Medical Student Interest Groups: West

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State:

Name	MD/DO	State	Updated	Year Founded	Founding Member(s)	Current Leaders	Primary Contact	Additional Contact Name	VIRIG?	Faculty Advisor(s)	Month of Turnover	Resident/Fellow Mentor(s):	Undergraduate Affiliated?	Region
A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona	DO	Arizona	7/2021			Arun Paniker	sa204820@atsu.edu							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
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
Creighton University School of Medicine - Phoenix Campus	MD	Arizona	5/2020	2020	Alex Arne	Alex Arne (presumably)	alexarne@creighton.edu		VIRIG					West
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA	MD	California	9/2021	2014	Bill Zhou, Lynn Yi, Matthew Elmasari	Vishnu Murthy, Beau Sperry	dgsom.rig@gmail.com; VMurthy@mednet.UCLA.edu; BSperry@mednet.UCLA.edu;		Combined	Dr. Theodore Hall, Dr. Justin McWilliams	May	None	Y	West
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				West
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
Loma Linda University School of Medicine	MD	California	9/2021	2020	Andrew Pop; Emmanuel Omosor; Matthew Shedd; Ryan Davis; Tanya Cupino; Cole Knox	Millie Liao, Carter Ware	mliao@llu.edu; cware@students.llu.edu;		VIRIG	Kyle Cooper MD	May			West
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
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
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences	DO	Washington	7/2021			Parker Dean	tnorthrup@pnwu.edu; anguyen@pnwu.edu	pdean@pnwu.edu	VIRIG+RIG	Dr. Wade Justice	April			West
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine	DO	Colorado	9/2021			Danica Ujano	danica.ujano@rvu.edu; rvu.ultrasoundclub@gmail.com;		Combined	Dr. David Ross				West
Stanford University School of Medicine	MD	California	9/2020	2019	Joshua Swee	Joshua Swee; Nathan Ng	jswee@stanford.edu		VIRIG+RIG					West
Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine	DO	California	4/2021	2016	Jonathan Tran, Henry Szeto	Piyush Goyal	piyush.goyal2@tu.edu	jburris@student.touro.edu	VIRIG+RIG	(DR)	every August			West
Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine	DO	Nevada					rad.tourocomnyc@gmail.com							West
UC Davis School of Medicine	MD	California	9/2021	2018	Abhishek Jairam and Shan Hansra	Reza Moein Taghavi, Tan Nguyen	rmoeint@ucdavis.edu; tanngu@ucdavis.edu;		Combined	Dr. Eric King MD and Dr. Kayla Cort MD	every May		Y	West
UC Riverside School of Medicine	MD	California											Y	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
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine	MD	California	6/2021	2015	Joe Tesoriero; Priscilla Vu; Wilfred Manzano	Anvesh Macherla, Fares Al-Khouja, Bradley Roth, Sriram Rao	amacherl@hs.uci.edu; falkhouj@hs.uci.edu; rothbj@hs.uci.edu; sriramsr@hs.uci.edu		Combined	Kari Nelson, MD, FSIR	October		Y	West
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
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
University of Colorado School of Medicine	MD	Colorado	9/2021	2009	Farres Ahmed; Wes Cain	Nisha Pradhan, Samantha Conner, Jordan Coburn, Kylan Nelson, Lisa Viltz	nisha.pradhan@cuanschutz.edu; samantha.conner@cuanschutz.edu; jordan.coburn@cuanschutz.edu; kylan.nelson@cuanschutz.edu; lisa.viltz@cuanschutz.edu;		VIRIG+RIG	Kimi Kondo, DO	April	None	Y	West
University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine	MD	Hawaii		2015	Kelcy Higa	Jenna Maligro	jmaligro@hawaii.edu; sarmstro@hawaii.edu		VIRIG	Anthony Herrera	May	Alexandria Jo	Y	West
University of Nevada School of Medicine - Las Vegas	MD	Nevada	7/2021		Caroline Le Tohic	letohic@unlv.nevada.edu							Y	West
University of Nevada School of Medicine - Reno	MD	Nevada	3/2020	2018	Austin Shinagawa, Michael Taylor	Austin Shinagawa (MSII), Michael Taylor (MSII)			Combined	Dr. Rajesh Rangaswamy	Every March		Y	West
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
University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine	MD	South Dakota	5/2020			Stephanie Kazi	stephanie.kazi@usd.edu		VIRIG					West
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	West
University of Washington School of Medicine	MD	Washington	7/2021	2017		Taylor Rasmussen, Ty Mattinson	tras1027@uw.edu; tyjm@uw.edu		VIRIG+RIG	Dr. Ryan Joyce, Dr. David Shin	Variable, spring	None	Y	West
Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine	MD	Washington											Y	West
Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Northwest	DO	Oregon				Andrew Comer, Violet Quann	RTclub@westernu.edu							West
Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific	DO	California	3/2019	2018	David Thomas	Delaney Aguilar	delaney.aguilar@westernu.edu		VIRIG	Dr. William Merbs (not an IR, we don't have any IR faculty currently)	Every February			West
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