Interest Groups

On this page, you will find a list of all currently active interest groups with the contact information of their respective chairs. If you see an error on this list, please email mmscvpcomm@gmail.com.

Addiction Medicine Interest Group (AMIG)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3409450285733176/  ​

• Ivana Burcul, 2021, ivana.burcul@medportal.ca
• James Hotze, 2021, james.hotze@medportal.ca
• Tya Vine, 2022, tya.vine@medportal.ca
• Janhavi Patel, 2022, janhavi.patel@medportal.ca
• Michael Dennis, 2022, michael.dennis@medportal.ca

​Aerospace and Dive Medicine IG (ADMIG)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/612311795623021/

• James Zhou, 2021, james.zhou@medportal.ca
• James Lai, Main contact, james.lai@medportal.ca
• Stephan Tran, stephan.tran@medportal.ca
• Quentin Wong, quentin.wong@medportal.ca
• Anmol Gupta, VP Events Committee, anmol.gupta@medportal.ca
• Yassmin Behzadian, VP Waterloo Liaison, yassmin.behzadian@medportal.ca
• Kaela Gusenbauer, VP Niagara Liaison, kaela.gusenbauer@medportal.ca
• Puru Panchal, 2022, puru.panchal@medportal.ca

Anesthesia IG
https://www.facebook.com/macanesthesiaig

• Ellen Connelly, 2020, ellen.connelly@medportal.ca
• Gwendolyn Lovsted, 2020, gwendolyn.lovsted@medportal.ca
• Genya Oparin, 2020, yvgeniy.oparin@medportal.ca
• Alexa Caldwell, 2021, alexa.caldwell@medportal.ca
• Julian Li, 2021, julian.li@medportal.ca
• Kim Poung, 2021, kim.poung@medportal.ca
• Hanna Levy, 2022, hanna.levy@medportal.ca
• Puru Panchal, 2022, puru.panchal@medportal.ca
• Shawn Varghese, 2022, shawn.varghese@medportal.ca

Canadian Association of Medical Students Against Human Trafficking (CAMSAHT)

• Kasey Moss, 2021, kasey.moss@medportal.ca
• Alexandra Aliferis, 2021, alexandra.aliferis@medportal.ca

Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/690947617748840/

• Takhliq Amir, 2022, takhliq.amir@medportal.ca
• Myles Benayon, 2022, myles.benayon@medportal.ca
• Maham Khalid, 2021, maham.khalid@medportal.ca
• Candice Luo, 2021, Candice.luo@medportal.ca
• Rishi Sharma, 2020; Main Contact, rishi.sharma@medportal.ca
• Esther Samuel, 2020, esther.samuel@medportal.ca

Clinical Pharmacology IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/193112574618172/

• Erin Fu, Main Contact, erin.fu@medportal.ca
• William Yao, william.yao@medportal.ca
• Hussain Ali, hussain.ali@medportal.ca
• Varun Sethuraman, varun.sethuraman@medportal.ca

Community Health IG (CHIG) 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1686899304857134/ 

• Karyssa Hamann, 2022, WRC Co-Chair, karyssa.hamann@medportal.ca
• June Dong, 2022, NRC Co-chair, june.dong@medportal.ca
• Amy Ajay, 2022, Hamilton Co-chair, amy.ajay@medportal.ca
• Michelle Biehl, 2022, Hamilton Co-chair, michelle.biehl@medportal.ca
• Sureka Pavalagantharajah, 2021, sureka.pavalagantharajah@medportal.ca
• Angela Ma, 2021, angela.ma@medportal.ca
• Danya Malhotra, 2021, danya.malhotra@medportal.ca
• Pranali Raval, 2021, pranali.raval@medportal.ca

Dermatology IG (DIG)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583517605004875/

• Justin Lu, 2022, justin.lu@medportal.ca
• Samina Nazarali, 2021, samina.nazarali@medportal.ca
• Megan Lam, 2022, megan.lam@medportal.ca
• Eric Lentz, 2021, eric.lent@medportal.ca

Designing Healthcare IG

• Samveg Shah, 2021, samveg.shah@medportal.ca
• Danya Malhotra, 2021, danya.malhotra@medportal.ca
• Avinash Pandey, 2021, avinash.pandey@medportal.ca
• Ramana Trivedi, 2021, ramana.trivedi@medportal.ca
• Sudarshan Bala, 2021, sudarshan.bala@medportal.ca

