Resources

Potential Opportunities: Running list of Muslim healthcare associations and opportunities that you can get plugged in to. 

• Want to help spread an upcoming program for visiting Muslim patients? Email us. This work was recently presented the Conference on Medicine and Religion, with potential to be presented in future national chaplaincy conferences and the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab. 

• Volunteering for Muslim-led clinics:

  • ICNA Relief Clinics

    • Shifa Clinic (Charleston, SC)

    • Shifa Clinic (Duluth, GA)

    • Shams Clinic (Philadelphia, PA)

    • Crescent Clinic (Fullerton, CA)

    • Chicago Clinic (Chicago, IL)

    • Dallas Clinic (Dallas, TX)

  • UMMA Community Clinic 

  • Memphis Muslim Medical Clinic

  • Health fairs by AMWPA

• Learning about Islam & medicine through courses from Darul Qasim's continuing Bioethics Cohort (highly recommended!) or online classes on Al Balagh Academy or a paid class through Bayan Institute

• Volunteer and leadership roles with American Muslim Health Professionals or American Muslim Medical Students Association

• Networking & Events

  • Annual AMMSA conference for medical students (2023 conference in NYC) 

  • House of Wisdom recently held their inaugural (2023) conference in Memphis, TN. 

  • Presenting research and connecting with other Muslim academics at annual Conference on Medicine and Religion (2024 conference in Indiana)

• Research

  • House of Wisdom's Research Fellowship and Mentor/Mentee program

  • Psychiatry and mental health research with the Stanford Muslim Mental Health Lab

  • Internship, research and presentations by Initiative on Islam & Medicine

• Learning

  • Learning about the intersection of Islam and medicine through our podcast (in the works), the Medieval Islamic Medicine podcast, Muslims and Medicine podcast, and new research by leading bioethicist Dr. Aasim Padela

• Professional Development and Leadership programs

  • Volunteer and leadership roles with American Muslim Health Professionals

  • American Muslim Medical Students Association

• Scholarships and Islamic Loan Forgiveness Programs

  • Annual IMANA Scholarship program

  • AMWPA Merit Award 

  • Interest free loans for medical school at ACC (A Continuous Charity)

Networking with other Muslim health professionals: To get information on joining the WhatsApp groups or other social media channels, please email us at admin@MuslimsInMedicine.com or directly message us on our Instagram or Facebook pages. 

• WhatsApp/chat groups for regional networking: NYC, Boston, DMV, Philadelphia, Bay Area, Chicago, Florida, Texas Muslim Health Professionals

• General networking and professional organizations

  • American Muslim Medical Students Association

  • Muslims in Medicine

  • Muslim Women in Healthcare 

  • American Muslim Women Healthcare Association

  • Islamic Network Group(ING)'s Presentations in Healthcare Facilities

• Specialty-specific: 

  • Dermatology: Aspiring Muslim Derms WhatsApp group

  • Dentistry: Muslims in Dentistry, Muslim Women in Dentistry

  • Emergency Medicine: Muslim Women in Emergency Medicine

  • Ophthalmology: IMANA WhatsApp group

• Other initiatives: 

  • Hijab in the OR