BCOM Student Have the Opportunity to Charter and join established student organizations. Many of these clubs are osteopathic in nature and focus on specific medical specialties, while other clubs focus on broader topics. These clubs are very active, and offer speakers, service projects, and outreach, while helping students to lean important lessons in a non-academic setting. See BCOM’s list of student organizations below:
ACOEP BCOM chapter is a group of students interested in the field of Emergency Medicine with views in line with the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians. The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) promotes patient-centric, holistic emergency care consistent with the osteopathic philosophy, practiced by all emergency medicine professionals.
President: Eli Johnson eli.johnson@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Hayes ohayes@bcomnm.org
Vice President: William Lay william.lay@mybcom.org
Secretary: Terra Spanuzzi terra.spanuzzi@mybcom.org
Treasurer: Joel Ross joel.ross@mybcom.org
Wilderness Medicine: Cameron Grossaint cameron.grossaint@mybcom.org
Editor-in-Chief: Weston Kloster weston.kloster@mybcom.org
Clinical Outreach: Benny Rossner benny.rossner@mybcom.org
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Familiarize and education osteopathic medical students about the Mission, Vision and Core Values of the ACOOG.
Provide and opportunity for fellowship among osteopathic medical students interested in osteopathic obstetrics and gynecology.
Educate osteopathic medical students of opportunities for post graduate education and research in the field of women’s health.
Foster communication between the ACOOG and locally sanctioned OB/GYN student interest groups at accredited COMs.
President: Amanda Jackson amanda.jackson@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Groening tgroening@bcomnm.org
Vice President: Julie Obregon julie.obregon@mybcom.org
Secretary: Crystal Nguyen crystal.nguyen@mybcom.org
Treasurer: Chau Nguyen Gonzalez chau.nguyengonzale@mybcom.org
ACOP is an organization for students interested in pediatrics as a potential future specialty. BCOM ACOP is focused primarily on working with children in the community to promote health sciences.
President: Roxanne Waggoner roxanne.waggoner@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Cyrus scyrus@bcomnm.org
The American Medical Women’s Association is an organization which functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women’s health. We achieve this by providing and developing leadership, advocacy, education, expertise, mentoring, and strategic alliances.
As a local chapter, our goal is to provide support and fellowship for members, as well as give back to our community through service.
President: Larin McMartin larin.mcmartin@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Jons-Cox ljons@bcomnm.org
Vice President: Alexzandra Blanchard alexzandra.blanchard@mybcom.org
Recruitment Chair: Elaine Murad elaine.murad@mybcom.org
Treasurer: Katlyn Jones katlyn.jones@mybcom.org
Secretary: Melissa Sayegh melissa.sayegh@mybcom.org
This organization is for students with radiology interest. It will help you learn more about this incredible field and its sub-specialties.
President: Oussama Abbad Oussama.abbad@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Cindy Funk cfunk@bcomnm.org
Anesthesia Interest Group’s purpose is to develop an understanding of the practice of anesthesiology and explore the field as an area of interest.
President: Cory Albrechtsen cory.albrechtsen@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Mychaskiw, Founding Dean and Chief Academic Officer, Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine gmychaskiw@bcomnm.org
President: Sam Richardson samuel.richardson@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Darrow rdarrow@bcomnm.org
President: Shaun Antonio shaun.antonio@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Vilchis hvilchis@bcomnm.org
Contact: Bryan Margaria bryan.margaria@mybcom.org
Advisor: Brett Newcomer bnewcomer@bcomnm.org
The purpose of BCOM Sports Medicine is to provide the education and the application of sports medicine to the osteopathic medical student and other allied health students. To contribute to the development of the field of sports medicine at BCOM through activities involving the faculty and student associates. To promote health, fitness, education and safety in the community.
Contact: Delayna Garcia delayna.garcia@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. LaBoy flaboy@bcomnm.org
President: Luke Offutt luke.offutt@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Vilchis hvilchis@bcomnm.org
Cardiology Association is a cardiology based group at BCOM focused on helping students become prospective candidates and being well informed on what it requires to become a cardiologist. We believe that through focused opportunities, students will be better candidates and help them determine if cardiology is the correct specialty for them.
President: Sulayman Mughal sulayman.mughal@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Osborne dosborne@bcomnm.org
Vice President: Mahum Sami mahum.sami@mybcom.org
Secretary: Amy Ngo amy.ngo@mybcom.org
Treasurer: Brooke Brown brooke.brown@mybcom.org
Public Relations: Hiral Amin hiral.amin@mybcom.org and Sidra Shah sidra.shah@mybcom.org
Professional Development: Sharjeel Hassan sharjeel.hassan@mybcom.org
President: Steve Berruecos steve.berruecos@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Ontiveros sontiveros@bcomnm.org
Dermatology Club’s purpose here at BCOM where our main goal is to educate and provide resources about skin care, cancers, and diseases. We participate in health fairs and will be looking to provide dermatology related resources to those interested.
