AMSG Student Organizations

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Student Interest Groups
Electives
Clinics
Other

Student Interest Groups

Name of Student Interest Group	Group Email (If Applicable)	President (Primary Contact)	Secondary Contact
American Muslim Medical Student Association		Maryam Bharucha, mabharuc@hs.uci.edu	Mohamad Kahil, kahilm@hs.uci.edu
AMWA		Alexa Kassels, kasselsa@hs.uci.edu
Anesthesiology Interest Group	ucirvineaig@gmail.com	William Wang, williasw@hs.uci.edu	George Mina, grmina@hs.uci.edu
Addiction Medicine Interest Group		Linsey Wilson, wilsonlm@hs.uci.edu	John Hong, johnh11@hs.uci.edu
Association of Women Surgeons (AWS)	ucisomaws@gmail.com	Shaelyn Choi, shaelymc@hs.uci.edu	Flora Park, parkf1@hs.uci.edu
Bioethics in Healthcare Interest Group		Jamie Atienza, jamiema@hs.uci.edu	Lauren Michelle, lrmichel@hs.uci.edu
Cardiology Interest Group		Karishma Shah, karisss1@hs.uci.edu	Kellie Cho, kelliecc@hs.uci.edu
Cariño Student Outreach Clinic		Ellie Marlor, emarlor@hs.uci.edu	Victoria Stewart, vgstewar@hs.uci.edu
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Interest Group	capinterestgroup@gmail.com	Erika Peratoner; eperaton@hs.uci.edu
COMET Interest Group		Nolan Huck; Nahuck@hs.uci.edu	Konnor Davis; konnord@hs.uci.edu
Crescent Clinic		Herschel Uchitel; suchitel@hs.uci.edu	Carolyn Chen; carolysc@hs.uci.edu
Dermatology Interest Group		Alyssa Ashbaugh, ashbauga@hs.uci.edu	Gabby Brody, brodyg@uci.edu
Diagnostic Radiology Interest Group (DRIG)		Lan Bui, thanhltb@uci.edu	Hayley Young, hnyoung@hs.uci.edu
Emergency Medicine Interest Group		Natalie Hardiman, hardiman@hs.uci.edu	Maren Smith, bsmith@hs.uci.edu
eQuality		Darian Thompson, Dariant1@hs.uci.edu	Mark Liang, mcliang@hs.uci.edu
Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG)		Herschel Uchitel, suchitel@hs.uci.edu	Nicole Parker, parkerna@hs.uci.edu
Flying Samaritans	ucimedflyingsams@gmail.com	Elaha Noori, noorie@hs.uci.edu	Megan Ryu, ryumy@hs.uci.edu
Gastroenterology Interest Group (GIIG)		Tevan Luong, tevanl@hs.uci.edu
Global Surgery Student Alliance at UCI		Megan Ryu, ryumy@hs.uci.edu	Tiffany Huang, tiffarh1@hs.uci.edu
Gold Humanism Honor Society		Zariyah Mohammad; zmoham@hs.uci.edu	Trini Alcala-Arcos; alcalaat@hs.uci.edu
Golf Interest Group		Tiffany Hu; trhu@hs.uci.edu
Guiding Hands		Catherine Zhang; catherz3@hs.uci.edu	Kellie Cho; kelliecc@hs.uci.edu
Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG)		Jacqueline Chow, jjchow2@hs.uci.edu	Rishi Vermani, rvermani@hs.uci.edu
Interventional Radiology Interest Group		Caitlyn Singh, singce@hs.uci.edu	Jacqueline Chow, jjchow2@hs.uci.edu,
Hospice Care Interest Group		Alexa Kassels; kasselsa@hs.uci.edu
Humanities Interest Group		Emma Boyles; eboyles@hs.uci.edu	Zoe Adams; znadams@hs.uci.edu
Latino Medical Student Association	ucicochair1@lmsa.net	Kevin Caceres, kbcacere@hs.uci.edu	April Olivas, olivasar@hs.uci.edu
Medical Humanities Interest Group		Ashley Hope, ahope1@uci.edu	Mehron Dillon, mehrond@hs.uci.edu
Medical Students for a Sustainable Future (MS4SF)		Dania Maldonado, daniam1@hs.uci.edu	TBD
