OUR MISSION

The Medical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania was founded in 1961 as a local affiliate of the National Medical Association (NMA), which was established in 1895 to promote the healthcare of the African-American community as a whole, but especially the professional well-being and aspirations of African-American physicians. While Black physicians represent less than 6% of the nation's physicians, there are hundreds of physicians of African descent in this region. The MSEP is an award-winning affiliate of the NMA, having been recognized as the 2026 and 2024 Region II Society of the Year and was awarded the 2024 Small Local Society of the Year at the NMA National Convention.

There are at least four general membership meetings held annually. The Mercy-Douglass Lectureship is open to the general public and features speakers addressing medicals concerns of a national or global import. MSEP sponsors the Edith Mitchell Research Symposium, which grants awards to five Medical Students or Residents at the Region II, NMA meeting annually.

Our comprehensive pipeline programs includes the MD Career Awareness Program at Overbrook High School, the MCAT Prep Bootcamp, which is now admitting our 4^th Cohort, the McGruder-Knox Scholarship Program, which awards five scholarships and five commendation awards to medical student from each of the five local schools who demonstrates leadership qualities, and the Resident Support Program, which welcomes new medical school graduates to the Philadelphia area as they begin their residency training.

On the third Sunday of the month from 2-3 PM, we broadcast on WURD-AM, Physicians-On-Air, a program for members to present different facets of medical care, relating to their specialty and of the public interest.