Student Organizations and Interest Groups

For descriptions of the student organizations listed below, click HERE.

Student Organizations 

  • Addiction Medicine: Justine Newman, Ireland Smith, Hendrick Hamilton & Sarah Foster; Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Camile Dunkley
  • Against Medical Advice (AMA) Student Advisory Council:  Imadh Khan, Josie Long & Abby Sartin; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Amanda Mulch
  • Alliance of Women in Medicine and Sciences (AWIMS):  Sarah Lee; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Vidhya Prakash
  • American Cancer Society with SIU SOM Oncology IG (associated with Relay for Life):  Allison Mool & Madelyn Skinner
  • American Muslim Medical Student Association (AMMSA): Samia Abduol-Qadir & Kenan Abed; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Aysha Rafaquat
  • American Medical Women's Association (AMWA): Sarah Lee & Nina Scott
  • Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA): Jonathan Chan & Anjali Patel; Faculty Sponsors:  Dr. Vidya Sundareshan & Dr. Sookyng Suh
  • Association of Women Surgeons:  Marissa Aviles & Carley Olson; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Deb Klamen
  • Basketball Club: Barrett "Alex" Beesley, Jackson Blough & Jacob Schmid; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Reobert Tennill
  • Children's Miracle Network (subgroup of the Pediatrics IG): Emma Trapp; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Marthe Dela Cruz
  • Christian Medical & Dental Associations (CMDA): Jonathan Chan & Madelynn Marunde
  • Collaborative Nutrition Program at Schools: Jennifer (Barnes) Shafer; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Stacy Sattovia
  • Correctional Medicine:  Olayemi Adebayo & Nana Quainoo;  Staff Sponsor:  Dawn DeFraties
  • Dance Outreach: Dr. Wendi El-Amin
  • Enos Elementary Mentoring Program & Birthday Club: Lauren Kee & Ginny Kreckman; Staff Sponsor:  Steven Sandstrom
  • Environment and Health Education: Kamil Hester, Justin Harris & Savannah Kidd; Faculty Sponsors:  Dr. Amanda Mulch & Dr. Mick Lynch
  • First Generation:  Angel Navarrete & Justine Crowell; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Nick Weshinskey
  • Fitness Club: Dr. Susan Hingle
  • GLMA: James Hillard & Jenna Lee
  • Global Health: Austin Balabas; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Lauri Lopp
  • Golf Club:  Carson Lewis & Tyler Meng; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Doug Carlson
  • Kern National Network Student Chapter: Tayli Shekleton & Alex Kowalski; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Deb Klamen
  • Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA): Duilio Cervantes & Manuel Partida; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Haneme Idrizi
  • Lifestyle Medicine:  Justin Harris & Savannah Kidd; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Stacy Sattovia
  • Mary Bryant Home BINGO: Hannah Schmidt
  • Medical Legal Partnerships (MLP):  Carolyn Pointer
  • Medical Students with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities Alliance:  Shrihita Ganga & Kymberly Harrington;  Faculty Sponsors:  Dr. Haneme Idrizi & Dr. Amanda Mulch
  • Med-Psych Outreach Organization:  Zach Gutenkaudf & Caleb Rathbun; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Abby Bilderback
  • Mentorship in Medicine:  Carson Lewis & Sarah McLaughlin; Faculty Sponsors:  Dr. Amanda Mulch & Dr. Haneme Idrizi
  • Performing Arts:  Maddie Stacey, James Hillard, Jess Sheelam & Lydia Fulton; Staff Sponsor:  Hope Cherry
  • Physician Pipeline Program:  Jessica Griffin, Hannah Feldt, Skylar Ozoh & Savannah Kidd; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Wendi El-Amin
  • Scope:  Jenna Ribbing, Ireland Smith, Jenna Lee, Yixuan Ma & Diandra Donkor; Faculty Sponsors:  Dr. Amelia Frank, Dr. Amit Sapra & Dr. Susan Hingle
  • Senior Support Squad:  Nick Stevenson
  • SIU Annual Chess Tournament:  Murtaza Jatoi & Justin Harris; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Susan Hingle
  • Spiritually Informed Medicine:  Barrett "Alex" Beesley; Faculty Sponsors:  Dr. Rachel Rahman & Carolyn Pointer
  • Student Advocates for Preventative Health (StAPH):  Murtaza Jatoi & Afam Maduka; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Christopher Gleason
  • Student Hotspotting:  Hope Cherry & Hannah Rovey
  • Student National Medical Association (SNMA): David Salami & Adetolani Adeyefa
  • Tar Wars: Jenna Lee, Skylar Ozoh & Jenna Ribbing
  • ThinkFirst: Justine Newman & Kyle Struck; Staff Sponsor:  CJ Compardo
  • Top Soccer: Kyle Cole, Tayli Shekleton & Kassie Funke

Pathways

  • Health Advocacy Scholar:  Dr. Kelly Hurst & Dr. Wendi El-Amin
  • Interprofessional Complex Care Collaborative Scholar (ICCC):  Hope Cherry & Dr. Abby Bilderback
  • Leadership:  Dr. Deb Klamen
  • Medical Education:  Dr. Deb Klamen
  • Medical Humanities:  Dr. Susan Hingle
  • Research Scholar:  Dr. Andrea Braundmeier 

