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Medical Student Interest Groups: Midwest

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Name MD/DO State Updated Year Founded Founding Member(s) Current Leaders IRIG Email Primary Contact Additional Contact Names Additional Contact VIRIG Faculty Advisor(s) Month of Turnover Resident/Fellow Mentor(s): Undergraduate Affiiliated? Premed Contact Region Last year's notes
Rush Medical College MD Illinois 2/2019 2015 Antonios Skondras, Sarah Sun antonios_skondras@rush.edu; jiayue_sun@rush.edu VIRIG+RIG Dr. Bulent Arslan January None Midwest Updated information
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine MD Illinois 4/2019 2016 John Weaver and Andrew Woerner Gricelda Mendoza, Camille de Jesus, Shivani Doshi, Shuchi Zinzuwadia gmendoza1@luc.edu; cdejesus1@luc.edu; sdoshi@luc.edu; szinzuwadia@luc.edu VIRIG Dr. Angelo Malamis every April None Y Midwest contacted 5/24, pending response
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine MD Illinois 11/2019 2017 Monica Matsumoto, Aaron Wallace, Teresa Jiang Teresa Jiang ryan.judd@uchospitals.edu; olivia.schultz@uchospitals.edu; tiffany.toni@uchospitals.edu; teresa.jiang@uchospitals.edu VIRIG Rakesh Navuluri every September/October None Y Midwest contacted 5/24, response received 8/13
University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago MD Illinois 4/2019 2016 Amer Rasheed, Daanish Siddique, Adam Held, Dhairya Jarsania, Nimrod Deiss-Yehiely Albert Yen aren3@uic.edu VIRIG Dr Ketan Shah May Y Midwest
University of Illinois College of Medicine - Peoria MD Illinois 4/2020 Steven Lee, Amith Rao, Simon Park arao35@uic.edu; slee616@uic.edu VIRIG Dr Terry Brady May Y Midwest
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine MD Illinois 8/2019 2016 Maria Joh Casey Bunge casey.bunge@northwestern.edu VIRIG Robert Lewandowski January None Y Midwest Intro to IR lunch talk with 35 attendees. several organ system-specific lunch talks with 25-30 attendees each. 2 simulation events (including practice stent placement and ablation simulation) 20 attendees each
Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine DO Illinois 6/2018 2018 David Thomas David Thomas david.thomas@westernu.edu VIRIG Dr. William Merbs (not an IR, we don't have any IR faculty currently) Every February Midwest
Rosalind Franklin University - Chicago Medical School MD Illinois 4/2020 2019 Simone Raiter Anne-Marie Nwajei irig@rfums.org annemarie.nwajei@gmail.com VIRIG+RIG None March/April None Midwest IRIG just approved through the school; no events yet
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine MD Illinois 4/2020 Ryan Sribner, Kaitlin Gibson rscribner42@siumed.edu; kgibson27@siumed.edu RIG Y Midwest
Carle Illinois College of Medicine MD Illinois Midwest
Indiana University School of Medicine MD Indiana 8/2020 2017 Joshua Scantland, Jacob Grant Justin Hendrix irsig@iupui.edu irsig@iupui.edu Isaac David Schumacher ischumac@iu.edu VIRIG Michael Schacht, MD, MBA Every May (annual) Y Midwest 27
Indiana University School of Medicine - Evansville MD Indiana Midwest
Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine DO Indiana 4/2020 Michael Hodge hodge_michael@outlook.com RIG Y Midwest
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine MD Iowa 11/2020 2014 Steven Morales, MD Jennifer Good, Michael Lung jennifer-good@uiowa.edu; michael-lung@uiowa.edu VIRIG Sandeep Laroia, MD May Antony Hayes, MD Y Midwest Intro to IR event w/ 15-20 attendees
