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) 

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) 

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) 

Contact:  Ibraheem Murtaza

Contact: Shivam Champaneria (Bowling Green Liason): Shivam.Champaneria@uky.edu 

Contacts: Alicia Fields Alicia.F@uky.edu 

Bowling Green: 

President: Katelin Maggard katelinmaggard@uky.edu 

VP: Megan Haupt Megan.haupt@uky.edu

TBD

Contact: TBD

Contacts: Savannah Duckworth

Contact: Dylan Sanford

Contact: 

Vivek Shah (vpsh222@uky.edu), Mitchell Owens (mitchell.owens@uky.edu)

Contact: TBD

Contact: Melissa Murphy

Contacts:  Lexie Smith (agem225@uky.edu) 

Contact: Ashley Flaquer

Contact:  Kaitlyn Kasemodel 

Fielding Horne (Pres) and Justin Ma (VP) 

Contact:

Kathryn Fox

Contact: Devon Clifton (Bowling Green) 

Contact:

President – Cassidy Carter - Cbca233@uky.edu 

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 

 Maddie Mitcham
Connor Stewart 

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 and Hunter Akers

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) 
Noor Ali (noorali997@uky.edu) 

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: 

Haseeb Ahmad (hah223@uky.edu)
Samuel Golden (samuel.golden@uky.edu)
Star Manning (katherine.star.manning@uky.edu)  

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: 

Christine Sharrer (christine.sharrer@uky.edu)  

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:   

Jate Bernard (jbe284@uky.edu)
Bradley Firchow 

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)

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: 

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:

Thailandria Daniels (President) Thailandria.Daniels@uky.edu 

Kidus Shiferawe (VP) Kidus.Shiferawe@uky.edu 

Alexandra Ibewuike (Secretary) Aibewuike@uky.edu 

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) 

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):  

Mariana Arce (Co-President) mariana.arce@uky.edu 
Katie Upton (Co-President) katie.upton@uky.edu 
Shawn Dripchak (VP of Finance) shawndripchak@uky.edu 

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. 

Lindsay Bryant (President) ltbr228@uky.edu  

Contacts: 

Chandler Johnson chandlerjohnson@uky.edu and Lucas Steele Lucas.Steele@uky.edu  

Contact: 

John Slaughter (Co-President): John.Slaughter@uky.edu 

Omkar More (Co-President): omkar.more@uky.edu 

Shivam Champaneria (Bowling Green Liason): Shivam.Champaneria@uky.edu 

Contacts: 

Cody Estep (President) cdes225@uky.edu   

Contacts: 

Co-Presidents- Peyton Roach (peyton.roach@uky.edu) and Alex Johnston (amjo275@uky.edu)  

Vice Presidents- Elizabeth Ashley (ebas223@uky.edu) and Katie Todd (kmto228@uky.edu)  

Secretary- DeAsia King (drki238@uky.edu)  

Treasurer- Mallory Shake (mmsh259@uky.edu)  

Contacts: 

Madison Reed  

Contacts:

President: Briana Taormina  (btaormina@uky.edu)  

Vice-President: Mary Katherine Oberman (mkoberman@uky.edu)  

Secretary: Jacob Johnson (Jacob.D.Johnson@uky.edu)  

Treasurer: Alex Lukyanchuk (Alexsandr.Lukyanchuk@uky.edu) 

Kirsten Richards (kirsten.richards@uky.edu) and Maggie Roe (Margret.Roe@uky.edu)   

Contact: 

Nashwa Saleem (nashwa.saleem@uky.edu) and Nathan Brunty (Nathan.Brunty@uky.edu)      

Contacts: 

President: Brandon Pruitt brandon.pruitt@uky.edu  

Vice-President: Mardan Khashimov mnkh223@uky.edu  

Secretary: Megan Moore megan.moore@uky.edu  

Treasurer: Ahmad Hakoum ahmad.hakoum@uky.edu  

President: Jason Zheng (jyzh222@uky.edu) 

Vice-President: Sydni Anderson (san271@uky.edu)  

Secretary: Grace Thomas (gkth222@uky.edu) 

Treasurer: Emily Ranseen (era236@uky.edu) 

Contacts:

George Butros

Contacts: Skylar Hargrove, Madilyn Limeberry, and Madison Reed

Contact:

(Kate.stiles@uky.edu) and Lindsay Beechem (lindsay.beechem@uky.edu)   

Contact: 

Presidents: Susanna Goggans (susanna.goggans@uky.edu), Nick Trosper (nick.trosper@uky.edu) 

Vice Presidents: Carrigan Wasilchenko (carrigan.wasilchenko@uky.edu), Kathleen Smith (kathleen.smith@uky.edu) 

President: Rebika Khanal (rebika.khanal@uky.edu) 

Co-Vice Presidents: Maddie Mitcham (maddie.romines@uky.edu)& Max Benningfield (max.benningfield@uky.edu) 

Treasurer: Hailey Mair (haileymair@uky.edu) 

Secretary: Alec Dupont (alec.dupont@uky.edu) 

SAC coordinators: Nick Demas (njde223@uky.edu), Andrea Alonso (andrea.alonso0601@uky.edu), & Tucker Houchens (tucker.houchens@uky.edu) 

Contact: 

Co-Presidents Wells Ducas (wells.ducas@uky.edu) & Taylor Bradley (taylor.bradley@uky.edu) 

Contact:

Heather Short - heather.short@uky.edu

Contact: 

Kate Cox (k.cox@Uky.edu) and Hannah Howard (hannah.howard@uky.edu)  

Contacts: 

Dylan Ballard (dylan.ballard227@uky.edu) and Katie King (katharine.king@uky.edu)   

Contacts:

