The Student National Medical Association celebrates the 51st Annual Medical Education Conference (AMEC) April 1-5, 2015 in New Orleans, LA. Founded in 1964, at Howard and Meharry Medical Colleges, the SNMA is firmly committed to supporting current and future underrepresented minority medical students, addressing the needs of the underserved community, and to increasing the number of clinically excellent, culturally competent, and social conscious physicians.