Student Organizations

President: Emily Muscat (emusca2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Jen Swartz (jswart7@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Christopher Holden, MD (cholde1@uic.edu)

Secretary: Roosha Mandal

Volunteer Coordinator: Sade Akinfe

M1 Representative: Lillian Eckstein

AMIG’s mission is to increase student awareness and engagement with the field of addiction medicine. In the United States in 2019, 20.4 million people were diagnosed with a substance use disorder (SUD) but only 10.3% received SUD. Nearly 71,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2019. For almost any field of medicine, addiction will play a role in the patient population. This interest group focuses on hosting outside lecturers and career information sessions, providing shadowing and volunteering opportunities, and providing trainings.

President: Sarah Lisanby (lisanby2@uic.edu)

Vice President: Christina Du (cdu5@uic.edu)

Secretary: Jessalyn Yam (jyam3@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Catherine Xu (cxu56@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hokuto Nishioka (hokuton@uic.edu)

The mission of the UIC Anesthesiology Interest Group (AIG) is to immerse students to the field of anesthesiology. We aim to help students explore anesthesiology as a career option through workshops, lunch panels, and shadowing opportunities. AIG also provides opportunities for medical students to network with current residents and attendings. Join our events to learn more!

Follow #sig-anesth-c on Slack to get updates!

Chicago Cancer Society (CCS)

President: Caitlin Lu (clu45@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Ria Subramanian (rsubra23@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Quigley (seanq@uic.edu)

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The purpose of the University of Illinois – Chicago Cancer Society is for UIC medical students interested in medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, pediatric oncology, gyne/onc or hem/onc to collaborate and find resources. CCS will provide research, networking, and learning opportunities to medical students. CCS will also focus its efforts on community service opportunities by holding outreach events for UI Hospital patients.

President: Anne Stahlfeld (astahl5@uic.edu)

Vice-President: Katie Kim (mkim1226@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Taylor Savage (tsavag7@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Scott Borgetti (sborgett@uic.edu)

ClubID is UICOM’s infectious disease specialty interest group. The aim of the group is to learn about, work with, and confront infectious diseases at the community, state, country, and global level, while integrating new approaches for members and faculty co-involvement. Through this interdisciplinary approach, this organization will enrich interested students by improving skills and working collaboratively with a diverse group of specialties related specifically to infectious diseases.

Presidents: Nasiruddin Shaik (nshai6@uic.edu)

Vice President: Hussein Hassanein (hhassa21@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Nezar Abunnur (abunnur2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Khaled Abdelhady

Presidents: Sufyan Baig (sbaig24@uic.edu) and Ava Pellegrino (avap2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Nick Rojas-Rodriuez (atan37@uic.edu)

Secretary: Rachel Gao (rgao22@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michelle Bain (mbain@uic.edu)

The Dermatology Interest Group works to connect students with dermatology residents and opportunities for exposure to this field. Our mission is to educate students about the various subspecialties within dermatology and host events with specialists about their research or academic careers. We hope to promote community service within dermatology and education to the surrounding community.

Instagram: @uicom.dig

President: Arian Karimi (akarim27@uic.edu), Kaitlin Sung (ksung20@uic.edu), Richard Chiu (rchiu8@uic.edu)

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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Karen Xie (karenlin@uic.edu)

DRIG fosters interest in the field of diagnostic radiology among the student body by organizing events such as the annual post match panel, radiology skills workshops, procedure workshops, and shadowing.

President: Brett Segobiano (brettms2@uic.edu)

Our mission is to provide opportunities to unlearn ableism and build a foundation of disability justice. Understanding disability, ableism, & accessibility enables us to be better providers and colleagues.

President: Rhys Gogonis (agogo@uic.edu) & Sammy Rush (srush7@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Angel Ngai (yanngai2@uic.edu)

Vice Presidents: Alivya Dantuluri (adantu2@uic.edu) & Emma Bridgeman (ebridg3@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lisa Gehm (lgehm@uic.edu)

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The Emergency Medicine Interest Group’s mission is to expose medical students to different aspects of Emergency Medicine through lectures, workshops, and discussion. Our events include classes with UIC EM physicians, bleeding control workshops, panels with current residents, etc.

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The purpose of the ENT Student Interest Group is to provide students with chances to learn more about the field of ENT, which a surgical specialty. Specific events include talks by ENT attending physicians, panels, and volunteering, shadowing, and research opportunities.

Presidents: Olivia Benson (obens@uic.edu), Heidi Kim (hkim2029@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Tara Pavithran (tpavit2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sagina Hanjrah (hanjrah@uic.edu)

Our mission is to help students learn more about the field of family medicine and provide them opportunities to network with current family practitioners through workshops, panels, and volunteering events.