Digestive Healthcare Interest Group

• Prasiddha Parthasarathy, 2022, prasiddha.parthasarathy@medportal.ca
• Yuan Qiu, 2022, yuan.qiu@medportal.ca
• Leanne Kim, 2021, leanne.kim@medportal.ca
• Kasey Moss, 2021, kasey.moss@medportal.ca

Emergency Medicine IG (EMIG)​
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1289768431075949/

• Puru Panchal, 2022, puru.panchal@medportal.ca
• Parnian Pardis, 2022, parnian.pardis@medportal.ca
• Raymond Yu, 2022, raymond.yu@medportal.ca

Entrepreneurship in Medicine IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/543078402707941/?ref=br_rs

• Haris Saud, 2021, haris.saud@medportal.ca
• Suraj Laxman Gopinathbirla, 2021, suraj.gopinathbirla@medportal.ca
• Megan Lam, 2022, megan.lam@medportal.ca
• Angela Dong, 2022, angela.dong@medportal.ca
• Omri Nachmani, 2022, omri.nachmani@medportal.ca

Ear, Nose and Throat IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1951770661737850/

• Megan Lam, 2022, megan.lam@medportal.ca
• Nivedh Patro, 2021, nivedh.patro@medportal.ca
• Teffran Chan, 2020, teffran.chan@medportal.ca

Environmental Health IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/134706583948537/

• Stephanie Rohn, 2022, stephanie.rohn@medportal.ca
• Micah Hansen, 2022, micah.hansen@medportal.ca
• Olivia Ly, 2022, olivia.ly@medportal.ca
• Odelle Ma, Social Media Director, odelle.ma@medportal.ca
• Oriana Mak, 2021, oriana.mak@medportal.ca

Family Medicine IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/McMaster.FMIG/

• Deena Herman, c2022 Co-Chair, deena.herman@medportal.ca
• Parnian Pardis, c2022 Co-Chair, parnian.pardis@medportal.ca
• Jane Luft, Waterloo Co-Chair, jane.luft@medportal.ca
• Shauna Jose,  Niagara Co-Chair, shauna.jose@medportal.ca
• Puru Panchal, Hamilton Rep, puru.panchal@medportal.ca
• Janna Malone, Hamilton Rep, janna.malone@medportal.ca

Foundation Consolidation IG

• Udbhav Kharad, 2021, udbhav.kharad@medportal.ca
• Lena Dolman, 2021, lena.dolman@medportal.ca
• Adam D'Ovidio, 2021, adam.dovidio@medportal.ca

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Geriatrics IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1009642875724339/

• Laura Fallico, 2022, laura.fallico@medportal.ca
• Kaitlin Lewis, 2022, Main Contact, kaitlin.lewis@medportal.ca
• Karen Paik, 2022, karen.paik@medportal.ca
• Manan Ahuja, 2021, manan.ahuja@medportal.ca
• Shannon Gui, 2021, shannon.gui@medportal.ca
• George Hu, 2021, george.hu@medportal.ca
• Christina Ma, 2020, Main Contact, christina.ma@medportal.ca

Health and Art IG (HeART)

• Nicole Crimi, 2022, nicole.crimi@medportal.ca
• Bianca McLean, 2022, bianca.mclean@medportal.ca

Health Advocacy for Refugees (HARP)

• Nour Bakhash (Immunization), 2020, nour.bakhache@medportal.ca
• Richa John (RHN), 2020, richa.john@medportal.ca
• Jennifer Asselstine (Health Promo), 2020, jennifer.asselstine@medportal.ca
• Talveer Mandur (WRC), 2020, talveer.mandur@medportal.ca.
• Rana Kamhawy (RHN), 2021, rana.kamhawy@medportal.ca
• Peter Youssef (QI), 2021, Peter.youssef@medportal.ca
• Mylini Saposan (Health Promo), 2021, mylini.saposan@medportal.ca
• Angela Ma (Immunization), 2021, Angela.ma@medportal.ca
• Hargun Sidhu (WRC), 2022, hargun.sidhu@medportal.ca
• Yasna Mehdian (WRC), 2022, yasna.mehdian@medportal.ca
• Jessica Scott (Health Promo), 2022, jessica.scott@medportal.ca
• Kika Otiono (Immunization), 2022, kika.otiono@medportal.ca
• Catherine Campbell (QI), 2022, catherine.campbell@medportal.ca
• Devyani Bakshi (RHN), 2022, devyani.bakshi@medportal.ca

