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.

Interest Groups at a glance

Note: while most of these groups are active, all groups reflected here may not be completely up to date

Affinity Groups

American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)

Student Contacts: amwa.cusom@gmail.com

Natalie Shelden natalie.shelden@cuanschutz.edu 

Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association   

Faculty Sponsor: Rita Lee

Student Contacts: Hieu Nguyen hieu.t2.nguyen@cuanschutz.edu 

Association of Native American Medical Students 

Student Contact: coloradoanams@gmail.com 

Devante Kee-Young devante.kee-young@cuanschutz.edu

BLOOM Initiative 

Faculty Contact: 

Student Contact: Shruti Patel shruti.patel@cuanschutz.edu

Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA) 

Faculty Contact: Peter Hountras peter.hountras@gmail.com

CUSOM Black Student Collective (BSC)

Student contact: Ephrat Fisseha ephrat.fisseha@cuanschtuz.edu

FirstUp

Faculty Sponsor: Carmen Vandal carmen.vandal@cuanschutz.edu 

Student Contacts: Cassidy Yoshida cassidy.yoshida@cuanschutz.edu 

International Medical Student Organization 

Student Contacts: Jun Bai Park Chang junbai.parkchang@cuanschutz.edu 

Latinx Medical Student Association (LMSA)

Student Contacts: Jenny Romero  jennifer.3.romero@cuanschutz.edu 

Medical Student Pride Alliance

Faculty: Chelsea Lohman Bonfiglio

Student Contacts: mspa@cuanschutz.edu 

AnaLisa Ortiz analisa.ortiz@cuanschutz.edu 

National Arab American Medical Association NextGen

Student Contact: Haya Kaliounji haya.kaliounji@cuanschutz.edu

Student National Medical Association (SNMA)  

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  

South Asian Student Association

Faculty sponsor: Arun Kannappan arun.kannappan@cuanschutz.edu 

Student contacts: Ishan Sahoo ishan.sahoo@cuanschutz.edu

Student Veterans Association

Student Contacts: Matt Paulson matt.paulson@cuanschutz.edu and John Hesling john.hesling@cuanschutz.edu

Women in Medicine Wellness and Christian Fellowship

Faculty Contacts: Nahid Hotchkiss and Erika Baird

Student Contacts: Gabrielle Coleman gabrielle.coleman@cuanschutz.edu and Melody Jan melody.jan@cuanschutz.edu

Specialty Interest Groups

Aerospace Medicine Student and Resident Organization

Student Contacts: Breanna Stafford breanna.stafford@cuanschutz.edu, Benjamin Hakaklan benjamin.hakaklan@cuanschutz.edu, Omair Khan omair.khan@cuanschutz.edu

Anesthesiology Interest Group (AIG) 

Student Contacts: Robert Fuller robert.fuller@cuanschutz.edu 

Association of Women Surgeons 

Student Contact: Adrainna Kayden adrianna.kayden@cuanschutz.edu and Jessie Jiang jessie.jiang@cuanschutz.edu

Cardiology Interest Group 

Faculty Sponsors: Kevin Rogers 

Student contacts: Mark Beatty mark.beatty@cuanschutz.edu,  Vijay Joshi vijay.joshi@cuanschutz.edu    

Dermatology Interest Group (DIG) 

Faculty Sponsors: Cory Dunnick and Robert Dellavalle

Student contacts: Natasha Barton natasha.barton@cuanschutz.edu 

Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) 

Student Contact: Meredith Meadows meredith.meadows@cuanschutz.edu 

ucd.emig@gmail.com

Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) 

Student Contacts: Ashlyn Richie ashlyn.richie@cuanschutz.edu and Theresa Tafoya theresa.tafoya@cuanschutz.edu

fmnews@ucdenver.edu

Geriatrics & Palliative Care Interest Group

Faculty: Sarah Tietz

Student Contacts: geriatricsig@olucdenver.onmicrosoft.com 

Madison Kim madison.kim@cuanschutz.edu 

Global Surgery Student Alliance

Faculty: Peter Kennealey, Lacey Lagrone

Student Contacts:  Khoa Nguyen | khoa.n.nguyen@cuanschutz.edu; YooJin Yoon | yoojin.yoon@cuanschutz.edu

Grover Surgical Society 

Faculty Sponsor: Adrianna Kayden adrianna.kayden@cuanschutz.edu 

groversurgicalsociety@cuanschutz.edu

Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG) 

