Medicine

California

UC San Francisco School of Medicine

California

Western University of Health Sciences

California

Oregon Health & Science University

Oregon

University of Utah School of Medicine

Utah

University of Washington School of Medicine

Washington

Touro Nevada

Nevada

University of Nevada School of Medicine

Nevada