Medical Student Organizations
The UK College of Medicine offers a variety of student organizations, clubs, and specialty interest groups for medical students to engage with peers, hone their professional skills, and explore specific interests within medicine during their educational experience. Involvement in these groups can help medical students develop into more well-rounded physicians.
Below is a list of active organizations approved by the Office of Medical Education. Each organization, specialty interest group, and club includes the name of a designated contact. General questions about student organizations can be sent to:
Student Affairs Contacts
If you don't see information for an organization, reach out to your campus student affairs contact.
Lexington Campus
Ashlee-Nicole Hamilton
ashlee.crump@uky.edu
Bowling Green Campus
Kent Lewis
kent.lewis@uky.edu
Northern Kentucky Campus
Shannon Schumacher
shannon.schumacher@uky.edu
RPLP/Morehead
Bodie Stevens
bodie.stevens@uky.edu
Bowling Green
Organizations
Medicine Student Ambassador Program (College of Medicine Student Ambassador Program)
The Medicine Student Ambassadors is a group dedicated to promoting the interests of medicine throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The group encourages prospective students and their families regarding health professions and medical educational opportunities, and advocates for educational opportunities in areas of Kentucky that are medically underserved.
Contacts: J.T. Newman (Bowling Green)
Dean’s Student Committee on Admissions
The Dean's Student Committee on Admissions helps lead medical campus tours throughout the year for interviewees, student organizations, the UK College of Medicine alumni association, and other interested individuals.
Contacts: Anna Cox (Bowling Green)
American Medical Association/Kentucky Medical Association Medical Student Section (AMA-MSS)
The American Medical Association Medical Student Section (AMA-MSS) strives to be the medical students' leading voice for improving medical education and advocating for the future of medicine. Each section and their dedicated members serve as the basic units for community service activities, grassroots advocacy on issues important to medical students and physicians, medical student representation in the AMA policy-making process and AMA membership recruitment and retention.
Contacts: Kaitlyn Kasemodel (Bowling Green)
Specialty Interest Groups
Involvement in the specialty interest groups provides students with insight into the various fields of medicine. Groups encourage students to join.
Anesthesia and Pain Management Interest Group
Contact: Ibraheem Murtaza
Cardiology Interest Group
Contact: Jacob Nanney
Dermatology and Plastic Surgery
Contacts: Cassidy Carter
Diagnostic Imaging Interest Group
Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG)
Bowling Green:
President - Samantha Ruley (samantha.ruley@uky.edu) VP – Katelin Maggard (katelinmaggard@uky.edu)
General Medical Interest Group (GMIG)
TBD
Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG)
Contact: Angeline Dames
OB/GYN Medicine Interest Group
Contacts: Savannah Duckworth
Ophthalmology Interest Group
Contact: Dylan Sanford
Orthopedic Surgery Interest Group (Sawbones)
Contact:
Vivek Shah (vpsh222@uky.edu), Mitchell Owens (mitchell.owens@uky.edu)
Otolaryngology Interest Group
Contact: TBD
Pathology Education and Research Interest Group
Contact: Melissa Murphy
Pediatric Interest Group
Contacts: Lexie Smith (agem225@uky.edu)
Psychiatry Interest Group
Contact: Ashley Flaquer
Women in Medicine Interest Group (WIM)
Contact: Kaitlyn Kasemodel
Clubs
Various local clubs provide opportunities for students to explore different interests within the broad field of medicine.
Christian Medical and Dental Association
Contact:
UK medPRIDE
Contact: Devon Clifton (Bowling Green)
Wildcat Wellness Group
Contact:
Jon Smith (jon.smith@uky.edu)
Lexington
Organizations
Resilient
This group creates programs and resources to make personal wellness a priority for all students. In order to provide compassionate, empathetic, and humanistic care to patients, medical students and doctors must take care of themselves first. The end goal is to be well, and do good.
Read more on our Resilient page here.
