The American Lebanese Medical Association (ALMA) was established as a non-profit Corporation in the State of Massachusetts on January 13, 1994. The objectives of ALMA are:

• To develop a society through which physicians and other health care professionals who share Lebanese heritage or a humanitarian interest in Lebanon and its people may come together and undertake concrete projects to improve the health and well being of all of Lebanon's diverse religious and cultural communities.

• To hold an annual medical convention in Lebanon to enhance advanced training and promote scientific exchanges between American and Lebanese medical professionals.

• To foster the creation and development of academic institutions and health care facilities of excellence in Medicine and Surgery in Lebanon.

• To build, in conjunction with the Lebanese Medical Association, a Doctor's Library, to provide access to advanced publications, books, magazines and audio-visual material to Lebanese medical and health care professionals.

• To assist, through publication, subscription and wide dissemination, Lebanese scientific publications, such as the Lebanese Medical Journal, to reach a wider audience and publish high quality scientific material.