List of Student Organizations
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- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- American Geriatrics Society
- American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)
- Anesthesiology Interest Group
- Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association
- Association of Women Surgeons
- Bloomer Hill Rural Health Coalition
- Cardiology Interest Group
- Carolina Genetics
- Carolina OB/GYN Interest Group (COGIG)
- Christian Medical & Dental Association (CDMA)
- Climate Leadership and Environmental Action Network
- Clinical Ethics Discussion Group (CEDG)
- Critical Care Interest Group
- Dermatology Interest Group (DIG)
- Emergency Medicine Interest Group
- ENT Interest Group
- Family Medicine Interest Group
- Farmworker Student Health Alliance
- The Gardening and Ethnobotany in Academia Project
- Healthcare For All UNC
- Health Policy Interest Group
- Heeling in Harmony (Organization maintained in HeelLife by undergraduate chapter)
- Hematology Oncology Interest Group
- Honduran Health Alliance
- IMPACT
- Infectious Disease Interest Group
- Internal Medicine- Pediatrics Interest Group
- Internal Medicine Interest Group
- Intimate Partner Violence Advocacy & Awareness (IPVAA)
- IPEP- Interprofessional Education and Practice
- Islamic Medical Association (IMA)
- Jewish Medical Student Association
- Latino Medical Student Association
- Medical Mentors
- Medical Student Pride Alliance
- Medical Students for Choice
- Military Medicine Interest Group
- Ophthalmology Interest Group (OIG)/SHAC Ophthalmology
- Orthopedic Surgery Interest Group
- Palliative Care Interest Group
- Pathology Interest Group
- Pediatrics Interest Group
- Peer Mentor Network
- Physicians for Human Rights
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Interest Group
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Interest Group
- Progressing as Tar Heels – Medicine Mentors
- Psychiatry Interest Group
- Radiology Interest Group
- Refugee Health Initiative
- Rheumatology Interest Group
- Samaritan Mobile Health Clinic
- Simulation Lab Integrated Curriculum Experience
- Sports Medicine Interest Group
- Stop the Bleed at UNC-Chapel Hill
- Surgery Interest Group (George Sheldon Society)
- UNC American Medical Student Association, Medical Chapter
- UNC-CH Gold Humanism Honor Society
- UNC SOM Family Support Initiative
- UNC-SOM Opioid Addiction/ Addiction Management Interest Group
- Vascular and Interventional Radiology Interest Group
- Wilderness Medicine Interest Group
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Faculty Advisory: Carolyn Quinsey
Primary Contact: Wilson Fisher
American Geriatrics Society
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Ellen Roberts
Primary Contact: Jennifer Ling
Link: American Geriatrics Society
American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Erin Malloy
Primary Contact: Joanmarie Lewandowski
Link: American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)
Anesthesiology Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Shawn Jia
Primary Contact: Victoria Risner
Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Alice Ma
Primary Contact: Emily Kounlavong
Association of Women Surgeons
Faculty Advisory: Arielle Perez
Primary Contact: Julia Kessel
Bloomer Hill Rural Health Coalition
Primary Contact: Meghan Pavelka
Cardiology Interest Group
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lisa Rose-Jones
Primary Contact: Anis El Marzouki
Carolina Genetics
Faculty Advisory: Jonathan Berg
Primary Contact: Emily Kounlavong
Carolina OB/GYN Interest Group (COGIG)
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Amy Bryant
Primary Contact: Katherine Welch
Christian Medical & Dental Association (CDMA)
Faculty Advisory: Corey Whittaker
Primary Contact: Andrew Harmody
Link: Christian Medical & Dental Association (CMDA)
Climate Leadership and Environmental Action Network
Faculty Advisory: Yee Lam
Primary Contact: Jake Dillard
Clinical Ethics Discussion Group (CEDG)
Faculty Advisory: Arlene Davis
Primary Contact: Matthew Washko
Critical Care Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Shawn Jia
Primary Contact: Justin Magin
Dermatology Interest Group (DIG)
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Michelle Pearlstein
Primary Contact: Emma Myers
Link: Dermatology Interest Group (DIG)
Emergency Medicine Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Howard Choi
Primary Contact: Henry Flynn
Link: Emergency Medicine Interest Group
ENT Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Rupali Shah
Primary Contact: Makayla Matthews
Link: ENT Interest Group
Family Medicine Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Kelly Smith
Primary Contact: Annie Chen
Link: UNC School of Medicine Family Medicine Interest Group
Farmworker Student Health Alliance
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Marco Aleman
Primary Contact: Emma Tayloe
Link: Farmworker Student Health Alliance
The Gardening and Ethnobotany in Academia Project
Primary Contact: Torin O’Brien
Link: The GAEA Project
Healthcare For All UNC
