List of Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Chapters

Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Inc.
ΦX
Founded

March 31, 1889

(123 years ago)
University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont
Type Professional fraternity
Emphasis Medicine
Scope International
 United States
 Sint Maarten
 United Kingdom
 Grenada
 Canada
 Mexico
Motto Phthanomen Chrasimein (Φθνομεν-Χραιομειν), First to Serve
Colors Olive green and White
Symbol Adult Tiger Beetle (Cicindela patruela), Doodlebug
Flower Lily of the Valley
Publication The Chronicles formerly The Quarterly
Headquarters Floyds Knobs, Indiana, USA
Homepage http://www.phichimed.org

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 University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. Phi Chi Medical Fraternity (Phi Chi South) was founded on October 26, 1894, at the Louisville Medical College, 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.

Chapters from the following Medical Societies have merged with Phi Chi over the years:

Group Letters Founded Location Merged
Phi Chi Society ΦΧ March 31, 1889 University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. March 5, 1905 5 active chapters when merged
Phi Chi Medical Fraternity ΦΧ October 26, 1894 Louisville Medical College, Louisville, Ky. 18 active chapters when merged
Pi Mu Honor Society ΠΜ December 13, 1892 University of Virginia October 7, 1922 7 active chapters when merged, ΠΜ Chapter created from Alpha, 6 chapters joined existing chapters
Phi Alpha Gamma Fraternity ΦΑΓ March 25, 1894 New York Homeopathic Medical College February 21, 1948 2 active chapters ΦΑ and ΦΑΓ Chapters created from Alpha and Gamma. Beta had joined as BY in 1921
Omega Upsilon Phi Fraternity ΩΥΦ November 15, 1894 University of Buffalo May 26, 1934 Alpha Chapter joined as ΩΥΦ, The other chapters joined ΦΒΠ

When the Phi Chi Society and Phi Chi Medical Fraternity 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), University of Vermont, and Alpha of Louisville (1894), which became Alpha Alpha.