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• Expose students early on to the specialty
• Provide fun workshops for students to learn more about practicing family medicine
• Hold informative sessions where students can explore what it means to go into family medicine
• Engage with the broader community

President: Olivia Jazbutis (ojazbu2@uic.edu)

Vice-President: Dominick Forlenza(dforle2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Karen Mao (kmao6@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisors: Dr. Vania Leung (vleung3@uic.edu)

Geriatrics Interest Group (GIG) is an interprofessional student organization that seeks to equip students with a skillset for providing care to older adults by offering opportunities to interact with geriatricians, nursing home residents, and students from other colleges. Because adults aged 65 and older are expected to grow to 77 million by 2035, GIG aims to give students an early exposure to caring for the growing elderly population. GIG plans to have events that explore different aspects of geriatrics including lunch talks, shadowing opportunities and volunteering sessions in collaboration with other colleges.

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IRIG’s mission as a student organization is to increase awareness and foster excitement among the student body regarding the field of interventional radiology. We host several events throughout the year, including presentations led by IR physicians on clinical cases and IR treatments, ultrasound workshops for hands-on learning, and Q&A panels with IR residents and attendings to provide career planning and guidance.

Presidents: Sidney Chin & Jason Wei

Treasurer: Bailey Montgomery

Secretary: Andrea Cespedes Zablah

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michelle Bain (mbain@uic.edu)

The Dermatology Interest Group works to connect students with dermatology residents and opportunities for exposure to this field. Our mission is to educate students about the various subspecialties within dermatology and host events with specialists about their research or academic careers. We hope to promote community service within dermatology and education to the surrounding community.

Instagram: @uicom.dig

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Faculty Advisors: Dr. Erin Hickey (ehicke9@uic.edu), Dr. Lauren Williams (laurenrw@uic.edu), Dr. Ana Clara Mauro (amauro2@uic.edu)

The Med-Peds Interest Group is an organization for students at UICOM interested in the dual specialty of Med-Peds. UICOM is uniquely positioned to connect interested students with residents and attendings in the field. This organization focuses on exposing students to many aspects of Med-Peds through networking, education, mentorship, and advocacy.

President: Paula Herbst (pherbs3@uic.edu)

Vice Presidents: Nicole Tanna (ntanna2@uic.edu), Annette Okafor (aokafo2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Zoe Strong (zstrong2@uic.edu)

Outreach Chair: Shreya Bellur (sbellu3@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Priyanka Gokhale (pgokhale@uic.edu)

The OBGYN Interest Group provides a space for students to come together and learn from OBGYN faculty, specialists, patients, and other experts that provide insight into the field. The organization also provides opportunities for interested students to gain more hands-on exposure to OBGYN through shadowing and mentorship. OBGYN Interest Group has collaborated with other student organizations to hold panels and interactive events, and are always open further opportunities for collaboration.

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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pooja Bhat (pbhat@uic.edu)

OIC is dedicated to providing interested students with clinical, research, volunteering and practical opportunities to learn more about Ophthalmology as well as resources to help students pursue the specialty as a career. Oh, eye SEE! With our help, you will too.

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President: Jared Rubin (jrubin9@uic.edu)

Vice President: Rana Ahmad (ranaa2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Nathan Kumar (nathank3@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alfonso Mejia (amejia@uic.edu)

The Orthopaedic Surgery Interest Group was founded in 2016 in collaboration with The University of Illinois at Chicago Orthopaedics Department. As such, the group has close ties to both residents and faculty within UIC. Our purpose is to provide support and guidance for UIC students with an interest in orthopedics and sports medicine through lectures, mentorship, shadowing, research, clinical involvement, and community events. We host several events throughout the year and provide organized support with the goal of making members competitive applicants in a field that is increasingly hard to get into

Presidents: Viviana Geron (vgero@uic.edu), Collete Donlin (cdonlin3@uic.edu)

Vice-President: Ryan Millman (mm3@uic.edeu), Mohammed Abdul Muqsith (mabdul35@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sara Smith (sboblick@uic.edu)

The Pediatric Interest Group (PIG) is an organization for UIC medical students interested in general and specialty pediatrics including both academic and non-academic medicine. PIG provides amble opportunities for students to network with UI Health pediatricians and researchers through general and specialty panels. PIG also provides several volunteer opportunities through outreach events during the academic year, including the UI Health Hematology/Oncology Thanksgiving Festival and back to school health fairs.

Presidents/: Brett Segobiano

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Vice President: Taylor Webb
External Relations Chair: Daniel DeLara
Outreach and Event Coordination Chairs: Julia Nascimben, Taylor Webb
Communications Chair: Antrell Cheatom
Shadowing Coordinator: Roosha Mandal
Phase 1 Representative: Kailee Kozicki

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Theresa Lie-Nemeth (theresa.lie-nemeth@sinai.org)

The primary purpose of this organization is to provide medical students at UIC exposure to the field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. This growing field is something that many medical students may not be familiar with and may be attractive to students who are also interested in orthopedics, neurology, and sports medicine. In addition, the rehab issues that physiatrists work with are relevant to internal medicine and a variety of other specialties.

At PMRIG, we coordinate engaging workshops, events, lectures, and networking opportunities for students interested in this field. Additionally we facilitate mentorship and support during the process of applying for PM&R residency.

