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

Medical Student Council Members
  • AAMC OSR Representatives:  Alex Krawec (MS4), Elana Weingord (MS3), Sara Villanueva (MS2)
  • Charles R. Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program Representatives: Antony Alvarado
  • PRIME Representative: Daisy Casas/Gustavo Castellanos
  • MSTP MSC Representative: Laila Khorasani
Class of 2027 Officers
  • President: Camille Motchoffo Simo
  • Vice President: Simon Liu
  • Medical Student Council Rep: Lavender Micalo
  • Treasurer: TBD
  • Secretary: TBD
  • Graduate Student Association Reps: Nneoma Okoro
  • Medical Education Committee Reps: Kruti Desai, Mario Eusebio, Jetesh Sahadeo 
  • Alumni Affairs Reps: TBD
  • Inclusive Excellence (formerly EDI) Reps.: TBD
  • Professionalism Council Reps: Iman Kazah, Jared Wiegand
  • Well-Being Committee Reps:  Lorenzo Miller
  • Social Activities Committee Reps: Jagruti Kolla
Class of 2028 Officers
  • President: Robert del Carlo 
  • Vice President: Lyrissa Leininger 
  • Medical Student Council Rep.: Ciddjyne (CeCe) Chery 
  • Treasurer: Ezekiel Dingle
  • Secretary: Derrick Lin
  • GSA Reps: Heidi Kim and Rose Rodriguez 
  • Medical Education Committee Reps.: Mami Horikawa, Michelle Nwufo, Jakob von Morgenland 
  • Alumni Affairs Reps.:  Haowen Liu and Timothy Lee
  • Inclusive Excellence (formerly EDI) Reps.:  Lisa Liff, Rafaay Kamran ,Arthur Ter-Pogosyan
  • Professionalism Council Reps.:  Brandon Cobb, Regina Tham
  • Well Being Committee: Nicki Schindler, Eleanor Frost, Pavithra Sundaravaradan, Sarwat Siddiqui 

  • Social Activities Committee: Sarah Lu, Isaac Ericson, Chris Aldaco, Andy Garcia, Santiago Chavez, Juan Melesio

     

Class of 2029 Officers
  • President: Rithik Jain
  • Vice President: Thalia Nguyen
  • Medical Student Council Rep.: Immi Lee
  • Treasurer: Isabelle Chandler 
  • Secretary: Adrian Lim
  • Graduate Student Association Reps.: Caroline Huang, Ben Vogel
  • Medical Education Committee Reps.:  Tiger Do, Timothy Gutierrez, Joshua Sarafian
  • Alumni Affairs Reps.:  Ishna Pandey, Erica Sung
  • Inclusive Excellence (formerly EDI) Reps.: TBD
  • Professionalism Council Reps.:  Crystal Luo, Obi Onyinanya
  • Well-Being Committee Reps.: Fahedur Fahed, Anusha Fatehpuria, Astrid Larson, Antara Palkar 
  • Social Activities Committee Reps.: Noor Alesawy, Laila Afzal, Morike Ayodeji, Diya Dhakal, Van Nguyen, and Davis Wachtell
     
Class of 2030 Officers
  • President: TBD
  • Vice President:TBD
  • Medical Student Council Representative: TBD
  • Treasurer: TBD
  • Secretary: TBD
  • Graduate Student Association Representatives.: TBD
  • Medical Education Committee Representatives: TBD
  • Alumni Affairs Representatives: TBD
  • Inclusive Excellence (formerly EDI) Reps.: TBD
  • Professionalism Council Representatives: TBD
  • Well-Being Committee Representatives: TBD
  • Social Activities Committee Representatives: TBD

About the Medical Student Council

Mission

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

Vision

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

Goals
  • 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) 

President
  • 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
Vice President
  • 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
MSC Representative
  • 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

     

Treasurer
  • 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

     

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

  • Time Commitment: ~2-3 hours/week

     

Graduate Student Association Representatives (2)
  • 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
Medical Education Committee Representatives (2)
  • 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  
Office of Inclusive Excellence Representatives (2)
  • 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.
Medical Alumni Association Representatives (2)
  • 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
Professionalism Council Representatives (2)
  • 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
Well-Being Committee Representatives (2-4)
  • 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
Social Activities Commitee
  • 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 

MSC/SAO Organized Events
  • 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
MSC Meetings

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 Meetings

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