There are all kinds of student run interest groups to you help you figure out where you fit into the world of medicine (and to give you occasional free lunch). If you want to get more involved, feel free to reach out to the current leadership so you can get on their email list. Groups may vary in activity level from year to year; some have a significant, ongoing presence while others may periodically go dormant if student interest and involvement wanes.
If you've got no idea where to start, you might want to check out this comic, or this flowchart.
This is the most up-to-date listing we have. Don't see your group listed? That's because you didn't tell us! Send your groups information to CUSOM.pulse@gmail.com. If you don’t see a group to fit your interests, you can start one! The Medical Student Council (MSC) accepts applications for new student interest groups throughout the school year.
Starting Your Group
Please refer to the "Student Organization Recognition" section of the Student Organization Policy Guidebook - found in the section immediately below - that has full instructions for starting an interest group. Please consult this for details.
Here is a link to the Student Organization Registration Form which must be completed as part of your registration.
Once all steps for creating and registering your group have been completed, reach out to the MSC Executive President via e-mail to schedule your group for a presentation to MSC for final approval. Below is an outline of what must be included in the MSC presentation.
Required Presentation Topics:
Organization Name
Goals of the Organization
Leadership Organization (President, Treasurer, Secretary, etc.)
Faculty Advisor
Completed and/or Planned Activities
Budget
Current Funding Sources (donations, departments, etc.)
Please use this template to construct your slides. Keep the presentation brief (5 min or so)!
MSC Funding
Once your group has been approved, you can apply for funding through MSC at the beginning of each semester during Funding Night. Funding Night dates will be determined by the MSC Executive Treasurer. Please reach out to them for details about how to submit a budget.
The most up to date list of active interest groups on campus as of Funding Night, September, 2023
Note: while most of these groups are active, all groups reflected here may not be completely up to date
Student Contacts: amwa.cusom@gmail.com
Natalie Shelden natalie.shelden@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Rita Lee
Student Contacts: Hieu Nguyen hieu.t2.nguyen@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: coloradoanams@gmail.com
Devante Kee-Young devante.kee-young@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Contact:
Student Contact: Shruti Patel shruti.patel@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Contact: Peter Hountras peter.hountras@gmail.com
Student contact: Ephrat Fisseha ephrat.fisseha@cuanschtuz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Carmen Vandal carmen.vandal@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contacts: Cassidy Yoshida cassidy.yoshida@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contacts: Jun Bai Park Chang junbai.parkchang@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contacts: Jenny Romero jennifer.3.romero@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty: Chelsea Lohman Bonfiglio
Student Contacts: mspa@cuanschutz.edu
AnaLisa Ortiz analisa.ortiz@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Haya Kaliounji haya.kaliounji@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty sponsor: Brandi Freeman, Regina Richards
Student contacts: Co-presidents: Edwige Sewavi edwige.sewavi@cuanschutz.edu and Sandra Appiah sandra.appiah@cuanschutz.edu
coloradosom@snma.org
Faculty sponsor: Arun Kannappan arun.kannappan@cuanschutz.edu
Student contacts: Ishan Sahoo ishan.sahoo@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contacts: Matt Paulson matt.paulson@cuanschutz.edu and John Hesling john.hesling@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Contacts: Nahid Hotchkiss and Erika Baird
Student Contacts: Gabrielle Coleman gabrielle.coleman@cuanschutz.edu and Melody Jan melody.jan@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contacts: Breanna Stafford breanna.stafford@cuanschutz.edu, Benjamin Hakaklan benjamin.hakaklan@cuanschutz.edu, Omair Khan omair.khan@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contacts: Robert Fuller robert.fuller@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Adrainna Kayden adrianna.kayden@cuanschutz.edu and Jessie Jiang jessie.jiang@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsors: Kevin Rogers
Student contacts: Mark Beatty mark.beatty@cuanschutz.edu, Vijay Joshi vijay.joshi@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsors: Cory Dunnick and Robert Dellavalle
Student contacts: Natasha Barton natasha.barton@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Meredith Meadows meredith.meadows@cuanschutz.edu
ucd.emig@gmail.com
Student Contacts: Ashlyn Richie ashlyn.richie@cuanschutz.edu and Theresa Tafoya theresa.tafoya@cuanschutz.edu
fmnews@ucdenver.edu
Faculty: Sarah Tietz
Student Contacts: geriatricsig@olucdenver.onmicrosoft.com
Madison Kim madison.kim@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty: Peter Kennealey, Lacey Lagrone
Student Contacts: Khoa Nguyen | khoa.n.nguyen@cuanschutz.edu; YooJin Yoon | yoojin.yoon@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Adrianna Kayden adrianna.kayden@cuanschutz.edu
groversurgicalsociety@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Hillary Ta hillary.ta@cuanschutz.edu
Trisha Agarwal trisha.agarwal@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contacts: Jennifer Felker jennifer.felker@cuanschutz.edu and Satya Trikha satya.trikha@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Tuong Phan
Student Contacts: Will Osier william.osier@cuanschutz.edu
cu.medpedsig@gmail.com
Faculty Sponsor: Dan Kramer
Student contacts: Eric Fu eric.fu@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty: Shawna Tonick
Student Contacts: Kevin Flores kevin.2.flores@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty: Jeff SooHoo
