Welcome to the Student Organizations & Student Events page!
Everything you need to know about starting a new organization, holding an event, or requesting funding for your groups will be found below.
A number of student organizations have been formed by M.D. students and it is anticipated that more may be created as the new healthcare issues, initiatives and student needs develop. UCF College of Medicine M.D. students currently have 55 active student organizations. M.D. Student Council is also considered a student organization.
The Office of Student Affairs assists students with all aspects of student council and student organizations for the M.D. program. For any inquiries or more information beyond what is listed on this page please contact Casey Smith, Assistant Director for Student Services and Service Learning, at casey.smith@ucf.edu.
Looking to join a group? Want to see what the 55 active student organizations are all about? Would you like to contact an organization for a speaking opportunity/event? Click here for the 2018-2019 Student Organization listing & group contact information.
Any new student organization seeking affiliation with UCF College of Medicine will be able to submit the New Student Organization Approval Form along with a draft of the proposed constitution.
The purpose of the College of Medicine M.D. Program Student Council is to provide effective student leadership for the classes and organizations of the College of Medicine M.D. Program, serve as a liaison between students and administration, promote effective and well-rounded medical education, and represent the College of Medicine M.D. Program. More information is provided during new student orientation.
Click here for an overview description of each M.D. Student Council and the Committee Representative positions.
Click here for the most current listing of the UCF College of Medicine Student Council & Committee Representatives.
The M.D. Student Council, working with the Office of Student Affairs, has completed the process for approving medical student organizations within the College of Medicine.
Any organization seeking affiliation with UCF College of Medicine will need to submit the New Student Organization Approval Form and draft of the proposed constitution.
With majority approval from the members of Student Council and Office of Student Affairs, organizations will be granted a status as a Recognized Student Organization (RSO) of the UCF College of Medicine and will also become eligible to receive funding from UCF COM Student Council funds (note: this is different than becoming a Registered Student Organization through the main campus Office of Student Involvement).
Submission of the New Organization Approval Form must be accompanied by a draft of the constitution for the proposed organization. New organization proposals that are too similar in mission or goals to a current active group will often be denied. Please check the most current organization directory (listed the Student Organization heading on this page) prior to completing the new organization approval form.
If you have an idea for a group similar to one that is currently active, you may inquire with the group on joining and creating a subsection of the main organization.
The Student Services team is your one-stop-shop for planning your event or meeting. Our team will book your event space/room per your request, work with the Facilities, Operations and Systems Engineering teams for any support requests you have, and coordinate with any other departments involved to ensure your event or meeting has everything you need. While student events through individuals or organizations and extra-curricular activities are always encouraged, students must inform the Office of Student Affairs of meetings and activities that take place on campus at the College of Medicine.
Students can request to reserve the following through the Office of Student Affairs:
- Classrooms
- Conference Rooms
- SGLs
- Tavistock Green
- Team Learning Lab
- The Atrium
- The Piazza
Please submit your reservation & support requests at least a week in advance of your event or meeting to ensure availability and enough scheduling time. If you have any questions on this process please reach out to Casey or Soraya Smith.
If you would like to submit a meeting or event flyer for approval and advertisement on the Student Lounge Digital TV Signage please use the SL Digital Signage Submission survey. Please note that the Office of Student Affairs has final approval and publishing authority for all submissions.
Step-By-Step for planning a Student Event:
Step 1: Check the Student Lounge calendar on Webcourses to ensure the date and time you have selected for your event does not conflict with another meeting or student event. This rule has been put in place to make sure that students do not have to miss out on important and interesting information due to scheduling conflicts.
Step 2: Submit a Room & Support Reservation Request Survey Form. The information you provide on this survey will be used to book your space/room and coordinate with other supporting offices for things you may need such as: tables, chairs, or AV/Tech support. Please
Step 3: Wait to receive confirmation that your space/room has been booked. We do our best to book you in your first choice or second choice room/space, but we cannot guarantee availability.
Step 4: Submit a PRF if you are a student organization ordering items or food. Please refer to the PRFs accordion section below.
Every complete PRF packet includes 3 things: the PRF Form (found below), the order invoice (invoice receipt or shopping cart screenshot with links), and an event flyer with the SGA logo.
Use this form to submit your PRF – 2018-2019 PRF – If the form you are using looks different than this one – use this one instead!
Below you will find the three most commonly filled out PRFs from the most commonly used vendors: Publix, Amazon, and Papa Johns. Each piece of information you must fill in or provide has been highlighted in these packets. Note for Publix orders you must order through the Publix at Cornerstone at Lake Hart (the one on Narcoossee & Moss Park Rd) and that all food vendors must accept credit card payments via phone.