President: Amy Ngo amy.ngo@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Bramblett dbramblett@bcomnm.org
Vice President: Gina Gilderman gina.gilderman@mybcom.org
Secretary: Kevin Posner kevin.posner@mybcom.org
The mission of the American Academy of Family Physicians is to engage, foster, and support BCOM’s medical students and their interest in family medicine. The group will facilitate this mission in a variety of ways such as, community engagement, mentorship, and focused clinical experiences.
President: William Spivey william.spivey@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Stefan Schaefer sschaefer@bcomnm.org
Vice President: Gary De Leon gary.deleonii@mybcom.org
Director of Community Outreach: Lauren Williams lauren.williams@mybcom.org
Secretary: Amr Nasef amr.nasef@mybcom.org
Class III Representatives: Brenda Pelayo brenda.pelayo@mybcom.org, Bianka Martinez bianka.martinez@mybcom.org, and Amr Nasef amr.nasef@mybcom.org
Class IV Representatives: Basil Ike basil.ike@mybcom.org and Selena Trichel selena.trichel@mybcom.org
The Geriatrics Society’s purpose is to promote improved independence, quality of care and life for Older Adults by fostering a cognizant generation of geriatricians.
President: Tammy Nguyen tammy-tam.nguyen@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Kania akania@bcomnm.org
Health and Wellness Club exists to monitor and improve the physical and mental wellness of the student body at BCOM, providing the resources, activities, and experiences to promote students’ health.
President: Ryan Reinken ryan.reinken@mybcom.org
Advisor: Brett Newcomer bnewcomer@bcomnm.org
Vice President: Joe Moss joe.moss@mybcom.org
Secretary: Melody Nameni melody.nameni@mybcom.org
Treasurer: Sarven Tersakyan sarven.tersakyan@mybcom.org
The Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine Integrative Medicine Student Organization (IMSO) is an organization that explores integrative medicine approaches that may be used in conjunction with traditional medicine. Members of IMSO will learn from health care personnel who practice integrative medicine how to treat and prevent disease in their future patients. Integrative medicine acknowledges the whole person: mind, body, spirit, and lifestyle when determining a plan of care that best fits the needs of each individual patient.
To explore, understand, and educate each other about Integrative medicine and its approach to care, addressing physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual and environmental influences in both standard and complementary therapies that affect a person’s health in mind, body, and spirit.
President: Joel Ross joel.ross@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Kurz akurz@bcomnm.org
Vice President: Scott Wallace scott.wallace@mybcom.org
Secretary: Kirk Thorpe kirk.thorpe@mybcom.org
Treasurer: Edward Telmo edward.telmo@mybcom.org
To unite and empower medical students through service, mentorship and education to advocate for the health of the Latino community.
President: Jesus Guzman jesus.guzman@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Longwell
Officer: Andrew Ortega andrew.ortega@mybcom.org
Officer: Roberto Valentino roberto.valentino@mybcom.org
Officer: Brenda Pelayo brenda.pelayo@mybcom.org
Officer: Lauren Munoz Tremblay lauren.munoztremblay@mybcom.org
Officer: Monique Davis monique.davis@mybcom.org
Contact: Matthew Bell matthew.bell@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Ketchum rketchum@bcomnm.org
The LGBTQIA Alliance is dedicated to humanist education, LGBTQIA cultural competency, and community outreach.
President: Virginia Stoddard-Merriam virginia.stoddard@mybcom.org
Advisor: Erin Palazollo epalazzolo@bcomnm.org
Vice President: Ashlee Amparan ashlee.amparan@mybcom.org
Treasurer: Amy Ngo amy.ngo@mybcom.org
Secretary: Tyler Christensen tyler.christensen@mybcom.org
Community Outreach: Katie Kleinberg katie.kleinberg@mybcom.org
The purpose of the Military Medicine Club is to prepare the military students of BCOM for successful medical careers and service in the military.
Contact: Jorey Cunico jorey.cunico@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Hayes ohayes@bcomnm.org
The OBGYN club at BCOM focuses on promoting interest in the practice of Obstetrics and Gynecology within the school and is dedicated to local outreach efforts for women’s health needs in the community.
President: Sara Javadi sara.javadi@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Levatino alevatino@bcomnm.org
President: Michael Arias michael.arias@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Minugh-Purvis nminugh@bcomnm.org
Psych Cinema is an organization that strives to empower and educate medical students on the opportunities of the psychiatric specialty and the applicability of its principles in all medical practices. Furthermore, we strive for inter-professional collaboration to work towards a culture of destigmatizing mental illness.
