The Pacific Basin Medical Association (PBMA) represents medical health professionals in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI), comprising American Samoa (AS), the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (consisting of Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap), Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and Palau.
The PBMA was initially incorporated on December 05, 1996, as a Palau Nonprofit Corporation, and was re-registered as Pacific Basin Medical Association, Inc., under the Palau Nonprofit Corporations Act of 2021, on April 07, 2025.
The PBMA aims to provide information to the USAPI regional medical associations, PBMA members, healthcare providers, and the general public related to medicine and public health, and to establish guidelines for professional conduct and performance in meeting the health needs of their communities.
