ELECTIVE OFFERINGS

The following is a list of elective offerings for Transcript Notation during the MS1 and MS2 years.

For further information and elective counseling, contact your career advisor.

Elective Name	Elective Director
Caring for the Underserved	Emily Dow, MD
Culinary Medicine	Coordinator: Laurie Skorheim
Diversity in Mental Health	Elliot Handler, MD
Emergency Medicine Milestones	Alisa Wray, MD
Examine the Painting/Examine the Patient (will restart in 2025-2026)	Juliet McMullin, PhD
Exercise Medicine	Shlomit Radom-Azik, PhD; Sheena Dizon, MHA
First Responder Elective	Alisa Wray, MD, MAEd
Foundations of Innovation & Engineering I	Yama Akbari, MD, PhD; Warren Wiechmann, MD, MBA, MSEd
Foundations of Innovation & Engineering II	Yama Akbari, MD, PhD; Warren Wiechmann, MD, MBA, MSEd
Fundamentals of Orthopaedic Surgery Elective Course (FOSEC)	Al Goldin, MD, PhD; Coordinator: Russell Stitzlein
Fundamentals of Research I	Dan Cooper, MD; Oladele Ogunseitan, PhD; Diana Vigil
Fundamentals of Research II	Dan Cooper, MD; Oladele Ogunseitan, PhD; Diana Vigil
Fundamentals of Spiritual Care	Shiho Ito, MD; Coordinator: Noosha Eftekharian
Gender and Sexual Diversity in Healthcare (student called eQuality)	Cristobal Barrios, MD
Health Equity Series	Tan Nguyen, MD; Coordinator: Bre Anna Mcneill
Health Policy	Richard Kelly, MD
Integrative Medicine Seminar	Coordinator: Laurie Skorheim
Medical Spanish	Charles Vega, MD
Neurosurgery Elective: Dissolving the Myth and Mystery	Frank Hsu, MD, PhD; Alexander Lopez, MD
OGIG Elective (Aka U-Teach, aka OBGYN Interest Group)	Christine Kim, MD; Donna Baick, MD; Coordinator: Sophia Clay
Patient Stories, Doctor Stories: The Doctor-Patient Relationship and the Experience of Illness in Literature	Juliet McMullin, PhD; Tan Nguyen, MD; Coordinator: Leonora Naser-Saravia
Pediatrics Lecture Series	Amy Cheng, MD
Playing Doctor: Improving doctor-patient communication through improvisational theater (Runs in Spring)	Joel Veenstra, PhD; Coordinator: Leonora Naser-Saravia
Surgical Skills Elective	Brian R. Smith, MD; Coordinators: Staci Reichenecker and Tania Saba
Ultrasound	Chris Fox, MD