- Complete Publix PRF Packet 2018
- Complete Amazon Order PRF Packet 2018
- Complete Papa Johns PRF Packet 2018 (use this as an example for any food vendor)
All the tools for successfully running your student organization can be found in this presentation. – 2018-2019 Student Organization Orientation (this session is held during M2 Orientation week every August).
If you have any questions about PRFs or vendors for COM’s Student Organizations, please contact Casey Smith.
Do you have pictures of your organization participating at an event or interacting during a meeting? Have just-for-fun student life pictures you’d like to share? or a funny meme relating to med school life?
You can submit your content for the Student Lounge Digital TV Signage here using the SL Digital Signage Submission survey, or scan one of the QR codes from the fliers in the Student Lounge to access the submission survey.
Need help finding a speaker for your group?
Please contact Casey or Soraya Smith at medstudentaffairs@ucf.edu
Posters
The UCF College of Medicine’s Educational Technology department (comedtech@ucf.edu) offers free printing of posters for faculty, staff and students that promote UCF and the college.
The college has created several templates to be used for all poster presentations in accordance with new university-wide brand standards that reflect a modern, cohesive look for all materials that reflect the university. The purpose of these templates is to create professional posters that reflect the UCF brand and provide a consistent look. Additionally, the template should facilitate your efforts in creating posters.
The templates provide a choice of either a black or yellow banner for your poster (links below) as well as the university-approved font – Gotham. Since there is a fee associated with installing this font on your computer, please use another font and Ed Tech will change the font for you prior to printing.
Poster templates can be found here:
We don’t want to restrict creativity, so feel free to design the body of your poster any way you feel appropriate, but we will enforce the following standards for the banner
- Must be either black or yellow background
- Must include the approved COM logo
- Title of poster must be either yellow or black
Powerpoints
These PowerPoint templates contain multiple slide designs and photo options you may use for your own presentations. We’ve included a 4:3 presentation format and a 16:9 format.
These templates are set up with the font Helvetica. Arial may be used as a substitute font. If you have the font Gotham installed on your computer, please feel free to convert all text to that font. (Note: If you are sharing your final PowerPoint with other users who do not have Gotham, the document fonts will not display correctly.)
- Official UCF COM Powerpoint Template (Standard Format 4:3)
- Official UCF COM Powerpoint Template (Wide Format 16:9)
For more information please click here.
All current M.D. Program Student Organization Executive Boards are listed below. This listing will be updated biannually. Please contact Casey Smith, Assistant Director of Student Affairs with any updates or inquiries regarding these listings.
2019-2020 M.D. Program Student Organization Executive Boards
Arts in Medicine (AIM)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Juan Cendan
Email address: ucfaim@gmail.com
President: Nisha Sharma
Vice President: Sankalp Goberdhan
Treasurer: Alex Nhan
Secretary: Shelby Aughtman
Literary Arts Chair: Rachel Truong
Creative Director & PR: Justin Chacko
Performing Arts Director: Sean Nguyen
Visual Arts Director: Amy Haynes
Showcase Subcommittee Director: Cassie Tawadros
American Medical Association/Florida Medical Association (AMA/FMA)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Virgil Dawson
Group email: ucfcom.ama.fma@gmail.com
Vice Chair of Recruitment: Rachel Drummey
Vice Chair of Legislation & Advocacy: Alex Gartland
Vice Chair of Community Service: Vincent Cendan
AMA/FMA Delegate: Alex Lin
Secretary: Kristijan Bogdanovski
Treasurer: Spencer Lessans
American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marcy Verduin
Group email: ucfcomamsa1@gmail.com
President: Gabriela Castro
Vice President: Julia Neidymyer
Treasurer: Mohammed Ahsan
Secretary: Katherine Porter
American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lori Boardman
