StudentOrganizationsDirectory

This is a directory of current student organizations recognized by the Feinberg Student Senate .
This page was last modified on October 22, 2007. Please contact l-kim-1@md.northwestern.edu for any changes.
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Action for Young Athletes in Chicago (AFYAC)
Presidents: Rachel Frank, Isaac Wu
Treasurer: Isaac Wu

AFYAC believes that participating in athletics keeps young students motivated to do well in school and fosters an environment in which they can learn leadership, discipline and good citizenship, despite socioeconomic barriers. Our goal as medical students, with the help of volunteer physicians and residents, is to support Chicago Public School athletes' participation in sports by providing free pre-season physicals, education on sports injury prevention and nutrition, and mentorship.

Alternative Spring Break Program
Presidents: Elisabeth Pordes, Nidhya Navanandan
Treasurer: Jason Rho

The Alternative Spring Break Program is dedicated to the organization and implementation of community service trips to various underserved communities in the United States during the medical school spring break week. The organization aims to broaden students' understanding about the effects of poverty on health and healthcare while simultaneously providing medical and non-medical services to an underserved community.

American Medical Association - Medical Student Section (AMA-MSS)
Presidents: Sarah Novis, Diego Villacis
Treasurer: Praveen Anchala | Vice President: David Dibardino

With projects, programs and activities, the AMA-MSS will pursue being: the leading medical student organization for advancing issues of public wellness, community service, ethics and health policy; the principal source for obtaining and disseminating information for medical students regarding medical education, residency training and medical practice; the most representative voice and influential advocate for medical students and their patients; a dynamic organization that provides value to its medical student members.

American Medical Student Association (AMSA)

Presidents: Ameer Gomberawalla, Julie Kim
Treasurer: Julie Kim (until reselection) | Student Services Chairs: Cici Liu, Ankur Shah | International Health Chair: Jefferson Jones
Task Force Chair: Matt Feurer | Humanistic Medicine Chairs: Maliha Darugar | Health Policy Action Chairs: Prajwal Ciryam, Eric Ling

AMSA is committed to improving healthcare and healthcare delivery to all people; promoting active improvement in medical education; involving its members in the social, moral and ethical obligations of the profession of medicine; assisting in the improvement and understanding of world health problems; contributing to the welfare of medical students, interns, residents and post-MD/DO trainees; and advancing the profession of medicine.

American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)
Presidents: Jiilian Havey, Meghan O'Halloran
Treasurer: Clare Desmond | Secretary: Cate Allen | Mentor Program/WFO Rep: Nidhya Navanandan, Julie Schulz
Health Fair and Community Service Chair: Sheila Goyal | Speakers Chairs: Sarah Connell, Monica Krcmarik | Athletics Chair: Amy Yin
Vagina Monologues Director: Lalitha Sitaraman | Social Chairs: Erene Nawar, Elisabeth Pordes

The AMWA student chapter supports the advancement of women in medicine and strives to improve women's health education. We develop leadership within the medical student community and provide networking, advocacy, education, faculty mentoring and support for political action. Northwestern's AMWA participates at school, city-wide, regional and national levels. We welcome the participation of all medical students in our activities.

Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA)
President: Michelle Wu
Treasurer: Christine Lin | Secretary: Martin Pham | Social Chair: Cici Liu
Intercampus Liason: Amy Yin | Webmaster: Neil Biswas | Philanthropy Chair: Nina Sung

APAMSA strives to serve the student body in four different capacities: cultural, social, educational and philanthropy. The services are especially focused for Asian-American medical students, providing an avenue where Asian-American issues and concerns may be addressed. APAMSA's current activities include planning an International Film Festival, holding annual holiday celebrations, organizing outings, inviting speakers to discuss Asian-American-related medical issues and organizing an annual bone marrow drive.

The Beat
Editors-in-Chief: Samir Kakodkar, Sara Rosenbaum, Elizabeth Yang
Treasurer: Praveen Anchala

After a nearly two-year hiatus, three first-year medical students resuscitated the student-run newspaper in the spring of 2007. The Beat presents to the medical student population a public forum for sharing new ideas, opinions, news, and hopefully, an overall enjoyable read. Each issue provides students with an opportunity to voice their opinions and express their writing talents, and fosters discussion and debate in the medical school community. Interested in contributing? Contact the editors- NuMedNews@gmail.com.