Medicine Pediatrics Interest Group		Tiffany Huang; tiffarh1@hs.uci.edu
MedVoice		Christian Hardoy, chardoy@hs.uci.edu	Jonathan Shipley, shipleyj@hs.uci.edu
Middle Eastern North African Medical Student Association		Sohrab Kharabaf, skharaba@hs.uci.edu	Mohamad Kahil, kahilm@hs.uci.edu
Neurosurgery Interest Group (NSIG)		Bryce Picton; bpicton@hs.uci.edu
OBGYN Interest Group (OGIG)		Kruti Patel, krutiap@hs.uci.edu	Sophia Quesada, sgquesad@hs.uci.edu
Oncology Interest Group		Desiree Rafizadeh, rafizadd@hs.uci.edu	Frank Lee, flee5@hs.uci.edu
Ophthalmology Interest Group (OIG)		Blaze Ann Carbonell, carboneb@hs.uci.edu	Steven Chang, sychang2@hs.uci.edu
Orange County Transitions in Health Program		Jacqueline Chow, jjchow2@hs.uci.edu
Orthopaedic Surgery Interest Group		Matthew Hatter, hatterm@hs.uci.edu,	Ryan Beyer; beyerrs@hs.uci.edu,
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Interest Group		Jonathan Pang, pangjc1@hs.uci.edu	Arash Abiri; abiria@hs.uci.edu
PALS		Ryan Lovell; rclovell@hs.uci.edu	Britney Weng; britnew1@hs.uci.edu
Pathology Interest Group	ucipathsig@gmail.com	Ellee Vikram; vikrame@hs.uci.edu	Laura Williamson; lwillia5@hs.uci.edu
Pediatric Interest Group		Ryan Lovell; rclovell@hs.uci.edu	Maria Angela Magpantay; magpantm@hs.uci.edu
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Interest Group		Jeff Kim, jeffjk@hs.uci.edu	Austin Davis, austinld@hs.uci.edu
Peer Mentors		Tori Nguyen; victn11@hs.uci.edu	Nicolo Betoni; betonin@hs.uci.edu
Plastic Surgery Interest Group		Nima Khoshab, nkhoshab@uci.edu	Ekaterina Tiourin, etiourin@uci.edu
PMRIG		Luigi Gonzales; luigipg@hs.uci.edu
Psychiatry Interest Group		Justin Le; lejn3@hs.uci.edu	Seraphim Telep; stelep@hs.uci.edu
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Interest Group (PCIG)	ucisom.pcig@gmail.com	Grace Schoenhoff; gschoenh@hs.uci.edu
Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic	safeucichapter@gmail.com	Surina Khurana; sakhuran@hs.uci.edu
Sex Education Advocates		Jovana Mahho; jmahho@hs.uci.edu
Simulation Interest Group (SIMIG)		Justin Yang; Justisy2@hs.uci.edu
Southeast Asian Medical Students (SEAMS)		Hannah Nguyen, hannahln@hs.uci.edu	Tori Nguyen, victn11@hs.uci.edu
Sports Medicine Interest Group		Charlene Yuan, charley3@uci.edu	kkrosenb@uci.edu
Student Interest Group in Neurology		Jessica Martin; jessiam6@hs.uci.edu
Surgery Interest Group		Jenny Wang; jennw16@hs.uci.edu
Team KiPOW	teamkipowoc@gmail.com	Christine Louis, clouis@hs.uci.edu	Celine Payne, cpayne1@hs.uci.edu
Technology in Medicine Interest Group		Meg LaRocca, laroccam@uci.edu	Ermin Dzihic, edzihic@uci.edu
Teddy Bear Hospital		Kari Schoettler; kschoett@hs.uci.edu
Ultrasound Interest Group (USIG)		Michelle Nguyen, mtnguy10@hs.uci.edu	Neda Izadyar, nizadyar@hs.uci.edu
Urology Interest Group (UIG)		Brandon Camp, bcamp1@hs.uci.edu
UV&Me	uciuvandme@gmail.com	Joy Li, yingjoyl@hs.uci.edu	Alexa Kassels, kasselsa@hs.uci.edu
Wilderness Medicine Interest Group (WMIG)		Michael Madsen, mwmadsen@hs.uci.edu	Alison Lawrence, anlawre1@hs.uci.edu

