SIG NAME
Academic Medicine Integrated
Organization
(AMIGOs)
American Medical Association
AMA
at UC Davis
American Medical Student
Association (AMSA)
American Medical Women’s
Association (AMWA)
Anesthesiology Student Interest
Group (ASIG)
Catholic Association of Medical
Students (CAMS)
Christian Medical Fellowship
Emergency Medicine (EMSIG)
GOALS/OBJECTIVES
To expose medical students to a variety of possible careers in “Academic
Medicine”. Every week we will hold open discussions regarding medical cases that were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. On a regular basis, we will have clinicians involved in research come in & speak to us about their experiences
The purpose of the AMA at UC Davis is to increase the awareness and discussion of medical issues that we (MSs) will face as medical students and future physicians. We will have a lecture series on various medical issues covering healthcare policy, public policy, international medicine, and family issue.
The AMSA is committed to improving health care & healthcare delivery to all people; promoting active improvement in medical education; involving its members in the social, moral & ethical obligations of the profession of medicine; and assisting in the improvement & understanding of world health problems.
AMWA seeks to bring attention to issues that affect female med students, residents
& physicians. Moreover, they seek to promote organize events that empower women.
The purpose of the ASIG is to promote understanding and exposure of the
Anesthesiology specialty. Med Students will be given the opportunity to network with those in the field to facilitate learning and professional development.
Co-Leaders
Weston Powell
Andrew Wong
Mamta Parikh
Rayhan Lal
Brenda Bailey
Sri Namperumal
Ryan Ribeira
Nazanin Izadpanah
Stephanie Yan
Huy Ngo
Heena Panchal
Bernie Miller
Meena Ghiya
Deepika Bindal
Annahita Sarcon
Preethika
Ekanayake
Lily Cheng
Nazanin Izadpanah
Yvonne Pham
Sauda Bholat
Leon Hsu, Tye
Elliott, Alison
Nielson, Vu
Nguyen, Kevin
Trinh
John Nguyen, Alex
Lam, David
Nguyen
Reaches out to students and staff about the Catholic Faith & its teaching, especially those that relates to the field of medicine. It is CAMS goal to help medical students to cope with the demand, stress and anxiety of medical schools
CMF is an inter-denominational student group with ties to the Christian Medical &
Dental Association, that seeks to promote greater understanding of the Christian
Faith & how it relates to life & the field of Medicine, CMF wishes to create opportunities for students/doctors to engage in intellectual, social & religious issues.
To serve the interests of medical students interested in pursuing a career in emergency medicine, by providing contacts, lectures, and hands on experiences.
Lawrence Lipana
Liz Taylor
David Jeffcoach
Shannon Chin
Robin Huffer
Mikel Matto, Chris
Lynch, Ellie Loomis
Sam Reiter
Lily Cheng

