Together with your sons and daughters, you help us to grow, inspire us to lead, and motivate us to transform community and world health.

Your support is our success and truly makes a difference in the educational experience of the students at UMass Medical School. This is why UMass Medical School is consistently ranked in the top 10 percent for primary medical education in the U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Graduate Schools".

UMMS Parents’ Association

Would you like to get involved and show your appreciation and support?  The UMMS Parents’ Association supports the medical students, nurtures the relationship between the parents and the Medical School and participates in the planning events and activities for parents.  To learn more, please visit http://www.umassmed.edu/parents/index.aspx.

If you are interested in further involvement with the Parents’ Association or would like to receive the Parents’ Association monthly electronic newsletter, please contact Diana Tsotsis, Coordinator of Alumni and Parent Relations, at 508-856-1593 or diana.tsotsis@umassmed.edu.

Parents Annual Giving Campaign

We invite you to support the Medical Education Fund, which helps us to provide accessible, comprehensive and personally rewarding medical education of the highest quality.  Your Annual Fund gift will help UMMS to continue the tradition of excellence that brought your child here in the first place.  Support from parents of the medical students always has been key to helping the Medical School maintain the highest standards. If you would like to make a gift, please visit http://www.umassmed.edu/foundation/onlinegiving

This event is held to honor and remember those who have lived with breast cancer and to raise funds to benefit breast cancer research and patient care at the UMass Memorial Cancer Center.  Admission is free with a cocktail buffet, lighting of candles, update on the latest advances in treatment and research and a survivor’s story.  For more information or to donate for a PINK candle, please call 508-856-5520 or email  events@umassmed.edu.

The Clerkship Years and Beyond
November 13, 2008
Lazare Auditorium
UMass Medical School, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Part of the Mom and Pop Med School series, this program is designed for parents of 2^nd and 3^rd year students.  The event offers an opportunity to better understand what students encounter the last two years of Medical School, their transition out of Medical School and how the School assists them through this stage of their education.