President: Catherine Xu (cxu56@uic.edu), Christina Langone (clang25@uic.edu)

Vice President: Allison Raymundo(araymu2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Quinn Lawery (qlawe2@uic.edu)

Professional Outreach Chair: Tyler Miller

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Julia Corcoran, Dr. Franklin Lew (jcorco1@uic.edu, flew@uic.edu)

The Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Interest Group (PRSIG) will provide students opportunities to further their education and exploration of plastic and reconstructive surgery. PRSIG will serve as a resource for information and guidance, promoting a collaborative environment between students and the UIC plastic surgery team. Our organization will host panels, group discussions, and workshops that highlight the specialty’s diversity and equip students with proper skills for the field.

Slack Page: #sig-plasticsurgery-c
Instagram: @UICPRSIG

President: Sam Jiang (sjiang40@uic.edu)

Vice-Presidents: Kaho Adachi, Michael Adegoke(kadach2@uic.edu, madegok2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Michael GriegoSean Lai (mgrieg2@uic.edu)

Specialty Outreach Chair:Anthony Sanchez-Forteza (asanc@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ankit Mehta (ankitm@uic.edu)

Neurosurgeon Panels, Cadaver Lab Workshop, Post-Match Panels, Mentoring

President: Chris Freeman (cfreem9@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Sebastián Andrade (sandra25@uic.edu)

Vice President: Joe Bianco (jbianco2@uic.edu)
Secretary: Saneha Borisuth (sboris3@uic.edu)
Speciality Outreach Chair: Jen Swartz (jswart7@uic.edu)
Fundraising & Grants Chair: Elisa Herrera (eherre43@uic.edu)
Events & Activities Chair: Noelle Torres (ntorre41@uic.edu)
Communications & Publicity Chair: Aline Wu (awu46@uic.edu)
Mental Health & Wellness Chair: Angela Hussain (ahussa64@uic.edu)
Advocacy & Social Justice Chair: Saranya Menon (smenon23@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eitan Kimchi (ekimchi@uic.edu)

PSYCHED! supports medical students interested in psychiatry and mental healthcare. Our core mission revolves around advocating for improved mental healthcare and increased awareness. We actively strive to deconstruct societal barriers and diminish the stigma that surrounds psychiatry. Through educational initiatives, open discussions, and community engagement, we aim to foster a more informed and empathetic perspective on mental health. Join us as we work ardently to promote substantive change and understanding in the field of psychiatry.

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Faculty Advisor: Ankur Verma (averma28@uic.edu)

Sports Medicine Interest Group (SMIG) is a sub-speciality interest group designed to expose students to the field of sports medicine and its various career routes via workshops, panels, and on-field experiences. SMIG offers sports medicine shadowing opportunities under Family Medicine, PM&R, and Orthopedic Surgery physicians. SMIG also aims to introduce students to interprofessional athlete care with athletic trainers during practice and competition in partnership with UIC athletics. SMIG hosts an annual physical exam workshop as well as various opportunities to work with UIC athletics throughout the various athletic seasons.

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Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Tofovic (dtofov2@uic.edu)

This organization is intended to increase student involvement in the field of cardiology. We will have attending physicians speak on what they do in their practice, as well as provide opportunities for networking with physicians at UIC.

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Student Interest Group in Gastroenterology’s mission is to help students learn more about the field of gastroenterology and provide them opportunities to network with current GI specialists through workshops, panels, research, and volunteering events.

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– Expose students early on to the specialty.
– Provide fun workshops for students to learn more about practicing GI.
– Hold informative sessions where students can explore what it means to go into gastroenterology.
– Engage with the broader community.

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President: Katie Wu (kjwu3@uic.edu)

Vice-President: Anna Vasilevskaya (avasil20@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Rohith Erukulla (reruku2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Diana Mnatsakanova (dmnatsak@uic.edu)

The purpose of SIGN is to introduce medical students to the field of neurology by bringing them together with fellow students with similar interests through discussions by neurologists, patient presentations, seminars, journal clubs, learning materials, and arranged shadowings of neurologists in the workplace. Medical students become aware of opportunities, and participate in activities, related to the field of neurology, including opportunities for research, creating a new generation of neurologists.

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Faculty Advisor: Jacob Avraham (javrah2@uic.edu)

The goal of the organization is to introduce UICOM students to field of acute care/trauma and critical care (surgical&medical). Even as a medical student in clinical years, we won’t necessarily have a chance to gain exposure in these fields. But no matter what type of specialties we choose, we will have mandatory MICU, SICU or trauma blocks as interns. Therefore, we started this organization introducing to our students awesome things about the field, and gain great exposure. Moreover, one of the core aims would be to provide students with the opportunity to learn more about social determine of health of trauma, as well as partner with the community to address the root causes of violence and trauma.

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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dan Garvey (dgarveygu@yahoo.com)

Urology is a unique field that lies at the forefront of robotic surgery and innovation. It is a field of medicine which looks into male and female urinary tract and male reproductive tracts. Medical students often do not get exposure to this area of medicine, except as an elective. Urology intersects with many other areas of medicine, including: geriatrics, gynecology, oncology, and pediatrics making exposure to urology essential and relevant.

