Sigma Sigma Phi Psi Chapter Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York 230 W 125th Street New York, NY 10027 SSP Fall Conference Sunday, October 24, 2010 San Francisco, CA Representative: Ann Long, President 2010-2011
2009-2010 Leadership President: Ann Long Vice President: Mitchell Stroh Secretary: Mona Shalwala Treasurer: Justin Cherian Advisor: Joyce Brown, DO
Membership by Class 2012 Aziza Wahby B Forest Plucknette Bertha Castro 2011 Alicia Granos Birju Shah Brian Yoon Candice Barra Carolyn Newman Daniel Galante Efren Caballes James Jennings Jeannie Bay Jigesh Shah Joshua Tartaglione Julian Naranjo Kathleen Coakley Lauren Koffman Matthew Mavroson Merav Abraham Mike Cullura Molly Findley Neha Sharma Nicole Hotchkiss Peter Abdelmessieh Rebecca Kowaloff Rodrigo Castro Sean Teagarden Sergey Moldavskiy Shyam Patel Simon Shapiro Tiffanie Maxwell Wei-Lin Yang Yolande Kwok 2012 Aziza Wahby B Forest Plucknette Bertha Castro Christine Capriolo Daniel Nahl Eric Buxbaum Holly Ringhauser Kieran Leong Konstantin Khariton Louis Siegel Matthew Hadilaksono Michael Saulle Nina Schatz-Siemers Nora Rose Cooper-Surma Pallavi Shankaraiah Peter Lee Priya Abraham Rachel Brauner Richard Romano Robert Trasolini Rohit Dewan Shalom Butel Steven Yoo Sunberri Murphy 2013 Alyssia McEwan Amanda Trau Ann Long Baruch Meer Benjamin Lippert Brittany Simone Cynthia Chen Daniel Choe Jamie Rygielski Jay Patel Jessica Abruzzino Justin Cherian Karen Schugt Katherine Lee Mitchell Stroh Mona Bipin Shalwala Percy Perino Huggins Rachel Jones Rachel Noelle Douglas Shailee Upadhyaya Stephen Rivoli
Past Events Soup Kitchen volunteering – monthly, ongoing Subject Review Sessions for Class of 2014 – monthly, ongoing Student-led review sessions for exams “Spring Into Health” Health Fair, April 2010 Harlem community health outreach event; blood glucose, blood pressure, and HIV screening Mock Anatomy Practicals, co-hosted with Surgery Club, August 2010 Succeeding in Medical School Lecture, August 2010 Presented information to 1st and 2nd year students on the residency match and what program directors look for Invited panel of 3rd and 4th year students for Q&A session afterward to give advice on board exam prep and rotations Contigo spill-proof coffee mug sale fundraiser, Sept 2010 To raise money for Fall Health Fair
Future Events Fall Health Fair (projected date 11/5/10) Glucose, Blood Pressure, HIV screening Asthma screening and bone marrow drive Info session on osteopathic residencies (Dec. 2010) Invite DO residency program directors to speak about their programs and the match process Medical Spanish workshop (Spring 2011) Balancing Family Life and Medical School (Spring 2011), co-hosted with AMWA Spring Health Fair (Spring 2011)
Goals for Psi Chapter Make Sigma Sigma Phi the #1 academic resource at TouroCOM for 1st and 2nd years Exam reviews One-on-one or group tutoring sessions Info on how to set up elective rotations Info on preparing for the residency match Integrate community service with minority outreach and osteopathic values Added “Osteopathic Values” and “Minority Outreach” subcommittees to explore other avenues of possible community service opportunities Foster inter-club cooperation to achieve this goal