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
2019-2020 Medical Student Council
| Medical Student Governing Council | ||||
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Chair |
Corey McNeilly |
University of Texas Health San Antonio |
2020 |
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Vice Chair |
Hayley Musial |
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine |
2020 |
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Editor |
Samuel Southgate |
University of Connecticut School of Medicine |
2020 |
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Legislative Coordinator |
Ryan Koski-Vacirca |
Wake Forest University Health Sciences Medical School |
2020 |
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Mentorship Coordinator |
Erron Fritchman |
Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2021 |
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Osteopathic Coordinator |
Cameron Justice |
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences - COM |
2020 |
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Student Advising Coordinator |
Jenna Cacchillo |
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences - COM |
2020 |
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Web/Tech Coordinator |
Benjamin Co |
Western University of Health Sciences - OR Campus |
2020 |
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Midwest Coordinator |
Amanda Amen |
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine |
2020 |
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North East Coordinator |
Peter Mattson |
Brown Medical School |
2020 |
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South East Coordinator |
Nico Ramsay |
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine |
2020 |
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West Coordinator |
Shelby Hoebee |
The University of Arizona College of Medicine--Phoenix |
2020 |
| ACEP Student Representatives to the AMA-MSS | ||||
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AMA-MSS Representative |
Ashley Tarchione |
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine |
2020 |
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AMA-MSS Representative |
Matthew Christensen |
Rosalind Franklin University - Chicago |
2021 |
| Regional Representatives | ||||
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Pacific |
Miles McDonough |
University of Washington School of Medicine |
2019 |
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Great Plains |
Elizabeth Kleiner |
Des Moines University |
2020 |
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Great Lakes |
Rich Dowd |
Ohio University Heritage |
2021 |
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Northeast 1 |
Nathan Dreyfus |
The Rober Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont |
2020 |
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Northeast 2 |
Katelynn Baska |
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2021 |
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Mid-Atlantic |
John 'Alex' Cook |
University of North Carolina School of Medicine |
2021 |
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Southcentral |
Jazmyn Shaw |
University of Mississippi Medical Center Medical School |
2021 |
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Southwest |
Jacob Freudenberger |
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine |
2021 |
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Southeast 1 |
Daniel Jourdan |
East Carolina University |
2020 |
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Southeast 2 |
Leena Owen |
Nova Southeast University |
2020 |
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International |
Santiago Batista Minaya |
St. George’s University School of Medicine |
2020 |