President: Monika Jankowicz monika.jankowicz@mybcom.org
Advisor: Gary Cohen gcohen@bcomnm.org
Vice President: Samantha Baxter samantha.baxter@mybcom.org
NAMI Coordinator: Wesley Goodrich wesley.goodrich@mybcom.org
Provide mentorship and tutoring for local elementary students;
Aid in improving the medical student experience by providing community service opportunities;
Provide basic age appropriate health education for the elementary students;
Build relationships between BCOM and the community.
President: Nikola Fellows nikola.fellows@mybcomm.org
Advisor: Christa Vaudry cvaudry@bcomnm.org
Vice President: Muhammad Makkieh muhammad.makkieh@mybcomm.org
Extracurricular Coordinator: Giselle Irio giselle.irio@mybcomm.org
SAOAO has been formed as a bridge between Osteopathic Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery, in order to create a holistic functioning system to provide all the members with the opportunity to change the future of Osteopathic Orthopedic medicine by being well educated and experienced health care practitioners.
President: Gregory Wallis gregory.wallis@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Martin smartin@bcomnm.org
The Student American Academy of Osteopathy (SAAO) has been organized by students of the accredited American osteopathic medical colleges under the auspices and guidance of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO) for the purposes of helping osteopathic medical students:
1. Acquire a better understanding of osteopathic principles, theories and practice to include:
- Helping students attain a maximum proficiency in osteopathic structural diagnosis and treatment.
- Fostering a clear concept of clinical application of osteopathy in health and disease.
2. Improve public awareness of osteopathic medicine so the community may better take advantage of the benefits provided by osteopathic medicine.
President: Wesley Goodrich wesley.goodrich@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Kania akania@bcomnm.org
Vice President: Brigitte Grewe brigitte.grewe@mybcom.org
National Representative: Alexzandra Blanchard alexzandra.blanchard@mybcom.org
The BCOM Student Government Association (SGA) is the official voice for osteopathic medical students at BCOM. BCOM SGA is responsible for dispersing funds for student activities, acting as a liaison for the DO medical student body, promoting osteopathic medicine, supporting club and classroom activities, and working to improve the quality of life for all BCOM medical students.
President: Brian Liu brian.liu@mybcom.org
Advisor: Brett Newcomer, Director of Student Affairs bnewcomer@bcomnm.org
The Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine Student Osteopathic Internal Medicine Association’s (SOIMA) goals are to promote interest among osteopathic medical students in the practice of Internal Medicine and its subspecialties. We aim to educate and inform on the path towards becoming a Doctor of Internal Medicine and or subspecialties while allowing members to practice and learn applicable skills for future practice.
It is the purpose of the Student Osteopathic Internal Medicine Association (SOIMA) to represent aspiring osteopathic internists. This is accomplished through the following activities: 1) Providing osteopathic medical students with an early exposure to the field of internal medicine; 2) Stressing the understanding of osteopathic principles in relationship to disease in the practice of internal medicine and its subspecialties; 3) Affiliation with the American College of Osteopathic Internists as well as the American College of Physicians to establish and maintain the highest educational, moral and ethical standards in the teaching and practice of internal medicine. 4) Serving as a liaison with the AOA, the ACP, and the ACOI for the provision of information on training and career opportunities in internal medicine to osteopathic students. 5) Keeping members informed of the latest developments in the field of internal medicine.
President: Jessalyn Lance jessalyn.lance@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Assi massi@bcomnm.org
Vice President: Sidra Shah sidra.shah@mybcom.org
Secretary: Kirk Thorpe kirk.thorpe@mybcom.org
Treasurer: Mario Soliman mario.soliman@mybcom.org
Director of Community Outreach: Oussama Abbad oussama.abbad@mybcom.org
Director of Research: Matthew Baska matthew.baska@mybcom.org
SOMA strives to provide its members with an independent, cohesive voice and the power to effect
relevant change. BCOM SOMA is particularly concerned with supporting its student’s development as osteopathic physicians, and implementing policy that will improve healthcare in New Mexico.
President: Megan McCord megan.mcord@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Howell showell@bcomnm.org
BCOM SOSA’s purpose is to represent and educate the future osteopathic surgeon. SOSA stresses understanding of osteopathic principles in relationship to disease in the practice of surgery and provides a forum for discussion among students and surgeons.
President: Carli Ogle carli.ogle@mybcom.org
Advisor: Dr. Lente alente@bcomnm.org
Vice President: Nancy Phu nancy.phu@mybcom.org
Secretary: Samantha Orona samantha.orona@mybcom.org
Treasurer: Dylan Gallegos dylan.gallegos@mybcom.org
Community Outreach Coordinator: Larin McMartin larin.mcmartin@mybcom.org
National Liaison: Megan Sofka megan.sofka@mybcom.org