Name of Organization
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Contacts
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Description
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American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
(ACOFP) |
President: Hope
Vermaire
Vice President: Jeff Magnatta
Treasurer: Amandajo Sanders
Secretary: Alex Wagner
Advisor: Carol
Monson, D.O. |
ACOFP serves to educate students
about the role of family practice. We provide learning opportunites
through speakers, commuity service projects, and school outreach
programs. |
American Holistic
Medical Association (AHMA) |
President: Anna
Gladstone
Vice President: Suzanne Dupler
Treasurer: Laura
Favazza
Secretary: David Frederick
Advisor: Lawrence
Prokop, D.O. |
AHMA is dedicated to the belief
that healing people may involve more that what is traditionally
taught in medical school. Our goal is learn about evidenced-based
healing practices and the merits these practices within the context
of Western medical. |
American Medical Student Association (AMSA) |
President: Sahar
Eftekhar
Vice President: Johanna
Hollweg
Treasurer: John P. Carney
Secretary: Danielle
Cadle
Advisor: Dr. Anthony
Paganini |
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American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) |
President: Jenny
Bordato
Vice President: Amal Raychouni
Treasurer: Rizwana
Rahman
Secretary: Alecia Hudson
Advisor: Margaret
Aguwa, D.O. |
AMWA functions at the local,
national and international level to advance women in medicine and
improve women's health. We achieve this mission through empowerment,
providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise,
and mentoring. |
Anesthesiology Interest Group (AIG) |
President: Jay
Sanford
Vice President: Hussein
Saghir
Treasurer: Derek
Rosol
Secretary: Nick
Zendler
Advisor: Dr.
Henry Beckmeyer |
AIG was
established to provide resources for students and physicians
sharing a passion for anesthesiology. Goals of the AIG include
building a network of students and physicians who share an interest
in anesthesiology,
and increasing student, physician, and community awareness in
anesthesiology. |
Business in Osteopathic Medicine Interest Group (BOMIG) |
President: Rachel
Young
Vice President: Jason
Wheatley
Treasurer: Megan
Sikkema
Secretary: Matt
Prior
Advisor: Dr. Lawrence Prokop |
MSUCOM Business of Medicine
Interest Group is dedicated to helping medical students learn how
to become the best business and medical professionals possible.
Through seminars and outreach within the community, we hope to
provide students with the tools to make educated
decisions for life - both professional and personal. |
Christian Medical Association (CMA) |
President: Rosie
Roper
Vice President: Mike
Cotarla
Treasurer: Kyle
Snell
Secretary: Leah
Asman
Advisor: Charlie
Mack |
CMA is a chapter of Christian Medical and Dental
Association - a group of Christians that study medicine
in the Colleges of Human and Osteopathic Medicine. Our mission
is to serve and glorify Jesus Christ within our lives in medicine. |
Community Integrated Medicine (CIM) |
President: William
Workman
Vice President: Kyle
Snell
Treasurer: Rachel
Young
Secretary: Crystal
Moyles
Advisors: Maragret
Aguwa, D.O.,
Beth
Courey |
CIM is dedicated to providing
basic health screenings and preventive education to the medically
underserved. Members help to educate the public on health issues
and provide continual health care counseling and disease prevention
services that cross all ages, ethnic groups and gender. |
Emergency Medicine Club (EMC) |
President: Chris
Shamass
Vice President: Gregory Hazergian
Treasurer: Carolyn
Dennis
Secretary: Brittany
Delmar
Advisors: Mary
Hughes, D.O.