Brew Appreciation Club (BAC)
President: Jeremy Markowitz
Treasurer: Bryan Macrie

The BAC promotes the tasting of finely crafted and exquisite beers from both domestic and foreign microbreweries. The BAC encourages students to share knowledge of ales and lagers alike, in order to encourage the understanding of this emergent art. The BAC also supports students who produce their own spirits and enlighten others in the science of homebrewing. Lastly, the BAC would like to set an example for the University by strongly endorsing responsible drinking and moderation.

Business and Medicine Club
President: Colin Rock
Treasurer: Katherine Eder

The Business and Medicine Club seeks to better understand the relationship between the business world and medicine. Through that understanding, physicians will be able to conquer both aspects of their career and become rich beyond their wildest dreams!

Camp Wildcat
Presidents: Sonal Batra, Walid Alrayashi
Treasurer: Martin Pham

Camp Wildcat is an NUFSOM student-run club that cooperates with Chicago Youth Programs to provide a group of underprivileged, at-risk Chicago children the opportunity to participate in positive recreational activities. The three main events throughout the year are a Halloween party, a field trip to the medical school and a weekend long camp. The goal of the program is to create a venue in which the children can be exposed to camping activities and the outdoors- an experience most likely not accessible otherwise.

Cardiology Clinic
Presidents: Jocelyn Hirschman, Jean Park
Treasurer: Jean Park

The Cardiology Clinic seeks to give medical students early clinical experiences in Cardiology and to provide needed care in an underserved community in Chicago's west side. The group also plans 2-3 education talks for students per year on careers in Cardiology and current issues in heart disease.

Catholic Medical Student Association (CMSA)
President: Benjamin Currie
Treasurer: Whitney March

CMSA seeks to promote spiritual and moral values, foster the development of spiritual life and worship, offer opportunities for service to the greater community and provide a forum for medical students to congregate and share their experiences. In addition, CMSA seeks to understand and converse with people of various faiths and those who do not profess a faith, to come to a better understanding and integration of the complex issues regarding religion, ethics and morals.

Chinatown Clinic
President: Christine Lin
Treasurer: Eric Chang | Coordinators: Leo Han, Annie Ko, Peter Lu

The Chinatown Clinic arranges for Feinberg students to volunteer at a weekly clinic in Cermak Chinatown. The clinic provides free primary medical care to the indigent public. In the spring, the Chinatown Clinic organizes a health screening fair open to the public, which brings together NUFSOM students, students from other schools, translators and attendings of many specialties. Throughout the year, the clinic promotes community service opportunities for Feinberg students to further enrich their education.

Christian Medical Association (CMA)
President: Jacob Chacko
Treasurer: Isaac Wu | Vice President: Ben Roth | Secretary: Rebecca Tsang

CMA exists to motivate, educate and equip Christian physicians to glorify God by: living out the character of Christ in their homes, practices, communities and around the world; pursuing professional competence and Christ-like compassion in their daily work; influencing their families, colleagues, and patients toward a right relationship with Jesus Christ; advancing Biblical principals in bioethics and health to the Church and society.

Community Health Clinic (CHC)
President: Michael Chan
Treasurer: Jessie Newman | Publicity: Elizabeth Sanchez | Scheduler: Neel Naik

The Community Health Clinic at NUFSOM is a service organization dedicated to providing medical care to the patients of Community Health Clinic, a free outpatient medical clinic, while providing NUFSOM students an informal environment to learn from one another and from attending physicians.

Community Health Clinic: Psychiatry (CHC-Psych)
President: Josiah Decker
Treasurer: Ava Hosseini | Coordinators: Michelle Gentile, John Nazarian

CHC Psych strives to 1) raise awareness among medical students regarding mental health needs, 2) provide an opportunity for medical students to work with Northwestern residents and physicians in providing community-based psychiatric care at CHC and 3) respond to an unmet need for psychiatric health services at CHC. CHC Psych is the only student group at Feinberg that seeks to provide psychiatric care in a vulnerable population.

Chicago Youth Programs Clinic (CYP)
Presidents: Neil Biswas, Rachel Kowalski, Rajal Patel, Connie Zong
Treasurer: Neil Biswas

The Cabrini Green Youth Program was founded in 1984 by a group of NUFSOM students. Today, CYP partners Northwestern Law and Medical students with over 125 youths ages 3-18 from Cabrini Green, Washington Park and the Uptown community, for weekly mentoring activities. Medical students also participate in CYP Clinic every Wednesday from 4-7:30pm with volunteer physicians from Children's Memorial Hospital.

