Medical Student Interest Groups: West

MD/DO:

State:

Name	MD/DO	State	Updated	Year Founded	Founding Member(s)	Current Leaders	Primary Contact	VIRIG?	Faculty Advisor(s)	Month of Turnover	Resident/Fellow Mentor(s):	Undergraduate Affiliated?		Region	Last year's notes
A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona	DO	Arizona	5/2020											West	05/11/2020 contacted sa202992@atsu.edu -- surgical interest group (no RIG)
Creighton University School of Medicine - Phoenix Campus	MD	Arizona	5/2020	2020	Alex Arne	Alex Arne (presumably)	alexarne@creighton.edu	VIRIG
Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine - Arizona	MD	Arizona	2/2019	2017	Ilana Breen, Olivia Thomas, Michael Schwartz, Austin Eells	Ilana Breen	ilanabreen7@gmail.com	Combined						West
Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Arizona	DO	Arizona												West
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix	MD	Arizona	3/2019			Julie Tran, Diep Nguyen	julietran@email.arizona.edu; diepnguyen@email.arizona.edu							West
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tuscon	MD	Arizona	2/2019	2018	Raj Shah, Carlos Garcia	Meera Kapadia	meerakapadia@email.arizona.edu	VIRIG	Dr. Gregory Woodhead	September		Y		West
California Northstate University College of Medicine	MD	California	5/2017	2016	Jonathan Lish, Tanmayee Yenumula, Jean Min, Elizabeth Phillips, Joseph Gancayco	Shadi Salimi	shadi.salimi6484@cnsu.edu	RIG	Dr. Farhad Farzanegan	every May	None			West	3/17/19 contacted Darilyn.Falck@cnsu.edu
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA	MD	California	9/2020	2014	Bill Zhou, Lynn Yi, Matthew Elmasari	Tommy Jiang, Matthew Zhao	dgsom.rig@gmail.com; tommyjiang@ucla.edu	Combined	Dr. Theodore Hall, Dr. Justin McWilliams	May	None	Y		West	3/17/19 contacted wgriggs@mednet.ucla.edu
Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California	MD	California	11/2019	2013	Harout Dermendjian	Rachel Eisenbarth, Zachary Bonzell	irsig.keck@gmail.com	VIRIG	Dr. Jenanan Vairavamurthy	Spring		Y		West	3/17/19 emailed + texted Jeff Liu, awaiting response
Loma Linda University School of Medicine	MD	California	5/2020	2020	Andrew Pop; Emmanuel Omosor; Matthew Shedd; Ryan Davis; Tanya Cupino; Cole Knox	Andrew Pop; Emmanuel Omosor; Matthew Shedd; Ryan Davis; Tanya Cupino; Cole Knox	apop@llu.edu; mliao@llu.edu	VIRIG	Kyle Cooper MD	May				West	3/17/19 contacted kschiller@llu.edu
Stanford University School of Medicine	MD	California	9/2020	2019	Joshua Swee	Joshua Swee; Nathan Ng	jswee@stanford.edu	VIRIG+RIG						West	9/16/2020 -- updated by Josh Swee (current RFS MSC chair of web tech, also part of current IRIG leadership @ Stanford)
Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine	DO	California	7/2019	2016	Jonathan Tran, Henry Szeto	Andrew Nguyen	andrew.nguyen15@tu.edu	VIRIG+RIG	(DR)	every March				West
UC Davis School of Medicine	MD	California	5/2019	2018	Abhishek Jairam and Shan Hansra			Combined	Dr. Catherine Vu	every May		Y	no IRIG	West	listed contacts failed, tried student affairs 3/17/19
UC Riverside School of Medicine	MD	California										Y		West	3/17/19 contacted medadmissions@ucr.edu
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine	MD	California	5/2020	2015	Joe Tesoriero; Priscilla Vu; Wilfred Manzano	Malcolm S Crawford, William A. Grant	mscrawfo@hs.uci.edu; wagrant@hs.uci.edu	Combined	Kari Nelson, MD, FSIR	October		Y		West	Updated
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine	MD	California		2013	Ken Nakanote, Craig Wilsen, Steven Kao	Carol Girgiss, Lee Hsieh		VIRIG	Gerant Rivera	Every May	None	Y		West	somstuorgs@ucsd.edu contacted 3/17/19
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine	MD	California	9/2020	2015	Andrew Surman		irig.ucsf@gmail.com	VIRIG	Vishal Kumar, Evan Lehrman	May	None			West	3/17/19 contacted evan and vishal at IRIG.UCSF@gmail.com
Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific	DO	California	3/2019	2018	David Thomas	Fengxin (Jane) Li	fengxin.li@westernu.edu	VIRIG	Dr. William Merbs (not an IR, we don't have any IR faculty currently)	Every February				West
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine	DO	Colorado	5/2020											Midwest
University of Colorado School of Medicine	MD	Colorado	9/2020	2009	Farres Ahmed; Wes Cain	Thomas Wong; Megan Kunkel; Curtis Pacheco	thomas.wong@ucdenver.edu; rig.uchsc@gmail.com; megan.kunkel@cuanschutz.edu; curtis.pacheco@cuanschutz.edu	VIRIG+RIG	Kimi Kondo, DO	April	None	Y		Midwest	contacted 5/24, pending response
University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine	MD	Hawaii		2015	Kelcy Higa			VIRIG	Anthony Herrera	May	Alexandria Jo	Y		West	3/17/19 contacted warmoth@hawaii.edu and jksumida@hawaii.edu
Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine	DO	Idaho	5/2020	2019	Zaid Ahmed, Sarah Placek	Zaid Ahmed; Sarah Placek	zahmed@s.idahocom.org; splacek@s.idahocom.org	VIRIG+RIG	Todd Burt, MD
Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine	DO	Nevada					rad.tourocomnyc@gmail.com							West	Contacted 5/11/2020 Sami Musallam (do21.sami.musallam@nv.touro.edu), Jerry Lin (do21.zhe.lin@nv.touro.edu) plan to start a combined IRIG/RIG
University of Nevada School of Medicine - Las Vegas	MD	Nevada	4/2020									Y		West	4/23/20 - Contacted admissions - pending contact for interest group
University of Nevada School of Medicine - Reno	MD	Nevada	3/2020	2018	Austin Shinagawa, Michael Taylor	Austin Shinagawa (MSII), Michael Taylor (MSII)	ashinagawa@med.unr.edu; mktaylor@med.unr.edu	Combined	Dr. Rajesh Rangaswamy	Every March		Y		West
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University	DO	New Mexico	5/2020	2018	Matthew Steritz	Matthew Steritz	matthew.steritz@mybcom.org	VIRIG	Thomas Spera	September				West	5/11/2020 Contacted Luis Zuniga (Surgical Interest Group Leader)
University of New Mexico School of Medicine	MD	New Mexico	3/2019	2014	Alexander Covington, Emily Ochmanek, Samuel Martinez, Whitney Terrell		irigunm@gmail.com	VIRIG	Adam Delu	February	None	Y		West	3/17/19 contacted HSC-SOMAdmin@salud.unm.edu
Oregon Health & Science UniversitySchool of Medicine	MD	Oregon	3/2019	2014	Alexander Nicholson	Shannon Kang	kansh@ohsu.edu	RIG	Brooke Beckett, Nicole Roy	every May				West	05/15/20 contacted kansh@ohsu.edu
Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Northwest	DO	Oregon												West	3/9/19 Hilary Swift
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine	MD	South Dakota	5/2020			Stephanie Kazi	stephanie.kazi@usd.edu	VIRIG
University of Utah School of Medicine	MD	Utah	3/2019	2018	Marissa Weber, Nancy Ann Little, Peter Hendrickson, and Ryan Hirschi	Marissa Weber, Nancy Ann Little, Peter Hendrickson, and Ryan Hirschi	utahirinterestgroup@gmail.com	VIRIG	Dr. Ziga Cizman and Dr. Claire Kaufman	May		Y		Midwest	Contacted 5/11/2020
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences	DO	Washington	4/2019			Tyler Northrup, Austin Nguyen	tnorthrup@pnwu.edu; anguyen@pnwu.edu	VIRIG+RIG	Dr. Wade Justice	April				West
University of Washington School of Medicine	MD	Washington	4/2020	2017	Unsure	Taylor Rasmussen, Ty Mattinson	tras1027@uw.edu; tyjm@uw.edu	VIRIG+RIG	Dr. Ryan Joyce, Dr. David Shin	Variable, spring	None	Y		West	4/21/2020 contacted Dillon Brown -- will be participacting
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine	MD	Washington										Y		West	4/23/20 contacted Carson Fuller MS2 at WSU / 5/11/2020 Contacted student affairs for leader info
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