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.
Any student from any UK College of Medicine campus location may join a student organization, even if the student organization is located on a different UK College of Medicine campus. Student organizations provide virtual options, when necessary.
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.
Also, for a full list of officers, faculty advisor, and group description for an organization, you may visit BBNvolved.
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
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Bowling Green
Organizations
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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
Specialty interest groups are linked to residencies/fellowships. 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: Shivam Champaneria (Bowling Green Liason): Shivam.Champaneria@uky.edu
Dermatology and Plastic Surgery
Contacts: Alicia Fields Alicia.F@uky.edu
Diagnostic Imaging Interest Group
Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG)
Bowling Green:
President: Katelin Maggard katelinmaggard@uky.edu
VP: Megan Haupt Megan.haupt@uky.edu
General Medical Interest Group (GMIG)
TBD
Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG)
Contact: TBD
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
Neurosurgery and Neurology Interest Group (N&NIG)
Fielding Horne (Pres) and Justin Ma (VP)
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:
President – Cassidy Carter - Cbca233@uky.edu
Lexington
Organizations
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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): President - Will Casto mark.casto@uky.edu
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): Nicole Marker (nicole.marker@uky.edu) and Hunter Akers (hunter.akers@uky.edu)
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: Rob Yates (rob.yates@uky.edu) and Noor Ali (noorali997@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:
Katie Collins - katelyn.collins@uky.edu
Chisom Iloegbunam - cvil222@uky.edu
Hannah Osae - hannah.osae@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:
Mallory Johnson - mhjo231@uky.edu
Payal Patal - pjpa233@uky.edu
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.
Contact: Jenna Wilson jenna.wilson@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 Margaux Danby (margaux.e.danby@uky.edu) and Lindsay Bryant (lindsay.bryant1231@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: Contact Ashlee Hamilton (akcrum2@uky.edu) until this student contact person is updated.
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: President- Alexandra Ibewuike, anw225@uky.edu and VP- Eric Hennemann, eric.hennemann@uky.edu
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: Contact Ashlee Hamilton (akcrum2@uky.edu) until this student contact person is updated.
Lexington Latino Health Advocacy Association
LLHAA exists to provide health care education, access, opportunity and awareness to the LatinX community. Additionally, we seek to unite UK College of Medicine students that share the passion to serve this important piece of the Lexington community.
Contact name(s): Carlos Reyes Sarmiento (cdre232@uky.edu) and Elena Manauis (elena.manauis@uky.edu)
Students for Interprofessional Health Equity
This club will be the organizing body for an interprofessional healthcare summer program for incoming college freshmen. Students from different healthcare professions will be representatives for their respective colleges. There will also be volunteering and subcommittees for other students to participate in.
Contact: Lindsay Bryant (President) ltbr228@uky.edu
Physicians for Human Rights
This club is a chapter of the PHR National Student Program which engages medical students and other health professionals from across the world dedicated to the promotion and advancement of human rights. The program provides students with the resources, training, and networks to develop the skills to advocate for human rights. At UK, our primary intention is organizing an asylum clinic to conduct forensic medical or mental health evaluations to uncover signs and sequelae of torture or trauma in patients seeking asylum in our city.
Contact(s) Name(s): Sydney Martin (sydney.greene@uky.edu) and Katie King (katharine.king@uky.edu)
Phi Delta Epsilon- Kappa Psi Chapter
Contact(s) Name(s): Jamie Land jamie.land@uky.edu and Patrick Bidros patrick.bidros@uky.edu
Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association
An Asian-American interest group focused on building cultural awareness, mental health, and community health empowerment among Asian-American medical school students and the Asian population in Lexington.