Contact(s) Name(s): Co-Presidents
Mariana Arce
Erik Roepke
Salvation Army Clinic (UKSAC)
The UKSAC is a free clinic run by medical students from the University of Kentucky. The mission is to assume a leadership role in improving the health and well-being of the uninsured adult population in Lexington by providing free medical services and increasing awareness of local health care resources.
Contact(s) Name(s): Mary Katherine Oberman & Eric Hennemann
Medicine Student Ambassador Program (College of Medicine Student Ambassador Program)
The Medicine Student Ambassadors is a group dedicated to promoting the interests of medicine throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The group encourages prospective students and their families regarding health professions and medical educational opportunities, and advocates for educational opportunities in areas of Kentucky that are medically underserved.
Contacts:
Lacy Mortimer (emmalacy.mortimer@uky.edu)
Emalee Patton Combs (emalee.patton@uky.edu)
Mallory Allen (meal232@uky.edu)
Dean’s Student Committee on Admissions
The Dean's Student Committee on Admissions helps lead medical campus tours throughout the year for interviewees, student organizations, the UK College of Medicine alumni association, and other interested individuals.
Contacts:
Pranav Tyagi (pranav.tyagi@uky.edu)
Sara Khandani (sara.khandani@uky.edu)
Sam Landoch (sam.landoch@uky.edu)
Association of American Medical Colleges Organization of Student Representatives (OSR)
OSR represents medical students nationwide and provides an active role for students in advancing the AAMC mission to improve the nation’s health. Additionally, the OSR seeks to ensure that students actively participate in directing their education, preserving their rights, and delineating their professional responsibilities. To this end, the OSR gives medical students a voice in academic medicine at the national level and strives to foster student involvement and awareness in this arena at a local level.
Contacts: Jodi Llanora
American Medical Association/Kentucky Medical Association Medical Student Section (AMA-MSS)
The American Medical Association Medical Student Section (AMA-MSS) strives to be the medical students' leading voice for improving medical education and advocating for the future of medicine. Each section and their dedicated members serve as the basic units for community service activities, grassroots advocacy on issues important to medical students and physicians, medical student representation in the AMA policy-making process and AMA membership recruitment and retention.
Contacts:
Co-Presidents Axel Kiefer (amkiefer@uky.edu) and Charlie Tancula (charlie.tancula@uky.edu);
Vice President Angelica Solomon (angelica.solomon@uky.edu)
American Medical Women’s Association Advocates (AMWA)
AMWA is an organization that functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women's health. We achieve this by providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise, mentoring, and strategic alliances.
Contacts:
Co-Presidents Taylor Bradley (taylor.bradley@uky.edu), Krista Spears (krista.spears@uky.edu), and Angelica Solomon (angelica.solomon@uky.edu)
Students for a National Health Program
SNaHP is a chapter of a national organization whose goal is to promote and advance the cause and case for a universal comprehensive healthcare program and to provide opportunities for education about the merits of a universal comprehensive health care program.
Contact: Hannah Fancher
Student National Medical Association (SNMA)
SNMA is committed to supporting current and future underrepresented minority medical students, addressing the needs of underserved communities, and increasing the number of clinically excellent, culturally competent and socially conscious physicians. SNMA programs are designed to serve the health needs of underserved communities and communities of color.
Contacts:
Kaylin Batey (president): k.batey@uky.edu
Hana Kabede (vice president): hske222@luky.onmicrosoft.com
Future Professionals in Global Health (FPGH)
FPGH is a student-run organization that provides students the opportunity to understand the barriers facing multicultural communities in accessing health care and to discuss methods of overcoming those barriers. Our mission is to raise awareness of the shortcomings that many multinational groups face in accessing adequate health care.
Contact:
President – Nick Norman (nicholas.norman@uky.edu)
Specialty Interest Groups
Involvement in the specialty interest groups provides students with insight into the various fields of medicine. Groups encourage students to join.
