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, footnotes= Phi Chi () is one of the oldest and largest international medical fraternities of its kind in the world. Phi Chi evolved from the merging of two professional medical fraternities bearing the same name. Phi Chi Society (Phi Chi East) was founded on March 31, 1889, at the

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, Burlington, Vt. Phi Chi Medical Fraternity (Phi Chi South) was founded on October 26, 1894, at the

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, Louisville, Ky. These two organizations did not know that they shared a similar name when they were founded. On March 5, 1905, in Burlington, Vt., Phi Chi Society and Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Inc., were consolidated taking the name Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Inc. Phi Chi has grown to become a co-ed, international, professional medical fraternity with chapters in 5 countries.

History

Phi Chi Society of the East

Phi Chi Medical Fraternity of the South

“October 26, 1894, at four o’clock, p.m., there assembled in the office of Doctor Clinton Kelly” of the faculty of the

, “A. Harris Kelly, Samuel T. McClung, G. Fowler Border, Joseph N. Powers, George E. Gavin, Charles W. Hibbitt, and Linn L. Kennedy (all of whom became members of Alpha of the Southern Fraternity; now Alpha Alpha) for the purpose of organizing a fraternity.” The growth of Phi Chi is a great monument to the spirit that urged the original group to unite and form a medical fraternity in a city where little was known of such societies. The first members of the Southern Fraternity consisted of the previously mentioned as well as Carey A. Gray and Walker B. Gossett. On November 5, 1894, a committee was appointed to draft a constitution and not until November 17, was the first officers elected: Presiding Senior, McClung; Presiding Junior, Gossett; Secretary, Kennedy, and Powers, Treasurer (Judge Advocate and the minor officers had not been provided for). Wedding, Chapman and Shacklett were elected to membership and included with Gossett and Gray in the charter listing of members. The First Regular Meeting was held on Saturday, December 8, 1894. On December 29, 1894, D.A. Garrison, O. K. Harris, E. Rea Norris and A.P. Campbell were to complete the charter members. Beta and Gamma chapters are installed in December 1896. On February 26, 1897, the first Grand Chapter Convention of Southern Phi Chi Chapters (A, B, Γ, Δ) is called; this date later becomes Founder’s Day. In 1898, Phi Chi expands out of the Louisville, KY. The first volume of ''The Phi Chi Quarterly'', the name of the official fraternal publication, is published on April 1, 1904 (the name is changed to ''The Phi Chi Chronicles'' in 1989).

Phi Chi Medical Fraternity

On March 5, 1905, Phi Chi Medical Fraternity (Southern Phi Chi) and Phi Chi Society (Eastern Phi Chi) are joined in Baltimore, MD, making Phi Chi the largest medical fraternity in America. Chapter names which conflicted during the joining were resolved by allowing the older chapter to retain its single name and the second chapter to have its name duplicated (Alpha, University of Vermont, 1889; Alpha Alpha, Louisville Medical College, 1894). On July 1, 1910, the first history of Phi Chi is published. In 1915 the first ''Phi Chi Directory'' is published with 37 active chapter (some chapters had been consolidated) and 6,790 initiated members. 1922 saw the merger of Pi Mu Honor Society and Phi Chi as well as the chartering of Beta Mu Chapter at

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, Phi Chi’s first Canadian Chapter, on May 15. December 1925, 24th Grand Chapter Convention is held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There are 54 chapters and 12,169 members. In 1927, the Student Loan Fund was created which was run by the Welfare Association after its creation in 1947, to provide emergency loans for members in need. On February 21, 1948,

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and Phi Chi merge. In 1949, the Phi Chi Welfare Association is incorporated. On August 20, Irvin Abell, the first Grand Presiding Senior of Phi Chi, dies. Eden J. Carey, MD, Memorial Award in Anatomy plaques are created in May 1950. February 26, 1960, Omega Chapter of Phi Chi is chartered at National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, the first chapter south of the border. The Michael J. Carey, MD, Senior Service Award is first presented. May 21, 1962, ΥΒ Chapter of Phi Chi is chartered at

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. At the XL Grand Chapter Convention in 1973, women medical students are allowed membership. September 1989, AA and AB Alumni Chapters are chartered. Sigma Chi Mu Chapter is chartered on October 19, 2001, at

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, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, making it the first Caribbean chapter. August 4, 2002, Sigma Tau Chi chapter of

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in Luton, England is chartered making it the first European chapter of Phi Chi. On June 12, 2018, Delta Kappa Chapter at Saint James School of Medicine in Anguilla was chartered.

Chapters

USA

Omicron - Tulane University of Louisiana School of Medicine,

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

; Chartered- December 20, 1902 Zeta -

University of Texas Medical Branch The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is a public academic health science center in Galveston, Texas. It is part of the University of Texas System. UTMB includes the oldest medical school in Texas, and has about 11,000 employees. In Febr ...