John
Dery, D.O. |
EMC is dedicated to the cultivation
and development of interests in emergency medicine. Activities and
experiences are intended to interest students who wish to explore
emergency medicine and those who practice primary
care with experience in urgent care settings. |
Geriatric Interest Group (GIGS) |
President: Laurie
Rozek
Vice President: Leslie
Walton
Treasurer: Neena
Yoyakey
Secretary: Abbi
Doyle
Advisor: Frank
Komara, D.O.
|
GIGs is an organization formed
to provide students with the opportunity to explore the specialty
of Geriatrics and end of life care. The group offers activities
such as speakers, a journal club, a Gerontology elective, and volunteering
and shadowing. |
International Health Project (IHP) |
President: Kyle
Martin
Vice President: Vincent
Ganapini
Treasurer: Yvette
Gross
Secretary: Dana
Mandel
Advisor: Henry
Beckmeyer, D.O.
|
IHP is a student organization
dedicated to promoting international medicine by presenting information
to students during noon-time talks and facilitating international
education experiences. IHP is associated with the USA-IHP and the
International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA). |
Internal Medicine (IM) |
President: Gregory
Hazergian
Vice President: Brittany
Delmar
Treasurer: Michael Wray
Secretary: Renee
Brown
Advisor: Dr.
Catherine Kerschen |
The Internal Medicine Club
is dedicated to providing its members with numerous practical,
clinical and informational events to supplement their academic
knowledge and aid in the quest of becoming excellent physicians,
regardless of the discipline they choose. |
Islamic
Medical Student Association (IMSA) |
President: Fadi
AlKhatib
Vice President: Naba
Zalzala
Treasurer: Ashhar
Ali
Secretary: Nida
Husain
Advisor: Norma
Baptista, Ph.D. |
IMSA attempts to sensitize the MSUCOM
community to the unique needs of Muslim patients. We provide
a forum where Muslim medical students may discuss medical ethics
from an Islamic perspective. We are also a support group for incoming
Muslim students. |
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Association
(LGBTA) |
President: Renee
Brown
Vice President: Hannah
Nuckols
Treasurer: Mary
Mier
Secretary: Ian
Chang
Advisor: Dr.
Gary Willyerd |
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Medical Students for Choice (MSFC) |
President: Ashley
Brant
Vice President: Laura
Favazza
Treasurer: Gloria
Lam
Secretary: Sahar
Eftekhar
Advisor: Dianne
Singleton, Ph.D. |
We are dedicated to promoting
comprehensive reproductive health care for all people, including
reproductive health education, access to contraception, and safe
and legal abortions. It is the aim of this organization to
foster communication and promote understanding among medical professionals. |
Military Medical Student Association (MMSA) |
President: Jon
Ruggero
Advisor: William Strampel, D.O. |
MMSA's main goals include developing lines of communication among
military medical students across the country, serving as an information
source for those medical students, and promoting unity and esprit
de corps among future military medical officers. |
Obstetrics and Gynecology Interest Group (OBIGS) |
President: Carolyn
Dennis
Vice President: Anastasia
Arab
Treasurer: Nina
Gough
Secretary: Ashley
Brant
Advisor: David
Boes, D.O.
|
OBIGS is a student organization dedicated to learning
about the profession of obstetrics and gynecology through a variety
of experiences. We coordinate monthly meetings with enthusiastic
speakers, a panel of residents and shadowing experiences in both
office and hospital settings. |
Osteopathic
Radiology Interest Group (ORIG) |
President: Brijesh
Patel
Vice President: Joe
McCarthy
Treasurer: Derek
Rosol
Secretary: Jenny
Bordato
Advisor: Kevin
Robinson, D.O. |
ORIG’s main goal is to gain
additional experience, knowledge, and understanding of radiology. In
addition to our primary goal, we will strive to provide job-shadowing
opportunities and give back through community service. |
Pediatric Interest Group (PIGS) |
President: Katherine
Hartner
Vice President: Jamie
Johnson
Treasurer: Mallory
Nagarah
Secretary: Sierra
Cuthpert
Advisor: Ruth
Worthington, D.O.