History of Medicine IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/191789674923862/

• Kazim Mirhadi, Main Contact, kazim.mirhadi@medportal.ca
• Mustafa Mohamedali, mustafa.mohamedali@medportal.ca
• Wajahat Syed, wajahat.syed@medportal.ca

Indigenous Health Interest Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/260829700629718/

• Ben McNiven, 2022, ben.mcniven@medportal.ca
• Elizabeth Kliska, 2022, elizabeth.kliska@medportal.ca
• Sawayra Owais, 2022, sawayra.owais@medportal.ca
• Stepfanie Johnston, 2022, stepfanie.johnston@medportal.ca
• Tonya-Leah Watts, 2022, Tonyaleah.watts@medportal.ca
• Alexandra Hildebrand, 2022, alex.hildebrand@medportal.ca
• Simon Farquharson, 2022, simon.farquharson@medportal.ca
• Madison Walker, 2021, madison.walker@medportal.ca
• Alysha Laviolette, 2021, alysha.laviolette@medportal.ca
• Kaija Kaarid, 2021, kaija.kaarid@medportal.ca
• Emily Nguyen, 2021, emily.nguyen@medportal.ca
• Kara Yeung, 2021, kara.yeung@medportal.ca

Internal Medicine Interest Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/840764472708084/

• Justin Lu, 2022, First-year Rep, justin.lu@medportal.ca
• Grace Martin, 2022, First-year Rep, grace.martin@medportal.ca
• Josh Yu, 2022, WRC Rep, josh.yu@medportal.ca
• Janhavi Patel, 2022, NRC Rep, janhavi.patel@medportal.ca
• Caitlin Yee, 2022, Junior Co-Chair, caitlin.yee@medportal.ca
• Puru Panchal, 2022, Junior Co-Chair, puru.panchal@medportal.ca​
• Alice Xia Lu, 2021, Senior Co-Chair, alice.lu@medportal.ca
• Samina Nazarali, 2021, Senior Co-Chair, samina.nazarali@medportal.ca
• Malini Hu, 2021, Second-year Rep, malini.hu@medportal.ca
• Andrew Cao, 2021, Second-year Rep, andrew.cao@medportal.ca

MacMed Art IG
Website https://journals.mcmaster.ca/nightfloat
Fb page https://www.facebook.com/McMaster-Medicine-Arts-IG-305312260364775/
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• Yu Fei Xia, Founder & Creative Director, feifei.xia@medportal.ca
• Veronica Stewart, Content Curator, veronica.stewart@medportal.ca
• Adhora Mir, Artistic Director, adhora.mir@meedportal.ca
• Amrik Randhawa, 2022, amrik.randhawa@medportal.ca
• Isabella Stefanova, 2022, isabella.stefanova@medportal.ca
• Jihyun Sung, 2022, jihyun.sung@medportal.ca

MacMed Improv Club
https://www.facebook.com/groups/macmedimprov/

• Adam D'Ovidio, 2021, Main Contact, adam.dovidio@medportal.ca
• Danielle Kaardal, 2021, danielle.kaardal@medportal.ca
• Darren Chai, 2021, darren.chai@medportal.ca
• Julian Li, 2021, julian.li@medportal.ca
• Danya Malhotra, 2021, danya.malhotra@medportal.ca

LGBT+ Health IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/macmedlgbtq/

• Lauren Lin, 2022, lauren.lin@medportal.ca
• Ryan Stevenson, 2022, ryan.stevenson@medportal.ca
• Rakhshan Kamran, 2022, rakhshan.kamran@medportal.ca
• June Dong, 2022, NRC Liaison, june.dong@medportal.ca

Mac Med Français IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/312571958867906/

