Chapters
A National Network of Local Chapters
AJMA Chapters are the foundation of our growing national network, bringing Jewish healthcare professionals, students, and trainees together in local communities across the country. Through professional networking, educational programming, mentorship opportunities, advocacy initiatives, and social gatherings, our chapters create meaningful connections and strengthen Jewish life within healthcare.
Whether you are a student beginning your journey, a resident navigating training, or an established healthcare leader, AJMA chapters offer opportunities to engage with peers, develop professionally, and contribute to a vibrant and supportive community.
Community Matters
Building a professional community is not supplementary to AJMA’s mission — it is the mission.
Everything else — advocacy, education, research, patient support, and leadership development — depends on having a real, functioning professional community with the scale, credibility, and organizational infrastructure to act collectively.
AJMA is building the Jewish equivalent of professional healthcare organizations that other communities have benefited from for decades — creating the networks, mentorship, and institutional support that Jewish healthcare professionals have historically lacked.
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The Chapter Network
AJMA operates through a network of local chapters across the United States.
Each chapter is based in a specific region and reflects the institutions, professionals, and needs of that area. At the same time, all chapters operate within a shared national framework that provides structure, coordination, and a unified organizational presence.
Connection within local healthcare communities
Collaboration across institutions and disciplines
Mentorship across career stages
Professional belonging within a national network
Shared infrastructure and resources across chapters
A collective organizational voice with national reach
A Community
Across Healthcare
AJMA brings together the full healthcare community — including physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, pharmacists, researchers, faculty, administrators, students, and allied health professionals.
This broad representation strengthens the organization’s ability to create meaningful connections, foster collaboration across disciplines, and build a professional community that reflects the healthcare system as a whole.
AJMA’s chapter network provides the structure that makes this community possible.
At the local level, chapters create opportunities for ongoing engagement within specific regions and institutions.
At the national level, AJMA provides the framework that connects these chapters into a single, coordinated network — enabling consistency, shared resources, shared identity, and a collective organizational voice that no individual chapter or member could have alone.
Growth & Vision
AJMA’s chapter network continues to expand across the country.
In under two and a half years, it has grown to over 2,500 members across 45 chapters nationwide — without a marketing budget. That growth reflects a community that has been waiting for this kind of professional structure, belonging, and representation.
The chapter network is designed to support continued growth as a national professional institution.
AJMA’s long-term vision is to become a self-sustaining, nationally recognized, and institutionally credible organization — one that medical schools, hospitals, professional associations, and policymakers recognize as the authoritative voice of Jewish healthcare professionals in the United States.
Join Your Local AJMA Community
Members gain access to local chapter events, leadership opportunities, mentorship programs, educational resources, and a national network of Jewish healthcare professionals committed to supporting one another and advancing our shared mission.
To learn more about chapters in your area, please Log In or Join AJMA to access our Members-Only resources.
For questions about local chapters, chapter leadership opportunities, or bringing AJMA to your community, please contact us at info@theajma.org.
Couldn't find a chapter near you?
That's exactly how new ones get started!
If there isn't currently a chapter in your area, AJMA provides resources and guidance to help healthcare professionals and students build local communities and strengthen Jewish professional life within their institutions.
Whether you're looking to start a new chapter, strengthen engagement at your institution, or get involved as a student or trainee, AJMA offers resources and guidance to help you connect, organize, and grow.
For more information, download our How to Start a Chapter Guide to get started.