Humphrey, Sophie sbhu224@uky.edu; Meek, Graham graham.meek@uky.edu 

Vice President: Estes, Laura laura.estes@uky.edu 

Treasurer: Diehl, Cameron cameron.diehl@uky.edu 

Secretary: Anderson, Sydni sydni.anderson@uky.edu 

Contact Kaycee Tackett (kayce.tackett@uky.edu) and Abigail Hurt (abigail.hurt@uky.edu)       

Contact: Pranav Tyagi

Contact:

Sydney Strup (Co- president, sydney.strup@uky.edu) and Eric Wahlstedt (Co-president, eric.wahlstedt@uky.edu) 

Olivia Honaker olivia.honaker2@uky.edu

Sadie Junkins Sadie.Junkins@uky.edu

Contact: Skyler Palmer (President) - skyler.palmer@uky.edu

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

Contact:

Nate Brunty (Co-President): nebr231@uky.edu
Brad Firchow (Co-President): bradley.firchow@uky.edu

Contacts: 

Co-President- Taylor Bradley (taylor.bradley@uky.edu) and Margaux Danby (margaux.e.danby@uky.edu)   

Contacts:  Alex Lukyanchuk (alu234@uky.edu) and Sasha Sairajeev (svsa222@uky.edu)    

Contacts: Andrew Arnold Andrew.arnold25@uky.edu and Brooke Bailey BMBA260@uky.edu

Contact:

Lauren Hudson  (lauren.hudson@uky.edu) 

Holden Huffman: Hchu224@uky.edu  

Wyatt Southall: Wgso222@uky.edu 

Amber Schifano: agsc247@uky.edu 

Contact:

Zack Sweeney (zachary.sweeney@uky.edu) and Frank Strasser (frank.strasser@uky.edu)   

Contact:

Hollie Clifton

Reagan Smith

Contact:

President - Drew Singerman (drew.singerman@uky.edu)  

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, Hannah Cleary hannah.cleary@uky.edu, and  Maame Dei Maame.Dei@uky.edu 

Contacts: Daniel Yun

Contacts

Sachin Sundar - Sachin.Sundar@uky.edu

Contact:  Alexandra Nwokedi, Aibewuike@uky.edu

Contact:

Shanze Arshad (sar242@uky.edu) 

Contacts:

Haseeb Ahmad

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  

Contacts: 

Contact:

Niki Rajendran (Nikitha.Rajendran@uky.edu)  

Contact(s) Name(s):  

Mary Wasef marywasef@uky.edu 

Contact:

Hannah Fancher (hannah.fancher@uky.edu)

Contact:

Margaux Danby (meda241@uky.edu)  

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:  

Co-Presidents: Amina Anwar (aan235@uky.edu) and Eli Morey (eli.morey@uky.edu)  

Co-Vice Presidents: Noor Ali (noorali997@uky.edu) and Parisa ShamaeiZadeh (parisa.zadeh@uky.edu)  

Treasurer: Becca Higdon (rebecca.higdon@uky.edu)  

Secretary: Jazz McKinney (jbmckinney@uky.edu)  

Advisor: Shelley Ferrin (shelley.ferrin@uky.edu)  

Contact:  Michael Nichols Michael.S.Nichols@uky.edu

Contact:

Matthew Fahmey Mcfa226@uky.edu

Contact:

President - Court Waterbury (they/them) - courtney.H2Obury@uky.edu 

Vice President – Mardan Khashimov - mnkh223@uky.edu 

M3 Representative – Hunter Campbell (he/him) - hlca234@uky.edu  

M4 Representative – Tayla New-Oglesby - tnewoglesby@uky.edu 

NKY liaison (stand in) – Ashton Maricocchi (she/her)  andi230@uky.edu 

Contacts:

Makayla Corbin - mca300@uky.edu 

Contacts: 

(Shelby.McCubbin@uky.edu) and Kate Cox (k.cox@uky.edu) 

Contact:

Jess Sizemore (wjsizemore@uky.edu) and Matthew Lemke (matthew.lemke@uky.edu)    

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:  Phil Bright (phbr225@uky.edu)

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: Evelyn MacPherson (memo259@uky.edu)

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): Co-Presidents/Co-Managers: Ashton Maricocchi (andi230@uky.edu), Zoey Knox (ztfa223@uky.edu), Liv Davis (liv.davis@uky.edu) 

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: Krista Murphy, Alan Ford 

 Contacts: 

Donald Williams-Stankewicz (Co-President): dawi241@uky.edu  

Megan Ward (Co-President): Megan.Ward@uky.edu  

Whitney Weinschenk (Trauma Rep): whitney.weinschenk@uky.edu  

Armin Razavi (Medicine Rep): amra261@uky.edu  

Sam Farmer (M3 Rep):  sfa261@uky.edu  

Scott Farmer (M4 Rep): charles.farmer@uky.edu  

Contact:

Renee White (RSWH224@uky.edu)

Lucas Gleitz (LAGL226@uky.edu)

Shilpa Namala (SSNA232@uky.edu)

Emily Paulin (ejpa233@uky.edu)

Contact:

Ashley Childress (arch236@uky.edu) 

Contact: 

Crystal Vernon-Small (CAVE229@uky.edu)

Contacts: Durham Colohan (durham.colohan@uky.edu)

Contacts: Makayla Corbin – mca300@uky.edu

Contact(s) Name(s): 

President: Nick Brunner (ndbr232@uky.edu) 

Vice President: Tori Griffith (tori.griffith@uky.edu) 

Secretary: Evelyn MacPherson (evelyn.moore@uky.edu) 

Andrew Arnold, Brooke Bailey, Chris Wallace 

Micah Cummings macu239@uky.edu

Michael Nichols: msni225@uky.edu, Dillon Powell: djpo227@uky.edu

Lucas Gelitz (LAGL2262uky.edu)