The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Global Surgery Group with Dr. David Spiegel of CHOP Orthopedics!	The Harvard Chan Students Surgical Society meeting with their advisor, Dr. Atul Gawande, to discuss how trainees can contribute to global surgery.	Tufts-GSSA leadership team (from left to right): David Oh, Alexis Kahanu, Teron Nezwek, Alexander Yoon, Jonathan Williams, Tom Zink (not pictured)	The Penn Global Surgery Group (PGSG) provides a central platform that facilitates the exchange of knowledge, ideas, opportunities, and strategies within an interdisciplinary community of students, faculty, and professionals in the fields of global surgery.
Members of the Yale School of Medicine GSSA chapter at the Yale Global Surgery Symposium in April 2017. From left to right: Jennie Choe, Ava Yap, Geneiva Parkinson, and Taylor Ottesen.	One of the first GSSA planning meetings at Harvard Medical School!	Members of the Tufts University School of Medicine GSSA chapter at the Boston Global Surgery Symposium in March 2017.	Sackler School of Medicine GSSA Chapter Leaders!

GSSA Chapters

Learn about and connect with GSSA chapters through the information below.

Find out more about how to start a chapter at your institution, please contact us at globalsurgerystudents@gmail.com.

Northeast Region

Boston University

School of Medicine

GSSA at BUSM

Leadership: Prahan Chatlur and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sabrina Sanchez and Dr. Thurston Drake

Email:

HARVARD

GSSA at Dartmouth

Leadership: Liesl Eibschutz

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lisa Adams

Email:

Rutgers Robert Wood

Johnson Medical School

Rutgers RWJMS GSSA

Leadership: Mateo Gilsilvetti and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gregory Peck

Email:

University of Massachusetts School of Medicine

GSSA at UMMS

Leadership: Vanya Zvonar and

Ariana McFarland

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joyce McIntyre

Email: umass.gssa@gmail.com

Brown Alpert

Medical School

GSSA at Brown AMS

Leadership: Kathleen Wu, Catherine Nacier, and more

Email:

New York Medical College

Global Surgery NYMC

Leadership: Ariel Figueroa, Diamond Clough, and more

Email:

Sackler School of Medicine

New York

Sackler School of Medicine GSSA Chapter

Leadership: Taylor Ibelli and more

Email:

Yale University

School of Medicine

GSSA at Yale

Leadership: Samip Kafle, Kelsey Rankin, and Shin Mei Chan

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Adrienne Socci

Email:

Dartmouth University -

Geisel School of Medicine

GSSA at Dartmouth

Leadership: Liesl Eibschutz

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lisa Adams

Email:

Renaissance School of Medicine

at Stony Brook University

Stony Brook GSSA

Leadership: Edward Ham, Irene Tsai, and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Sedler

TUFTS

Sackler School of Medicine GSSA Chapter

Leadership: Taylor Ibelli and more

Email:

Mid-Atlantic Region

Johns Hopkins University

School of Medicine

Johns Hopkins GSSA

Leadership: Courtney Pasco, and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard Redett

Email:

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Penn Global Surgery Group

Leadership: Papa Kwadwo Morgan Asiedu, Kathleen Davin, and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. David A. Spiegel, Dr. Jordan Swanson, and Dr. Neil Sheth

Email:

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

UNC GSSA

Leadership: Deen Garba and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anthony Charles and Dr. Gita Mody

Email:

Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy School of Medicine

GSSA at VCU

Leadership: Anna Gibson & Cody McHargue

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Edgar Rodas and Dr. Sudha Jayaraman

George Washington

University School of Medicine

GWU GSSA

Leadership: Harsha Malapati, Joshua Materi, and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard Redett

Email:

Philidelphia College of

Osteopathic Medicine

PCOM Global Surgery Group

Leadership: Olivia Bowles and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Thomas Geng

Email:

University of Pittsburgh

School of Medicine

PittMed Global Surgery and Anesthesia

Leadership: Marin Kheng and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Andrew Peitzman and Dr. Juan Carlos Puyana

Email:

Penn State

College of Medicine

PSUCoM Chapter of the GSSA

Leadership: Anjana Sinha, Ray Kim, and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anthony Tsai

Email:

University of Maryland

School of Medicine

Global Health & Surgery Interest Group

Leadership: Juhye Kang

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Miriam Laufer

Email:

Vandebilt University

School of Medicine

Vanderbilt Chapter of the GSSA

Leadership: Catherine Zivanov & more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rondi Kauffman

Email:

Central Region

Central Schools

Indiana University

School of Medicine

GSSA at IU

Leadership: Helen Li and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alexandria McDow