Our goal is to provide opportunities for exposure to urology research and procedures via on-hands workshops, residency information sessions and collaboration with other student run and professional organizations.

President: Tom Doonan (tdoona2@uic.edu) & Christopher Holden-Windgate (chold@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Arinze Ekowa (aekow@uic.edu)

Presidents: Quinn Lawery (qlawe2@uic.edu) & Sanders Salomon (ssalom3@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Isaiah Bell (ibell5@uic.edu)

Service Coordinator: Nasiruddin (Nas) Shaik

Physician Outreach Coordinator: Yarid Mera

Faculty Advisor: Garie Pierre-Louis (gariepl@uic.edu)

The Black Men in Medicine (BMIM) initiative aims to develop and support the needs of black male faculty, students, trainees and learners in the School of Medicine and to cultivate future healthcare and biomedical science professionals to address the historical underrepresentation of black men in medicine.

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President: Emily Muscat (emusca2@uic.edu) & Alyssa Horwitz (adhorwi2@uic.edu)

Vice President: Avi Fogel

Treasurer: Jason Fernando (jfern@uic.edu)

Secretary: Andrew LaValle
Community Partnerships Chair: Jessica Norman
Research Chair: Mason Clark
Education Chair: Julia Yu

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pavitra Kotini-Shah (pkotini@uic.edu)

UIC Chicago Street Medicine’s mission as a student-fueled, interprofessional, interdisciplinary organization is to improve the health and well-being of those experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Chicago through service, education, research, and advocacy. We provide medical students an opportunity to participate in “street runs” on a biweekly basis with a multidisciplinary healthcare team.

Website: chicagostreetmedicine.org

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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Heiferman (mheif@uic.edu)

The purpose of this organization is to provide free vision screenings to Chicago’s underserved neighborhoods by working out of the Community Health free clinic. Students will have the opportunity to learn clinical skills related to performing a basic eye exam and apply their non-clinical skills to screen adults for eye disease, including glaucoma, cataracts, and diabetic retinopathy.

President: Ashwini Deshpande (adeshp9@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Eli Walker (epw2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ben Gerber (bgerber@uic.edu)

The University of Illinois Hospital (UIH) and its surrounding community is located in one of the largest food deserts in Chicago. Many of the patients served by UIH live in neighborhoods with limited access to high-quality affordable and nutritious foods.

The Fresh Resource Urban Initiative Team (FRUIT) is a grassroots project with the objective of improving patient access to affordable, fresh produce and additional health resources. FRUIT also recognizes UIC medical students as future medical providers, and aims to increase their knowledge about fresh produce and healthy eating.

With these goals, the FRUIT team commits to promoting healthy eating and lifestyle choices among the UIH patient population and UIC medical students, and to contribute to primary prevention and patient education strategies beyond the clinic.

President: Cameron Pedersen (cpeder4@uic.edu)

Vice President: Zack Goldberg (zgoldbe2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Yanal Kawaleet (ykawal3@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Fred Zar (fazar@uic.edu)

Instagram: @guide_uic

gUIde is an organization focused on fostering meaningful relationships between University of Illinois at Chicago undergraduates and medical students. We hope to facilitate a dialogue between undergraduates interested in the medical field and current medical students. Our aim is to complement the Pre-Health Department by providing a peer perspective on the medical student lifestyle and the medical school application process.

President: Brendan Hickey & Ethan Jude Miranda

Vice-President: Yumin Kim & Susan Jeon

Treasurer: Alex Boskov

Faculty Advisor: Dr. H. Steven Sims (hssims@uic.edu)

HeartBeats is a UIC medical student volunteer group that aims to use live and virtual music performances to spread joy within vulnerable communities. After performing, we will then interact with our organizations- for example, either teaching short lessons at the children’s home or just building relationships and spending time with patients over zoom. HeartBeats works in part with Virtual Bedside Concerts, a group based in Boston from Harvard Medical School that was created during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic to address isolation in hospitals. Music is a powerful tool for connection and we hope to use that to support patients.

IG: @heartbeats_at_uicom
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President: Chikaodili Anikamadu (canik@uic.edu)

Vice Presidents: Kahaan Shah & Kimberly Liu

Treasurer: Yaron Zaret (yzaret2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Lewis Hsu (lewhsu@uic.edu)

The Hematology Advocacy Group at UICOM is a student-run organization dedicated to advancing public health through blood drives, educational seminars, and community outreach in collaboration with the American Society of Hematology and UI Health. Our mission is to raise awareness about hematologic conditions and improve public understanding of blood health through engagement and education.

Our upcoming projects include:

1. Blood Drives: We organize regular blood donation events in collaboration with local health organizations to address critical blood shortages and raise awareness about the importance of blood donation.
2. Hematology Seminars: We host educational seminars featuring expert speakers from the field of hematology to provide students and the community with up-to-date knowledge and insights on blood disorders, treatment options, and advancements in research.