Anesthesiology Interest Group
Contacts: Ashami Athukorala Cooper (ashami.athukorala@uky.edu), Chandler Johnson (chandlerjohnson@uky.edu)
Appalachian Medicine Interest Group
Contact:
Nate Brunty (Co-President): nebr231@uky.edu
Brad Firchow (Co-President): bradley.firchow@uky.edu
Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery Interest Group (Cardio/CT Surgery) (CCIG)
Contact: Stuart Jones (President) - stuart.jones@uky.edu
Christian Faith in Medicine
Contacts: Andrew Arnold Andrew.arnold25@uky.edu and Brooke Bailey BMBA260@uky.edu
Critical Care Interest Group (CritCareIG)
Contact:
Frank Strasser (President) frank.strasser@uky.edu
Zack Sweeney (Senior Advisor) zssw222@uky.edu
Dermatology Interest Group
Contacts:
Cody Estep (President) cdes225@uky.edu
Doane Fischer Pediatric Interest Group
Contacts:
Kirsten Richards, Charles Coomer, Callie Travis
Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG)
ENT (Otolaryngology Interest Group)
Contacts:
Clayton Burruss (President) at Clayton.burruss@uky.edu, Nashwa Saleem (VP) at Nashwa.saleem@uky.edu
Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG)
President: Olivia Murphy olivia.murphy@uky.edu
Vice President: Emilie Cornett erco235@uky.edu
Secretary: Maggie Roe margret.roe@uky.edu
Treasurer: Huda Kutmah hku222@uky.edu
Global Surgery Student Alliance (GSSA)
Contact:
Virginia (Carly) Nunamaker and Angelica Soloman
Health Administration and Medicine Interest Group
Contact: Alexandra Nwokedi, Aibewuike@uky.edu
Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG)
Contacts:
President Muna Shakhashiro at muna.shakhashiro@uky.edu and VP Jason Zheng at jason.zheng@uky.edu
Medical Student Survival Group
Military Medicine Interest Group
Contacts:
Hanna Carr (President) - hanna.carr@uky.edu
Med-Peds Interest Group
Contacts: Daniel Cooper (President) - Daniel.cooper@uky.edu
Neurosurgery Interest Group (NSIG)
Contact:
Madison Sands (madison.sands@uky.edu)
Neonatology Interest Group
Contacts: Skylar Hargrove, Madilyn Limeberry, and Madison Reed
OB/GYN, Reproductive, and Sexual Health Interest Group
Contact:
Kaylee Wilson (kaylee.wilson@uky.edu)
Sarah Kosse (sarah.kosse@uky.edu)
Gabby Armstrong (gkar222@uky.edu)
Oncology Interest Group
Contact: Miranda Lin, Gabriel Kindle, Amina Anwar, Carrigan Wasilchenko
Ophthalmology Interest Group
Emily Ann Altman (President), Nicholas Bontrager (Vice President), Hailey Mair (Secretary), Hares Patel (Treasurer), Max Benningfield, and Maddie Romines (SAC Clinic co-coordinators)
Orthopaedic Interest Group (Sawbones)
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Interest Group
Psychiatry Student Interest Group (PsychSIG)
Contacts:
Patrick Cordero (President) (prco226@uky.edu)
Bradley Firchow (Vice President) (bradley.firchow@uky.edu)
Public Health Interest Group
This is a student organization composed of students from health colleges focused on education and service opportunities that allow for the exploration of the interface between public health and medicine.
Contact: Amina Anwar (President); aan235@uky.edu
Radiology Interest Group (RIG)
Contacts:
Emad Chishti, John Bradley (Co-Presidents)
Vice President: Harrison Fouch
Treasurer: Curtis Bethel
Secretary: Graham Meek
Sports Medicine Association
Contact: Michael Nichols Michael.S.Nichols@uky.edu
Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)
Contact: Nicole Perez (president) Perez.Nicole@uky.edu
Ultrasound Interest Group (USIG)
Contact: Cyrus Khalily, Pranav Tyagi
Urology Interest Group
Contact:
Ben Morrison (bgmo225@uky.edu) and Kate Spencer (kate.spencer@uky.edu)
Ward O. Griffen Surgical Society (WOGSS)
Contact: Angelica Solomon (angelica.solomon@uky.edu)
Infectious Disease Interest Group (IDIG)
Wilderness Medicine Interest Group (WMIG)
Contact:
Andrew Kennedy (andrew.kennedy@uky.edu) and Rebecca Higdon (rebecca.higdon@uky.edu)
Clubs
Various local clubs provide opportunities for students to explore different interests within the broad field of medicine.