Contact(s) Name(s): Cindy Lin cli303@uky.edu and Sean Gillette sgi233@uky.edu
Specialty Interest Groups
Specialty interest groups are linked to residencies/fellowships. 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: Caroline Heltsley caroline.heltsley@uky.edu
Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery Interest Group (Cardio/CT Surgery) (CCIG)
Contact: Nikhil Pallem (nikhilpallem@uky.edu) and Nicole Marker (nicole.marker@uky.edu)
Dermatology Interest Group
Contacts: Sydney Winchester (sydney.winchester@uky.edu), Parisa ShamaeiZadeh (pash226@uky.edu)
Doane Fischer Pediatric Interest Group
Contacts: Elizabeth Ashley (ebas223@uky.edu) and Katie Dobson (kmto228@uky.edu)
Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG)
Contacts: Aidan Sturgill (ast328@uky.edu) and Carter Smith (carter.smith19@uky.edu)
ENT (Otolaryngology Interest Group)
Contacts: J. Dylan Johnson (j.dylan.johnson@uky.edu) & Alex Lukyanchuk (alu234@uky.edu)
Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG)
Contacts: Maggie Roe (Margret.Roe@uky.edu) and Megan Moore (megan.moore@uky.edu)
GI Interest Group
Contact(s) Name(s): Rebecca Fine (President): rfi236@uky.edu , Evan Conder (VP): emco253@uky.edu , Rachel Fine (Secretary): rfi235@uky.edu
Global Surgery Student Alliance (GSSA)
Contact:
Nashwa Saleem (nashwa.saleem@uky.edu) and Nathan Brunty (Nathan.Brunty@uky.edu)
Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG)
Contact: Ahmad Hakoum ahmad.hakoum@uky.edu
Med-Peds Interest Group
Contacts: Med-Peds Exec Board (ukcommedpeds@gmail.com), Grace Thomas (gkth222@uky.edu)
Neonatology Interest Group
Contact: Kate Whitman (kwh268@uky.edu)
Nephrology Interest Group
Contact: George Butros - g.butros@uky.edu
Neurosurgery Interest Group
Contact: Jon Vincent jon.vincent@uky.edu
OB/GYN, Reproductive, and Sexual Health Interest Group
Contact: Madison Tackett (mbta232@uky.edu) and Lindsay Bryant (lindsay.bryant1231@uky.edu)
Oncology Interest Group
Contacts: Jordyn Hurley (jehu241@uky.edu) and Parvanee Karimpour (parvanee.karimpour@uky.edu)
Ophthalmology Interest Group
Contacts: Maddie Mitcham (maddie.romines@uky.edu) and Max Benningfield (max.benningfield@uky.edu)
Orthopaedic Interest Group (Sawbones)
Contact: Wyatt Southall (wyatt.southall@uky.edu)
Pathology Interest Group
Contact: Heather Short - heather.short@uky.edu
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Interest Group
Contact: Yussif Abuharaz (yussif.abuharaz@uky.edu), Addison Jennings (addisonjennings@uky.edu), and Gunnar Eaton (gmea223@uky.edu)
Psychiatry Student Interest Group (PsychSIG)
Contacts: Katie King (kmki246@uky.edu) and Saadia Akhtar (sak229@uky.edu)
Radiology Interest Group (RIG)
Contacts: Ronak Patel (rrpa236@uky.edu) and Will Denton (wdde225@uky.edu)
Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)
Contact Kaycee Tackett (kayce.tackett@uky.edu) and Abigail Hurt (abigail.hurt@uky.edu)
Ultrasound Interest Group (USIG)
Contact: Pranav Tyagi (pranav.tyagi@uky.edu) and Connor Stewart (connor.stewart@uky.edu)
Urology Interest Group
Contacts: Afiel de Silva (afiel.dasilva@uky.edu), Sydney Strup (sydney.strup@uky.edu), and Eric Wahlstedt (eric.wahlstedt@uky.edu)
Vascular Surgery Interest Group
Contacts: Sadie Junkins (smju228@uky.edu) and Nikhil Pallem (nikhilpallem@uky.edu)
Ward O. Griffen Surgical Society (WOGSS)
Contacts: Hannah Cleary (President) hlcl223@uky.edu, Matthew Ray (President) matthew.ray@uky.edu, Kat Howard (BG Campus Director) kathryn.howard@uky.edu, Delaney Shroat (BG Campus Director) delaney.shroat@uky.edu, Isabelle Stanfield (NKY Campus Director) isabelle.stanfield@uky.edu
Clubs
Various local clubs provide opportunities for students to explore different interests within the broad field of medicine.