Dance Interest Group (DIG)
President: Melissa Keene
Treasurer: Amy Yin | In Vivo Coordinators: Shelley Sahu, Amy Yin

The Dance Interest Group is an organization of medical students with interest in any dance form, including ballet, jazz, hip hop, tap, modern, lyrical and ballroom. DIG serves as a resource to students with any level of dance experience who would like to perform, choreograph, take classes from dance studios and participate in group trips to dance performances. DIG is featured yearly in the In Vivo Show with a number of unique, high-energy routines.

Devon Clinic
Presidents: Walid Alrayashi, Sonal Batra, Parth Modi
Treasurer: Walid Alrayashi, Sonal Batra

The Devon Clinic aims to be a student-run clinic with medical students from several of the medical schools around Chicago, working together in a collaborative effort to provide medical care to the uninsured and underserved, under the direct supervision of a physician fully-licensed in the State of Illinois.

Emergency Medicine Club
President: Leo Han
Treasurer: Marguerite Converse | Board Member: Annie Ko
Mission statement is currently unavailable.

Enviromed
Presidents: Cici Liu, Sara Patrawala, Ankur Shah
Treasurer: TBD

Enviromed is a student organization dedicated to raising awareness and developing service projects about environmental issues and their related health concerns. Major projects include the PBL recycling initiative, battery and ink cartridge drives and Earth Week. Enviromed's goal is to help the Northwestern community and beyond understand the close link between environmental problems and human health in order to promote more sustainable behavior and thinking.

Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG)
President: Amber Alencar, Elizabeth Groothuis
Treasurer: Katie Kinner

The mission of the NU FMIG is to expose medical students to the fulfilling careers and array of opportunities within the Dep't of Family Medicine. Panel discussions, lectures, conferences and happy hours make out the type of agenda for this year, as well as opportunities for research with our community faculty, and introduction to residencies locally and nationally.

Feinberg Collegium for Neurological Surgery (Feinberg-CNS)
President: Martin Pham
Treasurer: Omar Arnaout | Secretary: Amesika Nyaku | Education Chair: Carson Lam

Feinberg-CNS promotes student interest and education in the field of neurosurgery through exposure to faculty neurosurgeons and conferences held by the Dep't of Neurological Surgery. This exposure includes but is not limited to: speakers, surgical skills sessions, residency application advice, research opportunities, faculty mentorship and career counseling. This organization hopes to foster early awareness in interested students who wish to pursue a career in this field as well as provide opportunities for education and research.

FUSION
Organizers: Cici Liu & Michelle Wu (APAMSA), Peter Lu (Chinatown Clinic), Vanessa Arguello (LCMA),
Stella Paparizos (NLVS), Rajal Patel & Sara Patrawala (SAMSA), Kara Malone (SNMA)

FUSION is Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine's annual multicultural show featuring song, dance, fashion and other acts from various ethnicities. It is a joint effort from all of the multicultural groups on campus and all proceeds from the show benefit various Chicagoland charities and student-run clinics.

Global Medical Relief Program (GlobeMed)
Presidents: Jefferson Jones, Julie Yang
Treasurer: Neelima Vidula

GlobeMed is a student group dedicated to providing medical supplies and promoting quality healthcare to developing countries and regions suffering from natural disasters. Nationally, GlobeMed has provided supplies and care to over 15 developing countries around the world. At Feinberg, GlobeMed has primarily worked to support the Ghana-Outlook AIDS Clinic in Ho, Ghana, to provide a forum for international health issues, and to organize supply drives, fundraisers and the Global AIDS Awareness Week.

Health Disparities Taskforce (HDTF)
President: Jocelyn Hirschman
Treasurer: Andrea Caballo

HDTF seeks to raise awareness about and spark student interest in disparities found in healthcare access and quality in the United States. HDTF's goal is to educate medical students and other members of the medical community, with the ultimate objective of creating a conscious group of individuals well-versed in the pertinent issues and dedicated to bring about change. An additional goal of HDTF is to promote the incorporation of information about health disparities into the permanent curriculum at NUFSOM.

In Vivo
2007 Producers: Neil Biswas, Ameer Gomberawalla, Neel Naik, Ankur Shah
In Vivo is an annual medical comedy show that raises money for charity.

