About Us

Association of Chinese American Physicians (ACAP) is a non-profit professional organization of Chinese American physicians and physicians that care for the Chinese community. One of ACAP’s objectives is to promote quality healthcare through physician networking and professional development. Since its inception in New York in 1995, ACAP’s national membership has grown to over 700 physicians, mostly from the metropolitan New York and New Jersey areas; we have chapters in Westchester, Philadelphia and Washington as well. Over 100 of our junior members are Chinese Medical Graduates (CMG) actively pursuing their dream to become a doctor in the United States.

Eastern Chinese American Physicians IPA (ECAP) is a sister organization of ACAP and a for profit medical professional organization of active private practice physicians in New York Metro area with either a Chinese heritage themselves or serve the Chinese population. ECAP was founded in 2005 and their member physicians currently in practice in New York City covering all variety of specialties. Learn more about ECAP at www.ecapipa.org.

Our Mission:

• To foster programs that enable physicians to form a professional community in the practice of medicine.
• To provide opportunities for physicians to participate in the governance and decision-making of health care policies that affect the communities that they serve.
• To promote and develop a cooperative working relationship among physicians.
• To provide opportunities for physician education and professional development.

Achievements and Activities:

• ACAP and ECAP have jointly hosted annual scientific convention since 2005. Each year our convention features an outstanding CME program including updates and innovations in medicine.

• Annual gala and holiday celebrations are joyful social gathering for our members, families, colleagues, and friends. Special guests and outstanding healthcare professionals are honored and awarded for their professional achievement and participation in community services.

• Annual Summer and Winter CME Trip provide our members and their families opportunities to relax and enjoy the life outside their medical practice.

• Annual Practice Management meeting with focus on clinical outcomes, medical jurisprudence, office coding and billing, accounting basics, marketing and electronic health records. 

• To foster the love of Science and Biomedicine in the younger generations, ACAP had established an annual Science Fair for high school and middle school students to showcase their research projects. Many of our finalists and semi-finalists are accepted into top universities and/or receive awards from other nationally recognized science competitions.

• Community Health Fair featuring free health education talks, one on one physician consultation and health screening provided by many local hospitals is held  annually for over 10 years in Flushing Chinese Community.

• To help improving healthcare awareness in Chinese Community, ACAP launched Community Health Education Partnership (CHEP) in 2014 to host monthly educational talks at local library and senior centers.

• Arrangement of mock interviews for the Chinese Medical Graduates who have completed USMLE exam and applying for residency training. This program has been very successful to help the candidate to prepare for their residency interview.

• Establishment of Observership Program in both inpatient and outpatient settings for Chinese Medical Graduates to gain US clinical experience and get familiar with US Health Care System.

• During the COVID-19 Pandemic, together with our local hospitals, physicians and community leaders, ACAP’s COVID-19 efforts were widely reported by providing assistance to Wuhan China as well as those in need in the US.

Contact us!

Association of Chinese American Physicians
131-07 40th Road, Suite E32
Flushing, NY 11354
Phone: 718-321-8798
Fax: 855-710-8006
Email: admin@acaponline.org