1980s - First idea of a group of Russian-speaking doctors in North America
1990s - First informal group formed in Massachusetts
1996 - Two more informal groups formed in Kentucky and than in Ohio
2000 - The first patient is brought to the US from Russia for life-saving heart surgery
2002 - RAMA founded and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
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2003 - RAMA web site launched
2003 - The 1st chapter of RAMA formed in Ohio - President Dr. George Muenster
2003 - 1st RAMA National Conference in Cleveland, OH
Boris Vinogradsky, MD elected the 1st President of RAMA
2003 - RAMA formed Board of Directors and RAMA Journal Editorial Board
2003 - New chapters formed in Massachusetts and Indiana - Presidents - Drs. Michael Maysky and
Dmitry Arbuck
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2004 - First 100 members
2004 - 2nd RAMA National Conference in Boston, MA
2004 - RAMA Student Chapter and the Canada Group Started
2004 - RAMA started working with Ethnic American Medical Associations and Sister Cities Network
2004 - 1st Issue of the RAMA Journal published - Nikolay Vasilyev, MD, Editor-in-Chief
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2005 - Partnership with Russian American Dental Association (RADA) established
2005 - 3rd Joint RAMA-RADA National Conference in Washington, DC
Dmitry Arbuck, MD elected President of RAMA
Boris Vinogradsky, MD elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of RAMA
2005 - RAMA started working with Russian and American medical schools
2005 - Capitol Chapter formed (includes the states of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia)
2005 - RAMA membership reached 200 members
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2006 - RAMA participates in the World Russia Forum
2006 - 4th RAMA-RADA National Conference in New York City, NY
Konstantin Slavin, MD elected President of RAMA
2006 - RAMA Channel opened on YouTube
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2007 - RAMA membership reached 300 members
2007 - 5th RAMA-RADA National Conference in Chicago, IL
2007 - Partnership with AARSA established
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2008 - 1st RAMA Medical Mission to Russia - Dr. Yakov Elgudin, Founder and Principal Surgeon
2008 - RAMA membership reached 400 members
2008 - 6th RAMA-RADA National Conference in Boston, MA
Yevgeniy Khavkin, MD elected President of RAMA
2008 - Partnerships with RANA and RAPA established
2008 - 1st Issue of the RAMA Quarterly Newsletter (RAMA Report) - Bart Perlman, PhD, Editor-in-Chief
2008 - International Mission to Chinandega, Nicaragua with the Rotary International
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2009 - RAMA Observership Program started at the University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH
2009 - RAMA Student Exchange Program started
2009 - RAMA started working with Centers of Russian Studies at 15 major US universities
2009 - 2nd RAMA Medical Mission to Russia
2009 - RAMA forms new chapters in Washington, Arizona and North Carolina - Presidents Drs. Larisa
Raastad, Victoria Sharp and Nadezhda Gavrilova
2009 - RAMA opens its pages on Facebook and other social networks
2009 - RAMA partnership with RASA established
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2010 - RAMA membership reached 500 members
2010 - New sites for the Observership Program launched in Cleveland, OH and Olympia, WA
2010 - Northwest Chapter formed (includes the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana)
2010 - 3rd RAMA Medical Mission to Russia
2010 - Connecticut, New York and Western New York Chapters established - Presidents Drs. Joseph
Aferzon, Galina Glinik and Julia Stern
2010 - RAMA starts Partnership Program with the Cleveland Clinic
2010 - RAMA participated in the 30th World Russian Forum in Washington, DC
2010 - 4th RAMA Medical Mission to Russia
2010 - RAMA participates in international conferences and medical missions in Kemerovo, Minsk,
Krasnodar, Tomsk, Hanty-Mansijsk, Volgograd, Yerevan, Astana among others
2010 - Intern Exchange Program started
2010 - 6th Issue of the RAMA Journal
2010 - RAMA new web site launched
2010 - RAMA and RASA Board members participated in the Conference of Russian Expatriates in Moscow
2010 - 7th RAMA-RADA-RASA Joint National Conference in Washington, DC
Yakov Elgudin, MD, PhD, FACS elected President of RAMA
Igor Efimov, PhD elected President of RASA
Rada Sumareva, DDS reelected as the President of RADA
2011 - Four RAMA Medical Missions to Russia this year
2011 - New sites for RAMA Observership Program launched in Chicago, IL and Indianapolis, IN
2011 - 8th RAMA-RADA-RASA Joint National Conference in Las Vegas, NV
(to be continued...)
