Academic Medicine Integrated Organization

SIG NAME GOALS/OBJECTIVES Co-Leaders To expose medical students to a variety of possible careers in “Academic Weston Powell Academic Medicine Integrated Medicine”. Every week we will hold open discussions regarding medical cases that Andrew Wong Organization were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. On a regular basis, we Mamta Parikh (AMIGOs) will have clinicians involved in research come in & speak to us about their Rayhan Lal experiences Brenda Bailey The purpose of the AMA at UC Davis is to increase the awareness and discussion Sri Namperumal American Medical Association of medical issues that we (MSs) will face as medical students and future physicians. Ryan Ribeira AMA We will have a lecture series on various medical issues covering healthcare policy, Nazanin Izadpanah at UC Davis Stephanie Yan public policy, international medicine, and family issue. Huy Ngo The AMSA is committed to improving health care & healthcare delivery to all Heena Panchal American Medical Student people; promoting active improvement in medical education; involving its Bernie Miller Meena Ghiya Association (AMSA) members in the social, moral & ethical obligations of the profession of medicine; Deepika Bindal and assisting in the improvement & understanding of world health problems. Annahita Sarcon Preethika AMWA seeks to bring attention to issues that affect female med students, residents Ekanayake American Medical Women’s Lily Cheng & physicians. Moreover, they seek to promote organize events that empower Association (AMWA) Nazanin Izadpanah women. Yvonne Pham Sauda Bholat The purpose of the ASIG is to promote understanding and exposure of the Leon Hsu, Tye Anesthesiology Student Interest Anesthesiology specialty. Med Students will be given the opportunity to network Elliott, Alison Nielson, Vu Group (ASIG) with those in the field to facilitate learning and professional development. Nguyen, Kevin Trinh Reaches out to students and staff about the Catholic Faith & its teaching, especially Catholic Association of Medical John Nguyen, Alex those that relates to the field of medicine. It is CAMS goal to help medical students Lam, David Students (CAMS) to cope with the demand, stress and anxiety of medical schools Nguyen CMF is an inter-denominational student group with ties to the Christian Medical & Lawrence Lipana Dental Association, that seeks to promote greater understanding of the Christian Liz Taylor Christian Medical Fellowship Faith & how it relates to life & the field of Medicine, CMF wishes to create David Jeffcoach opportunities for students/doctors to engage in intellectual, social & religious Shannon Chin issues. Robin Huffer Emergency Medicine (EMSIG) To serve the interests of medical students interested in pursuing a career in Mikel Matto, Chris Lynch, Ellie Loomis emergency medicine, by providing contacts, lectures, and hands on experiences. Sam Reiter Lily Cheng SIG NAME GOALS/OBJECTIVES Co-Leaders

FMIG meeting provide rare opportunities for students of all class levels to provide Preethika information about and support student interest in Family Medicine as a specialty Ekanayake Family Medicine Interest Group Lily Cheng, and about area of practice within Family Medicine; provide opportunities for FMIG Nazanin Izadpanah, hands-on workshops, such as phlebotomy, suturing and casting; meet and share Yvonne Pham, experiences in local and international preceptorships. Sauda Bholat Lawrence Lipana Filipino Americans In Medicine Support for Filipino-American Medical Students and pre-health undergrads; Pamela Pablico Rozita Pouroushasb (FAIM) outreach to the community; help other organizations understand the Filipino culture relating to medicine Karen Alipio Kai Li GHSIG seeks to provide a forum for medical students committed to issues of global health. Global Health SIG (GHSIG) Members are encouraged to contribute ideas for international health matters and the promotion of Not Registered international health projects during the summer First and Second year medical students present health and nutrition educational Ray Hsu Esteban Verduzco Health Power (HP) modules to K-3 students at local Sacramento area elementary schools once or twice a month. Any medical student can volunteer to present the modules. Deepika Bindal Pamela Pablico Interfaith SIG provides venue for conversation & deeper understanding of the Stacey Rotta personal, social, medical issues important to people of many religious and spiritual Esteban Verduzco Interfaith SIG backgrounds. We strive to understand the human experience within a religious Emily Klein context in order to better understand our patients & the communities we will serve. Heena Panchal Stephen Lau SIM sponsors lectures, demonstrations & discussions related to the interface between allopathic medicine and CAM practices in today’s healthcare environment. Integrative Medicine J.Eileen Morley Also, we strive to form a network of informed students, physicians and community (Students for Integrative Med) Katrina Lam practitioners that may serve as a resource for others that interests in CAM, integrative medicine, and personal wellness. Facilitate the understanding of Internal Medicine and its subspecialties, promote Cynthia Tan community awareness of Internal Medicine, address issues with the practice of Irene Hutchins Internal Medicine (IMSIG) Internal Medicine, promote collaboration and resource utilization, and answer Kai Li, questions regarding Internal Medicine and its subspecialties. Sauda Bholat, Emily Klien To promote creative expression of students, faculty, staff and patients within the UC Davis Health In Vivo Literary Magazine Not Registered Systems’ community. Latino Medical Student LMSA is a network of students, alumni, and health professional whose mission is Isaac Sanchez, David English Association (LMSA) to promote the development of Latino students through educational, volunteer, Pamela Pablico professional and networking opportunities to foster diversity, higher education, and Rodolfo Gutierrez SIG NAME GOALS/OBJECTIVES Co-Leaders the improvement of the Latino community Stephen Lau LGBT People in Medicine To promote the education and cultural competency of UC Davis Medical students Kara Toles in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender health care. Heidi Collins Medical InterCultural To develop a program in international healthcare that can help train, educate, and Meghan McClure Opportunities for Students enrich medical students at UCDSOM from the first year of medical education Andrea Griem (MEDICOS-Nicargua) Tiffany Schegg onwards. To create an international exchange between UCDSOM and UNAN Sara Won The Kenya Project is a global health partnership between students of UC Davis SOM and the Medical InterCultural Opportunities for University of Nairobi Medical School in Kenya. Our goal is the promotion of cultural exchange and Not Registered Students (MEDICOS-Kenya) solidarity in the face of HIV/AIDS. We organize a yearly trip to Kenya to provide medical services in underserved areas. To raise awareness of reproductive rights and the full range of reproductive Emily Whitgob Medical Student for Choice healthcare procedures. Our group also interacts with the MSFC National Thea Boettiger Allison Barrie (MSFC) organization in order to support medical education and residency programs to Sara Won include reproduction and abortion care. Tirza Cannon The student interest group provides a forum for medical students to discuss the Jonah Muniz integrated fields of medicine and psychiatry, as well as guidance in career options Medicine and Psychiatry Anna Frenklach for a medical student interested in both fields. Dawn Sung (MAP) SIG Patty Lindahl Adam Quest MD Scholars is a medical-student group dedicated to promoting medical student research by helping foster productive student-mentorship partnerships. We also Preethika strive to help you along your path of starting, continuing, and completing your Ekanayake MD Scholars projets to maximize your time and effort. We believe that students should be able Joseph Marsano to publish and participate in expanding the horizons of medicine during their time here as medical students and beyond into their careers