Student Contact: Hillary Ta hillary.ta@cuanschutz.edu 

Trisha Agarwal trisha.agarwal@cuanschutz.edu 

Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG) - Fort Collins Branch

Student Contacts: Jennifer Felker jennifer.felker@cuanschutz.edu and Satya Trikha satya.trikha@cuanschutz.edu

Med-Peds Interest Group (MPIG) 

Faculty Sponsor: Tuong Phan

Student Contacts: Will Osier william.osier@cuanschutz.edu 

cu.medpedsig@gmail.com

Neurosurgery Interest Group (NSIG) 

Faculty Sponsor: Dan Kramer 

Student contacts: Eric Fu eric.fu@cuanschutz.edu

Ob-Gyn Interest Group 

Faculty: Shawna Tonick

Student Contacts:  Kevin Flores kevin.2.flores@cuanschutz.edu 

Ophthalmology Interest Group (OIG)

Faculty: Jeff SooHoo

Student contact: Rehan Choudhury rehan.choudhury@cuanschutz.edu

Orthopedic Student Interest Group (OSIG)

Faculty: Frank Scott

Student contacts: Songyuan Gu Songyuan.gu@cuanschutz.edu 

orthosig@gmail.com 

Otolaryngology Interest Group (OtoSIG)

Faculty Sponsor: Daniel Fink (Vicki Muscatello)

Student contacts: Nick Senofsky nicholas.senofsky@cuanschutz.edu

Pediatric Medicine Interest Group (PIG) 

Faculty Sponsors: Jennifer Soep

Student contact: Will Osier william.osier@cuanschutz.edu 

pedsinterestgroup@olucdenver.onmicrosoft.com

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Interest Group 

Faculty Sponsors: Christodoulos Kaoutzanis Chrisodoulos.kaoutzanis@cuanschutz.edu 

Student Contact: Evan Haas Evan.haas@cuanschutz.edu 

PM&R Interest Group 

Faculty Sponsor: Adele Meron

Student Contacts: Kenneth Pham kenneth.pham@cuanschutz.edu

Lexi Wright elexia.wright@cuanschutz.edu 

Primary Care Interest Group – Fort Collins Branch 

Student Contact: Morgan Wharton morgan.wharton@cuanschutz.edu

PsychSIGN 

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

Space Medicine Interest Group

Faculty: Arian Anderson arian.anderson@cuanschutz.edu 

Student Contacts: Linde Bischak linde.bischak@cuanschutz.edu SpaceMedSIG@cuanschutz.edu 

Sports Medicine Interest Group

Faculty: Morteza Khodaee

Student Contacts: Kaylee Blevins kaylee.blevins@cuanschutz.edu 

Radiology Interest Group (RIG)

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

University of Colorado Oncology Group (UCOG) 

Faculty sponsors: Tim Garrington, Jill Slanksy

Student contacts: Silvia Vetter silvia.vetter@cuanschutz.edu 

Vascular Surgery Interest Group (VSIG) 

Faculty Sponsor: Emily Malgor

Student contacts: Nikhitha Kastury nikhitha.kastury@cuanschutz.edu

Sam Cho eunsaem.cho@cuanschutz.edu 

Women in Neurosurgery Group 

Student Contact: Caitlin Ritz caitlin.ritz@cuanschutz.edu

Service and Advocacy Groups

Addressing Infant and Maternal Mortality

Student Contact: Krystal Austin krystal.austin@cuanschutz.edu 

addresinginfantmortality@gmail.com

Anschutz Blanket Club and Loops ‘n’ Exchange

Student Contact: Sofie Rosenberg sofie.rosenberg@cuanschutz.edu 

loopsnexchange@cuanschutz.edu

Colorado Medical Society - Medical Student Section (AMA)

Faculty Sponsor: Steven Lowenstein, Steven.lowenstein@cuanschutz.edu

Student Contact: Adnan Syed adnan.syed@cuanschutz.edu

som.cms@cuanschutz.edu

Community and Students Together Against Healthcare Racism

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

CU Anschutz Correctional Healthcare Advocacy Group

Student Contacts: Michael Francesco Corbisiero michaelefrancesco.corbisiero@cuanschutz.edu and Jordan Stellern jordan.stellern@cuanschutz.edu

