10/05/2026
What a special night for our community! 🍁✨
This year marks 2️⃣0️⃣ years of JAA's Autumn Health Fair, two decades of caring for our community's health, built by the generation before us 💛 And this milestone edition included a first: "From Our Generation to Yours," the Fair's first panel centered on our generation's voice, and JAA Young Professionals' first ever collaboration with Japanese Medical Society of America 🤝
Moderated by JAA and JMSA board member Haruka Kokaze, the panel featured Dr. Erika Mitsui, Dr. Kiyohito Iigaya, and Dr. Yuichi Shimada 👏 Three physicians and scientists of our generation shared their winding paths between Japan and the U.S. 🇯🇵🇺🇸, between music, physics, and medicine 🎻🔬🩺, and what they've learned about caring for ourselves and our families along the way.
Nearly 40 community members joined us live, spanning generations from high schoolers to our senpai 🌏
The panel was meant as a gift to the generations who built everything we stand on, and the gift traveled both ways: one high school viewer thanked the panel for opening their eyes to different medical fields, proof that the conversation reached the generation coming up behind us, too 🌱
The Autumn Health Fair continues with FREE programming through October 9, so check our website for what's next! 🔗
