The National Center for LMSA Leadership & Advancement
LMSA is proud to announce The National Center for LMSA Leadership & Advancement: the organization’s newest initiative to train and support our advisors, mentors, and academic professionals.
The center will focus on providing LMSA advisors and their colleagues with the knowledge and skills to:
- Successfully address the academic, personal, and professional needs and pursuits of trainees, particularly those involved with LMSA;
- Enhance discussion of issues in the health of patients and communities of LHS+ lived experiences at advisors’ respective institutions; and
- Understand how to utilize their LMSA-related work for promotion purposes.
The center is proud to offer three membership packages to academic medical centers, each with unique benefits, to help your institution serve all learners. Benefits for each tier are depicted below and described further in this overview document.
Please use this form to register for membership in the National Center for LMSA Leadership & Advancement for the 2025-26 academic year.
Each membership term lasts THIRTEEN (13) months, extending from June 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.
The new member registration form will ask you to review the membership tiers above and select your institution’s preferred option. Answers to frequently asked questions regarding the center and these membership options can be found here. This form is enabled to securely accept payment via credit/debit card for any membership tier. You may also use this form and submit payment via check. For check payments, please select the the desired payment method on Page 2, address all checks to “The Latino Medical Student Association” and mail to the address below:
The Latino Medical Student Association
1 East Erie Street
Suite 525-4395
Chicago, IL 60611
A copy of the LMSA National W-9 Form is available here.
For any questions regarding this form or the National Center, please reach out to center@lmsa.net. We look forward to welcoming you as a member of the National Center this year.
2025-26 National Center Events Calendar
| Event | Date | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 LMSA Advisor Orientation, Training & Update Session (LISTOS) – Fall Session | August 22, 2025 | Virtual |
| 2025 Academic Medicine Writing Fellowship (Orientation) | August 23, 2025 | Virtual |
| 2025 LMSA National Conference in Chicago, IL & 2025 LHS+ Identity, Development, Empowerment, and Resources Seminar (LIDEReS) – for Faculty/Physicians | September 5-7, 2025 | Hybrid |
| 2025 Hispanic Heritage Month | September 15 – October 15, 2025 | Virtual |
| 2026 LHS+ Identity, Development, Empowerment, and Resources Seminar (LIDEReS) – for Medical Students/Residents/Fellows | January 24, 2026 | Virtual |
| 2026 LMSA FPAC LHS+ Identity, Development, Empowerment, and Resources Seminar in Research (LIDEReS in Research) | March 20, 2026 | Virtual |
| LMSA/BNGAP Medical Education Day | March 21, 2026 | Virtual |
| 2025 LMSA Advisor Orientation, Training & Update Session (LISTOS) – Spring Session | April 17, 2025 | Virtual |