Primary Contact: Emma Tayloe
Health Policy Interest Group
Primary Contact: Elizabeth Fernandes
Heeling in Harmony (Organization maintained in HeelLife by undergraduate chapter)
Faculty Advisory: Nicholas Dieugenio
Primary Contact: Caroline Buse
Link: Heeling in Harmony
Hematology Oncology Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Alice Ma
Primary Contact: Matthew Washko
Link: Hematology Oncology Interest Group
Honduran Health Alliance
Primary Contact: Ashley Parker
IMPACT
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Alice Ammerman
Primary Contact: Hannah Hulshult
Infectious Disease Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Jessica Lin
Primary Contact: Megan Walsh
Internal Medicine- Pediatrics Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Alyssa Tilly
Primary Contact: Moriah Barker
Internal Medicine Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Karen Kimel-Scott
Primary Contact: Laura Wiser
Intimate Partner Violence Advocacy & Awareness (IPVAA)
Faculty Advisory: Amy Weil
Primary Contact: Madisyn Hill
IPEP- Interprofessional Education and Practice
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Sarah Smithson
Primary Contacts: Natalie Browne, Christian Goodwin, Erica Zeng
Islamic Medical Association (IMA)
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Beat Steiner
Primary Contact: Habiba Ahmed
Link: Islamic Medical Association (IMA)
Jewish Medical Student Association
Faculty Advisory: Caitlin Green
Primary Contact: Allison Naudé
Latino Medical Student Association
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Marco Aleman
Primary Contact: Adilene Ramirez
Link: Latino Medical Student Association
Medical Mentors
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Edward Kernick
Primary Contact: Simrat Arora
Link: UNC Medical Mentors
Medical Student Pride Alliance
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Stuart Gold
Primary Contacts: Jessie Walter, Laura Sheridan
Link: Med Student Pride Alliance
Medical Students for Choice
Faculty Advisory: Amy Bryant, Jessica Morse
Primary Contacts: Kelli Avalos, Brinda Sarathy
Military Medicine Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Martin McCaffery
Primary Contact: Andrea Filozof
Link: Military Medicine Interest Group
Ophthalmology Interest Group (OIG)/SHAC Ophthalmology
Faculty Advisory: Meredith Klifto
Primary Contact: Alan Zhao
Orthopedic Surgery Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Robert Esther
Primary Contact: Cameron Kurz
Palliative Care Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Gary Winzelberg
Primary Contact: Catalina Berenblum Tobi
Pathology Interest Group
Primary Contact: Aaron Dobbins
Pediatrics Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Dr. William Mills
Primary Contact: Marcus Donnelly
Link: Pediatric Interest Group
Peer Mentor Network
Primary Contact: Taylor Tibbs
Physicians for Human Rights
Faculty Advisory: Martha Carlough
Primary Contact: Tyler Rapp
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Jeyhan Wood MD
Primary Contact: Lauren Catterall
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Lee Shuping
Primary Contact: Peter Said
Progressing as Tar Heels – Medicine Mentors
Faculty Advisory: Daryhl Johnson
Primary Contact: William Martin
Psychiatry Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Erin Malloy, Dr. Roberto Blanco
Primary Contact: Victoria Fonesca
Radiology Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Brian Douglas Handly
Primary Contact: Jennifer Ling
Link: Radiology Interest Group
Refugee Health Initiative
Primary Contact: Elgin Yalin
Rheumatology Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Laura Cannon
Primary Contact: Carolina Vo
Samaritan Mobile Health Clinic
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Justin Myers
Primary Contacts: Jon Grubbs, Hannah Vrooman, Ashlee Taylor, Saheli Parekh
Simulation Lab Integrated Curriculum Experience
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Paul Shea
Primary Contact: Landon Larabee
Sports Medicine Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: David Berkoff
Primary Contact: Austin Coale
Stop the Bleed at UNC-Chapel Hill
Primary Contact: Ali Khan
Surgery Interest Group (George Sheldon Society)
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Luigi Pascarella
Primary Contact: Katie LeCroy
Link: Surgery Interest Group (George Sheldon Society)
UNC American Medical Student Association, Medical Chapter
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Georgette Dent
Primary Contact: James Hong
UNC-CH Gold Humanism Honor Society
Primary Contact: Kristen Westfall
UNC SOM Family Support Initiative
Faculty Advisory: Angelica Glover
Primary Contact: Andrea Roberts
UNC-SOM Opioid Addiction/ Addiction Management Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Robyn Jordan
Primary Contact: Madeleine Laughon
Vascular and Interventional Radiology Interest Group
Faculty Advisory: Dr. Jessica Kelly Stewart
Primary Contact: Srinath Soundararajan
Link: Vascular and Interventional Radiology Interest Group
Wilderness Medicine Interest Group
Primary Contact: Lindsey Klickstein