Association of Women Surgeons
Contacts:
Angelica Solomon, Taylor Bradley
President- Angelica Solomon (angelica.solomon@uky.edu)
Vice President- Taylor Bradley (taylor.bradley@uky.edu)
ChefMed
Contacts: Elizabeth Hansen, Emily Gosser, Christine Sharrer
Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA)
Contact:
Adam Kidd
Megan Moore
Matthew Skinner
Brandon Pruitt
Critical Care Interest Group
Contact: Zack Sweeney
DanceBlue Interest Group
Contact:
Caroline Heltsley
Exercise and Medicine
Future Professionals in Global Health (Previously CONMIGO, GHA)
Contacts: Daniel Yun
HealthCare Muslim Students Association
Medical Students for Reproductive Health and Justice
Contacts:
Narrative Medicine at UK
Contact:
Margaux Danby (meda241@uky.edu)
UK medPRIDE
Contact:
President - Hunter Campbell (hunter.campbell@uky.edu)
Vice President - jeremiah.wayne@uky.edu
Unbridled
Vitals Club
Contacts:
Kate Cox (k.cox@uky.edu), Dealla Samadi (dealla.samadi@uky.edu), Hina Iqbal (hina.iqbal@uky.edu)
Northern Kentucky
Organizations
Dean’s Student Committee on Admissions
The Dean's Student Committee on Admissions helps lead medical campus tours throughout the year for interviewees, student organizations, the UK College of Medicine alumni association, and other interested individuals.
Contact: Makayla Caudill (Northern Kentucky Campus)
American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
AMSA is a student-governed, national organization committed to representing the concerns of physicians-in-training. AMSA is a vital force of future physicians who believe that patients and health professionals are partners in the management of health care and that access to high-quality health care is a right and not a privilege. Student idealism is transformed into meaningful public service, innovation and institutional change.
Contact: Molly Daugherty (Northern Kentucky Campus)
Compassionate Care Reaching You Clinic (CCRU)
CCRU (Compassionate Care Reaching you) is a free clinic that serves people facing homelessness at the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky. It is run by UK College of Medicine Northern Kentucky campus medical students. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of the homeless population in our community by providing compassionate and accessible medical care.
Contact(s) Name(s): Liv Davis, Ashton Dix, and Christa Mattingly
Specialty Interest Groups
Involvement in the specialty interest groups provides students with insight into the various fields of medicine. Groups encourage students to join.
Emergency Medicine Interest Group
Contacts: Samuel Farmer SFA261@uky.edu and Scotty Farmer CSFA223@uky.edu
Neurology and Psychiatry Association (NAPA)
Contact:
Matt Hall (Co-President, matt.hall@uky.edu)
Liv Davis (Co-President, liv.davis@uky.edu)
Louie Ryes (Treasurer, louis.ryes@uky.edu)
Northern Kentucky Pediatrics Interest Group
Contact:
Callen Conroy and Christa Mattingly
Northern Kentucky Medical Interest Group (NKMIG)
Contact:
Molly Daugherty (molly.daugherty@uky.edu)
OB/GYN and Women’s Health Interest Group
Contact:
Dominick Valdez (dominick.valdez@uky.edu), Emily McCord (emily.mccord@uky.edu)
Procedure Interest Group
Contacts: Durham Colohan (durham.colohan@uky.edu)
Research Interest Group
Contacts: Maykayla Caudill
Pharmocology Literacy Group
Contact:
Adam Mandrell (ama400@uky.edu)
Clubs
Local clubs provide opportunities for students to explore different interests within the broad field of medicine.
UK medPRIDE
Ashton Dix and Jay Lindner (Northern Kentucky Campus)