Student Organizations
The School of Medicine has a wide range of student organizations for students to join. SOM student organizations are under the umbrella of the Medical Student Advisory Council and must follow their guidelines in order to receive funding through MSAC.
Additionally, students are encouraged to explore the options offered through Student Life. All student organizations must be approved through the UMKC Student Life Office and should have a faculty and staff advisor. For more information about the approval process please consult the guidelines found at http://studo.umkc.edu/FAQ.htm. In addition to the access to student activity fees, student recognition allows organizations:
- Use of space at the School of Medicine
- Advising support
- Inclusion of events in the Student Affairs Announcements
- Public relations support
- Bulletin board space
- Leadership training
Forms:
• SOM Pre-Event
• SOM Post Event
• MSAC ProCard Rules and Regulations
Medical Student Advisory Council (MSAC)
Niloofar Shahmohammadi, M.A., Advisor
President: Caroline Doo
Executive Vice President: Vritti Gupta
Administrative Vice President: Rini Desai
Treasurer: Clay Ritchey
Secretary: Anna Shah
Community Service Chairs: Nikki Duggal, Neil Patel
Social Chairs: Ajaya Moturu
American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants Class Representatives
Rachel Luptak-Bayer, Class of 2012
Will Finn, Class of 2013
Alpha Omega Alpha
John Foxworth, Pharm.D., Advisor, foxworthj@umkc.edu, 816-235-1925
President, Heather Walters
Vice President, Ben Wiele
Secretary, Maggie Wessling
Treasurer, Mani Javvaji
American Medical Association (AMA) Student Chapter
President- Sara Monfared
Vice-President- Monica Shukla
Secretary- Joey Guidos
Treasurer- Raza Hasan
Community Service Chair- Sneha Chintamaneni
Recruitment Chair- Josie Doo
Delegate- Caroline Doo
Alt Delegate- David Poindexter
American Medical Women's Association
Carol Stanford, M.D, Advisor
Jennifer McBride, M.D. Advisor
President - Melanie Ruiz
Vice President - Nikki Duggal and Katy Nickols
Secretary - Abby Hardin
Treasurer - Fatimah Ahmed
Community Service Chair - Katey Davis and Vanessa Smith
Social Chair - Nasreen Quadri
Personal Relation Chair - Apurva Bhatt
Anesthesiology Interest Group
Executive President: Vidhi Srivastava
Administrative President: Zahid Merchant
Vice President: Mohamed Osman
Treasurer: Seth Eisenberg
Secretary: Devin Bass
Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA)
Staff Advisor, Cary Chelladurai
President, Sagar Patel
Vice President, Tiffany Mao
Secretary, Mitesh Patel
Treasurer, Caroline Doo
Public Relations: Amanda Phan
Social Chair: Mike Tran
Historian: Mitesh Patel
Webmaster: Frank Xing
Year 2 Rep, Hassan Amneet
Year 2 Rep, Setu Parmpreet
Email: umkcapamsa@umkc.edu
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/umkcapamsa/Home
Christian Medical and Dental Student Association
President : Gabrielle Curry gac9vf@mail.umkc.edu (phone-(816-872-7122)
Vice President : David Poindexter- davidpoindexter@gmail.com
Treasurer : Joshua Williams--jswxw6@mail.umkc.edu
Color Officers (Docent Unit Officers)
Gladys Zollar-Jones, Advisor, zollar-jonesg@umkc.edu
235-1906
Dermatology Interest Group
President- Kaitlin Vogt
Co Vice Presidents- Prasanthi Kandula and Vidhi Shah
Co Secretary- Wasfia Alikhan and Amina Qayum
Treasurer: Lindsay Utley
Volunteer Coordinator- Christopher Schiavo
Emergency Medicine Interest Group
Faculty Advisors: Emily Hillman, MD & Stefanie Ellison, MD