Infoplex
Senior Editors: Ty Cashen, Christopher Chow, Adam Light

Infoplex is a student organization whose mission is to promote the use of online resources throughout the medical school community. The organization administers several services aimed at medical students, including a website, events calendar, electronic mail listserv and a collection of electronic resources for students. All of these services are aimed at increasing the awareness of any and all academic and extracurricular activities, as well as keeping the medical student community cohesive across the M1-M4 years.

Internal Medicine Society (IMS)
Presidents/Treasurers: Sheila Goyal, Nina Sung, Neelima Vidula

IMS serves the NUFSOM community by informing students about opportunities in internal medicine through talks, panel discussions, workshops and other activities. Events have included a talk on "What is Internal Medicine?" and patient case presentations by the NUMS medicine clerkship director, panels of physicians discussing specialties in internal medicine, a panel on matching for internal medicine residency and a chest x-ray workshop. IMS works with ACP-ASIM, the nation's largest medical specialty society.

Islamic Medical Association
President: Walid Alrayashi
Treasurer: Asad Usman

The Islamic Medical Association provides activities for medical and nonmedical students that live in the downtown Chicago area, introducing and explaining the Islamic culture in order to promote better care and understanding of Muslims and Muslim patients. Activities range from informational lectures, film viewings and social events geared toward understanding Islam from a medical and general perspective. There is a weekly Juma'ah prayer, daily iftars during Ramadan and Eid celebrations.

Jewish Medical Student Organization (JMSO)
Presidents: Melissa Keene, Nathan Sandalow
Treasurer: Melissa Keene

The JMSO is here to make your time in medical school as heimish as possible. Call us if you need any info on Jewish Chicago, or if you need a place to stay for shabbat. We will also be running some programs throughout the year on Jewish issues in medicine, as well as bringing the festive spirit of Channukah, Rosh Hashannah and Pesach to the Feinberg halls.

Jugulars
Presidents: Ryan Lo, Ananda Ray
Treasurer: Ben Roth

The Jugulars is Feinberg's official juggling club, founded by Former Dean of Students, Jack Snarr, and Beth Villavicencio (MD/PhD, Class of 2002) in 1998. The club meets twice weekly to learn new tricks and relieve some stress. In addition, we also perform in shows at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, the annual medical school comedy revue, In Vivo, and local elementary schools. The juggling club is open to anyone regardless of skill level--most people join without knowing how to juggle!

Latino Cultural Medical Association (LCMA)
President: Elizabeth Sanchez
Treasurer: Brian Goico | Vice Presidents: Vanessa Arguello, Javier Guevara | Community Service Chair: David Vermylen

LCMA seeks to create an open environment wherein all students and faculty members can share and discover Latino culture while promoting local and global Latino Health issues within the communities of Northwestern University and Chicago. El objetivo del LCMA es crear un ambiente abierto en el cual todos los estudiantes y miembros del la facultad de medicina pueden compartir y descubir la cultura Latina mientras promoviendo temas locales y globales de salud Latina en la Universidad y Chicago.

Life Sciences Technology Club (LSTC)
President: Carson Lam
Treasurer: TBD

The LSTC is a place for students interested in the entrepreneurial, research, business and legal aspects of medicine to network, share ideas, learn how to start up and market their ideas, and meet speakers that have succeeded in these fields. LSTC is the medical school chapter of inNUvation, which is a collaboration among Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Business, McCormick School of Engineering and Law School.

Loyal Davis Surgical Society (LDSS)
President: Christopher Walsh
Treasurer: Sarah Novis | Coordinators: Omar Arnaout, Chad Ellermeier

LDSS promotes student interest and education in the field of surgery and provides an introduction to the various surgical specialties. The group acts as a campus resource by hosting events such as guest speakers, lunch talks, surgical skills workshops, as well as facilitating access to research and shadowing opportunities. New programs for this year include a "Transplant On-Call Program" and an "OR Shadowing Program." The group currently has over 250 members, consisting mostly of M1 and M2 students.

Medical Students for Choice (MSFC)
Presidents/Treasurers: Meredith Hirshfeld, Ellen Stolar

MSFC is a member of the national, not-for-profit organization of the same name dedicated to ensuring that women receive the full range of reproductive healthcare choices. MSFC recognizes that one of the greatest obstacles to safe and legal abortion is the absence of trained providers.

Medical Students for Life
Presidents/Treasurers: Benjamin Currie, Whitney March
Mission statement is currently unavailable.