Group email: amwa.ucfcom@gmail.com
President: Lauren Pomerantz
Vice President: Nicole Mamprejew
Treasurer: Lindsey Owens
Secretary: Neha Bhaskar
M3 Liaison: Alex Csortan
M4 Liaisons: Samantha Prabakaran & Allison McClain
Association of Women Surgeons (AWS)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Julie Wei
Group email: ucfcom.aws@gmail.com
President: Julia Nedimyer
Vice President: Margaret Kennedy
Treasurer: Nicole Mamprejew
Secretary: Grace Johnson
M3 Liaison: Allison Steinauer
M4 Liaison: Samantha Prabakaran
Biomedical Ethics in Medical Education (BEME)
Faculty Advisor: TBD
Email address: BEMEucfcom@gmail.com
President & Director of Discourse: Jacob Riegler
Vice President: Andy Wang
Publicity/Treasury: Vacant
Secretary: Jeslin Kera
Business of Medicine (BoM)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Ziebelman
Group email: bom.ucfmed@gmail.com
President: TBA
Vice President: TBA
Treasurer: TBA
Secretary: TBA
Chapman Compassionate Care (CCC)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Caridad Hernandez
Group email: ucfcccare@gmail.com
Co-Executive Directors: Spencer Lessans & Madison Feldman
Critical Care Medical Interest Group (CCMIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marcia Katz
Group email: UCFCCMIG@gmail.com
President: Kristijan Bogdanovski
Vice President: Dakota McCoy
Treasurer: Michael Cho
Secretary: Gene Liu
Catholic Medical Association (CMA)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Colleen Moran-Bano
Group email: cma.ucfcom@gmail.com
President: Jake Tenewitz
Vice President: Rachel Truong
Treasurer: Nick Richwagen
Secretary: John Wiegand
Cardiology Interest Group (CIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bernard Gros
Group email: ucfCIG@gmail.com
President: TBA
Vice President: TBA
Treasurer: TBA
Secretary: TBA
Careers in Oncology (COG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Priya Vishnubhotla
Group email: careers.in.oncology@gmail.com
President: TBA
Vice President: TBA
Treasurer: TBA
Secretary: TBA
Community Service Chair: TBA
Dermatology Interest Group (DIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeffery Greenwald
Group email: ucfderminterest@gmail.com
President: Tanner Harding
Vice President: Sun Kim
Treasurer: Vacant
Secretary: Vacant
M3 Liaisons: Skylar Klager & Kevin Petersen
M4 Liaisons: Samantha Prabakaran & Khoa Nguyen
Epidemiology Interest Group (EIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Saleh Rahman
Group email: UCFEpidemiologyInterest@gmail.com
President: TBA
Vice President: TBA
Treasurer: TBA
Secretary: TBA
Event Coordinator: TBA
Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jay Ladde
Group email: ucf.emig@gmail.com
President: Jacob Wright
Vice President: Maureen Mohan
Treasurer: Spencer Adams
Secretary: Stephanie Schiffert
Events/Research Coordinator: Brendan Sweeney
M3 Liaison: Deborah Shimshoni
M4 Liaison: Joshua Nims
ENT Interest Group (Otolaryngology Interest Group)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Seidman
Group email: ucfcom.ent@gmail.com
President: Brad Richey
Vice President: Lauren Pmerantz
Treasurer: Daniel Kwak
Secretary: Sina Koochakzadeh
M3 Liaison: Alex Waler
M4 Liaison: Hamad Sagheer
Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Magdalena Pasarica
Group email: UCFFMIG@gmail.com
President: Lorraine Hoyos
Vice President: Ashish Bibireddy
Treasurer: Vacant
M3 Liaison: Joe Skowronski
M4 Liaison: Vacant
Hand in Hand (A family support group)
Advisor: Mrs. Allison Kommer
Group email: TBA
Directors: Eric Wilson & Andrew Bomar
Healthcare Innovations (HI)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mariana Dangiolo
Group email: HIucfcom@gmail.com
President: TBA
Vice President: TBA
Treasurer: TBA
Secretary: TBA
History of Medicine (HoM)
Faculty Advisro: Dr. Saad Shaikh
Group email: Hom.ucfcom@gmail.com
President: TBA
Vice President: TBA
Treasurer: TBA
Secretary: TBA
Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Abdo Asmar
Group email: UCFIMIG@gmail.com
President: Huzaifa Wasanwala
Vice President: Kristijan Bogdanovski
Treasurer: Irina Tardif
Secretary: Evan Chen
M3 Journal Club Liaison: Vacant
M4 Journal Club Liaisons: Morgan Elysse & RJ Bustami
KNIGHTS Clinic
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Magdelena Pasarica
Group email: Knightsclinic@gmail.com
LGBTQ+ Medical Student Allies
