Medical Students

2025 MSS Annual Meeting highlights

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Over 300 medical students participated in the Medical Student Section (MSS) Assembly. Read on to find out what the MSS Assembly addressed related to resolutions, details on educational programs and the outcome of elections.

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The MSS Assembly discussed 10 resolutions during the meeting. Twenty items, including one immediate forward, were submitted to the House of Delegates for consideration at the Annual Meeting. Topics included medical education, access to health care and civil rights protections.

Educational programs included:

  • Unionizing in Medicine—A Graduate Medical Education Perspective
  • Naloxone and Harm Reduction Strategies—Preventing Overdose Deaths
  • In the Clinic and Beyond—The Role of Forensic Medical Examinations in Asylum Advocacy
  • Combatting Misinformation in the Age of Uncertainty
  • Building a Strong Residency Application—Key Strategies for Success

In addition, MSS cosponsored the following programs with the Minority Affairs Section (MAS):

  • United Leaders in Medicine: A Roundtable of Under-represented Medical Students Collaboration
  • American Indians/Alaskan Native Work Group
  • URiM Mentoring Event

The members of the MSS governing council for the 2025-2026 term are as follows:

  • Kaylee Scarnati, chair
  • Brianna Ma, vice chair
  • Andrew Steven Bell, speaker
  • Sweta Parija, vice speaker
  • Jared Buteau, section delegate
  • Sneha Kapil, section alternate delegate
  • Kylie Ruprecht, at-large officer
  • Soumya Malhotra, DEI officer
  • Anand Singh, immediate past chair

Please recognize the outgoing MSS governing council for the 2024-2025 term:

  • Anand Singh, chair
  • Krishna Channa, vice chair
  • Jade Cook, speaker
  • Nidhi Reddy, vice speaker
  • Priya Desai, Section Delegate
  • Druv Bhagavan, section alternate delegate
  • Kimberly Morris-Ibarra, at-large officer
  • Julianna Sim, DEI officer

Congratulations, everyone!

For additional information on the 2025 MSS Annual meeting, visit the section's agenda and resources page.

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