SIG NAME
Family Medicine Interest Group
FMIG
Filipino Americans In Medicine
(FAIM)
Global Health SIG (GHSIG)
Health Power (HP)
Interfaith SIG
Integrative Medicine
(Students for Integrative Med)
Internal Medicine (IMSIG)
In Vivo Literary Magazine
Latino Medical Student
Association (LMSA)
FMIG meeting provide rare opportunities for students of all class levels to provide information about and support student interest in Family Medicine as a specialty and about area of practice within Family Medicine; provide opportunities for hands-on workshops, such as phlebotomy, suturing and casting; meet and share experiences in local and international preceptorships.
Support for Filipino-American Medical Students and pre-health undergrads; outreach to the community; help other organizations understand the Filipino culture relating to medicine
GOALS/OBJECTIVES Co-Leaders
Preethika
Ekanayake
Lily Cheng,
Nazanin Izadpanah,
Yvonne Pham,
Sauda Bholat
Lawrence Lipana
Pamela Pablico
Rozita Pouroushasb
Karen Alipio
Kai Li
GHSIG seeks to provide a forum for medical students committed to issues of global health.
Members are encouraged to contribute ideas for international health matters and the promotion of international health projects during the summer
First and Second year medical students present health and nutrition educational modules to K-3 students at local Sacramento area elementary schools once or twice a month. Any medical student can volunteer to present the modules.
Interfaith SIG provides venue for conversation & deeper understanding of the personal, social, medical issues important to people of many religious and spiritual backgrounds. We strive to understand the human experience within a religious context in order to better understand our patients & the communities we will serve.
Not Registered
Ray Hsu
Esteban Verduzco
Deepika Bindal
Pamela Pablico
Stacey Rotta
Esteban Verduzco
Emily Klein
Heena Panchal
Stephen Lau
SIM sponsors lectures, demonstrations & discussions related to the interface between allopathic medicine and CAM practices in today’s healthcare environment.
Also, we strive to form a network of informed students, physicians and community practitioners that may serve as a resource for others that interests in CAM, integrative medicine, and personal wellness.
Facilitate the understanding of Internal Medicine and its subspecialties, promote community awareness of Internal Medicine, address issues with the practice of
Internal Medicine, promote collaboration and resource utilization, and answer questions regarding Internal Medicine and its subspecialties.
J.Eileen Morley
Katrina Lam
Cynthia Tan
Irene Hutchins
Kai Li,
Sauda Bholat,
Emily Klien
To promote creative expression of students, faculty, staff and patients within the UC Davis Health
Systems’ community.
LMSA is a network of students, alumni, and health professional whose mission is to promote the development of Latino students through educational, volunteer, professional and networking opportunities to foster diversity, higher education, and
Not Registered
Isaac Sanchez, David
English
Pamela Pablico
Rodolfo Gutierrez

SIG NAME
LGBT People in Medicine
Medical InterCultural
Opportunities for Students
(MEDICOS-Nicargua)
Medical InterCultural Opportunities for
Students (MEDICOS-Kenya)
Medical Student for Choice
(MSFC)
Medicine and Psychiatry
(MAP) SIG
MD Scholars
Mind-Body SIG
Neurology & Neurosurgery SIG
(Neuro SIG)
GOALS/OBJECTIVES the improvement of the Latino community
To promote the education and cultural competency of UC Davis Medical students in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender health care.
To develop a program in international healthcare that can help train, educate, and enrich medical students at UCDSOM from the first year of medical education onwards. To create an international exchange between UCDSOM and UNAN
The Kenya Project is a global health partnership between students of UC Davis SOM and the
University of Nairobi Medical School in Kenya. Our goal is the promotion of cultural exchange and solidarity in the face of HIV/AIDS. We organize a yearly trip to Kenya to provide medical services in underserved areas.
To raise awareness of reproductive rights and the full range of reproductive healthcare procedures. Our group also interacts with the MSFC National organization in order to support medical education and residency programs to include reproduction and abortion care.
The student interest group provides a forum for medical students to discuss the integrated fields of medicine and psychiatry, as well as guidance in career options for a medical student interested in both fields.
MD Scholars is a medical-student group dedicated to promoting medical student research by helping foster productive student-mentorship partnerships. We also strive to help you along your path of starting, continuing, and completing your projets to maximize your time and effort. We believe that students should be able to publish and participate in expanding the horizons of medicine during their time here as medical students and beyond into their careers
Promote self-awareness and involvement in keeping ourselves healthy, in the midst of significant mental stress of being a student, physician, and/or heal professional.
This is accomplished through activities like meditation, yoga, & Mindfullness-
Based Stress Reduction
Our SIG is a group that aims to promote and expand interest and awareness about the fields of neurology and neurosurgery. We will host guest lectures to share their experiences in these fields as well as sharing their career paths.
Co-Leaders
Stephen Lau
Kara Toles
Heidi Collins
Meghan McClure
Andrea Griem
Tiffany Schegg
Sara Won
Not Registered
Emily Whitgob
Thea Boettiger
Allison Barrie
Sara Won
Tirza Cannon
Jonah Muniz
Anna Frenklach
Dawn Sung
Patty Lindahl
Adam Quest
Preethika
Ekanayake
Joseph Marsano
Russell Witt
J. Eileen Morley
Nataliya Carlson
Anna Frenklach
Meghan McClure
Irene Hutchins
Cynthia Tan