Student contact: Rehan Choudhury rehan.choudhury@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty: Frank Scott
Student contacts: Songyuan Gu Songyuan.gu@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Daniel Fink (Vicki Muscatello)
Student contacts: Nick Senofsky nicholas.senofsky@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsors: Jennifer Soep
Student contact: Will Osier william.osier@cuanschutz.edu
pedsinterestgroup@olucdenver.onmicrosoft.com
Faculty Sponsors: Christodoulos Kaoutzanis Chrisodoulos.kaoutzanis@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Evan Haas Evan.haas@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Adele Meron
Student Contacts: Kenneth Pham kenneth.pham@cuanschutz.edu
Lexi Wright elexia.wright@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Morgan Wharton morgan.wharton@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Joseph Sakai, joseph.sakai@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contacts: Claire Baker claire.2.baker@cuanschutz.edu, Quinn Scanlon quinn.scanlon@cuanschutz.edu, Amy Reyes amy.reyes@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty: Arian Anderson arian.anderson@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contacts: Linde Bischak linde.bischak@cuanschutz.edu SpaceMedSIG@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty: Morteza Khodaee
Student Contacts: Kaylee Blevins kaylee.blevins@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Vaz Zavaletta Vaz.Zavaletta@childrenscolorado.org (Interventional Radiology), Zach Trenbeath zachary.trenbeath@cuanschutz.edu (Diagnostic Radiology)
Student contact: Michael Kwong michael.kwong@cuanschutz.edu
Natalie Williams natalie.r.williams@cuanschutz.edu
Jamie Cronin jamie.cronin@cuanschutz.edu
rig@olucdenver.onmicrosoft.com
Faculty sponsors: Tim Garrington, Jill Slanksy
Student contacts: Silvia Vetter silvia.vetter@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Emily Malgor
Student contacts: Nikhitha Kastury nikhitha.kastury@cuanschutz.edu
Sam Cho eunsaem.cho@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Caitlin Ritz caitlin.ritz@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Krystal Austin krystal.austin@cuanschutz.edu
addresinginfantmortality@gmail.com
Student Contact: Sofie Rosenberg sofie.rosenberg@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Steven Lowenstein, Steven.lowenstein@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Adnan Syed adnan.syed@cuanschutz.edu
som.cms@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Janet Meredith janet.meredith@ucdenver.edu
Student Contact: Quinn Scallon quinn.scallon@cuanschutz.edu
Anna Hasche-Kluender anna.hasche-kluender@cuanschutz.edu
CSTAHRproject@gmail.com
Student Contacts: Michael Francesco Corbisiero michaelefrancesco.corbisiero@cuanschutz.edu and Jordan Stellern jordan.stellern@cuanschutz.edu
Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Boyd-Trull
Student Contact: Rebecca Henkind Rebecca.henkind@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Ryan Kammeyer ryan.kammeyer@childrenscolorado.org
Student Contacts: Reema Amin reema.amin@cuanschutz.edu
Student contact: Sydney Fry sydney.fry@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Rebecca Cohen
Student Contact: Heami Yi heami.yi@cuanschutz.edu
medstudentsforchoice@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Anna Ha anna.ha@cuanschutz.edu
Jessie Jiang jessie.jiang@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Tien Thuy Nguyen tienthuy.nguyen@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Nikaash Pasnoori nikaash.pasnoori@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Advisor: Warren Binford warren.binford@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Grace Perry grace.perry@cuanschutz.edu, Katharine Jones katharine.jones@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Advisor: Heather Straub heather.straub@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Spencer Buted spencer.buted@cuanschutz.edu
Brendan King brendan.king@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Ariyani Challapalli ariyani.challapalli@cuanschutz.edu, Ekshika Patel ekshika.patel@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Advisor: Aimee Bernard aimee.bernard@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contacts: Monisha Lensink-Vasan monisha.lensink-vasan@ucdenver.edu and Emily Greenberg emily.greenberg@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Aimee Bernard
Student contact: Reema Amin reema.amin@cuanschutz.edu
Student contacts: India Bonner India.bonner@cuanschutz.edu
cusomwhitecoats4blacklives@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Joel Ayers joel.ayers@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Kavya Ganuthula kavya.ganuthula@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Neal Chandnani neal.chandnani@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Bridget Lerman bridget.lerman@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Brady Hogan brady.hogan@ucdenver.edu
Student Contact: Nicholas Cleland nicholas.cleland@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Maurice Scott and Steven Lowenstein
Student Contact: Vivian Duarte vivian.duarte@cuanschutz.edu, Jake Baldasare jake.baldasare@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Brian Wolfe
Student Contact: Haley Perkins haley.perkins@cuanschutz.edu, Julia Fontana julia.fontana@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Haaris Kadri haaris.kadri@cuanschutz.edu
msgr@cuanschutz.edu
Student Contact: Vivian Rajeswaren vivian.rajeswaren@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Paul Montero
Student contact: Spencer Evans spencer.evans@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty Sponsor: Juliana Wilson
Student contacts: Hannah Beatty hannah.beatty@cuanschutz.edu
Tamara Corley tamara.corley@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty: Jeff Soohoo
Student contacts: Aaron Wang aaron.wang@cuanschutz.edu, Will Cordett william.cordett@cuanschutz.edu
Faculty: Dave Young
Student contacts: Liam Canty william.2.canty@cuanschutz.edu