AI in Medicine Interest Group
The AI in Medicine Interest Group explores AI and health care, offers discussions, workshops, guest lectures, and fosters community among medical students. Open to all interested in AI's impact on medicine, promoting collaboration, and innovation.
Contact:
Joey Ampfer (President): jcam222@uky.edu
Renee White (Vice-President): renee.white@uky.edu
Rohan Kulkarni (Officer): ryku222@uky.edu
Appalachian Medicine Interest Group
Contact: Contact Ashlee Hamilton (akcrum2@uky.edu) until this student contact person is updated.
Association of Women Surgeons
Contacts: Noor Ali (Vice President) (nal267@uky.edu) and Anika Yadav (Co-President) (aaya223@uky.edu)
ChefMed
Contacts: Alex Lukyanchuk (alu234@uky.edu) and Sasha Sairajeev (svsa222@uky.edu)
Christian Faith in Medicine
Contacts: Andrew Arnold Andrew.arnold25@uky.edu and Brooke Bailey BMBA260@uky.edu
Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA)
Contact: Brian Carter (bgca227@uky.edu)
Critical Care Interest Group (CritCareIG)
Contact: Frank Strasser (frank.strasser@uky.edu)
DanceBlue Interest Group
Contact: Jackson Horn (jacksonhorn@uky.edu) and Abbi Fister (aefi233@uky.edu)
Engineering & Innovation in Medicine
Contact(s): Matthew Bernard matthew.bernard@uky.edu
Exercise and Medicine
Contact: Andrew Birkhead (ajbi237@uky.edu)
First-Generation in Medicine
FGiM is an interest group for all first-generation students in medicine. Whether you are a first-generation college student (FG) or the first in your family to go into a medical career (FiM), this group serves as a networking tool for first-generation and first in medicine students to connect with each other and faculty members from similar backgrounds. This group focuses on building community and mentorship, with informal meetings where you can meet and learn from others' experiences. Learn more about unique experiences of FGiM students at UKCOM here.
Contact:
Gabriella Beharry Gabriella.Beharry@uky.edu and Hannah Cleary hannah.cleary@uky.edu
Future Professionals in Global Health (Previously CONMIGO, GHA)
Contact: Contact Ashlee Hamilton (akcrum2@uky.edu) until this student contact person is updated.
HDx
Contact: Sachin Sundar - Sachin.Sundar@uky.edu
Health Administration and Medicine Interest Group
Contact: Alexandra Nwokedi, Aibewuike@uky.edu
HealthCare Muslim Students Association
Contacts: Saadia Akhtar (sak229@uky.edu) and Nashwa Saleem (nsa249@uky.edu)
MD+NBA Program
Contact: Haseeb Ahmad (hah223@uky.edu)
Medical Education Interest Group
The Med Ed Interest Group is for all students interested in research or careers in medical education, or who are enthusiastic about improving how medicine is taught and learned! We want to help you connect with faculty, find research projects, and learn more about the field of medical education, with absolutely no previous med ed experience required.
Contact:
Ryan Barney ryanpbarney@uky.edu, Shelby McCubbin Shelby.McCubbin@uky.edu, and Garrett Anspach Garrett.Anspach@uky.edu
Medical Students for Choice
Contact: Lindsay Beechem (lebe237@uky.edu)
Medical Student Survival Group
Contact: Niki Rajendran (Nikitha.Rajendran@uky.edu)
Middle Eastern Medical Student Association
Contact(s) Name(s): Mary Wasef (marywasef@uky.edu), Patrick Bidros: (patrick.bidros@uky.edu), and Matthew Fahmy: (mcfa226@uky.edu)
Military Medicine Interest Group
Contact: Christina Rutherford: christina.meeks@uky.edu
MOMS (Medical Students Offering Maternal Support) Program
MOMS gives medical students the opportunity to support and assist pregnant women as they navigate through prenatal and perinatal care.