Musicians in Medicine
Coordinators: Michael Chan, Susan Gall, Ryan Lo, Michelle Wu

Musicians in Medicine is open to anyone affiliated with NUFSOM with an interest in music performance. We volunteer at local hospitals and healthcare centers to play for patients, with a repertoire ranging from classical chamber music to Disney songs and holiday tunes. For more information on joining or our performance availability, please contact any of the coordinators.

New Life Volunteering Society Clinic (NLVS)
President: Sadiya Khan, Neelima Vidula

NLVS Clinic provides the unique opportunity to work with medical students from throughout the Chicagoland area in a free clinic setting. As a first-year medical student, you have a great opportunity to learn from both your peers and the attending physicians in a practical on-site manner while seeing real cases. The clinic is located south of Devon Avenue and is open every Saturday from 10AM to 2PM.

Northwestern Outdoor Adventure Club (NOAC)
President: Eugene Duke
Treasurer: Darren Van Beek

NOAC's purpose is to bring the outdoors, adventure and environmental conservation to a student body that spends a considerable amount of time indoors, sitting and studying. We aim to offer adventure trips both locally and abroad as well to educate about wilderness medicine. We will instruct on and follow the "Leave No Trace" principle and follow "minimal impact" guidelines on each trip.

Northwestern University Alliance for International Development (NU-AID)
President: David Vermylen
Treasurer: Ben Roth | Board Members: Lise Go, Leslie Kim, Sirisha Narayana, Jason Oppenheimer, Adriana Segura

NU-AID strives to improve the health of the communities we serve, in Chicago and internationally- immediately, by providing primary medical care to underserved populations, and for the foreseeable future, by engaging in public health educational initiatives.

OB/GYN Interest Group and Prenatal Program
President: Melissa Keene
Treasurer: Lindsay Kuo | Prenatal Program Chairs: Julie Schulz, Amy Yin
Shadowing Coordinators: Melissa Keene, Rajal Patel | Speaker Coordinator: Lindsay Kuo

The OB/GYN Interest Group and the Prenatal Program offers M1s and M2s the exciting opportunity to learn about obstetrics and women's healthcare, early in their medical school career. In the OB/GYN Interest Group, students have the opportunity to shadow in a variety of women's healthcare settings, including labor and delivery, gynecological surgeries, outpatient gynecology, genetics, maternal-fetal medicine, ultrasound, reproductive endocrinology and infertility. Shadowing takes place throughout the year with physicians and midwives within the NMH system. The group also brings in speakers for lunchtime discussions. In the Prenatal Program, students are matched with pregnant women who are entering their second trimester and attend all prenatal visits, from routine checkups and ultrasound exams to amniocentesis. The experience culminates in the student attending labor and delivery. From hands-on participation during physical exams and delivery, students gain unique and valuable experiences in long-term patient care.

Pediatrics Interest Group
Coordinators: Andrew Read, Michelle Wu, Amy Yin

The Pediatrics Interest Group seeks to inform the Feinberg medical community about the field of pediatrics and its sub-specialties. Programs include mentoring, shadowing, community service projects, and lunchtime taks about pediatric sub-specialties and important issues in pediatric medicine.

Personae
President: Kali Zhou
Treasurer: Chris Yun

Personae is the biannual literary and arts journal of the Northwestern medical community. Personae gives students the chance to explore and nourish their interest in the arts and humanities. We accept submissions of poetry, prose, photography and artwork, from students, staff and faculty.

Phi Rho Sigma Medical Society
President: Sabeen Dhand
Treasurer: Matthew Lipton | Vice President: Christine Lin | Secretary: Corey Simpson
Historian: Kostya Averin | Social Chair: Danielle Smith | House Officer: Jason Rho

Phi Rho, founded in 1890 at NUFSOM, is an international coed fraternity for medical students. Phi Rho alumni have been responsible for numerous significant advances of modern medicine and many currently hold positions of influence and prominence in academic and clinical medicine. The society serves as a foundation for friendship, application and protection, by organizing and attending social events that enable medical students to experience Chicago's cultural and social venues.

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)
President: Kiana Taba
Treasurer: TBD | Vice President: Ellen Stolar

PHR believes that health is a human right, essential for the well-being of all people, and works to promote this right. Health professionals in PHR focus their work on the investigation of human rights abuses and then strive to end them through advocacy. Some areas of work include AIDS patients in Africa and prisons in the US. PHR at NUFSOM strives to do its part in the global effort by planning educational events and providing avenues through which the community can participate in furthering change.

