Each year, 25 students from across the country are selected to serve on EMRA's Medical Student Council (MSC).
This is a phenomenal opportunity to become more involved in the field of Emergency Medicine, network with students and faculty from coast to coast, and develop resources to assist fellow students navigate medical school and the residency application process.
Our Goals and Objectives
Goals
- Educate medical students about the specialty of emergency medicine and its importance in the medical field
- Provide information to those students interested in emergency medicine regarding career options and emergency medicine training programs
- Increase the quality and the quantity of medical school education on emergency medicine topics and clinical skills
- Develop a peer network for medical students aspiring to careers in emergency medicine and allow them the opportunity to assume leadership roles in organized emergency medicine
- Provide EMRA, ACEP, CORD, and SAEM with a resource for dissemination of materials and information to medical students
- Encourage and recognize medical student research projects
- Recognize clinical excellence in emergency medicine at the medical student level
Objectives
- Plan the annual Medical Student Forum and Residency Fair
- Increase contact with medical schools
- Increase medical student awareness/involvement in emergency medicine
- Provide information that will appear on the medical student pages of the EMRA web site
2018-2019 Medical Student Council
| Medical Student Governing Council | ||||
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Chair | Sarah Ring | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine | 2019 |
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Vice Chair |
Michael Messina |
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Dublin |
2019 |
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Editor | Morgan Bobb | University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine | 2019 |
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Legislative Coordinator |
Kirstin Woody Scott |
Harvard Medical School |
2019 |
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Mentorship Coordinator |
Bryan Feinstein |
University of Washington |
2019 |
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Osteopathic Coordinator |
Jody (AJ) Lakey |
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences - COM |
2019 |
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Student Advising Coordinator |
Hayley Musial |
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine |
2020 |
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Web/Tech Coordinator |
Sean Trostel |
Medical College of Georgia |
2020 |
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Midwest Coordinator |
Jonathan Pickos |
Des Moines University |
2019 |
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North East Coordinator |
Kate Anderson |
University of Vermont College of Medicine |
2019 |
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South East Coordinator |
Hannah Gordon |
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine | 2019 |
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West Coordinator |
Corey David McNeilly |
University of Texas Health San Antonio |
2020 |
| ACEP Student Representatives to the AMA-MSS | ||||
| AMA-MSS Representative |
Duy Hoang |
Texas Tech University Health Science Center Lubbock |
2019 | |
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AMA-MSS Representative |
Ashley Tarchione |
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine |
2020 |
| Regional Representatives | ||||
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Pacific |
Cameron B. Justice |
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences - COM | 2020 |
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Great Plains |
Samantha Lord |
Des Moines University |
2019 |
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Great Lakes |
Alexandra Dinello |
Michigan State University |
2019 |
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Northeast 1 |
Marie (MJ) Murphy |
SUNY Upstate College of Medicine |
2019 |
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Northeast 2 |
Alex Tran |
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University |
2019 |
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Mid-Atlantic |
Mustafa Alam |
Howard University College of Medicine |
2019 |
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Southcentral |
Daniel Fuchs |
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2019 |
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Southwest | Jonathan Brewer | Texas A&M College of Medicine | 2019 |
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Southeast 1 |
Cornelia (Nella) Hendley |
Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
2020 |
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Southeast 2 |
Rugaieh Abaza |
Morehouse School of Medicine |
2019 |
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International |
Vanessa Graff |
St. George’s University School of Medicine |
2019 |