Contacts: Brianna Taormina (president, btaormina@uky.edu), Emma Landenwich (VP, emma.landenwich@uky.edu), Mollee Flannigan (secretary, mfl237@uky.edu), Zainy Bangash and Chiamaka Akosa (clinic outreach officers, zainy.bangash@uky.edu and chi.akosa@uky.edu), Bridgett Day (Student outreach officer, btda227@uky.edu), and Caroline Jenkins (M3/M4 Rep, caroline.jenkins@uky.edu)
Narrative Medicine at UK
Contact: Margaux Danby (meda241@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.
Contacts: Noor Ali (noorali997@uky.edu) and Parisa ShamaeiZadeh (parisa.zadeh@uky.edu)
Sports Medicine Association
Contact: Contact Ashlee Hamilton (akcrum2@uky.edu) until this student contact person is updated.
Substance Use Disorder Support, Education, and Destigmatization (SUD-SED)
Contact: Matthew Fahmey Mcfa226@uky.edu
UK medPRIDE
Contact: Madison Blount (madison.blount@uky.edu) and Colt Kendall (coltonkendall@uky.edu)
Unbridled
Vitals Club
Contacts: Shelby McCubbin (slmc247@uky.edu) and Ethan Wells (ethan.wells@uky.edu)
Wilderness Medicine Interest Group (WMIG)
Contacts: Amie Woolard (awoolard@uky.edu) and Wes Hall (wesley.hall@uky.edu)
Northern Kentucky
Organizations
Connect with students on topics that are important to you.
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: Sarah Draud
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: Valeria Miranda
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.
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.
Contact:
M2 President – Emma Ridener
M3 VP – Alan Ford
Social Committee Chair – Megan Yadav
Mental Health Committee Chair – Lauren Pferdmenges
Physical Health Committee Chair – Zoie Barth
Specialty Interest Groups
Specialty interests groups are linked to residenices/fellowhsips. Involvement in the specialty interest groups provides students with insight into the various fields of medicine. Groups encourage students to join.
Dermatology Interest Group
Contact: Maddie Bland
Emergency Medicine Interest Group
Contacts:
MJ Cain and Isabelle Stanfield
Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG-NKY)
Contact(s) Name(s):
Nick Brunner and Tori Williams
Neurology and Psychiatry Association (NAPA)
Contact:
INACTIVE
Northern Kentucky Anesthesia Interest Group
Jackson Snowden (President) and Lilli Burton (VP)
Northern Kentucky Military Medicine Interest Group
Contact: Adrianna Brownstead, Luis Comas Marrero, Jessica Ashe
Northern Kentucky Pediatrics Interest Group
Contact:
Michelle Bosse, president (mlbi229@uky.edu), Kaitlyn Gillespie, co-VP of Programming (kggi229@uky.edu)
OB/GYN, Reproductive, and Sexual Health Interest Group
Contact:
Bridget Wall (President), Joan George (VP), Crystal Vernon-Small (M3 Rep)
Oncology Interest Group
Contacts: Ricky Solis (President), Bukola Omotola (Vice President), Tori Williams (Secretary)
Preventative Medicine Interest Group
Contact: Madalyn Bland South & Reagan Parker
Procedure Interest Group
Contacts: Natalie Hagan
Radiology Interest Group
Contact: Natalie Hagan
Research Interest Group
INACTIVE
Clubs
Local clubs provide opportunities for students to explore different interests within the broad field of medicine.
Christian Faith in Medicine
Emma Ridener, Joan George, Anna Detherage
Inclusive Care Advocates
Micah Cummings (President), Crystal Vernon-Small (VP), Evan Groneman (Treasurer), Bukola Omotola (Communications chair)
Sports Medicine Association
INACTIVE
UK medPRIDE
Maribeth Stafford and Carter McIntire
Global Health
Isabelle Stanfield
Latino Health and Culture Alliance
Cristofer Muench, Luis Comas, Elbony Rodriguez