Promote self-awareness and involvement in keeping ourselves healthy, in the midst of significant mental stress of being a student, physician, and/or heal professional. Russell Witt Mind-Body SIG This is accomplished through activities like meditation, yoga, & Mindfullness- J. Eileen Morley Based Stress Reduction Neurology & Neurosurgery SIG Our SIG is a group that aims to promote and expand interest and awareness about Nataliya Carlson (Neuro SIG) the fields of neurology and neurosurgery. We will host guest lectures to share their Anna Frenklach Meghan McClure experiences in these fields as well as sharing their career paths. Irene Hutchins Cynthia Tan SIG NAME GOALS/OBJECTIVES Co-Leaders

The ObGyn SIG will encourage medical students at UC Davis to learn about the field of obstetrics Obstetrics and gynecology SIG and gynecology, expose them to current physicians who are passionate about this work, and In Process encourage mentorship with UCDMC doctors To foster interest in ophthalmology as a career and to ensure that UC Davis Charles Yu Ophthalmology SIG Medical Students at UC Davis interested in ophthalmology are able to match. Charles Kim Orthopaedic Surgery/Sports Medicine SIG is to expose medical students to these Lindsey Sheffler Orthopaedic Surgery/Sports medical specialties through lunch-time presentations and lectures and to provide Patrick Curran Medicine SIG opportunities for shadowing so that students may gain hands-on experience in these Nicolas Prionas respective fields David Trent PathSIG , meetings to educate and inform medical students about the field of Alexandra Kharazi, Pathology Student Interest Group Pathology Jessica Curti, Weston Powell, (PathSIG) Katrina Lam, Meghan McClure The PedSIG is for medical students interested in the field of pediatrics. We will Emily Whitgob, Pediatric Student Interest Group have guest speakers and panels throughout the year to help students better Angelina Elliott, Thea Boettiger, (PedSIG) understand the options available in pediatrics Sauda Bholat, Preethika E. To provide a safe, supportive, non-judgmental atmosphere for students to share their Ari Zadel, Laura thoughts & feelings. Monthly meetings to discuss stressors of med school, and provide a Nally, Dawn Sung, Peer Support Group peer support hotline for students to call between 6 p.m. and 1 a.m. daily Ryan Spielvogel, Natalie Guido- Estrada PHR goal is to advance health professional students’ understanding and lifelong investment in Physicians for Human Rights health and human rights activism, and to cultivate their unique contributions as advocates promoting Not Registered health and human rights locally, nationally and globally The Psychiatry SIG aims to educate medical students in the field of psychiatry and Jonah Muniz, Anna provide a forum for discussion regarding psychiatry as a career Frenklack, Dawn Psychiatry Student Interest Group Sung Patty Lindahl, Adam Quest *Quality Improvement & Patient Cross Campus Student organization designed to raise awareness and promote Shabnam Hafiz Safety quality improvement initiatives in order to improve patient safety. For those students who are interested in Radiology as a subspecialty Gabe Runner, Bill Luo, Colin Randau, Radiology SIG Jack Russo, Dawn Sung SIG NAME GOALS/OBJECTIVES Co-Leaders Pre-health professional students interested in rural health Liz Taylor Rural Medicine SIG Jennifer Courrejou SNMA is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of African Omar Washington Student National Medical Americans applying to & hopefully matriculating into medical school. Nataliya Carlson Tyronda Elliott Association (SNMA) Kara Toles Can Sungur The purpose of Surgery SIG is to promote interest and awareness about general Nataliya Carlson, surgery and its subspecialty branches. Sara Won, Cynthia Surgery SIG Tan, Sam Reiter, Lily Cheng The WMSIG is for medical students interested in wilderness medicine. We will Kyle Davis Wilderness Medicine SIG have guest speakers and panels throughout the year to help students better Eileen Morley understand the field. Clinica Tepati, Paul Hom Asian Clinic, Joan Viteri Clinic, Imani Clinic, Shifa Amy Jouan Student Run Clinics Clinic, Bayanihan Clinic, Willow Clinic Coordinator ..

 Green shading – in the process of renewing or establishing a new SIG  Gray – has not re-registered this year