Medical Student Council

Class Officers 

Meet our student leaders.

Medical student leaders work together to advocate for the student body, improve medical-school life, and strengthen the overall experience at the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM).

Student Leadership

  • AAMC OSR Representatives: Melanie Ramirez (MS4), Alex Krawec (MS3), Alana Weingord (MS2)
  • Charles R. Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program Representatives: Antony Alvarado
  • PRIME Representative: Daisy Casas/Gustavo Castellanos
  • MSTP MSC Representative: Cassidy Lee 
  • President: Sarah Park
  • Vice President: Thomas Issa
  • Medical Student Council Representative: Abinaya Ramakrishnan
  • Treasurer: Kate Kilroe
  • Secretary: Manish Suryapalam
  • Graduate Student Association Representatives.: TBD
  • Medical Education Committee Representatives: Abhinav Suri
  • Alumni Affairs Representatives: Maxwell Weng, Matthew Yan
  • Inclusive Excellence (formerly EDI) Reps.: Reeta Asmai and David Pinto
  • Professionalism Council Representatives: Illich Rodriguez-Rivas
  • Well-Being Committee Representatives: Raeven Grant, Leslie Nunez, Vidhi Singh, and Dona Syriani
  • Social Activities Committee Representatives: Autreen Golzar, Eugene Oh, Gio Gamalong, Luke Murphy, Zahra Amiri
  • President: Camille Motchoffo Simo
  • Vice President: Cindy Curiel
  • Medical Student Council Rep: Marlena Freeman
  • Treasurer: Simon Liu
  • Secretary: TBD
  • Graduate Student Association Reps: Nneoma Okoro, Sabrina Rainsbury
  • Medical Education Committee Reps: Kruti Desai, Mario Eusebio, Ayesha Rasheed
  • Alumni Affairs Reps: Alexander Fish, Jose Segura-Bermudez
  • Inclusive Excellence (formerly EDI) Reps.: Mariam Noorulhuda
  • Professionalism Council Reps: Iman Kazah, Jared Wiegand
  • Well-Being Committee Reps:  Lorenzo Miller, Rony Moon, Hillary Nguyen
  • Social Activities Committee Reps: TBD
  • President: Gretchen Fujimura 
  • Vice President: Eleanor Frost
  • Medical Student Council Rep.: Ciddjyne (CeCe) Chery 
  • Treasurer: Ezekiel Dingle
  • Secretary: Emma Billings
  • Graduate Student Association Reps.: Sai Chelluri, Heidi Kim 
  • Medical Education Committee Reps.: Victoria “Ivy” Castillo, Mami Horikawa, Michelle Nwufo 
  • Alumni Affairs Reps.:  Timothy Lee, Haley Lu 
  • Inclusive Excellence (formerly EDI) Reps.:  Lisa Liff, Arthur Ter-Pogosyan, Dariush Yalzadeh
  • Professionalism Council Reps.:  Brandon Cobb, Regina Tham
  • Well-Being Committee Reps.: Zoe Adelsheim, Lyrissa Leininger, Kiana Reynolds, Nazow Tarakai
  • Social Activities Committee Reps.:  Sarah Lu, Isaac Ericson, Andy Garcia, Christopher Aldaco, Juan Melesio, and Santiago Chavez 
  • President: Rithik Jain
  • Vice President: Thalia Nguyen
  • Medical Student Council Rep.: Immi Lee
  • Treasurer: TBD
  • Secretary: Adrian Lim
  • Graduate Student Association Reps.: Caroline Huang, Long Huyhn 
  • Medical Education Committee Reps.: Tiger Do, Timothy Gutierrez 
  • Alumni Affairs Reps.:  Ishna Pandey
  • Inclusive Excellence (formerly EDI) Reps.: Antara Palkar
  • Professionalism Council Reps.:  Crystal Luo, Obi Onyinanya
  • Well-Being Committee Reps.: Iman Blow, Anusha Fatehpuria, Astrid Larson, Zoe Thanawala 
  • Social Activities Committee Reps.: Van Nguyen  

About the Medical Student Council

As members of the Medical Student Council, we will strive to positively influence student life through advocacy, policy, open communication, and leadership. 

A DGSOM community with a unified education enterprise, transparent and effective communication between students and administration, and strong student leaders.

  • Foster student and administration leadership that resonates through the years 
  • Ease transition for new members of the DGSOM community
  • Encourage, facilitate and demonstrate mentorship
  • Support and cultivate ideas and initiatives; encourage innovation 
  • Lead transparent and effective communication between the student body and administration 
  • Identify and address the needs and concerns of the DGSOM community.
  • Serve as the unified voice of the student body from all DGSOM programs (Geffen, Drew, Prime, MSTP)

Class Officer Roles and Responsibilities (Brief Descriptions) 