CU Street Medicine

Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Boyd-Trull

Student Contact: Rebecca Henkind Rebecca.henkind@cuanschutz.edu

Kenton Kares 

Faculty Sponsor: Ryan Kammeyer ryan.kammeyer@childrenscolorado.org

Student Contacts: Reema Amin reema.amin@cuanschutz.edu

Knowledge Base

Student contact: Sydney Fry sydney.fry@cuanschutz.edu

Medical Students for Choice 

Faculty Sponsor: Rebecca Cohen 

Student Contact: Heami Yi heami.yi@cuanschutz.edu

 medstudentsforchoice@cuanschutz.edu

Medical Students For Transplant

Student Contact: Anna Ha anna.ha@cuanschutz.edu

Jessie Jiang jessie.jiang@cuanschutz.edu 

MHCEP

Student Contact: Tien Thuy Nguyen tienthuy.nguyen@cuanschutz.edu

Physicians for Human Rights

Student Contact: Nikaash Pasnoori nikaash.pasnoori@cuanschutz.edu 

Faculty Advisor: Warren Binford warren.binford@cuanschutz.edu 

Postpartum Partners

Student Contact: Grace Perry grace.perry@cuanschutz.edu,  Katharine Jones katharine.jones@cuanschutz.edu 

Faculty Advisor: Heather Straub heather.straub@cuanschutz.edu 

PreMD

Student Contact: Spencer Buted spencer.buted@cuanschutz.edu 

Brendan King brendan.king@cuanschutz.edu 

REACH: Raising Enviornmental Awareness in Community Health

Student Contact: Ariyani Challapalli ariyani.challapalli@cuanschutz.edu, Ekshika Patel ekshika.patel@cuanschutz.edu  

Faculty Advisor: Aimee Bernard aimee.bernard@cuanschutz.edu 

Sickle Cell Buddy Program

Student Contacts: Monisha Lensink-Vasan monisha.lensink-vasan@ucdenver.edu and Emily Greenberg emily.greenberg@cuanschutz.edu

Think Like a Scientist

Faculty Sponsor: Aimee Bernard

Student contact: Reema Amin reema.amin@cuanschutz.edu 

White Coats for Black Lives (WC4BL) 

Student contacts: India Bonner India.bonner@cuanschutz.edu 

cusomwhitecoats4blacklives@cuanschutz.edu

Learning and Lifestyle Groups

Clinical and Creative Minds

Student Contact: Joel Ayers joel.ayers@cuanschutz.edu

Clinical Nutrition Student Interest Group

Student Contact: Kavya Ganuthula kavya.ganuthula@cuanschutz.edu

CU Anschutz Pickleball

Student Contact: Neal Chandnani neal.chandnani@cuanschutz.edu 

Elevated Eating

Student Contact: Bridget Lerman bridget.lerman@cuanschutz.edu 

Finance and Entrepreneurship in Medicine

Student Contact: Brady Hogan brady.hogan@ucdenver.edu

Gender Affirming Care Interest Group

Student Contact: Nicholas Cleland nicholas.cleland@cuanschutz.edu

Hidden Medicine

Faculty Sponsor: Maurice Scott and Steven Lowenstein 

Student Contact: Vivian Duarte vivian.duarte@cuanschutz.edu, Jake Baldasare jake.baldasare@cuanschutz.edu  

Med Pals

Faculty Sponsor: Brian Wolfe

Student Contact: Haley Perkins haley.perkins@cuanschutz.edu, Julia Fontana julia.fontana@cuanschutz.edu   

Medical Student Grand Rounds

Student Contact: Haaris Kadri haaris.kadri@cuanschutz.edu 

msgr@cuanschutz.edu

SLAC Podcast

Student Contact: Vivian Rajeswaren vivian.rajeswaren@cuanschutz.edu

Technology in Medicine Interest Group 

Faculty Sponsor: Paul Montero

Student contact:  Spencer Evans spencer.evans@cuanschutz.edu

Ultrasound Interest Group (USIG) 

Faculty Sponsor: Juliana Wilson 

Student contacts: Hannah Beatty hannah.beatty@cuanschutz.edu 

Tamara Corley tamara.corley@cuanschutz.edu 

coloradousig@gmail.com

Weightlifiting Club

Faculty: Jeff Soohoo

Student contacts: Aaron Wang aaron.wang@cuanschutz.edu, Will Cordett william.cordett@cuanschutz.edu 

Wilderness Medicine 

Faculty: Dave Young

Student contacts: Liam Canty william.2.canty@cuanschutz.edu