Student Organizations and Interest Groups

Student Organizations

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

Specialty Interest Groups

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Anesthesia: Jake Schmid, Nick Stevenson & Dr. Drew Henry (faculty)
Dermatology: Zelinda Taylor, Savannah Kidd & Dr. Lucina Buescher (faculty)
Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology: Hannah Johnson, Imadh Khan & Dr. Vincent Zata (faculty)
Emergency Medicine: Micaylen Wolf & Kodi Smith; Faculty - Dr. Robert Tennill & Dr. Evan Jenkins
Family Medicine: Lauren Garbe & Tafanie Roye; Faculty - Dr. Chris Gleason & Tara South
General Surgery: Noah Drewes, Chris Rossi, Kyle Struck & Dr. Sowmy Thuppal (faculty)
Geriatric: Diandra Donkor & Zelinda Taylor; Faculty - Dr. Tomonao Hashimoto & Dr. Asiya Mohammed
Health Policy: Justin Newman, Aungelique McGhee & Dr. Meredith Volle (faculty)
Infectious Disease: Sophia MacLean Mohn & Dr. Vidya Sundareshan (faculty)
Internal Medicine: Murtaza Jatoi, Samuel Fisher & Dr. Martha Hlafka (faculty)
Medical Education: Allison Mool, Sydney Marshall & Dr. Anna Cianciolo (faculty)
Medical Humanities: Yixuan Ma, Ireland Smith; Faculty - Dr. Susan Hingle & Hope Cherry
Neurological Surgery: Noah Drewes, Guadalupe Ruiz & Dr. Bruce Frankel (faculty)
Neurology: Raya Gandhi, Justin Harris & Dr. Ahmed Abbas (faculty)
OB/GYN: Maddie Stacey, Nina Tran & Dr. Terah Holland (faculty)
Oncology: Allison Mool & Madelyn Skinner
Ophthalmology: Mostafa Massoud
Orthopedic Surgery: Kyle Struck & Emily Fahey
Otolaryngology (ENT): Amy Lee, Ally Hamon & Dr. Dana Crosby (faculty)
Pathology: Justine Newman, Angel Lopez & Dr. Richard Selinfreund (faculty)
Pediatrics: Emma Trapp & Dr. Marthe Dela Cruz (faculty)
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Charles Hughes & Jonathan Chan; Faculty - Dr. Jordan Sestak-Bruce, Dr. Louis Graham & Dr. Gary Stover
Plastic Surgery: Sarah Lee & Kyle Kiefer
Psychiatry: Barrett "Alex" Beesley, Hannah Feldt & Dr. Ayame Takahashi (faculty)
Radiology: Hannah Roberts, Chelsey Wisehart
Research: Rebecca Corzine, Madelynn Marunde & Dr. Vidya Sundareshan (faculty)
Sports Medicine: Jake Vorreyer, Jonathan Chan & Dr. Sarah Leaf (faculty)
Vascular Surgery: Garrett Sweat

Carbondale Interest Groups

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Advocates for Rural Health: Brett Tuttle & Dr. Jennifer Rose (faculty)
Book Club: Dr. Amanda Mulch
Emergency Medicine Interest Group: Pavani Nukala & Katie Kohlbert; Faculty - Dr. Blake Bruton & Dr. Vicky Hwang
Environmental & Health Education: Alana Goodson; Faculty - Dr. Amanda Mulch & Dr. Mick Lynch
Family Medicine Interest Group: Lauren Garbe, Tafanie Roye & Dr. Deedra McLain (faculty)
General Surgery Interest Group: Jack Carduff, Austin Farmer, Evan Beilfuss & Dr. Amanda Mulch (faculty)
Medical Humanities Interest Group: Yixuan Ma, Ireland Smith & Dr. Terry Miksanek (faculty)
Neurology Interest Group: Amber Schwertman & Dr. Andrea Loggini (faculty)
OB/GYN Interest Group: Alyssa Dollison, Alana Goodson & Dr. Amanda Mulch (faculty)
Student Hotspotting: Dr. Abby Bilderback (faculty)