  • Represents the class at meetings with the Dean, Faculty Executive Committee, and Medical Student Council (1-2 hours/month)
  • Voting member on MSC (2 hours/month)
  • Oversees class MSC
  • Facilitates communication between class and administration
  • Time Commitment: ~6-10 hours/week
  • Biggest Responsibilities: 
    • Ceremony of Thanks 
    • Facilitate monthly MS1 MSC meetings
  • Voting member on The MSC
  • Voting member on The MSC Budget Committee
  • Attends meetings/functions on behalf of the President when needed 
  • Facilitates monthly class MSC meetings
  • Time Commitment: ~5-8 hours/week
  • Biggest Responsibility: Talent Show
  • Voting member on The MSC
  • Attends meetings/functions on behalf of the President when needed
  • Facilitates monthly class MSC meetings

  • Time Commitment: ~5-8 hours/week

     

  • The Class Treasurers communicate and clarify the rules and policies of the budgetary process to their class
  • Set up and maintain accurate record of the class bank account
  • Keep the class checkbook and cosign all class checks
  • Attend all budget committee meetings and report back to the MSC; and coordinate fundraising events with the vice-president of each class. 
  • The fourth year class treasurer may also serve the MSC Budget Committee Chair if appointed by the MSC President. 

  • Time Commitment: ~5-8 hours/week

     

  • Takes minutes at meetings
  • Maintains all non-financial records
  • Reserve rooms for and organize class MSC meetings

  • Time Commitment: ~2-3 hours/week

     

  • Represents class at all meetings for the GSA
  • Time Commitment: ~1-2 hours/week
  • Biggest Responsibilities:
    • UCLA Grad Games Coordinators
    • Class T-Shirt design and sale
  • Attends monthly meetings of MEC and subcommittees
  • Serves on the Human Biology and Disease Committee
  • Provides feedback to faculty and administration
  • Responds to students’ questions, suggestions, and complaints
  • Run block feedback groups
  • Time Commitment: ~3-5 hours/week
  • Biggest Responsibilities: 
    • Attend MEC & HBD Meetings
    • Lead Block Feedback groups  
  • The Inclusive Excellence Representatives shall help promote equity, diversity, and inclusion at DGSOM
  • In partnership with the Assistant Deans of IE, they will develop specific initiatives and promote resources, events, and co-curricular learning opportunities. 
  • In partnership with the Office of Inclusive Excellence, they will help plan annual Cultural Awareness Week and/or other school-related programs. 
  • Each class shall elect two to three (2-3) IE Representatives, and at least one representative will be responsible for attending monthly MSC meetings. The persons elected to this post will serve continuously for the academic year in which theyare elected.
  • Attends meetings of the MAA
  • Assists with miscellaneous events sponsored by the MAA
  • Publicizes events and services of MAA
  • Time Commitment: ~1-3 hours/week
  • Biggest Responsibility: MAA Career Conference
  • The Professionalism Council acts as an advisory board to the Dean of Student Affairs and MSC Make recommendations regarding issues of professionalism and the Honor Code
  • Time Commitment: ~1-4 hours/week
  • Biggest Responsibilities:
    • Attending monthly Professionalism Council meetings and MSC meeting
    • Planning and hosting the Ethics symposium
    • Responding to reports of unprofessionalism from the class
    • Gauging the climate of DGSOM via town halls, surveys, etc
  • Attend quarterly meetings
  • Promote student well-being by advertising and utilizing on-campus resources.
  • Develop specific well-being initiatives for nutrition, mental health and fitness.
  • Help coordinate well-being activities for incoming class as part of the MS1 Base Camp Course.
  • Promote community well-being with student participation in activities (i.e. beach clean-up, organized trip to a Farmer’s Market, 5K/10K benefit).
  • Encourage responsible practices (reducing waste, recycling in lecture halls, etc.).
  • Time Commitment: ~1-2 hours/week
  • Biggest Responsibilities:
    • All-School Well-Being Events
    • Class Well-Being Events and Initiatives
  • The Social Activities Committee Representatives shall organize social events/activities for the class throughout the year.
  • The MS2 SAC Reps shall organize the social calendar for Basecamp for the incoming class.
  • Time Commitment: ~1-2 hours/week
  • Biggest Responsibilities:
    • All-School Social Events
    • Class Social Events and Initiatives

Get Involved 

  • Orientation (August)
  • Ethics Symposium (November or April)
  • Talent Show (March)
  • Admit Weekend (April)
  • Service of Gratitude (May or June)
  • Commencement Ceremony (May or June)
  • Recruitment activities – calling 1st years
  • Student panels
  • Class Socials
  • Well-Being Events

Attendees: Meetings are open to all students 

When: Meets monthly, second Tuesday of the month

Topics of Discussion:

  • Committee reports
  • Student initiatives
  • Administrative issues
  • Other time sensitive matters

Voting:

  • MS1, MS2, MS3, MS4 President
  • MS1, MS2, MS3, MS4 Vice President
  • MS1, MS2, MS3, MS4 MSC Rep
  • PRIME program representative
  • CDU program representative
  • MSTP program representative

Budget Committee: When available, manages a budget for student initiatives. Meets monthly to review proposals.

When: Meets monthly to review proposals (first Tuesday of every month)

Voting:

  • MS1, MS2, MS3, MS4 Vice President

  • MS1, MS2, MS3, MS4 Treasurer 

     

Resources for Current Students and Class Officers