Standing committees

Committee on Long Range Planning
This committee works on issues regarding the structure and future of the Resident and Fellow Section. Past achievements include the Internal Operating Procedures (IOP) and the report on Limitations on Candidacy for the Governing Council. Future projects will include IOP language for the upcoming Sectional Delegates to the HOD.

Hillary Johnson, Chair - hillary.johnson@gmail.com
Ben Galper - bgalper@gmail.com
Meg Gibson - gibsonme@upmc.edu
Alisa Lee - alisa.b.lee@gmail.com
Tovah Rosen - tovahr@gmail.com

Committee on Medical Education
This committee works on medical education issues that relate to resident and fellow physicians. The committee will assist the RFS Governing council in developing policy positions, writing reports, and educating resident and fellow members of the AMA about critical medical education issues.

Hannah Zimmerman, Chair - hannahzimmerman411@gmail.com
Jason Ethredge - jaleth@medicine.tamhsc.edu
Smita Krishnamurthy - skrishnamurthy@path.wustl.edu
Adam Levine - adamlevinemd@gmail.com
Alex Llanos - alexllanos@aol.com
Brooke Nelson - brookevnelson@gmail.com
Kayla Pope - kpope001@umayland.edu

Legislative Advocacy Committee
This committee will assist in enhancing grassroots legislative efforts and educating the RFS on current political issues impacting medicine. A large focus of this group will be to increase participation and involvement in Lobby Day, which takes place in March during the National Advocacy Conference. In addition, this committee will work on AMPAC activities. We strongly encourage those who wish to serve on the Committee attend Lobby Day. The committee members are:

David Winchester, Chair - dw4wk@virginia.edu
Brooke Albright - albrightummedical@yahoo.com
Alyssa Browning - alyssa.browning@vanderbilt.edu
Grace Chen - grrchen@yahoo.com
Hui Chen - jenzhao@ucla.edu
Alex Ding - alexding@gmail.com
Fernand Herrera - fherrera00@yahoo.com
Manish Sethi - msethi@partners.org
Katherine Walsh - walshkj@medicine.ufle.edu

Membership Committee
This committee works primarily on membership and marketing activities. The group will share ideas and form strategies to increase retention and recruitment within the AMA-RFS. In addition, this group will assist in developing communication and outreach vehicles to increase resident and fellow participation in the AMA. The Committee members are:

John Vasudevan, Chair - johnvasudevan@gmail.com
S. Kimara March - march.shamane@mayo.edu
Heather Owen - hsowen@gmail.com
Kalyan Tatineny - ktatineny@aol.com
Sunny Srivastava - srivastava.2@wright.edu

Poster Symposium Committee
This committee is responsible for the Research Poster Symposium held at the Interim Meeting.  The responsibilities include reviewing abstract submissions, making decisions of acceptance, organizing the judging of poster presentations and assigning awards. 

Public Health Committee
This committee deals with issues affecting public health both domestically and internationally. The committee will assist the RFS Governing Council in developing policy positions, writing reports, and educating resident and fellow members of the AMA about critical public health issues. The committee will also help residents develop grassroots programs to tackle public health issues in their local communities. Finally, the committee will work with its counterpart in the Medical Student Section to maintain a database of international rotations for medical students and residents.  The committee members are:

Sun Young Yum, Chair - yumsunyoung@gmail.com
Rebecca Brinker - rbrinker@im.wustl.edu
Melissa Cunningham - Melissa.Cunningham2@osumc.edu
Shubhada Hooli - shubhada.hooli@gmail.com
Roger Kapoor - rkapoor1@stanford.edu
Farrah Mateen - farrah_mateen@hotmail.com
Mrunalee Patil - mrunaleepatil@yahoo.com
Keith Stowell - krstowell@alum.emory.edu