School of Medicine, Galveston; Chartered- April 29, 1903 Chi -

Jefferson Medical College Thomas Jefferson University is a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Established in its earliest form in 1824, the university officially combined with Philadelphia University in 2017. To signify its heritage, the unive ...

, Philadelphia; Chartered- December 9, 1903 Psi -

University of Michigan Medical School Michigan Medicine (University of Michigan Health System or UMHS before 2017) is the wholly owned academic medical center of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan Medicine includes the Univers ...

, Ann Arbor; Chartered- December 16, 1905 Alpha Beta - The

University of Tennessee College of Medicine The University of Tennessee College of Medicine is one of six graduate schools of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in downtown Memphis. The oldest public medical school in Tennessee, the UT College of Medicine is a LCME-a ...

, Memphis; Chartered- April 4, 1914 Chi Upsilon - Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha; Chartered- January 15, 1916 Upsilon Nu - University of Nebraska Medical School, Omaha; Chartered- November 1, 1916 Kappa Chi -

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, Minneapolis; Chartered- May 22, 1920 Sigma Kappa – Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine, Charleston; Chartered- June 2, 1927 This chapter was revived from earlier ''Tau chapter,'' which had been at the campus prior to the school's merger as a unit of the University of South Carolina. Epsilon Kappa -

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, Seattle; Chartered- February 26, 1948 Rho Epsilon Omega - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Georgia campus,

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; Chartered- October 22, 2015

International

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, Cupecoy, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles; Chartered- October 19, 2001 Alpha Tau-

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, Arnos Vale, St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Chartered- June 18, 2016 Delta Kappa -

Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The terr ...

; Chartered- June 12, 2018

Chapter order

Phi Chi East was founded in 1889. Phi Chi South was formed in 1894. When the two fraternities combined in 1905, it was decided that when the name of any two chapters conflicted, the chapter with precedence would retain the single letter and the chapter following shall duplicate its name, such as alpha (1889),

, and alpha of Louisville (1894), which became "alpha alpha."

Notable members

References

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Other professional medical fraternities

In addition to the medical fraternities listed here, there are numerous chiropractic, pre-health, pharmacy and nursing fraternities. * Alpha Delta Theta, medical technology * Alpha Gamma Kappa *

Alpha Kappa Kappa Alpha Kappa Kappa () is a medical school fraternity that was founded on September 29, 1888, at Dartmouth Medical School. History AKK operated as a national organization that had over 60 chapters at various medical schools throughout the United ...

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, see Phi Delta Epsilon * Alpha Tau Sigma, Osteopathic, dormant * Mu Sigma Phi, Philippines *

Nu Sigma Nu Nu Sigma Nu () was an international professional fraternity for medicine, now existing as a handful of stable remaining chapters. It was founded on 2 March 1882 by five medical students at the University of Michigan, who identified as their immed ...

Omega Tau Sigma Omega Tau Sigma () is a Veterinary Medicine professional fraternity started at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1906. History Omega Tau Sigma was founded by several students in Veterinary Medicine at the Universi ...

, veterinary medicine *

Omega Upsilon Phi Omega Upsilon Phi () was a medical fraternity founded at the University at Buffalo on . Its Founders were: The crest was a shield displaying a monogram of the Omega Upsilon Phi letters below an eye. The colors are crimson and gold and the fl ...

, see Phi Beta Pi *

, formerly Homeopathic, see Phi Chi *

Phi Beta Pi Phi Beta Pi () medical fraternity is a professional fraternity founded in 1891 at the West Pennsylvania Medical College. History Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity is a professional fraternity founded March 10, 1891, at the West Pennsylvania Medical ...

Phi Delta Epsilon Phi Delta Epsilon () (commonly known as PhiDE) is a co-ed international medical fraternity and a member of the Professional Fraternity Association. History Phi Delta Epsilon was founded on October 13, 1904, at Cornell University Medical College. ...

Phi Kappa Mu The Phi Kappa Mu () is a medical fraternity based in the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. The Greek letters stands for Fraternity of the College of Medicine. Founded in August 1933, it is the oldest medical fraternity in the ...

, Philippines *

Phi Lambda Kappa Phi Lambda Kappa () is a professional medical fraternity that was founded at the University of Pennsylvania in 1907. History The fraternity, founded as a local of this same name in 1907 at the University of Pennsylvania, grew into a national of ...

Phi Rho Sigma Phi Rho Sigma () is a professional fraternity founded by medical students at Northwestern University in 1890. Early History Phi Rho Sigma was founded at the Northwestern Medical School, then the Chicago Medical College on . Its founder were: * ...

* Sigma Mu Delta, pre-medical *

Theta Kappa Psi Theta Kappa Psi Medical Fraternity, Incorporated, () is a North American professional medical fraternity. As of 2023, it operates as an independent local fraternity with one active chapter. History Kappa Psi The Society of Kappa Psi was founded ...

External links

Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Inc. National Page

Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Chi Chapter Website