Chapter Location Dates
East
A University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington 1889–1967
BB Baltimore Medical College 1895–1913 Merged with ΠΣ
ΓΓ Bowdoin College, Medical College of Maine, Brunswick 1900–1921 School Closed
ΔΔ Baltimore University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1902–1915 Merged with BΔ
ΘΘ Maryland Medical College 1903–1907 Merged with ΠΣ
South
A Louisville Medical College 1894–1908 Became AΔ
B Kentucky School of Medicine 1896–1909 Absorbed by University of Louisville
Γ University of Louisville 1896–1907 Became ΓE
Δ Hospital College of Medicine 1897–1908 Combined with Louisville Medical College
Θ University College of Medicine, Richmond 1899–1913 Merged with H
E Kentucky University Medical Department 1900–1907 Absorbed by University of Louisville
H Medical College of Virginia 1902–1913 Combined with Θ
K Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 1902–1971
O Tulane University of Louisiana School of Medicine, New Orleans 1902
M Purdue University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 1903–1975 School re-organized. Merged with AM, 1917
N University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa 1903–1913 Became Postgrad Department of the U of AL
Z University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine, Galveston 1903
X Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia 1903
I University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham 1904–1963 Merged with N, 1913
Φ George Washington University School of Medical Health Sciences, Washington DC 1904–1978
Λ University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh 1905–1912
Σ College of Physicians & Surgeons, Atlanta 1905–1973 Combined with Y, 1917, Merged with Atlanta Medical College, Now Emory University School of Medicine
Π Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville 1905–1976 Joined by Λ of Pi Mu Honor Society in 1922
Combined
AA University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville 1905–1977; 1981–1989 Joined by ΔE of Pi Mu Honor Society in 1922
ΣΘ University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 1905–1965
P University of Chicago Rush Medical College, Chicago 1905–1944 College suspended for WWII
T Medical College of the State of South Carolina 1905–1914 College joined the state university. Revised as ΣK.
Ψ University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 1905
Y Atlanta School of Medicine 1906–1917 Merged with Σ, 1917
AΘ Western Reserve University, Cleveland 1906–1940
ΣMX University of Tennessee Chattanooga Medical College, Chattanooga 1906–1913 College closed
ΓE University of Kentucky 1907–1909 Absorbed by University of Louisville
ΠΣ The University of Maryland 1907–1915 Merged with BΔ
Ξ University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas 1907–1971
ΦΣ Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago 1907–1973; 1985–1989
XΘ Medico-Chirurgical Medical College of Philadelphia 1907–1917 Merged with YΠ
AΔ Louisville and Hospital College 1908–1909 Absorbed by University of Louisville
KΨ College of Physicians & Surgeons, St. Louis 1908–1911 Merged with ΦP
ΠΔΦ University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco 1908–1967
YΠ University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 1908–1969 Merged with XΘ in 1917
ΦB University of Illinois 1909–1918 Merged with YI
IΠ University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 1909–1925 Revived as ΔΦ, 1928
ΘY Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia 1909–1971
ΨPΣ Northwestern University 1909–1913 Re-activated as KP, 1920
KΔ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore 1910–1967 Joined by M of Pi Mu Honor Society in 1922
AM Indiana University, Bloomington 1910–1917 United with M.
ΦP Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis 1910 Merged with KΨ, 1911. Merged with KY 1962
ΣY Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford 1911–1938
ΘH Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine, Richmond 1913–1977 Consolidation of Θ and H chapters, Joined by BΓ of Pi Mu Honor Society in 1922
Δ Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston 1913–1957
Γ Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus 1913–1962
B Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland 1913–1930
E Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit 1914–1941
AB The University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis 1914 Joined by K of Pi Mu Honor Society in 1922
ΛP University of Arkansas College of Medicine, Little Rock 1915–1968
KY University of Kansas, Lawrence 1915–1954 Merged with ΦP
BΔ University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 1915–1950
XY Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha 1916
YN University of Nebraska Medical School, Omaha 1916
YZ University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati 1918–1971
YI University of Illinois School of Medicine, Chicago 1918–1952 Successor to ΦB
KP Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago 1920–1971 Was ΨPΣ
ΔΠ University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 1920–1963
KX University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 1920–1974, 1981
YΣ Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York 1920–1958 Joined by N of Pi Mu Honor Society in 1922
EX Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 1921–1971
BX University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver 1921–1936
TB University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 1921–1974
ΣΔ University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Vermillion 1921–1942
PΔ Cornell University Medical School, New York 1921–1956
HY Harvard University Medical School, Boston 1921–1935
BY Boston University School of Medicine, Boston 1921–1958 Founded 1896 as Beta of Phi Alpha Gamma Fraternity
EΔ Washington University Medical School, Saint Louis 1922–1938
BM McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal 1922–1944
ΠM University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 1922–1972 Founded in 1892 as Alpha of Pi Mu Honor Society
OK University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City 1922–1960
ΓΣ Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven 1922–1943
TO University of Toronto School of Medicine, Toronto 1922–1969
MΓ University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 1923–1951
ΘΠ University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson 1926–1976
ΣK Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine, Charleston 1927 Revision of T
NΣ Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine, Halifax 1928–2009
ΔΦ University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 1929–1970 Revival of IΠ
ΘBΠ State University of New York Health Science Center School of Medicine, Syracuse 1929–1943
ΔKY University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 1929–1940
ΔY Duke University, Durham 1930–1978
AΦΣ Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 1931–1978
ΛΣ Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 1932–1975
ΓX West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown 1933–1966
ΩYΦ State University of New York School of Medicine & Biological Medical Science, Buffalo 1934–1973 Founded 1894 as Alpha of Omega Upsilon Phi Fraternity
TK Wake Forest University Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem 1935–1969
AM State University of New York Health Science Center School of Medicine, Brooklyn 1938–1960 Was Long Island College of Medicine
ΞX Baylor College of Medicine, Houston 1943–1975
ΦA New York Medical College, Valhalla 1948–1978 Founded 1894 as Alpha of Phi Alpha Gamma Fraternity
ΦAΓ Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia 1948–1964 Founded 1897 as Gamma of Phi Alpha Gamma Fraternity
EK University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 1948
EB University of California Medical School (UCLA) 1952–1967
BA University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami 1953–1974
MΣ University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia 1955–1967
Ω University of Mexico, Mexico City 1960–1968
YB University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan 1962–1972
ΦΣΓ University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 1963–1967
YT University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School, San Antonio 1970–1973
YA University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 1981–1985
ΣXM American University of the Caribbean, Cupecoy, St. Maarten 2001
ΣTX St. Christopher College of Medicine, Luton, England 2002-2010
IM St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies 2007
MA Medical University of the Americas, Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies 2011

References