Queers and Allies (Q&A)
President: Matthew Patton
Treasurer: Dennis Whang

Q&A promotes the acceptance of LGBT students, faculty and staff, through education and discussion of LGBT issues and rights. By organizing on-campus discussions with leaders from the community and holding social events, Q&A aims to raise awareness ofhealthcare concerns faced by the LGBT community. In addition to being an educational and social resource, Q&A promotes a safe space for the Feinberg LGBT community as an alliance of LGBT-friendly students, faculty and staff.

Radiology Society
Presidents: Neil Biswas, Rahul Sawlani
Treasurer: Eugene Duke | Vice President: Benjamin Currie
Mission statement is currently unavailable.

Running Club
President: Aaron Skolnik
Treasurer: Andrew Kott

The Running Club promotes physical fitness within a group setting through coordinated biweekly runs. It is open to all students, regardless of running ability. We would like to provide support and motivation to students training for competitive and non-competitive events in the Chicago area (5K-marathon; duathlon/triathlon). We would also like to educate members on medical and practical aspects of running, i.e. form, clothing, physiology, training, etc, and incorporate community service.

South Asian Medical Students Association (SAMSA)
President: Shelley Sahu
Treasurer: Samir Kakodkar | Activities Chair: Hema Ramkumar

SAMSA is dedicated to providing quality healthcare and health education to the increasingly underserved population of South Asians in our community. Our mission includes: educating students about issues concerning South Asian physicians, residents and medical students, promoting diversity in the medical school curriculum, giving back to the community through charity and service work and providing students the opportunity to collaborate and exchange ideas with medical students of other schools.

Sports Medicine Interest Group (SMIG)
Presidents: Rachel Frank, Jeff Hotaling, Greg Strohmeyer, Diego Villacis
Treasurer: Jeff Hotaling

SMIG is interested in providing medical students with sports medicine-related opportunities through workshops, lunchtime speakers, physician/resident shadows, and possibly having medical students assist team physicians at sporting events. Sports medicine-related lunchtime speakers/workshops include: extremities injury evaluation, current discussions on vitamins and supplements, applying for a sports medicine fellowship, examples of situations that involve sports medicine physicians and common sports-related injuries.

Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)
President/Treasurer: Kara Malone
Mission statement is currently unavailable.

Student National Medical Association (SNMA)
President: Shaina Rozell
Treasurer: TBD | Executive Vice President: Walid Alrayashi | Vice President for Communications: Emmanuel Bessay
Vice President for Social Affairs: Erica Walton | Webmaster: Kevin McGill

SNMA seeks to provide support for medical students of color by focusing on their needs, concerns and overall well-being as they relate to the field of medicine.

Students for Mental Health (SMH)
President: Rina Crawford
Treasurer: Ellen Stolar | Board Member: Elisabeth Pordes

SMH aims to provide NU students, various opportunities to explore mental health-related professions within and outside the Northwestern community. We also work to promote the concept that mental health is a fundamental part of health overall, and that an understanding of its principles is essential for education and parity in healthcare.

Unite for Sight
President: Aaron Primm
Treasurer: Mari Fitzgibbons

Unite for Sight, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that works globally to develop sustainable solutions to improve eye health outcomes, through eye disease prevention, eye health promotion and education. The NUFSOM chapter seeks to improve eye healthcare for the medically underserved of Chicago by working with local community infrastructures to improve access to health programs. Students engage in service-based learning, fundraising for and organizing/conducting vision screening and vision education programs.

Visual Arts Society (VAS)
President/Treasurer: Andrea Cabello

The VAS aims to provide a forum for students to present artistic works they have created (photos, paintings, etc.), regardless of subject matter (i.e. the pieces do not need to have a medical theme). Our goal is to plan art-related activities, exhibits and community service projects.

Voices Against Brain Cancer (VABC)
President: Mark Yaffe
Treasurer: TBD

VABC - Northwestern is a medical student group designed to promote brain cancer awareness and research, specifically in the area of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The creation of this group was inspired by Voices Against Brain Cancer, a charitable organization based in New York City. VABC seeks to raise awareness of GBM through fundraising activities and support of medical student research in neuro-oncology.

Wine Culture Club
President: Jessica Schulte
Treasurer: Jason Oppenheimer | Vice President: Marisa Jackson

The Wine Culture Club seeks to educate graduate students about the many aspects of wine, while offering opportunities for students to meet their peers. Through guest speakers and wine tastings, we explore historical, cultural, health and culinary topics related to wine.