SIG NAME GOALS/OBJECTIVES Co-Leaders
*Quality Improvement & Patient
Safety
Cross Campus Student organization designed to raise awareness and promote quality improvement initiatives in order to improve patient safety.
For those students who are interested in Radiology as a subspecialty
Obstetrics and gynecology SIG
Ophthalmology SIG
Orthopaedic Surgery/Sports
Medicine SIG
Pathology Student Interest Group
(PathSIG)
Pediatric Student Interest Group
(PedSIG)
Peer Support Group
The ObGyn SIG will encourage medical students at UC Davis to learn about the field of obstetrics and gynecology, expose them to current physicians who are passionate about this work, and encourage mentorship with UCDMC doctors
To foster interest in ophthalmology as a career and to ensure that UC Davis
Medical Students at UC Davis interested in ophthalmology are able to match.
Orthopaedic Surgery/Sports Medicine SIG is to expose medical students to these medical specialties through lunch-time presentations and lectures and to provide opportunities for shadowing so that students may gain hands-on experience in these respective fields
PathSIG , meetings to educate and inform medical students about the field of
Pathology
The PedSIG is for medical students interested in the field of pediatrics. We will have guest speakers and panels throughout the year to help students better understand the options available in pediatrics
To provide a safe, supportive, non-judgmental atmosphere for students to share their thoughts & feelings. Monthly meetings to discuss stressors of med school, and provide a peer support hotline for students to call between 6 p.m. and 1 a.m. daily
In Process
Charles Yu
Charles Kim
Lindsey Sheffler
Patrick Curran
Nicolas Prionas
David Trent
Alexandra Kharazi,
Jessica Curti,
Weston Powell,
Katrina Lam,
Meghan McClure
Emily Whitgob,
Angelina Elliott,
Thea Boettiger,
Sauda Bholat,
Preethika E.
Ari Zadel, Laura
Nally, Dawn Sung,
Ryan Spielvogel,
Natalie Guido-
Estrada
Physicians for Human Rights
Psychiatry Student Interest Group
PHR goal is to advance health professional students’ understanding and lifelong investment in health and human rights activism, and to cultivate their unique contributions as advocates promoting health and human rights locally, nationally and globally
The Psychiatry SIG aims to educate medical students in the field of psychiatry and provide a forum for discussion regarding psychiatry as a career
Not Registered
Jonah Muniz, Anna
Frenklack, Dawn
Sung
Patty Lindahl,
Adam Quest
Shabnam Hafiz
Radiology SIG
Gabe Runner, Bill
Luo, Colin Randau,
Jack Russo,
Dawn Sung

SIG NAME
Rural Medicine SIG
Student National Medical
Association (SNMA)
Surgery SIG
Wilderness Medicine SIG
Student Run Clinics
GOALS/OBJECTIVES
Pre-health professional students interested in rural health
SNMA is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of African
Americans applying to & hopefully matriculating into medical school.
The purpose of Surgery SIG is to promote interest and awareness about general surgery and its subspecialty branches.
The WMSIG is for medical students interested in wilderness medicine. We will have guest speakers and panels throughout the year to help students better understand the field.
Clinica Tepati, Paul Hom Asian Clinic, Joan Viteri Clinic, Imani Clinic, Shifa
Clinic, Bayanihan Clinic, Willow Clinic
..

Green shading – in the process of renewing or establishing a new SIG

Gray – has not re-registered this year
Co-Leaders
Liz Taylor
Jennifer Courrejou
Omar Washington
Nataliya Carlson
Tyronda Elliott
Kara Toles
Can Sungur
Nataliya Carlson,
Sara Won, Cynthia
Tan, Sam Reiter,
Lily Cheng
Kyle Davis
Eileen Morley
Amy Jouan
Coordinator