The Peruvian American Medical Society (PAMS) was founded in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, on September 8, 1973.
The sequence of events was as follows:
1. - June, 1973. Dr. Henry Remy received from Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company, a list of Peruvian physicians living in the United States and organized by graduating classes and their Schools of Medicine. Dr. Remy thought it would be a great idea to organize a meeting of friends from the same graduating class using the lists provided. He contacted Dr. Abelardo Ulloa and Dra. Elma Mera from Atlanta, and Dra. Yolanda Altuna from Valparaiso, Indiana. These four founders contacted 20 to 25 members of their graduating class of the School of Medicine of San Fernando, class of 1954, named "Promocion Juan Werner" and organized the meeting on Dr. Remy's birth date, September 8.
2.- Friday, September 6, 1973. Fifteen members of the graduating class of 1954 arrived in Atlanta; their hosts were Dr. Remy, Dr. Ulloa and Dra. Mera.
3.- Saturday, September 7, 1973. There was a party at Dr. Remy's home. Besides the members of the graduating class of 1954, there were other local Peruvian physicians present, among them Dr. Alberto Hirt. That evening, plans were made to have this reunion on a yearly basis and to contact other Peruvian physicians in the United States since they already had the lists provided by Eli Lilly.
4.- Sunday, September 8, 1973. The group had lunch at the Lakeside Country Club, bus tours to the city of Atlanta, a cruise in the "Robert E. Lee" yacht to Stone Mountain and ended with a Peruvian dinner at Dr. and Mrs. Abelardo Ulloa's home. The group was so enthusiastic at being together that, led by Dr. Agustin Arbulu, decided to create a society for the future. All members present donated $200 as an initial investment and the first Board of Directors was selected.
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