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President: Kelly Yang (kyang52@uic.edu)

Vice President: Aashna Shah (ashah253@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Zoe Strong (zstrong2@uic.edu)

Director of Events: Nicholle Courrejolles (ncourr2@uic.edu)

Secretary: Bella Wrobel (iwrobel2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Erica Hinz (hinz83@uic.edu)

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We are one of 280+ MSFC chapters all around the world! Founded by medical students in 1993 as a response to the almost complete deficit of abortion education in their medical training, Medical Students for Choice (a 501©3 non-profit) has filled a unique niche in the abortion rights movement. We work to ensure that medical students and trainees are educated about all aspects of reproductive health care, including abortion. With abortion training still lacking in medical school curricula, MSFC members organize to change institutional policies and broaden opportunities for all their fellow students to receive family planning education.

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MSVP aims to empower future physicians to properly address the impact of violence on their patient’s health, and equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively advocate on their patient’s behalf and be a leader in volatile patient situations.

Presidents: Sydney Wahlen (swhale3@uic.edu), Haley Hultquist (hhultq2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Krupa Patel (kpate362@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Schulte (schulte9@uic.edu)

Other Board Members: Allison Soto, Mish Hukamdad, Paula Herbst, Kelly Yang, Emma Pappano

The purpose of MSWH is to change how women’s healthcare is approached locally and globally through educational reform, constructive conversations, focused volunteer work, and planned research. We hope to learn as much as we instruct; to better strengthen partnerships between female patients and future physicians.

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President: David Wu (dwu36@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Dominique Sanders (dsandrs2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Claudia Boucher-Berry (claudiab@uic.edu)

The New Life Volunteering Society free health clinic serves as a comprehensive medical care facility dedicated to serving the uninsured of Chicago in primary and secondary prevention of chronic medical conditions and also training future health care professionals by providing an educational setting to learn and practice clinical skills.

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The mission of PPE is to embed and amplify the patient perspectives within the UICOM student experience. At our core, we believe in facilitating interactions with numerous patient populations to guide students in understanding the illness experience. Through our organization’s initiatives, patient experience will shape our perspective and delivery of care.

Some of our ideas include:

• Coordinating a longitudinal matching program between students and chronically ill patient mentors
• Hosting speaker events featuring patients which hone in on patient directed themes
• Advocating for and facilitating the insertion of patient voices into the phase 1 curriculum

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Faculty Advisors: Dr. Sarah Messmer (messmer2@uic.edu), Dr. Amanda Osta (aosta1@uic.edu), Dr. Michelle Barnes (mbarnes@uic.edu), Dr. Kelsie Avants (kavants@uic.edu)

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President: Reginald Woods (rwoods98@uic.edu)

Vice-President: Nihmot Adebayo (nadeba2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Reginald Woods (rwoods98@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Melvin Lopata (mlopata@uic.edu)

UIC SRFC is a fully volunteer medical student run weekly clinic that operates out of the Community Health Clinic on the West Side of Chicago. We currently focus on general medicine and obstetrics/gynecology with student volunteers supervised by UIC Faculty & Residents.

The UIC Student Run Free Clinic (SRFC) is an organization of UIC Medical Students, Residents, and Faculty dedicated to providing quality health care to uninsured patients in Chicago. Through our partnership with the largest free medical clinic in Illinois, Community Health, SRFC provides primary care and gynecological health care services to patients at Community Health’s West Town location. Through SRFC, UIC students can apply their classroom knowledge in the clinical setting under the mentorship of UIC physicians.

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President: Amber Akhter & Christopher Martinez (cmart924@uic.edu)

Vice President: Niles Babin (nbabi@uic.edu) & Patrick Noone (pnoone2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Isabelle Brown (iabrown2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Orris (porris@uic.edu)

Welcome to Students for a National Health Program, the student arm of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP). PNHP is a single issue organization advocating a universal, comprehensive single-payer national health program with more than 19,000 members. We believe that a single publicly funded, privately delivered universal health care system is necessary for us to provide high quality care to all our patients.

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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Peter Orris (porris@uic.edu)

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The purpose of Sustainability in Medicine is to find environmentally friendly ways of practicing medicine. This includes lowering waste, recycling, and reusing medical supplies when possible. By being more cognizant of the environment when providing care, we increase the quality of life of the local and global population.

President: Amy Song (amysong2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lewis Hsu (LewHsu@uic.edu)

Students for Rare aims to increase awareness and education around rare diseases. We host panels to highlight the roles and experiences of rare disease patients, healthcare providers, researchers, and disease advocates. Additional events focus on exposing students to rare disease research, the interdisciplinary nature of caring for rare disease patients, the importance of advocacy and policy work, and how new therapies are developed. We fundraise for relevant causes and participate in rare disease conferences. Students for Rare is an official chapter of NORD Students for Rare, a division of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD).

