myanmar medical association myanmar medical association the myanmar medical association (burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ဆရာဝန် အသင်း; abbreviated mma; formerly the burma medical association) is myanmar's only professional organisation of physicians. founded in 1949 by dr. shwe thwin, the association has a current membership of approximately 17,000 members (2011). it is administered by a central executive committee and is divided into 33 different societies dedicated to a broad range of medical specialties. mma holds an annual conference and also provides continued medical education for its members. mma publishes the myanmar medical journal. myanmar medical associationမြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ဆရာဝန် အသင်းformation12 march 1949 (1949-03-12)typeprofessional bodyheadquartersmingala taungnyunt township, yangonlocation myanmarmembership 18,000 (2013)official language english and burmesepresidentrai mrapublicationmyanmar medical journalwebsitewww.mmacentral.orgformerly calledburma medical association leadership past presidents of the organisation include: 1949–1950: ba thaw 1951–1953: ba than chain 1953–1954: maung gale 1954–1955: ba than 1955–1956: min sein 1957: yin may 1958: maung maung gyi 1959: t. chan taik 1960: sein maung 1961: shwe zan 1963: ko gyi 1964: ba than (setkya) 1965: khin maung win 1966: u e 1967: san lwin 1968: maung maung than 1969–1970: pe kyin 1971–1972: aung thein 1973–1974: kyaw maung 1975–1976: hla kyi 1977: maung maung aye 1978: maung maung taik 1979–1980: shwe tin 1980–1981: myat kyi than 1981–1982: hla myint 1983: khin maung nyein 1984–1988: tin u 1989–1992: thet hta way 1993–1996: kyu kyu swe 1997–1998: ye myint 1999–2005: myo myint 2006–2013: kyaw myint naing 2014–2019: rai mra 2020–present: htin aung saw