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lindsay Taliaferro
Group email: ucfcom.lgbtmedstudentsallies@gmail.com
President: Matt Abrams
Vice President: Kyle Sanchez
Treasurer: Rebecca Joseph
Secretary: Kevin Petersen
Transgender Inclusion Representative: Connor Middelton
Medicine & Horsemanship (M&H)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sarah Gibson
Group email: medicineandhorsemanship@gmail.com
President: John Wiegand
Vice President: TBD
Treasurer: TBD
Secretary: TBD
M3 Liaison: Edward He
M4 Liaisons: Pressley Chakales & Jacklyn Locklear
Medical Anesthesiology Society (MAS)
Faculty Advisors: Drs. Relin Yang & Tejash Dungarani
Group email: ucfcom.mas@gmail.com
President: TBA
Vice President: TBA
Secretary: TBA
M3 Liaison: TBA
M4 Liaison: TBA
Medical Campus Outreach (MCO)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brandon Carr
Group email: ucfmco@gmail.com
President: TBD
Vice President: TBD
Director of Outreach: TBD
Medical Students Providing Across Continents (MedPACt)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Judith Simms-Cendan
Group email: board@ucfglobalhealth.org
Executive Director: Tabitha Eckert
Directors of Service: Annalisa Sega & David Gittess
Director of Finance: DK Nguyen
Director of Education: Justin Chacko
Director of Records: Alex Gartland
Conference Directors: Vincent Cendan & Benjamin Daines
Research Chair: Alexia Bossan
Directors of Community Outreach: Riegel Spogen & Brendan Sweeney
Medical Informatics (MI)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Lebowitz
Group email: ucfmedical@gmail.com
President: Alex Gartland
Vice President: DK Nguyen
Treasurer: Andy Wang
Secretary: Andrew Pollizzi
Movement is Medicine (MiM)
Faculty Advisor: TBD
Group email: ucfcommim@gmail.com
President: TBD
Vice President: TBD
Treasurer: TBD
Secretary: TBD
Mission Nutrition (MN)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jacque Nyenhuis
Group email: missionnutritionucf@gmail.com
President: Michael Fiorino
Vice President: Ana Parus
Treasurer: Neha Bhasker
Secretary: Mohammad Ahsan
M3 Liaison: Vacant
Medical Literature Book Club (MLBC)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cori Baill
Group email: UCFMedLit@gmail.com
Co-President: Amy Fitch & Anna Jacobs
Vice President: Shivani Patel
Treasurer: Kelly Cho
Secretary: Jenna Driscoll
Military Medicine Interest Group (MMIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard Peppler
Group email: UCFMMIG@gmail.com
President: TBD
Vice President: TBD
Treasurer: TBD
Secretary: TBD
Secretary of Defense: TBD
Secretary of the Air Force: TBD
Secretary of the Army: TBD
Secretary of the Navy: TBD
M4 Liaison: TBD
Neurological Surgery Interest Group (NSIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Sanders
Group email: ucfnsig@yahoo.com
President & M4 Liaison: Steven Glener
Co-President: Tanya Singh
Vice President: TBA
Treasurer: Jake Tenewitz
Secretary: Kristen HoSang
M3 Liaison: TBA
Obstetrics & Gynecology Interest Group (OGIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Judith Simms-Cendan
Group email: ucfcomogig@gmail.com
President: TBA
Vice President: TBA
Treasurer: TBA
Secretary: TBA
Director of Reproductive Health Interest:
M3 Liaison: TBA
M4 Liaison: TBA
Ophthalmology Interest Group (OIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mehul Patel
Group email: ucfcomoig@gmail.com
President: TBD
Vice President: TBD
Treasurer: TBD
Secretary: TBD
M3 Liaison: TBD
Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Interest Group (OSMIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Kirkpatrick
Group email: ucfosmig@gmail.com
President: TBA
Vice President: TBA
Secretary: TBA
Community Outreach Chair: TBA
M3 Liaisons: Jordan Deal & Amelia Winter
M4 Liaisons: TBA
Pediatric Interest Group (PIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Colleen Moran-Bano
Group email: pigucfcom@gmail.com
President: Vincent Cendan
Vice President: Katie Ballantyne
Treasurer: Oriana Fermin
Secretary: Emma Hignett
Event Coordinators: Sankalp Goberdhan & Evan Chen
M3 Liaison: Heather Kraft
M4 Liaison: Morgan Irwin-Weyant
Preventive Medicine & Aging Group (PMAG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mariana Dangiolo
Group email: ucfpmag@gmail.com
President: TBA
Vice President: TBA
Treasurer: TBA
Secretary: TBA
Pathology Medical Student Interest Group (PMSIG)
