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Medical student groups at Brown provide endless opportunities to learn, serve, network, lead, create, and relax.

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Medical student groups at Brown provide endless opportunities to learn, serve, network, lead, create, and relax.

Advocacy/Service Groups serve others. Some groups partner with local schools, free clinics, or other nonprofits to provide ongoing outreach and service. Many groups target particular communities or health conditions. Several do broader or national advocacy work in health policy or other issues.

  • Breeze Against Wheeze
  • Brown Human Rights Asylum Clinic (BHRAC)
  • Brown Med Crossroads Initiative
  • CATCH
  • Clinica Esperanza/Hope Clinic
  • Community Health Advocacy Program
  • Environmental Coalition of The Warren Alpert Medical School (ECo)
  • Full Swing Golf RI
  • Giving a Boost
  • Habitat for Humanity @ Brown Med
  • Lion's Club Eye Clinic
  • MagicAid
  • Med Wheels
  • Medical Students for Choice
  • NORD Students for Rare
  • Rest With Dignity
  • Rhode Island Free Clinic
  • Rhode Island Medical Navigator Partnership (RIMNP)
  • Rhode Island Medical Society
  • Sex Ed at Brown Med
  • Skin of Color Community
  • Stop the Bleed Rhode Island
  • Street Medicine Interest Group
  • Teddy Bear Clinic
  • The Providence HealthBridge Project
  • Transitions of Care Workshops 

 

 

Affinity Groups provide opportunities for students to engage in community service and/or public health advocacy.

  • American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)
  • American Muslim Medical Student Association (AMMSA)
  • Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA)
  • Catholic Medical Association
  • Filipino Americans in Medicine at Brown University (FAM@Brown)
  • First Gen Med @ Brown
  • JEMSA
  • Latino Medical Student Association
  • Medical Student Pride Alliance (MSPA)
  • Medical Students with Disability and Chronic Illness
  • NAAMA (National Arab American Medical Association)
  • South Asian Medical Students Association (SAMSA)
  • Student National Medical Association

 

Arts and Innovations Groups provide opportunities that encourage creativity, interdisciplinary thinking, and/or the integration of the arts into medical education and practice.

  • Create@Brown
  • Design x Health
  • Medical Records
  • Plexus Literary Magazine

Medical Association Representative Groups serve as local chapters of national medical associations.

  • American Medical Association
  • Brown University Local Chapter of the American Physician Scientists Association (Brown University APSA Chapter)
  • Global Surgery Student Alliance
  • Students for a National Health Plan (SNaHP)
  • The Association of Women Surgeons (AWS)
  • Women’s Orthopedic Leadership Forum / Ruth Jackson Orthopedic Society 

     

     

Specialty Interest Groups provide forums or students to explore specific specialties, including opportunities to learn about career pathways, gain relevant knowledge and skills, and connect to specialty-specific mentors.

  • Anesthesiology Interest Group
  • Brown General Surgery Society
  • Cardiology Interest Group
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialty Interest Group
  • Cerebrovascular Student Alliance
  • Dermatology Interest Group
  • Diagnostic Radiology Interest Group
  • Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Interest Group
  • ENT Specialty Interest Group
  • Family Medicine Interest Group
  • Gastroenterology Specialty Interest Group
  • Internal Medicine Interest Group
  • Interventional Radiology Interest Group
  • Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group
  • Med-Peds Interest Group
  • Mind & Brain: Psychiatry Student Interest Group
  • Neurology and Neurosurgery Interest Group
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology Interest Group
  • Ophthalmology Interest Group (OIG)
  • Orthopedics Specialty Interest Group
  • Pediatrics Interest Group
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Student Interest Group
  • Plastic Surgery Specialty Interest Group
  • The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Interest Group (CAPIG)
  • Ultrasound Interest Group
  • Urology Specialty Interest Group
  • Vascular Surgery Interest Group

Student Life / Recreation Groups offer opportunities for students to build community through shared interests and recreational activities that support balance and connection.

  • Climbing Club
  • Code Dink
  • Medical School Ski and Snowboard Group
  • WAMS Surf Club

Well-Being Groups promote student well-being through advocacy, support mechanism, mentorship, and/or educational initiatives.

  • Als Pals
  • Book WA(r)MS
  • Med²
  • Medical Humanities Initiative
  • Serotonin Seekers of Rhode Island Run Club (SSRIs)
  • Student Health Council (SHC) 

Please contact the Student Senate (ams-senate@brown.edu) or the Office of Student Affairs (medstudentaffairs@brown.edu) with any questions about student groups.  

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