• Karyssa Hamann, 2022, WRC Co-Chair, karyssa.hamann@medportal.ca
• Bipandeep Abbat, 2022, Hamilton Co-Chair, bipandeep.abbat@medportal.ca
• Larissa Maini, 2022, Hamilton Co-Chair, larissa.maini@medportal.ca
• Célyna Arnold, 2022, NRC Liaison, celyna.arnold@medportal.ca
• Lilian Laferrière, 2021, lilian.laferriere@medportal.ca
• Alisha Coe, 2021, alisha.coe@medportal.ca
• Sophie Laramee, 2021, sophie.laramee@medportal.ca
• Xinxin Tang, 2021, xinxin.tang@medportal.ca
• Ivana Burcul, 2021, ivana.burcul@medportal.ca
• Wenna Deng, 2021, wenna.deng@medportal.ca
• Sarina Lalla, 2020, Main Contact, sarina.lalla@medportal.ca
• Cindy Wang, 2020, cindy.wang1@medportal.ca
• Jennifer Guan, 2020, jennifer.guan@medportal.ca

Mac Med Musical

• Ashley Eom, Main Contact, ashley.eom@medportal.ca
• Misha Virdee, misha.virdee@medportal.ca
• Thyna Catamaran, thyna.catamaran@medportal.ca
• Michael Parvizian, michael.parvizian@medportal.ca

McMaster Anatomy Interest Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/196380300835777/

• Ramana Trivedi, 2021, ramana.trivedi@medportal.ca
• David Shin, 2021, david.shin@medportal.ca
• Mohamed Halawa, 2021, mohamed.halawa@medportal.ca

McMaster Health Advocacy Symposium
https://www.facebook.com/MacHealthAdv/

• Alice Cavanaugh, c2021 Co-Chair, alice.cavanaugh@medportal.ca
• Angela Ma, c2021 Co-Chair, angela.ma@medportal.ca
• Jesse Bauman, c2021 Co-Chair, jesse.bauman@medportal.ca
• Christina Ma, c202 Co-Chair, christina.ma@medportal.ca
• Jane Tooley, c2020 Co-Chair, jane.tooley@medportal.ca
• Kolina Tavares, IP Rep, kolina.tavares@yahoo.ca

​McMaster Health Advocacy Symposium 
https://www.facebook.com/MacHealthAdv/

• June Dong, 2022, june.dong@medportal.ca
• Matilda Kim, 2022, matilda.kim@medportal.ca
• Alice Cavanaugh, 2021, alice.cavanaugh@medportal.ca
• Angela Ma, 2021, angela.ma@medportal.ca
• Jesse Bauman, 2021, jesse.bauman@medportal.ca
• Christina Ma, 2020, christina.ma@medportal.ca
• Jane Tooley, 2020, jane.tooley@medportal.ca

McMaster MD Global Health Committee
https://www.facebook.com/groups/147148222099618/

• Justin Lu, 2022, justin.lu@medportal.ca
• Sabrina Lin, 2022, sabrina.lin@medportal.ca
• Takhliq Amir, 2022, Local Officer of Global Health Advocacy (LOGHA), takhliq.amir@medportal.ca
• Emily Norris, 2022, Local Officer of Global Health Education (LOGHE), emily.norris@medportal.ca
• Melanie Zhang, 2022, Local Exchange Officer (LEO), melanie.zhang@medportal.ca
• Kathy Huang, 2022, Global Health Liaison (GHL), kathy.huang@medportal.ca

McMaster Medical Genetics IG 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/370648156625498/

• Lena Dolman, 2021, Main Contact, lena.dolman@medportal.ca
• Manasi Parikh, 2021, manasi.parikh@medportal.ca
• Sarina Lalla, 2020, sarina.lalla@medportal.ca

McMaster Medical Research IG (MMRIG)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/319678075084204/

• Justin Lu, 2022, justin.lu@medportal.ca
• Clarelle Gonsalves, 2022, clarelle.gonsalves@medportal.ca
• Megan Lam, 2022, megan.lam@medportal.ca
• Patrick Murphy, 2022 WRC Rep, patrick.murphy@medportal.ca
• Shawn Varghese, 2022, shawn.varghese@medportal.ca
• Ashish Matthews, 2022 NRC Rep, ashish.matthews@medportal.ca
• Naman Arora, 2022, naman.arora@medportal.ca
• Steven Chen, 2021, steven.chen@medportal.ca
• Samina Nazarali, 2021, samina.nazarali@medportal.ca
• Zechen Ma, 2021, zechen.ma@medportal.ca
• Umaseh Sivanesan, 2021, umaseh.sivanesan@medportal.ca

McMaster Medical Student Research Day (MMSRD)