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine DO Iowa 4/2020 2017 Alexia Fisher and Jacob Gianuzzi Jackie Ha jackie.l.ha@dmu.edu RIG Dr. James Mahoney DPM every May Midwest Intro event w/ 40 attendees
University of Kansas School of Medicine MD Kansas 3/2019 2015 Alec Hermanson, Samuel Hund Austin Fehr, Nick Hanna afehr3@kumc.edu; nhanna@kumc.edu VIRIG Thomas Fahrbach Every May Y Midwest
Wayne State University School of Medicine MD Michigan 5/2020 2017 David Gelovani, Andrew Bacyinski CJ Arnold el.caney.arnold@med.wayne.edu Matthew Henry mjdhenry@med.wayne.edu VIRIG Monte Harvill every April Y Midwest Intro event w/ 10 attendees
University of Michigan Medical School MD Michigan 3/2017 2015 Ellyn Gray, Michael Kraft Ali VanBelkum, Ryan Hoogmoed alivb@umich.edu VIRIG Kyle Cooper MD March (curriculum change for our school – Ryan and I start M3 March 6th, so our turnover is way earlier this year than in past) Alexandria Jo Y Midwest
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine MD Michigan 5/2020 2019 Belinda Asare, Nathan Loudon, Anna Jahshan, Mitch Reitsma, Brett Friedman, Hassan Akram Han Ngo hngo@oakland.edu VIRIG+RIG Joseph Ciacci Every May Dr. Lawrence Bahoura Y Midwest IRIG just launched; currently planning an intro to IR event
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine MD Michigan 4/2020 2012 Peter Hoeksema, Charles Brewerton Jacob Poliskey jacob.poliskey@med.wmich.edu VIRIG+RIG Todd Johnson Every May None Y Midwest
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine MD Michigan 8/2018 2016 Michael Nguyen and Devon Pyykkonen Lane McCandless, Lindsey Kiiskila, Natalie Payne, Ruth Gichinga, Cynthia Davila, Ahn Nguyen mccand11@msu.edu VIRIG+RIG Dr. Ryan Tubbs and Dr. Jay Harolds every February Y Midwest
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine - East Lansing MD Michigan 9/2020 2019 Nate Kauffman Nate Kauffman kauffm57@msu.edu VIRIG+RIG Bruce Wolf January Y Midwest no official members/meetings; one resource fair yearly that serves as an "intro" event; any subsequent event is open to all students
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine DO Michigan 11/2020 2019 Sydney Rubin Tess Vindischman, Sydney Rubin vindisch@msu.edu; srubin@msu.edu VIRIG+RIG Bruce Wolf February Y Midwest
Central Michigan University College of Medicine MD Michigan 4/2020 2020 Joseph Zhou, Robert Muterspaugh, Muhammad Memon, Matthew Welch, Jacob Horsely Joseph Zhou, Matthew Welch zhou1jy@cmich.edu; welch1mp@cmich.edu VIRIG+RIG February None Y Midwest
University of Minnesota Medical School MD Minnesota 4/2020 2018 Anthony Osifuye Damian Hall, Ranveer Vasdev, Sophie Bonnema, Thomas Houghland hallx717@umn.edu; vasde005@umn.edu; bonne254@umn.edu; hough060@umn.edu VIRIG Donna D'Souza MD Y Midwest IRIG
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine - Alix School of Medicine MD Minnesota 8/2020 2014 Scott Thompson M.D., Ph.D. Barrett Anderies, mayoclinicirig@gmail.com anderies.barrett@mayo.edu VIRIG+RIG Chad Fleming, M.D. July Midwest 2
Creighton University School of Medicine MD Nebraska 11/2020 John Hufnagle, Cameron Brock johnhufnagle@creighton.edu; cameronbrock@creighton.edu Evan Johnson EvanJohnson@creighton.edu RIG Tami DenOtter, MD None Y Midwest 15
University of Nebraska College of Medicine MD Nebraska 4/2020 Ben Fletcher, Karl Khandalavala ben.fletcher@unmc.edu; karl.khandalavala@unmc.edu RIG Y Midwest
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences MD North Dakota 10/2019 2019 Haaris Ali Haaris Ali haaris.ali.2@und.edu RIG Luke Roller, MD Every May Y Midwest