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President: Victoria Di Franco and Sami Muslmani (mariavd2@uic.edu
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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel King

The American Medical Association, founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of physicians—both MDs and DOs—and medical students in the United States. The AMA’s mission is “to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.” The Medical Student Section (MSS) is the student arm of the American Medical Association. The MSS strives to be medical student’s leading voice for improving medical education and policy with the goal of bettering the future of medicine. The MSS provides student members with an important and visible platform for voicing concerns, advocating for chance, and proposing solution to problems in health care.

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The American Medical Student Association is committed to improving health care delivery, promoting active improvement in medical education, involving its members in the social and ethical obligations of the profession of medicine, assisting in the improvement and understanding of world health problems, and advancing the profession of medicine.

President: Malack Abdelsalam (mabdel48@uic.edu)

VP : Olivia Jazbutis (ojazbu2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Alivya Dantuluri (adantu2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amanda Osta

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The mission of the Association of Women Surgeons is to ENGAGE current and future women surgeons to realize their professional and personal goals. EMPOWER women to succeed. EXCEL in those aspirations through mentorship, education and a networking community that promotes their contributions and achievements as students, surgeons and leaders. We aim to foster an environment supportive of personal values and individual diversity and to advance the highest standards of competence and ethical behavior.

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President: Gloria Cheng (gchen59@uic.edu)

Vice-President: Taylor Webb

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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tim Murphy (tmurphy@uic.edu)

Ethics in Medicine is a student group dedicated to the discussion of moral perspectives in healthcare. Through open dialogue, we explore various contexts of ethics and professionalism in medicine, including areas of clinical care, biomedical research, social progress, and global health. We believe that the careful consideration of these subjects is necessary for the training of more mindful and compassionate physicians in our rapidly evolving healthcare system.

President: Heather Birdsell & Andrea Vavrinek

Treasurer: Hunter Smith

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Thomas Sims (tlsims@uic.edu)

President: Bani Medegan Fagla (bmedegan@uic.edu)

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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Thomas Sims (tlsims@uic.edu)

Instagram: @GSSA_UIC

Our organization is a local chapter of the Global Surgery Student Alliance (GSSA), a national student-run global surgery working group that aims to increase awareness and student exposure to global surgery through education and advocacy, research, and mentorship. Global surgery is a field that focuses on the practice of surgical specialties (including OB/Gyn and Anesthesia) in low resource settings and advocates for reducing the gaps in access to life-saving surgical care in low and middle income countries through capacity building. We hope to serve as a link to engage students in the field and foster the development of the next generation of global surgeons at UIC.

President: Adara Cross

Vice President: Lee Mario Clyne

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kristi Kirschner (kkirschn@uic.edu)

President: Klaudio Haxhillari (khaxhi2@uic.edu)

Vice President: Lawrence Wang (lwang213@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Jeremiah Heredia (jhered5@uic.edu)

Marketing Chair: Matthew Hillock (mfh2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ana Mauro (amauro2@uic.edu)

Interdisciplinary journal club that explores innovative research in medicine with the intention of being able to effectively analyze research using Evidence-Based Medicine.

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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amelia Bartholomew (ambart@uic.edu)

We facilitate the process of learning how to perform meaningful clinical research during your time in medical school. We maintain an advising database where students can identify peers with research experience to help them work through research-related problems. We also maintain a playbook of guidelines on how to perform a variety of core research competencies including but not limited to research question development, statistics, and manuscript writing.

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Faculty Advisor: Joanna Michel (jmiche3@uic.edu)

The mission of SIAM is to introduce students to holistic therapies that can allow them to best serve their future patients.

Co-Presidents: Zion Phillpotts (zphil@uic.edu), Cavell Means (cmean@uic.edu)

Vice-President: Destiny Burnett (dburn@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Jane Ude (fsouma2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alana Biggers (abigger2@uic.edu)

Student National Medical Association (SNMA) is committed to supporting current and future underrepresented minority medical students, addressing the needs of underserved communities, and increasing the number of clinically excellent, culturally competent and socially conscious physicians.

SNMA chapters based at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools throughout the nation, and some colleges, implement our programs and activities locally. SNMA programs are designed to serve the health needs of underserved communities and communities of color. In addition, SNMA is dedicated both to ensuring that medical education and services are culturally sensitive to the needs of diverse populations and to increasing the number of African-American, Latino, and other students of color entering and completing medical school.

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Instagram: @uicsnma

President: Lydia Eisenbeis (leise5@uic.edu) & Hussein Hassanein (hhassa21@uic.edu)

Vice-President: Sage Zonner (szonn@uic.edu) & Jane Claeys (jclae@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amelia Bartholomew (ambart@uic.edu)

We are dedicated to cultivating interest in surgery and maximizing potential of our fellow students to become outstanding surgeons. We accomplish this by facilitating shadowing and research opportunities, guest speaker events, and surgical skills workshops!

email: uicom.sss@gmail.com

instagram: @studentsurgicalsocietyatuicom

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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rubenfeld (abr2@uic.edu)

ValUIC seeks to advance care that achieves the best results for patients at the lowest cost at UIHealth and beyond by:

1- Educating UICOM students on value-based medicine. Students will supplement the curriculum with external modules, meeting monthly and interacting with faculty to cement their learning and create a community of advocates.
2 – Engaging in projects with the UIHealth system to evaluate and promote best practices in value-based medicine

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The Chromotones are an acapella vocal group made up of medical students from UICCOM. We perform at various events, including the M2 anatomy dedication ceremony and annual Christmas caroling in pediatrics! All experience levels are welcome, come sing with us!

