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Washington, DC | Mid-Atlantic

Georgetown University School of Medicine
John Solak, President jms674@georgetown.edu
John Grimsley, Leader Adviser jrg108@georgetown.edu
Malcolm Magovern, Leader Adviser mjm498@georgetown.edu
Danny McCorry, Founding Adviser dpm68@georgetown.edu
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences — Washington, DC
Brandon Robinson, President brobinson34@gwmail.gwu.edu
Bruce Shaver, Resident Advisor tbshaver@gwmail.gwu.edu
Penn State College of Medicine
Nate Williams, President nwilliams6@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Mike Goldenberg, Vice President mgoldenberg@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Grant Owens, Treasurer rowens1@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Faculty Adviser: David Goldenberg, MD Steven and Sharon Baron Professor of Surgery, Chief of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery dgoldenberg@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Sidney Kimmel Medical College|Thomas Jefferson University
Zachary Howell zachary.howell@jefferson.edu
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New York & New Jersey

Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai — NYC, NY
Hrishi Srinagesh, Co-President hrishi.srinagesh@icahn.mssm.edu
Daniel Leisman, Co-President daniel.leisman@icahn.mssm.edu
Faculty Adviser: Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, Assoc. Professor
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine — New York, NY
Mary Hahn, Founder & President Marykathrynhahn@gmail.com

Stony Brook Medical School — Stony Brook, NY
Daniel Milyavsky, chapter founder & past president, chapter student adviser daniel.milyavsky@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Sean Randazzo, President sean.randazzo@stonybrookmedicine.edu
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
(In Active Development)
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Great Lakes | N.E. Central

Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine — Indianapolis, IN
Jared Huffman, President jhuffman873@marian.edu
Chad Curtis, Secretary ccurtis773@marian.edu
Elizabeth Koester, Treasurer ekoester026@marian.edu
Trenton Schmale, Founder & Past-President tschmale401@marian.edu
Faculty Advisers: Dr. Jason Eberl, Semler Endowed Philosophy Professor 
Medical College of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, WI
Alec McCann, Co-President amccann@mcw.edu
John LeClaire, Co-President jleclaire@mcw.edu
Kennedy Ringelberg, Treasurer kringelberg@mcw.edu
Dustin Hejdak, Policy Chair dhejdak@mcw.edu
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Bill Jerow, President billjerow@yahoo.com
Ian Drobish, Vice President 
Eric Larsen, MD Faculty Adviser 
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OUHCOM) — Athens, OH
Jaemin Yim, President jy757714@ohio.edu
David Statsny, Vice President ds333009@ohio.edu
Vikrant Bhatnagar, Treasurer vb431114@ohio.edu
Faculty adviser: Dr. Todd Fredricks
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OUHCOM) — Dublin, OH
Jacob Chevlen, President jc856015@ohio.edu
Christina Veite, Vice President cv573416@ohio.edu
Robert Young, IV Secretary ry534916@ohio.edu
Faculty Adviser: Paige Gutheil-Henderson, DO, Clinical Faculty gutheil@ohio.edu
The Ohio State University College of Medicine — Columbus, OH
Morgan Kohls, Co-President morgan.kohls@osumc.edu
Laura Sooy, Co-President  laura.sooy@osumc.edu
Kyle Mellinger, Incoming Co-President, kylelmellinger@gmail.com
Jared Squires, Incoming Co-President, jared.squires@osumc.ed
Faculty adviser: Dr. Ryan Nash, Chair of Center for Bioethics ryan.nash@osumc.edu
Facebook page
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Central Mid-West

St. Louis University School of Medicine — Saint Louis, MO
Maggie Wang, Co-President 
Alex Marelich, Co-President marelichah@slu.edu
June Tong, Co-President tongj@slu.edu
John Flo, Chapter Founder & Past President, Student Adviser flojd@slu.edu
Faculty Adviser: Kamal Gursahani, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Kgursaha@slu.edu
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Southeast

University of Alabama School of Medicine — Birmingham, AL
Marius Heersink, President marius@uab.edu
Jacob Roemen, Co-Vice President jlroemen@uab.edu
Alex Heatherly, Co-Vice President arheat@uab.edu
Faculty Adviser: Dr. Tom Huddle, Professor, Internal Medicine thuddle@uab.edu
UASOM Facebook Page
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South Central

McGovern Medical School — University of Texas, Houston
Andrew Widener, President andrew.widener@gmail.com
Asif Kabani, Vice President Asif.A.Kabani@uth.tmc.edu
Lina Ha, Secretary Lina.Ha@uth.tmc.edu
Dustin Luse, Treasurer Dustin.C.Luse@uth.tmc.edu
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Phillip Carpenter phillip.b.carpenter@uth.tmc.edu
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
Colten Philpott, Founder & President Colten.j.Philpott@ttuhsc.edu
Spencer Kelly, Vice President John.s.kelly@ttuhsc.edu
Patrick McGrade, Treasurer patrick.mcgrade@ttuhsc.edu
Faculty Adviser: Gilbert Berdine, MD Professor/ Clinical Staff Gilbert.Berdine@ttuhsc.edu
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences College of Medicine
(In Active Development)

Benjamin Lentz, Chapter Founder & President benjamin-lentz@ouhsc.edu
Samantha Cordum, Vice President samantha-cordum@ouhsc.edu
Daniel Asher, Treasurer daniel-asher@ouhsc.edu
Samantha Kelly, Secretary Samantha-kelly@ouhsc.edu
Rainey Williams, Student Council Representative George-williams@ouhsc.edu
John Woods, Student Council Representative  John-woods@ouhsc.edu
Clark Higganbotham, Student Council Representative Clark-higganbotham@ouhsc.edu
Faculty Adviser: Pending

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West | Southwest | Hawaii

University of California School of Medicine — Irvine, CA
Katie Bennett, Treasurer k.bennett@uci.edu
Michelle Bardis, Marketing and Outreach mbardis@uci.edu
Nicole Yergler, Secretary nyergler@uci.edu
Faculty Adviser: Dr. Ana Solodkin, PhD, Associate Professor Anatomy & Neurobiology, UC-Irvine

University of California School of Medicine — San Diego, CA
Ishan H Mehta, President imehta@ucsd.edu
Meghana Pagadala, Co-Vice President meghanasp21@gmail.com
Emily Mannix, Co-Vice President emilymannix11@gmail.com
Faculty Adviser: Robert Hertzka, MD bob@hertzka.com
University of Southern California
(In Active Development)
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International Affiliates

University of Ibadan — Oyo State, Nigeria
Tola Oke, President tolaoke2013@gmail.com
Ogonna Ojiaka, Vice President ogonnaojiaka@gmail.com
Chidimma Ezeilo, Secretary chidede1@yahoo.com
Ini Umoh, Treasurer  umohini.iu@gmail.com
Uche Osondu, Publicity Chair  os.oskid@live.com
Aishat Olanlege, Founder & Past President aishatolanlege2013@gmail.com
Dr. David Adewole, Faculty Adviser ayodadewole@yahoo.com
Dr. Eme Owoaje, Faculty Adviser emeowoaje@yahoo.com
Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Jordan Halevy, Founder & President jordan.halevy@gmail.com
Gabriel Banschick, Vice President Nicole Shalit, Treasurer nicshalit@gmail.com
Jonathan Kovacs, Secretary jckovacs7@gmail.com
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