The Charlotte Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association (d.b.a. The Charlotte Medical Society) was organized by Dr. Allen Wyche in 1900. Its founding member realized the importance of mutual support among minority health professionals in promoting excellence in health care for Charlotteans of color. Over the past one hundred years, the society has promoted the expansion of excellence in health care services to the minority community through professional education and public service. Charlotte Medical Society members played crucial roles in helping minority patients and professionals gain access to segregated hospitals in Charlotte during the 1950's and 60's.

The CMDPA is involved in multiple events through out the year. We have strong community partnerships with Johnson C. Smith University, multiple Charlotte area churches, and numerous local African-American owned businesses. 

Black Medical Society Fills Need Despite Social Gain (Charlotte Business Journal, 2010)

Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, the Charlotte Medical Association is being applauded for its impact on health care for African-Americans in the Queen City. It enters its next century after being founded during the dark days of Jim Crow laws, yet despite desegregation in health care, its members believe there's still a strong need for the organization. 

The organization was founded by Dr. Allen Atkins Wyche as the Charlotte Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Association to create a network for black health care professionals in Charlotte. There were several black physicians in the area at that time. Those doctors received formal medical training from Howard University Medical School, Meharry Medical College in Nashville or the Leonard Medical School of Shaw University in Raleigh. They came to Charlotte to open private practices or work in the Good Samaritan Hospital, which was built in 1891 as the first hospital in the United States operated exclusively for African-Americans.

Link to Charlotte Business Journal article

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