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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Blackie (blackie@uic.edu)

The COM Artists group provides a creative outlet for students to engage with each other and with the community through music, literature, and visual art.

President: Kathy De La Torre (kathymd2@uic.edu)

Vice President: Vivian Nguyen (vnguye76@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Michaela Mullison (mmulli9@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Leelach Rothschild (leelach@uic.edu)

As first generation medical students, we lack the familiarity with the medical system that many of our peers have. Without this background, it’s easy to feel out of the loop in discussions about residency, lifestyle, and research. First Gen Med aims to close the gap. Ultimately 1GM will become a networking tool for first generation med students. It will be a safe space for people to ask questions and connect to mentors who also navigated medicine without family ties.

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President: Michelle Sheena
Kavya Anjur (msheen3@uic.edu,
kavyaa2@uic.edu)

Vice Presidents: Sneha Adusumilli
Divya Krishnakumar (sadusu3@uic.edu,
dkrish8@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Robby Schwartz
Hana Ahmed (rschw@uic.edu,
hanaa2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anna Gramelspacher (annamg@uic.edu) Dr. Michael Blackie (blackie@uic.edu)

HuMed (Humanities in Medicine) embodies an interdisciplinary community with a focus on the humanities. Our aim is to create a structured network for individuals in the fields of visual and performing arts, literature, ethics, and history, through creating a centralized avenue for existing health humanities resources. Our members will demonstrate competency in these areas through personal and professional development, and set the foundation for the development of a future track.

Facebook: HuMedatUIC

Email: uic.humed@gmail.com

Instagram: @humedatuic

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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Saul Weiner (sweiner@uic.edu)

Peer to peer support for medical students with any disability including learning disabilities, chronic illnesses, and physical disabilities.

Presidents: Caroline Caputo

Vice Presidents: Sarah Socha

Treasurer: Kendrick Choi

Faculty Advisor: Andrew Trotter (trottera@uic.edu)

Queer, M.D. is a student group that promotes the acceptance of LGBTQ+ students, faculty and staff through education and discussion of LGBTQ health issues and rights. In addition to being an educational and social resource, Queer, M.D. promotes social support and visibility to queer students, faculty, and staff, along with allies. Queer, M.D.. hosts speakers, panels, and workshops on campus; advocates for inclusion of LGBTQ+ health competencies in curricula; and provides opportunities for students and trainees to find mentorship.

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Presidents: Ryan Lee (rlee2503@uic.edu) & Megan Zhao

Treasurer: Robert Schwartz (rschw@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amy Lin (alin@uic.edu)

Tachycardio was formed to foster community amongst aspiring healthcare professionals who enjoy running. We meet biweekly for group runs and embrace runners of all different skill levels. Whether you’re a Boston Qualifier or an annual Turkey Trotter, let’s go run!

President: Emily Petrucci (epetru5@uic.edu)

Vice President: Gloria Choi (gchoi25@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Tasha Merchant (tmerc@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vinay Mikkilineni (vmikkil1@uic.edu)

We are a group dedicated to getting medical students into the wild and learning the field of wilderness medicine on the way. Students can expect to learn basic survival skills alongside wilderness medicine, spend time with their peers in the outdoors, and gain a better understanding of what a career in wilderness medicine may entail.

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Co-Presidents: Kelly Duong & Kaley Qin

Vice President: Kendrick Choi

Treasurers: Chris Vu

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amy Lin (alin34@uic.edu)

The Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association at UIC COM is a medical student organization dedicated to improving the health outcomes of underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in Chicago. APAMSA works to provide culturally competent services, resources, support, and education to these communities, and also seeks the professional development of medical students interested in similar goals. APAMSA aims to provide a community of medical students, faculty, physician, and other health professionals for the advancement of these commitments. UIC APAMSA is a chapter organization and a branch of the regional and national APAMSA organization.

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Instagram: @uicapamsa

Presidents: Jacqueline Williams (jwill296@uic.edu )

Vice President: Jacqueline Kieltyka (jkielt2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Deanna Aman (dkkeen2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Michael Charles (mcharle2@uic.edu)

The Christian Medical & Dental Association provides an avenue for medical students to engage with God and the Christian faith in the midst of medical school, including fostering a strong community among medical students interested in exploring the Christian faith. We hope that students will be able to see how faith intersects with and informs their practice of medicine. Throughout the year, CMDA offers students opportunities to grow spiritually and professionally through guest speaker events, bible studies, and healthcare/missions conferences. Everyone is invited and welcome to join!

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Faculty Advisor: Kimberly Densmore (ksd55@uic.edu)

We desire to meet the spiritual needs of UICOM by promoting fellowship and unity rooted in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. We understand that graduate school can be an isolating time for students and it’s also a time where spirituality diminishes. To meet this need, we aim to create an open community for students to build and give expression to their faith, to learn more about the love of God and be transformed into future healthcare professionals that bring healing to the world.

