6% is not enough.

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Did you know that only 6% of physicians are Latino or Latina in the United States, despite the country being made up of 19% Latino? California has an even higher Latino population reaching 39% with further increases projected to 50% by the year 2050. There are significant health care barriers, inequalities, and poorer outcomes in the Latino/Hispanic population. Having Latinos better represented in medicine is necessary for our communities and for the future of medicine in the United States.

Help us create awareness of the need for more Latino and Latina Doctors by helping us celebrate National Latino/a Physician Day (NLPD) across the country on October 1st

LMSA T-shirt

Send this letter to your institution about NLPD!

Thank you to all our supporters for making NLPD 2022 possible!

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NLPD was initiated by concerned Latino and Latina doctors worried about the future of medicine in the United States for our diverse patient populations.

Action Items

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

Action Items

Design and wear a T-shirt! Create awareness by buying or creating a T-shirt for your organization and local community.
Share information about NLPD! Share this website with all your friends that are Latino/a physicians or surgeons, allies, and share with your hospital/group. Share the above PDF letter to your institution.
Post on social media! Create awareness about the day! Post a selfie or photo of you and your friends/family! Post a video about why this date is important to you! Tag others that you think would be interested, please include us and we will also promote. Us the hashtags: #nationallatinophysicianday #nationallatinaphysicianday
Celebrate on October 1st! Celebrate by creating a local event/gathering, involve your local media outlets, create a news release about your event, involve marketing, and post on social media.
Join our Mailing List! Get the latest information about upcoming events and stay up to date.

Events

2022 NATIONAL EVENTS!

Click here PDF Details

California

Stanford Latino Faculty Advocacy Meetings (Latino FAM)

Sponsor/email: Cesar Padilla, MD

UC Davis

Sponsor: UC Davis LMSA Kick-Off NLPD
Media: UC Davis
Location/Date: October 1st, 11AM - 1PM, Med Ed LH 1222

Alta Med

Sponsor Alta Med, Ilan Sharpiro, MD, Marco Angulo, MD
Location/Date: October 1st, 9:00-9:30AM media, 9:45 - 11:00 panel
- 2040 Camfield, Los Angeles, 90040

Minority Virtual Physician Society

Sponsor: Tisha Rowe, MD
Collaboration with City of Jurupa Valley
Walk with a doc with medical students from UCR and Western.

Southern California Kaiser Permanente

Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente, Antonio Conte, Antonio Conte, MD
Location/Date:
- Kaiser Permanente East LA Medical Clinic on September 17th at the "Super Saturday" event

National Latinx Physician Day Convivio

Sponsor: Group of Latina Physicians, Mariela Garcia, MD, Veronica Contreras, DO
Location/Date: October 1st 2:30pm, 2441 E. Cortez Street, West Covina, Picnic Shelter 1
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-latinx-physician-day-convivio-tickets-415130836507

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