Specialty Interest Groups

  • Anesthesia: Jake Schmid & Nick Stevenson; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Drew Henry
  • Cardiovascular:  Tyler Meng, Jared Salrin, Taylor Shoraga & Alanna Kaminsky; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Abhishek Kulkarni
  • Culinary Medicine: Temitope Adeleke & Brianna Sexton; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Stacy Sattovia
  • Dermatology: Zelinda Taylor & Savannah Kidd; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Lucinda Buescher
  • Diagnosic & Interventional Radiology:  Hannah Johnson & Imadh Khan; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Vincent Zata
  • Emergency Medicine: Micaylen Wolf & Kodi Smith; Faculty Sponsors:  Dr. Robert Tennill & Dr. Evan Jenkins
  • Family Medicine: Lauren Garbe & Tafanie Roye; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Christopher Gleason
  • Geriatric: Dinadra Donkor & Zelinda Taylor; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Asiya Mohammed
  • Health Policy: Justine Newman & Aungelique McGhee; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Meredith Volle
  • Infectious Disease: Sophia MacLean Mohn;  Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Vidya Sundareshan
  • Internal Medicine: Murtaza Jatoi & Samuel Fisher; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Martha Hlafka
  • Medical Education: Allison Mool & Sydney Marshall; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Anna Cianciolo
  • Medical Humanities: Yixuan Ma & Ireland Smith; Faculty Sponsors:  Dr. Susan Hingle & Hope Cherry
  • Military:  Hannah Gahagan; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Eunice Torres
  • Neurological Surgery: Noah Drewes & Guadalupe Ruiz; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Bruce Frankel
  • Neurology:  Raya Gandhi & Justin Harris; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Ahmed Abbas
  • OB/GYN: Maddie Stacey, Nina Tran; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Terah Holland
  • Oncology:  Allison Mool & Madelyn Skinner
  • Ophthalmology:  Mostafa Massoud
  • Orthopaedic Surgery: Kyle Struck & Emily Fahey
  • Otolaryngology (ENT): Amy Lee & Ally Hamon; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Dana Crosby
  • Pathology: Justine Newman & Angel Lopez; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Richard Selinfreund
  • Pediatrics: Emma Trapp; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Marthe Dela Cruz
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Charles Hughes & Jonathan Chan; Faculty Sponsors:  Dr. Jordan Sestak-Bruce, Dr. Louis Graham & Dr. Gary Stover
  • Plastic Surgery: Sarah Lee, Kyle Kiefer, Claire Robinson & Divinity Rhodes
  • Psychiatry: Barrett "Alex" Beesley & Hannah Feldt; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Ayame Takahashi
  • Research:   Madelynn Marunde & Rebecca Corzine; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Vidya Sundareshan
  • Sports Medicine: Jake Vorreyer & Jonathan Chan; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Sarah Leaf
  • Surgery: Noah Drewes, Chris Rossi & Kyle Struck; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Sowmy Thuppal
  • Urology:  Raheel Makhani; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Franscesca Monn
  • All Specialties/General:  Justine Crowell; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Amanda Mulch

Carbondale Groups

  • Advocates for Rural Health: Brett Tuttle, Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Jen Rose
  • Against Medical Advice (AMA) Student Advisory Council:  Imadh Khan, Josie Long & Abby Sartin; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Amanda Mulch
  • Book Club:  Dr. Amanda Mulch
  • Emergency Medicine Interest Group:  Pavani Nukala & Katie Kohlberg; Faculty Sponsors:  Dr. Blake Bruton & Dr. Vicky Hwang
  • Environmental and Health Education: Alana Goodson; Faculty Sponsors:  Dr. Amanda Mulch & Dr. Mick Lynch
  • Family Medicine Interest Group:  Lauren Garbe & Tafanie Roye; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Deedra McLain
  • First Generation:  Angel Navarrete & Justine Crowell; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Nick Weshinskey
  • Health Policy Interest Group: Zach Bennett; Faculty Sponsor:  Sheila Simon
  • Medical Education Interest Group:  Allison Mool & Sydney Marshall; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Nick Weshinskey
  • Medical Humanities Interest Group:  Yixuan Ma & Ireland Smith;  Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Terry Miksanek
  • Medical Students with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities Alliance:  Shrihita Ganga & Kymberly Harrington;  Faculty Sponsors:  Dr. Haneme Idrizi & Dr. Amanda Mulch
  • Med-Psych Outreach Organization:  Zach Gutenkaudf & Caleb Rathbun; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Abby Bilderback
  • Mentorship in Medicine:  Carson Lewis & Sarah McLaughlin; Faculty Sponsors:  Dr. Amanda Mulch & Dr. Haneme Idrizi
  • Neurology Interest Group:  Amber Schwertman; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Andrea Loggini
  • OBGYN Interest Group:  Alyssa Dollison & Alana Goodson; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Amanda Mulch
  • Research Interest Group:  Madelynn Marunde & Rebecca Corzine; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Vidya Sundareshan
  • Student Hotspotting: Dr. Abby Bilderback
  • Surgery Interest Group:  Jack Carnduff, Austin Farmer & Evan Beilfuss; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Amanda Mulch
  • All Specialties/General Interest Group:  Justine Crowell; Faculty Sponsor:  Dr. Amanda Mulch