• Main Contact Email: mmsrdmcmaster@gmail.com;
• Mary Boulos, 2022, mary.boulos@medportal.ca
• Parnian Pardis, 2022, parnian.pardis@medportal.ca
• Ali Zhang, 2021, ali.zhang@medportal.ca
• Charlotte McEwen, 2021, charlotte.mcewen@medportal.ca

McMaster Psychiatry IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MacMed.PsychiatryIG/

• Thyna Catamaran,  Co-Chair and Main Contact, thyna.catamaran@medportal.ca;
• Holly Breton, Co-Chair, holly.breton@medportal.ca

Medical Law IG 

• Tasnim Zaman, 2022, tasnim.zaman@medportal.ca
• Kim Phan, 2022, kim.phan@medportal.ca

Medical Education IG 

• Ashlyn Pinto,  , ashlyn.pinto@medportal.ca
• Joyce Moore,  , joyce.moore@medportal.ca
• Christal Zhou,  , christal.zhou@medportal.ca
• Christina Ma,  , christina.ma@medportal.ca
• Rishi Sharma,  , rishi.sharma@medportal.ca

MSF IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/906972942685836/

• Leo Liu, Main Contact, leo.liu@medportal.ca
• Daniel Lu,  , daniel.lu@medportal.ca

Medical Students for Choice IG
https://msfc.org/

• Kathryn Clark, 2022, kathryn.clark@medportal.ca
• Samantha Yim, 2022, samantha.yim@medportal.ca
• Madeline Inglis, 2021, madeline.inglis@medportal.ca
• Pranali Raval, 2021, pranali.raval@medportal.ca

Mindfulness in Medicine IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/mindfulnessinmedicine/

• Joshua Yu, 2022, josh.yu@medportal.ca
• Puru Panchal, 2022, puru.panchal@medportal.ca
• Ethan Weiss, 2022, ethan.weiss@medportal.ca

Narrative in Medicine IG

• Haris Saud, 2021, haris.saud@medportal.ca
• Darren Chai, 2021, darren.chai@medportal.ca
• Lena Dolman, 2021, lena.dolman@medportal.ca
• Henry He, 2021, henry.he@medportal.ca
• Alice Lu, 2021, alice.lu@medportal.ca
• Anand Patel, 2021, anand.patel@medportal.ca
• Asmarah Amin, 2021, asmarah.amin@medportal.ca

Neurology Interest Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/713601255450802/

• Jasmyn Cunningham, 2022, jasmyn.cunningham@medportal.ca
• Randi Mao, 2022, Randi.mao@medportal.ca
• Jordana Compagnone, 2022, jordana.compagnone@medportal.ca
• Steven Chen, 2021, steven.chen@medportal.ca
• Hannah Elaine Snyder, 2021, hannah.snyder@medportal.ca
• Katerina Jabbour, 2021, katerina.jabbour@medportal.ca
• Laura Collie, 2020, laura.collie@medportal.ca
• Shamal Khattak, 2020, shamal.khattak@medportal.ca
• Brian Lauzon, 2020, brian.lauzon@medportal.ca

Neurosurgery Interest Group

• Brad Bergin, 2021, brad.bergin@medportal.ca
• Steven Chen, 2021, steven.chen@medportal.ca

Nephrology and Urology IG (NUIG)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2454323591320016/

• John Kim, 2021, john.kim@medportal.ca
• Bruce Li, 2021, bruce.li@medportal.ca
• Janna Malone, 2022, janna.malone@medportal.ca
• Kika Otiono, 2022, kika.otiono@medportal.ca

Nutrition in Medicine IG​
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/280647672446426/
Google+ page: https://plus.google.com/u/1/communities/114669389210395922041?cfem=1

• Nova Zhao, Main Contact, nova.zhao@medportal.ca
• Hayley Jones,  , hayley.jones@medportal.ca
• Eden Shaul, 2021, eden.shaul@medportal.ca
• April Liu, 2021, april.liu@medportal.ca
• Olivia Lovrics, 2021, olivia.lovrics@medportal.ca

Obstetrics & Gynaecology IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1552401298370584/?ref=share

• Anisha Dubey, 2020, Anisha.dubey@medportal.ca
• Kristen Viaje, 2020, kristen.viaje@medportal.ca​
• Jane Su, 2021, Jane.su@medportal.ca
• Alice Tan, 2021, alice.tan@medportal.ca
• Alexandra Hildebrand, 2022, alex.hildebrand@medportal.ca
• Rakhshan Kamran, 2022, Rakhshan.kamran@medportal.ca