Electives

Name of Elective	President (Primary Contact)	Secondary Contact
Gender and Sexual Diversity in Healthcare Elective	Brandon Chin, bschin@hs.uci.edu	Caroline Nore, cnore@hs.uci.edu
Global Health Elective	Spencer Kozik, skozik@uci.edu	Janani Prasad, jpprasad@uci.edu
Health Policy Elective	Catriona Lewis lewisck@uci.edu	Alexandra Greb, greba@uci.edu
OB-Gyn Interest Group Elective (OGIG Elective)	Brandon Chin, bschin@hs.uci.edu	Natasa Kostic, nkostic@hs.uci.edu
Social Medicine Elective (SME)	Caroline Nore, cnore@hs.uci.edu	Mahan Naeim, naeimm@hs.uci.edu

Clinics

Name of Clinic	President (Primary Contact)	Secondary Contact
UCI SOM Flying Samaritans	Joseph Breuer, jbreuer@hs.uci.edu	JP Plaza, jpplaza@hs,uci.edu
An Lanh Free Medical Clinic	Justin So, jjso1@hs.uci.edu	Amanda Leung, leungac1@hs.uci.edu
Crescent Clinic	Mehron Dhillon, mehrond@hs.uci.edu	Harrison Lam, harrispl@hs.uci.edu
UCI Outreach Clinics (UCIOC)	Sheila Panez, spanez@hs.uci.edu	Sawa Keymeulen, skeymeul@hs.uci.edu

Other Student Groups

Name of Student Group	President (Primary Contact)	Secondary Contact
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)	Donald Tan, donaldt2@hs.uci.edu	Nathan Jasperse, njaspers@uci.edu
American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)	Minnah Ahn, minnaha1@uci.edu	Leah Chase, chaselm@hs.uci.edu
Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA)	Brandon Chin, bschin@hs.uci.edu	Lily Hui, lhui2@hs.uci.edu
Association of Women Surgeons	Andreea Dinicu, adinicu@hs.uci.edu	Danielle Brabender, dbrabend@hs.uci.edu
California Health Professions Student Alliance (CaHPSA)	Crystal Eshraghi, ceshragh@uci.edu	Sophie Sha, swsha@uci.edu
Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA)	Sylvana Marquina, smarquin@uci.edu	Jason Xu, jason.xu@uci.edu
Filipino Americans in Medicine (FAIM)	Christleen Casem, ccasem@hs.uci.edu	Jamie Atienza, jamiema@hs.uci.edu
Gold Humanism Honor Society	Richelle Homo, rhomo@hs.uci.edu	Benjamin Bitner, bbitner@uci.edu
Guiding Hands	Ashley Hope, ahope1@uci.edu	Lily Hui, lhui2@hs.uci.edu
Harm Reduction Institute	Mahan Naeim, naeimm@uci.edu	Tim McMullen (mcmullet@uci.edu)
Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)	Kenneth Robertson-Brown (kwrober1@uci.edu)	Jesus Torres (jesust@hs.uci.edu)
Medical Students for Choice (MSFC)	Katherine Rosecrance, krosecra@hs.uci.edu	Irene Masini, imasini@hs.uci.edu
OC Transitions in Health Program (OCTHP)	Natasa Kostic, nkostic@uci.edu	Mahan Naeim, naeimm@hs.uci.edu
PALS Program	Himakar Nagam, hnagam@uci.edu	Amanda Leung, leungac1@hs.uci.edu
Peer Mentors	Alfonso Ortiz Cruz, aortizcr@uci.edu	Alyssa Ashbaugh, ashbauga@hs.uci.edu
PERIOD.	Anna Cardall, acardall@uci.edu	Margot Barker, margot.barker@uci.edu
Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic (SAFE)	Christina Cantwell, cyangc@hs.uci.edu	Catriona Lewis, lewisck@hs.uci.edu
Sexual Education Advocates (SEA)	Emma Altieri, ealtieri@hs.uci.edu	Abigail Archibald, ararchib@hs.uci.edu
Student National Medical Association (SNMA)	Ify Okwuosa, okwuosai@hs.uci.edu	Leah Chase, chaselm@hs.uci.edu
Team KiPOW	Ariana Naaseh, anaaseh1@uci.edu	Amanda Nguyen, amandqn2@uci.edu
The Mural Project	Ashley Hope, ahope1@uci.edu	Mehron Dillon, mehrond@hs.uci.edu
UCISOM Makerspace	Meg LaRocca, laroccam@uci.edu	Ermin Dzihic, edzihic@uci.edu
UV&Me	Colin Kincaid, ckincaid@uci.edu	Vihar Naik, viharn@uci.edu

Student Interest Groups

Name of Student Interest Group

Group Email (If Applicable)

President (Primary Contact)

Secondary Contact

Electives

Name of Elective

President (Primary Contact)

Secondary Contact

Clinics

Name of Clinic

President (Primary Contact)

Secondary Contact

Other Student Groups

Name of Student Group

President (Primary Contact)

Secondary Contact