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 bi-annual Medical Student Forum (spring and fall)
- Help promote the EMRA Residency Program Fair at ACEP
- Help promote the EMRA Medical Student Workshop Day at ACEP
- 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
2025 Medical Student Council
| Medical Student Governing Council | ||||
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Chair |
Zoee Castro |
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine |
2026 |
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Vice Chair |
Atira Shenoy |
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Ft. Laud |
2026 |
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Editor |
Olivia Voltaggio |
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Southern Utah |
2026 |
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Legislative Coordinator |
Seamus Vahey |
Boston University School of Medicine |
2027 |
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Mentorship Coordinator |
Linley Dunn |
Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2026 |
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Osteopathic Coordinator |
Brogan Crockett |
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Southern Utah |
2026 |
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Student Advising Coordinator |
Kiersten Diercks |
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
2026 |
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Content Coordinator |
Benjamin DeYoung |
Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2026 |
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Midwest Coordinator |
Luke Alley |
University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2026 |
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North East Coordinator |
Ivana Baldie |
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine |
2026 |
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Southeast Coordinator |
Babayode Bakare |
Morehouse School of Medicine |
2025 |
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West Coordinator |
Mary Pendleton |
Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2026 |
| ACEP Student Representatives to the AMA-MSS | ||||
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AMA-MSS Representative |
Dani Sychowski |
Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2026 |
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AMA-MSS Representative |
Matthew Nguyen |
Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2027 |
| Regional Representatives | ||||
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Pacific |
José Barrera |
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine |
2027 |
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Great Plains |
Peyton Lehman |
University of Minnesota Medical School - Twin Cities |
2027 |
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Great Lakes |
Grey Braybrooks |
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine |
2027 |
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Northeast 1 |
Derick Goff |
New York Medical College |
2026 |
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Northeast 2 |
Anastasia Ipekci |
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2028 |
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Mid-Atlantic |
Cate Allen |
Marshall University School of Medicine |
2027 |
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Southcentral |
Jeanette Hoang |
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine |
2027 |
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Southwest |
Nada Mohamed |
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2026 |
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Southeast 1 |
Hannah Hart |
ETSU Quillen College of Medicine | 2027 |
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Southeast 2 |
Kelsey Clabby |
UCF College of Medicine |
2026 |
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International |
Kwame Bell |
Ross University School of Medicine |
2026 |
