Founded in 1995, the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) serves to prepare all medical students to actively address the healthcare challenges of the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community.  The specific goals of APAMSA include representing APIs as a group within communities, providing forums for discussion on issues concerning API health, and creating opportunities for API medical students to build relationships with their communities through service.  UCLA and USC chapters consist of over 100 members and are among two of the 70 active chapters nationwide.  The priorities of APAMSA as a medical student body lies within local leadership and commitment to community service.  Some past and present projects include blood pressure screenings, health fairs, bone marrow drives, and Hepatitis B education/vaccination task forces.

UCLA/Drew and USC Chapters of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) are the largest chapters in Region I, which covers the states of California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada. SNMA aims to improve the health status of the underserved by providing a network of academic, social, and psychological supports to current minority medical students; conducting community service projects that encourage health promotion and disease prevention; encouraging young people who have an interest in health professions; and fostering relationships between African-American physicians, medical students, pre-medical students, and youth. Members of SNMA accomplish these goals through events such as Project Santa Claus, Project Easter Bunny, Minority Association of Pre-Health Students (MAPS) Affiliation, Project Immunization & Disease Prevention (in association with the UMMA Free Clinic), Health Professions Recruitment/Exposure Program (HPREP), Youth Science Enrichment Program (YSEP), and Medical Student Support Programs.

The UCLA/Drew and USC Chapters of Latino Medial Student Association (LMSA) are the largest chapters of LMSA nationwide.  LMSA aims to foster a communication network for Chicano and Latino medical students and pre-medical students, to promote recruitment and retention of Chicano and Latino medical students, and to support all other organizations committed to the improvement of health care delivery for Chicanos and Latinos in California.  The chapter sponsors and participates in activities including the Lennox Health Fairs, the California Latino Medical Association health fairs, the Giving for Thanksgiving food and clothing drive, and the LMSA Annual Statewide Conference.  Members network with pre-medical undergraduates, medical students, and practicing physicians from their own and other campuses.  Through these activities, LMSA nurtures the development of medical students who become active participants and advocates in the community.

California Physicians Alliance (CaPA) a chapter of the Physicians for a National Health Program.works to implement a universal health care system in the U.S.  As the local chapter of 'Physicians for National Health Program', CaPA is devoted to educating others about the benefits of a single payer, nationalized health insurance program.  Through patient education, direct action, and community organization, CaPA works to inform others about the crisis that currently affects our health care system and proposes solutions that address the fundamental problems inherent in our health care system.  As a result, CaPA plans and initiates activities that build awareness around the issues of the underserved and raise the political and social consciousness of both health care workers and patients.  Most importantly, CaPA seeks to mobilize the public and build a grassroots movement for fundamental health care reform that is based on social justice.

Founded over 150 years ago, the American Medical Association (AMA) serves as the voice of the American medical profession. The AMA is the largest physician organization in the country and is associated with the California Medical Association (CMA) and Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA).  Delegates and members of all these groups work together to promote health policy education and activism on campus. Through educational conferences, leadership opportunities, and policy training, medical students learn to express their voice on current issues in medicine and impact local health issues, AMA policy, and state and federal laws.