Presidents: Sakshi Dureja (sdurej2@uic.edu) & Sobhi Kazmouz (skazmo2@uic.edu)

Vice-President: Atithi Patel

Secretary: Rita Atalor

Faculty Advisor: Laura Hirshfield (lhirshf@uic.edu)

Our mission is to raise awareness about the unique set of challenges international students (on temporary student visas) face as well as provide current international medical students insight on how to surmount such obstacles.

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Co-Presidents: Carol Flores (cflor@uic.edu) & Ana Hernandez (ahem28@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Brena Obana Galvez (boban@uic.edu)

Treasurer: William Zhang (wzhan108@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Monica Vela (mvela@uic.edu)

The Latino Medical Student Association was established to serve Latino communities, to inspire young Latinos to pursue medical careers, and to support all who share an interest in teaching the underserved.

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President: Malack Abdelsalam (mabdel48@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Belal Asfour (basfou2@uic.edu)

Vice President: Malek Allababidi (mallab2@uic.edu)

Events/Communication: Eman Sharif (eshari2@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisors: Dr. Sarah Abboud (abbouds@uic.edu)

The Middle Eastern and North African Student Association (MENA) is dedicated to building a community and support system for students, faculty, and health professionals of MENA descent and anyone interested in the MENA region. By centering cultural awareness and humility, our goal is to encourage dialogue on topics pertaining to Middle Eastern health in the medical community, and to identify opportunities for service and advocacy in the U.S. and abroad.

Instagram: @mena_uic

President: Marwan Hamadeh

Vice President: Belal Asfour

Treasurer: Mohammed Abdul Muqsith

Faculty Advisor: Chaplain Ariz Saleem (asalee23@uic.edu)

The Muslim Medical Student Association aims to promote community development and advocacy for Muslims students at UIC. We seek to provide a platform for students to educate and support one another with their experience at the intersections of Islamic faith and the medical profession. In line with this goal, the Muslim Medical Student Association seeks to promote awareness of Muslim specific needs in healthcare through educational outreach, interfaith dialogue, community service, and mentorship.

President: Natalie Bourand (nboura3@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Taylor Tomasek (taylort3@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anna Lipowska (lipowska@uic.edu)

The mission of the UICOM’s PAMSS (Polish American Medical Student Society) is to foster a culture of health education and awareness within the Polish community and its neighboring areas in Chicago. With Chicago being the second most populated Polish city in the world, we are committed to promoting the significance of health management, preventive care, and the vital roles played by various healthcare professionals in patient well-being to this population.

Through organized events and community-tied initiatives, we strive to raise awareness about health education and screening, advocating for early detection and prevention of diseases. We hope to actively engage in fundraising activities to support other Polish organizations dedicated to health-related causes, working closely with the Junior Division of the Polish American Medical Society (PAMS) in Chicago at large.

As the population of Polish Americans in the United States and especially Chicago continues to grow, there is a critical need for healthcare professionals who possess the skills to effectively communicate and work with diverse communities. PAMSS’s service projects provide invaluable opportunities for students to enhance their clinical abilities in multicultural settings, develop proficiency in medical Polish, and deliver high-quality healthcare services free of charge to those in need. Representation holds immense significance, particularly in contexts where certain cultures exhibit higher levels of distrust towards medical guidance in unfamiliar environments. We will embrace the importance of breaking the language barrier in patient-provider interactions, allowing these individuals to feel comfortable in expressing their concerns and execute their physicians’ recommendations to improve their health.

In pursuit of our objectives, we will host guest lectures, educational panels, and volunteer both within and outside the campus environment, working closely with Polish patient populations like at CommunityHealth clinic. Our long-term vision includes empowering Polish Americans and immigrants of European descent with knowledge about the importance of healthcare and the management of chronic diseases, securing trust amongst physicians and patients to ultimately contribute to improved health outcomes and well-being in our communities.

President: Nancy Kaul (nkaul2@uic.edu) & Saranya Menon (smenon23@uic.edu)

Vice President: Deepa Dhillon (ddhill2@uic.edu)

Treasurer: Raj Barot (rajb2@uic.edu)

Health Fair Chair: Manisha Singam (msinga3@uic.edu)

Health Advocacy Chairs: Nathan Kumar (nathank3@uic.edu)

Social Chairs: Daksh Bhargava (dxb12@uic.edu) & Isaiah Bell (ibell5@uic.edu)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Memoona Hasnain (memoona@uic.edu)

The South Asian Medical Student Association focuses on fostering a community that will provide support and guidance for future medical students of South Asian descent as well as for members of the greater Chicago South Asian community we serve. SAMSA has traditionally hosted the Diwali night in the fall, an Annual Health Fair, and a Holi celebration in the spring.

Instagram: @uicomsamsa
Email: uicomsamsa@gmail.com

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Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gillian Eastman (geastman@uic.edu)