|
PIGS is an organization for
students interested in pediatrics, children's issues, or is just
a kid at heart! We consist of students and faculty
from the Pediatrics Department. Our goal is to promote medical
student interest in pediatrics. |
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) |
President: Amal
Raychouni
Vice President: Scott
Polick
Treasurer: Seema
Azher
Secretary: Divya
Sharma
Advisor: Norma
Baptista, Ph.D. |
PHR functions on the idea
that human rights are essential preconditions for the health and
well-being of all people. Our mission is to respond to poverty,
repression, discrimination and other social determinants related
to health care. |
Sigma
Sigma Phi (SSP) |
President: James
Sutton
Vice President: Tiffany
Jarois
Treasurer/Secretary: Amber
Berry
Advisor: John
Thornburg, D.O. |
Sigma Sigma Phi is MSUCOM’s
Honorary Fraternity/Society. It has the following goals: to improve
the scholastic standing and promote a higher degree of fellowship
among the students, officials, and faculty, and to foster
allegiance to the AOA. |
Student National
Medical Association (SNMA) |
President: Steve
Hardy
Vice President: Monique
Turner
Treasurer: Nashwa
Khogali
Secretary: Jennifer
Edwards
Advisor: Tamera
Cox,
Dr.
Margaret Aguwa |
SNMA strives
to advocate for and meet the medical needs of historically underserved
populations. Our protocols include but are not
restricted to education, awareness, community involvement, recruitment
and retention. This organization is the student affliliate
organization of the National Medical Association (NMA). |
Student Neurology Ophthalmology and Psychiatry Society
(SNOPS) |
President: Joe
McCarthy
Vice President: Tyrell
Simkins
Treasurer: Victoria
Williams
Secretary: Nida
Husain
Advisor: Jayne
Martin, D.O.
Dr.
Brian D. Smith |
SNOPS
is an organization focused on the science and beauty of the human
brain. This club offers its members and the community an
opportunity to attend the "neurosciences lecture series",
to review journal articles, and shadow physicians in the area. |
Student Osteopathic Association of Sports Medicine
(SOASM) |
President: Kurt
Kieleszewski
Vice President: Justin
Adams
Treasurer: Alex
Wagner
Secretary: Breanna
Thiede
Advisor: Lawrence
Nassar, D.O.
|
SOASM is an organization that
was created for anyone interested in athletics and medicine. The
goal of this organization is to create a social environment to
bring people interested in sports medicine together. |
Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA) |
President: Ryan
Gegg
Vice President: Reem
Jarbou
Treasurer: John
Beaulac
Secretary: Francesca
Iannucci
Advisor: Mark
Gugel, D.O.
|
SOMA is a the student
affiliate organization of the American Osteopathic Association. Our
goal is to promote osteopathic ideals, unite osteopathic physicians,
and educate the future of the profession. |
Student Osteopathic
Surgical Association (SOSA) |
President: Gloria
Lam
Vice President: Mike
Hwang
Treasurer: Peter
Bulik
Secretary: Eric
Royston
Advisor: Shirley
Harding, D.O. |
SOSA stresses understanding
of osteopathic principles in relationship to disease in the practice
of surgery and provides a forum for discussion among students and
surgeons. Students will gain knowledge about various surgical specialties
through organized lectures and labs. |
Student Parents at Medical School |
President: Anastasia
Arab
Vice President: Amy
Slubowski
Treasurer: Travis
Lee
Secretary: Laurie
Rozek
Advisor: Dr.
Celia Guro |
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Study Buddies |
President: Daniel
Gibson
Vice President: Tiffany
Jarois
Treasurer/Secretary: Mary
McPhail
Advisor: Dr.
Gillian Bice |
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Undergraduate American Academy of Osteopathy (UAAO) |
President: Katie
Donahue
Vice President: Sabrina
Silver
Treasurer: Justin
Adams
Secretary: Katie
Lawrence
Advisor: Mark
Gugel, D.O.
|
The UAAO is dedicated to increasing
student awareness of osteopathic principles and practice. We provide
opportunities for students to learn OMM skills through workshops
and classes. These are designed to expose students to a variety
of OMM techniques. |
Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) |
President: Hannah
Nuckols
Vice President: Ethan
Ebner
Treasurer: Jason
Muir
Secretary: Adam
Clements
Advisor: Dr. Wendy
Page-Echols
Dr.
William Page-Echols
|
The WMS strives to combine a passion for outdoor adventure
with our profession. Whether rafting in West Virginia, medical adventure
racing, skiing in Canada, or listening to a search-and-rescue guest
speaker, we will continue to explore our professional boundaries. |