The Ohio State University College of Medicine MD Ohio 7/2019 2011 Gregory Guy Nicholas Mannix nicholas.mannix@osumc.edu VIRIG Dr. Gregory Guy February Y Midwest Intro event w/ 70 attendees
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine MD Ohio 2/2019 2016 Aaron McBride Robert Unger, Tisi Tuifa, Joshua Cockrum ungerr@ccf.org; tuifuat@ccf.org; cockruj@ccf.org VIRIG Dr. Charles Martin III April None ? - case western affiliation? Midwest
University of Toledo College of Medicine MD Ohio 8/2019 2015 Zachary Rost, MD and Mohammed Al-Natour, MD Kunaal Bafna kunaal.bafna@rockets.utoledo.edu VIRIG+RIG Sahira Kazanjian Every September Zachary Rost, MD Y Midwest IRIG inactive 2018-2019 academic year; will resume activity this year
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine MD Ohio 4/2020 2010 Zach Berman Alexander Borovik axb1075@case.edu Isaac Levine iml15@case.edu VIRIG+RIG Dr. Charles Martin III January none Y Midwest I was sent this contact info from a friend: Kelly Lew at kjl95@case.edu -Ricki
Northeast Ohio Medical University MD Ohio 3/2018 Silas Chao, Parker Hollingsworth, Jaya Sai Varre; Anna Plummer, Jacob Ryan, Ranjit Mavi jvarre@neomed.edu VIRIG+RIG Janice McDaniel, MD every May Midwest
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine MD Ohio 5/2020 Kunal Karani rig.uccom@gmail.com ; rig.uccom@gmail.com Joonhyuk Lee lee3jk@mail.uc.edu VIRIG+RIG Dr. Ram Chadalavada March Y Midwest no IRIG but RIG group does host an intro to IR event; will be updated on number of attendees last year
Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University MD Ohio 5/2019 2014 Ramanjot Kang Aroh Ribadiya ribadiya.2@wright.edu VIRIG+RIG David Vanderburgh Every May. None Y Midwest https://medicine.wright.edu/student-life/student-organizations/radiology-interest-group
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine DO Ohio 5/2019 2018 Gregory Liller - president, Michael Pyper - VP, Jon Burns - community outreach chair, Austin Daly - activities coordinator, Stephen Swade - treasurer Azeem Ahmad aa080317@ohio.edu VIRIG+RIG Dr. Jeffrey Benseler, D.O. every February Y Midwest
Oklahoma State University Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine DO Oklahoma 8/2019 Taylor Jones, Bryan Wright bdwrigh@okstate.edu RIG Dr. Kent Smith Every May Y Midwest
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine MD Oklahoma 4/2020 RIG Dr. Montu Patel Midwest This is a primary care-focused program so the radiology interest group is only infrequently active. The faculty advisor can be reached at Montu-Patel@ouhsc.edu
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine MD Oklahoma Y Midwest
Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota MD South Dakota 8/2020 2018 Tej Mehta, Caleb Heiberger Stephanie Kazi stephanie.kazi@usd.edu VIRIG+RIG Douglas Yim (IR) Every May Y Guest speakers from other schools Midwest 30
Medical College of Wisconsin MD Wisconsin 4/2020 2011 Ryan Graff David Wittmann dwittmann@mcw.edu; chillert@mcw.edu VIRIG Parag Patel, MD every April None Midwest Intro to IR event with 55 attendees
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health MD Wisconsin 7/2019 Yohan Sumathipala, Scott Reetz, Ryan Valk sumathipala@wisc.edu VIRIG Dr. Mark Kleedehn, MD every May Y Midwest Intro to IR meeting led by Drs. Mark Kleedehn (IR residency director) and Paul Laeseke (IR attending/research) with 10-12 attendees; also hosted hands-on ablation lab using NeuWave to ablate a beef liver with 10-15 attendees
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