Year 6 Co-Presidents: Meena Subramanian & Brandon Elder
Year 5 Co-Presidents: Megan Litzau and Will Enochs
Secretary: Grace Ortman
Treasurer: Jacob Arnold
Family Medicine Interest Group
George Harris, M.D., Advisor
President: Amanda Williams - aswhx5@mail.umkc.edu
Secretary: Jenny Eichhorn
Student Liaison and Community Service Chair: Emily Gray
http://umkc-fmig.blogspot.com/
Free Eye Clinic
Faculty Advisor: Nancy Kunjukunju, MD, UMKC Ophthalmology Residency Program Director
Resident Liason: Adam McLaughlin, MD, UMKC Opthalmology Resident PGY3
Executive Director: Birju Solanki
Program Director: Sheela Vivekanandan
Clinic Director: Fatima Ali and Anna Shah
Grants: Himanshu Banda
Public Relations Chair: Aditi Jani and Mariam Nawas
Fundraising Chair: Erin Sieck and Prasanthi Kandula
Patient Relations: Corey Waldman and Alex Zabaneh
Technology Chair: Malay Bhatt and Trina Ghosh
Global Medical Brigades
President: Abigail Hardin
Vice-president: Amna Hilal
Recruiting chair: Mike Pavlisin
Treasurer: Erin Sieck
Secretary: Katy Nickols
Fundraising Coordinatior: Dylan Wyatt
GlobeMed (Global Medical Relief Program)
Lynda Payne, Ph.D., Advisor
External Co-President: Matthew Goers
Internal Co-President (Fall): Hassan Rao
Internal Co-President (Spr): Salik Choudhary
Co-Campaign Coordinator: Simmi Arora
Co-Campaign Coordinator: Laura Schoeneberg
Director of Finances: Asm Iftiar Chowdhury
Director of Communications: Nistasha Khullar
Community Builder: Nasreen Quadri
co-GHU Coordinator: Katrina Abella
co-GHU Coordinator: Melony Chakrabarty
Gold Humanism Honor Society
Carol Stanford, M.D., Advisor, ctanfordC@umkc.edu, 816 235-1964
Co-President: Melony Chakrabarty
Co-President: Victoria
Vice President: Sarah Jennison
Treasurer: Himanshu Banda
Internal Medicine Interest Group
Adivisor: Connie Beachler
President: Pratik Sandesara
Co-Vice Presidents: Sean Reddy & Neil Patel
Secretary: Victoria Rizk
Treasurer: Raza Hasan
Public Relations Chair: Shaham Mumtaz
Community Service Chair: Hirak Shah
Public Relations: Vidhi Shah
MD-Only Student Organization
President: Kristin Burns
Vice President: Moo Cho
Treasurer: Meera Patel
Secretary: Brian Weber
Philanthropy Chairman: Jodie Amschler
Social Chairman: Loreley Robie
Year 3 Class Representative: Dean Merrill
Year 4 Class Representative: Scott Helgeson
Year 5 Class Representative: Daniel Han
Year 6 Class Representative: Adam Van Mason
Medical Humanities Interest Group
Advisor: Theresa Andrews
President: Corey Waldman
Vice President: Vicki Rizk
Treasurer: Malilka Thampy
Secretary: Frank Xing
Medical Student Wellness Council
Advisor: Niloofar Shahmohammadi
Co-President: Neha Rajkanan
Co-President: Hirak Shah
Secretary: Ritika Kaula
Treasurer: Furqaan Sadiq
Fundraising Chair: Malay Bhatt
Year 3 Representative: Richa Sutaria
Year 4 Representative: David Testrake
Year 5 Representative: Neha Rajkanan
Ob-Gyn Interest Group
Co-Presidents: An Pham, Noor Abu Alnadi, Sarah Nazeer,
Chetna Arora & Jolaiya Ogunniyi
Secretary: Gretchen Woodfork
Treasurer: Sarah Smith
Community Service Chair: Maria Uloko
Public Relations Chair: Kayla Lash
Social Chair: Pooja Thimmappa
On-Call Musicians
President: Yevgeniy Khariton
Vice President: Christopher Brett
Ophthalmology Interest Group
Rick Lustig, M.D., Advisor
Co-presidents: Anna Shah & Himanshu Banda
Co-Vice Presidents: Alex Zabaneh & Krishna Patel
Secretary: Faheem Mohammed
Treasurer: Erin Sieck
Special Events Coordinators: Loreley Robie & Setu Patel
Pediatric Interest Group
Advisor: Dr. Maria Dycoco, M.D.