Faculty Advisors: Drs. Mujtaba Husain & Vania Zayat
Group email: UCFPathologyInterest@gmail.com
President: Holly Moots
Vice President: Matthew Moench
Treasurer: Elias Eid
Secretary: Nicholas Richwagen
M3 Liaison: Elizabeth Pernicone
M4 Liaison: Vacant
Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery Interest Group (PRSIG)
Faculty Advisors: Drs. Adam Oppenheimer & David Plank
Group email: prsigucf@gmail.com
President: TBA
Vice President: TBA
Treasurer: TBA
Secretary: TBA
M3 Liaison:TBA
M4 Liaison: TBA
Peer Support Group (PSG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Katherine Daly
Boards TBD
PsychSIGN
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anuja Mehta
Group email: ucfcompsychsign@gmail.com
President: Matt Abrams
Vice President: Jenny Huynh
Publicity/Treasurer: Sheena Orellana
Secretary: Timothy Le
Reproductive Health Interest Group (RHIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Georgia Lamvu
Group email: ucfreproductivehealth@gmail.com
Director: TBD
National Coordinator & Resource Manager: TBD
Community Outreach Coordinator: TBD
Director of Education & Curriculum Reform: TBD
Upperclassman Coordinator: TBD
Radiology Interest Group (RIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Craig Johnson
Group email: rig.ucf.med@gmail.com
President: Kevin Boyd
Vice President: Andrew Pollizzi
Treasurer: TBA
Secretary: Irina Tardif
M3 Liaison: Jerry French
M4 Liaison: Matt Burger
Rising Youth
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anuja Mehta
Group email: risingyouthfl@gmail.com
Executive Director: Sanya Sellers
Director of Operations: Cornell Lee
Directors of Education: Pressley Chakales & Srikar Reddy
Directors of Outreach: Kevin Petersen & Chavi Rehani
Lead Teachers: Ashlee Smith & Margot Samson
Rising Medical Scholars Association (RMSA)
Faculty Advisor: Dr, Shiva Kalidinidi
Group email: ucfrmsa@gmail.com
President: TBD
Vice President: TBD
Treasurer: TBD
Secretary: TBD
Event Coordinator: TBD
Students Interested in Academic Medicine (SIAM)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Abdo Asmar
Group email: siam.ucfmed@gmail.com
President: TBD
Vice President: TBD
Treasurer: TBD
Secretary: TBD
M3 Liaison: TBD
M4 Liaison: TBD
Surgery Interest Group (SIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Juan Cendan
Group email: ucfsurgery@gmail.com
President: Michael Fiorino
Vice President: Margaret Kennedy
Treasurer: Brendan Sweeney
Secretary: Lauren Pomerantz
M3 Liaisons: Joe Skorwronski & Alex Waler
M4 Liaisons: Tanya Singh & Steve Kong
Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Sanders
Group email: UCF.COM.NEURO@gmail.com
President: TBD
Vice President: TBD
Treasurer: TBD
Secretary: TBD
M3 Liaison: TBD
M4 Liaison: TBD
Student National Medical Association (SNMA)
Advisor: Ms. Ethel Smith
Group email: SNMAatUCF@gmail.com
President: TBD
Vice President of Underrepresented Community Outreach: TBD
Vice President of Academic Minority Enrichment: TBD
Treasurer: TBD
Secretary: TBD
M3 Liaison: TBD
M4 Liaison: TBD
Student Council
Advisors: Ms. Casey Smith & Ms. Soraya Smith
Presidents: Andrey Suprun (M4), Cole Friedes (M3), Kevin Petersen (M2), Cristina Cabrerra (M1)
Vice Presidents: Heather Lesch (M4), Lacie Turnbull (M3), Evan Johnson (M2), Matt Abrams (M1)
Treasurers: Robert Le (M4), Srikar Reddy (M3), Robert Pell (M2), Margaret Kennedy (M2)
Secretaries: Ashley Goordeen (M4), Nimai Patel (M3), Elizabeth Pernicone (M2), Gabriela Castro (M1)
Urology Interest Group (UIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hubert Swana
Group email: ucf.uig@gmail.com
President: TBA
Vice President: TBA
Treasurer: TBA
Secretary: TBA
M3 Liaison: TBA
M4 Liaison: TBA
Ultrasound Interest Group (USIG)
Faculty Advisors: Drs. Christine Kauffman & Alfredo Tirado
Group email: USIGUCF@gmail.com
President: TBD
Vice President of Education: TBD
Vice President of Service: TBD
Treasurer: TBD
Secretary: TBD
Vascular Surgery Interest Group (VSIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Frederick Fisher
Group email: ucfcomvsig@gmail.com
President: Jeslin Kera
Vice President: Vacant
Treasurer: Vacant
Secretary: Vacant
Wilderness Medical Society (WMS)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Martin Klaphke
Group email: ucf.wildernessmedicine@gmail.com
President: Sean Nguyen
Vice President: Ben Daines
Treasurer: Michael Ren
Secretary: Alex Gartland