Email:

University of Cincinnati

College of Medicine

UCCOM GSSA

Leadership: Joseph Jeffrey and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mike Goodman

Email:

University of Minnesota

School of Medicine

UMN GSSA

Leadership: Evan Keil and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Todd Tuttle

Email:

Mayo Clinic

Alix School of Medicine

MCASOM GSSA

Leadership: Sanjna Rajput and

Clark Zheng

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Walter Franz

Email:

University of Illinois

College of Medicine

GSSA UICCOM Chapter

Leadership: Bani Medegan Fagla

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Thomas L. Sims

Email: bmedegan@uic.edu

Washington University

School of Medicine in St. Louis

WUSM GSSA

Leadership: Sangami Pugazenthi, Caellagh Morrissey, and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paul E. Wise

Email:

Northwestern University

Feinberg School of Medicine

Feinberg GSSA

Leadership: Ana Reyes & more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mamta Swaroop

Email:

University of Kentucky

College of Medicine

GSSA at UKCOM

Leadership: Sam Fugate and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Worhunsky

Email:

Wright State University

Boonshoft School of Medicine

Wright State BOSM

Global Health Initiative

Leadership: Musunga Mulenga

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kate Conway

Email:

South Region

Baylor

College of Medicine

BCM GSSA

Leadership: Uma Parikh and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rachel Davis

Email: umang.parikh@bmc.edu

Texas A&M

Health Science Center

GSSA TAMHSC Chapter

Leadership: Chika Anyanwu, Ali Haider, and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vincent Ohaju

Email:

University of Central Florida College of Medicine

GSSA at UCF COM

Leadership: Alicia Martin

Faculty Adivsor: Dr. Cristobal Barrios

Email:

University of Miami

Miller School of Medicine

Global Medicine and Sugery

Leadership: Will Pavlis, Brea Willey, and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tanya Zakrison

Email:

University of Texas

Southwestern Medical School

Global Health and Global Surgery

Interest Group at UTSW

Leadership: Zara Khan and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Abier Abdelnaby

Email:

Emory Univeristy

School of Medicine

GSSA at Emory

Leadership: Reem Amer Dawoud and Peyton Hanson

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Justine Broeck

Email:

Univeristy of Alabama at Brigham School of Medicine

GSSA at UAB

Leadership: Sikandar Raza and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. George Yang

Email: sikandar@uab

The University of Texas at Austin - Dell Medical School

GSSA Chapter of DMS GHIG

Leadership: Ife Shoyombo, Jacob Paul, and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alex Haynes

Email:

University of South Florida School of Medicine

GSSA at USF

Leadership: Catia Sleet, and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Christopher DuCoin

Email:

Florida International University - Hebert Wertheim COM

FIU HWCOM GSSA

Leadership: Tannice Fogarthy, Mackenzie Mayhew, and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Juan Calisto

Email:

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

GSSA at UAMS

Leadership: Liza Hill and Austin Brown

Faculty Advisor: --

Email: sehill@uams

University of Florida

College of Medicine

Global Medicine and Surgery Interest Group at UF COM

Leadership: Alya Barq and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Robin Petroze

Email:

University of Texas

McGovern Medical School

GSSA at McGovern Medical School

Leadership: Jonathan Bruhn, Carolyn Fan, and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Anil Kulkarni

Email:

West Region

Oregon Health and Science Univeristy Medical school

GSSA at OHSU

Leadership: Cameron Colbert and more

Faculty Advisor: --

Email: camcolbert14@gmail.com

University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tuscon

Arizona Surgery Club GSSA

Leadership: Zachary Elwell

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mohammad Khreiss

Email: zaelwell@email.arizona.edu

University of Colorado

School of Medicine

UC SoM GSSA

Leadership: Rachel Graham

Faculty Advisor: --

Email:

University of Utah

School of Medicine

Global Surgery and Anesthesia

Student Interest Group

Leadership: Sydney Davis, Zach Fender

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Harris

Email:

Stanford University

School of Medicine

GSSA at Stanford

Leadership: Aydin Kaghazchi

Email:

University of California, Irvine School of Medicine

GSSA at UCI

Leadership: Brain Hanst and more

Faculty Adivsor: Dr. Cristobal Barrios

Email: gssa.uci@gmail.com

University of New Mexico

School of Medicine

GSSA-UNM

Leadership: Naing Bajaj, Nancy Orduño, Clement Jose, & more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Reuben Last

Email:

University of Washington

School of Medicine

GSSA at UW SOM

Leadership: Allison Rollins, Katy Anderson, and more

Faculty Advisor: --

Email:

Univeristy of Arizona College of Medicine - Pheonix

Arizona Surgery Club GSSA

Leadership: Tina Samsamshariat

Faculty Advisor: --

Email:

University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

GSSA at UCSF

Leadership: Eric Kim, Avery Thompson, Omid Boozarpour, and more

Faculty Adivsor: Dr. Boeck & Dr. Lipnick

Email:

University of California

Keck School of Medicine

USC GSSA

Leadership: Jackson Baker, Nasir Khan, and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cathy Shin

Email:

Undergraduate Schools

Baylor University

GSSA at Baylor Univerisy

Leadership: Cassidy Parshall and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Emily Smith

Email:

Rutgers University -

New Brunswick

GSSA at Rutgers University

Leadership: Autumn Byfield and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gregory Peck

and Dr. Paul Truche

Email:

University of Texas at Dallas

UTD GSSA

Leadership: Yaseen Khalilullah and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rosemary Admiral

Email:

Harvard Univeristy

GSSA at Harvard

Leadership: Marissa Sumathipala & more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Warf

Email: harvardglobalsurgery@gmail.com

University of Houston

GSSA at University of Houston

Leadership: Kala Pham and more

Faulty Advisor: Dr. Ruth Bush

Email:

University of Michigan

GSSA at UMich

Leadership: Miranda Goodson and more

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gifty Kwakye

globalsurgerystudentalliance@umich.edu

Hunter College

GSSA at Hunter

Leadership: Rodela Ahmed and more

Email:

University of Texas at Austin

GSSA at UT Austin

Leadership: Andrew Chen and more

Email:

Wayne State Univeristy

GSSA at UMich

Leadership: Bassem Chamma

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ruth Bush

Email:

The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Global Surgery Group with Dr. David Spiegel of CHOP Orthopedics!

The Harvard Chan Students Surgical Society meeting with their advisor, Dr. Atul Gawande, to discuss how trainees can contribute to global surgery.

Tufts-GSSA leadership team (from left to right): David Oh, Alexis Kahanu, Teron Nezwek, Alexander Yoon, Jonathan Williams, Tom Zink (not pictured)

The Penn Global Surgery Group (PGSG) provides a central platform that facilitates the exchange of knowledge, ideas, opportunities, and strategies within an interdisciplinary community of students, faculty, and professionals in the fields of global surgery.

Members of the Yale School of Medicine GSSA chapter at the Yale Global Surgery Symposium in April 2017. From left to right: Jennie Choe, Ava Yap, Geneiva Parkinson, and Taylor Ottesen.

One of the first GSSA planning meetings at Harvard Medical School!

Members of the Tufts University School of Medicine GSSA chapter at the Boston Global Surgery Symposium in March 2017.

Sackler School of Medicine GSSA Chapter Leaders!

GSSA Chapters

Northeast Region

Boston University

School of Medicine

GSSA at BUSM

HARVARD

GSSA at Dartmouth

Rutgers Robert Wood

Johnson Medical School

Rutgers RWJMS GSSA

University of Massachusetts School of Medicine

GSSA at UMMS

Brown Alpert

Medical School

GSSA at Brown AMS

New York Medical College

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Global Surgery NYMC

Sackler School of Medicine

New York

Sackler School of Medicine GSSA Chapter

Yale University

School of Medicine

GSSA at Yale

Leadership: Samip Kafle, Kelsey Rankin, and Shin Mei Chan

Dartmouth University -

Geisel School of Medicine

GSSA at Dartmouth

Renaissance School of Medicine

at Stony Brook University

Stony Brook GSSA

TUFTS

Sackler School of Medicine GSSA Chapter

Mid-Atlantic Region

Johns Hopkins University

School of Medicine

Johns Hopkins GSSA

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Penn Global Surgery Group

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

UNC GSSA

Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy School of Medicine

GSSA at VCU

George Washington

University School of Medicine

GWU GSSA

Philidelphia College of

Osteopathic Medicine

PCOM Global Surgery Group

University of Pittsburgh

School of Medicine

PittMed Global Surgery and Anesthesia

Penn State

College of Medicine

PSUCoM Chapter of the GSSA

University of Maryland

School of Medicine

Global Health & Surgery Interest Group

Vandebilt University

School of Medicine

Vanderbilt Chapter of the GSSA

Central Region

Central Schools

Indiana University

School of Medicine

GSSA at IU

University of Cincinnati

College of Medicine

UCCOM GSSA

University of Minnesota

School of Medicine

UMN GSSA