Advisor: Dr. Newman
Advisor: Connie Beachler
President: Jodie Amschler MSV
Vice President: Katy Nickols MSIV
Conference Chairs: Sarah Kirkpatrick MSIV & Hema Navaneethan MSV
Secretary: Sneha Chintamaneni
Treasurer: Hassan Ahmed MSV
Community Service Chair: Claire Hickey MSV
Historian: Mary Nguyen MSIII
Social/Recruitment Chair: McKenzie Lutz MSIII
Public Relations Chair: Pooja Thimmappa MSV
Psychiatry Interest Group
Advisor: Stuart Munro, M.D.
Advisor: Connie Beachler
President: Sanjeev Keshary
Vice President: Mahesh Rajamani
Secretary: Amanda Thomas
Treasurer: Trent Myers
MSAC Representative: Ming Chi
Radiology Interest Group
Dr. Lawrence Ricci, Advisor
Co-President: Syed (Azhar) Mohiuddin
Co-President:
Co-Vice President:
Co-Vice-President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Educational Chair:
Secretary:
PR/Recruitment Chair:
Student Activity Funding Committee (SAFC)
Representative: Krishna Patel; Alternate - Kiki Osude
Student GovernmentAssociation (SGA)
Representative: Josh Burke, _________(open); Alternate - Race Creeden
Student National Medical Association (SNMA)
Susan Wilson, Ph.D., Advisor, wilsonsb@umkc.edu, 816-235-1780
Kenneth Beene, Advisor, beenek@umkc.edu, 816-235-1700
President: Yosafe Wakwaya
Co-Vice Presidents: Michala Brown and Anezi Uzendu
Secretary: Gretchen Woodfork
Co-Community Service Chairs:Chiazotam Ekekezie and Aaron Jones
Treasurer: Nkiru (Ki Ki) Osude
Social Chair: Jazmine Smitn
Historian: Nathaniel Hayward III
Parliamentarian: Ryan Stokes
Sojourner Clinic
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dan Purdom, MD and Angela Barnett, MD
Executive Directors: Craig Rapheal and Sheela Vivekanadan
Program Assistant: Merriam Massey (masseym@umkc.edu)
Senior Advisor: Krystal Sully
Main Operations Manager: Nikoo Cheraghi
Managers: Himanshu Banda, Ashika Odhav, Anant Kharod, Sarah Beck, Ali Hasan, Ramya Kollipara, Jawaad Hasan, Ashwini Poola, Syed (Azhar) Mohiuddin, and Craig Raphael
Treasurer: Vikam Chakravarthy
Public Relations: Apurva Bhatt
Secretary: Monica Mikkilineni
Pharmacy Liaison: Sheeba Kunnel
Webmaster: Krupa Patel
Laboratory Directors: Arfaa Ali and Noor Abu Alnadi
New Managers: Matt Goers, Rippa Patel, Mario Uloko, Adam Fledderman
Senior
Managers: Himanshu Banda, Sarah Beck, Nikoo Cheraghi, Ashika Odhav, Ashwini Poola, Ramya Kollipara, Azhar Mohiuddin,Jawad Hasan
Contact: umkcfreeclinic@umkc.edu
Website: http://studo.umkc.edu/sojournerhealthclinic
** to volunteer, email umkcfreeclinic@umkc.edu with your name and year**
Surgical Society
Glenn Talboy, MD, Faculty Advisor
Co-Presidents: Rosemarie Serrone & Vanessa Smith
Vice-President: Joey Guidos
Year 6 Advisor: Moo Chu
Secretary: Monica Mikkilineni
Treasurer: Malay Bhatt
Public Relations: Sreeharsha Nandyala
Community Service Chair: Brandon Carney
Co-PR Coordinators: Sadie Alongi & Ankit Verma
Year 1 and 2 Liaison: Denesh Ratnasingam