Oncology IG 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1091129077621779/

• Francine Fishbein, 2022, francine.fishbein@medportal.ca
• Jeremy Biro, 2022, jeremy.biro@medportal.ca
• Kavita Srivastava, 2021, kavita.srivastava@medportal.ca
• Anastasiya Lezhanska, 2021, anastasiya.lezhanska@medportal.ca

Ophthalmology Interest Group 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/536464736766217/

• Alex Hoggarth, 2022, alex.hoggarth@medportal.ca
• Amirthan Sothivannan, 2022, amirthan.sothivannan@medportal.ca
• Max Gelkopf, 2021, max.gelkopf@medportal.ca
• Alice Tan, 2021, alice.tan@medportal.ca

Orthopedics IG 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2192374871020834/

• Simon Farquarson, 2022, simon.farquharson@medportal.ca
• Lucy Lan, 2022, lucy.lan@medportal.ca
• Brad Bergin, 2021, brad.bergin@medportal.ca
• Kyle Gouveia, 2021, kyle.gouveia@medportal.ca

Palliative Medicine IG
​https://www.facebook.com/groups/1065825936783516/

• Elizabeth Richardson, 2022, elizabeth.richardson1@medportal.ca
• Eva Liu, 2022, eva.liu@medportal.ca
• Clarelle Gonsalves, 2022, clarelle.gonsalves@medportal.ca
• Anand Patel, 2021, anand.patel@medportal.ca
• John Vincent, 2021, john.vincent@medportal.ca
• Feifei Yu, 2021, feifei.yu@medportal.ca

Pathology IG

• Patrick Murphy, 2022, patrick.murphy@medportal.ca

Pediatric Medicine IG (PMIG)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pmigmac/

• Meghan Glibbery, 2021, meghan.glibbery@medportal.ca
• Hargun Siddhu, 2021, hargun.sidhu@medportal.ca
• Clarelle Gonsalves, 2022, clarelle.gonsalves@medportal.ca
• Mark Grinberg, 2022, mark.grinberg@medportal.ca

Physiatry Interest Group

• Alex Agno, 2021, alex.agno@medportal.ca
• Kevin Zhang, 2020, kevin.zhang@medportal.ca
• Allison Chan, 2020, allison.chan@medportal.ca
• Kevin Kim,  kevin.kim1@medportal.ca
• Edward Kunmo Kim, 2021, edward.kim@medportal.ca

Plastic Surgery IG

• Cameron Leveille, 2020, cameron.leveille@medportal.ca
• Alex Pozdnyakov, 2020, Alex.pozdnyakov@medportal.ca
• Rosemary Nam, 2021, rosemary.nam@medportal.ca
• Chloe Wong, 2021, Chloe.wong@medportal.ca
• Rakhshan Kamran, 2022, Rakhshan.kamran@medportal.ca
• Kim Phan, 2022, Kim.phan@medportal.ca​

Point-of-Care Ultrasound IG

• Vineeth Bhogadi, 2021, vineeth.boghadi@medportal.ca
• Candice Luo, 2021, candice.luo@medportal.ca
• Micahel Uy, michael.uy@medportal.ca
• Sally Lin, sally.lin@medportal.ca

Psychiatry IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MacMed.PsychiatryIG/

• Iva Okaj, 2022, iva.okaj@medportal.ca
• Jasmyn Cunningham, 2022, jasmyn.cunningham@medportal.ca
• David Dai, 2021, david.dai@medportal.ca
• Alex Chan​, 2021, alex.chan@medportal.ca
• Thyna Catamaran, 2020, thyna.catamaran@medportal.ca
• Holly Breton, 2020, holly.breton@medportal.ca

Public Health IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1653553834923205/

• Takhliq Amir, 2022, takhliq.amir@medportal.ca
• Ravinder Sandhu, 2022, ravinder.sandhu@medportal.ca
• Reid Rebinsky, 2022, reid.rebinsky@medportal.ca

Radiology IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/492977257706636/

• Joshua Yu, 2022, josh.yu@medportal.ca
• Tina Yu, 2022, tina.yu@medportal.ca
• Ibrahim Nadeem, 2022, ibrahim.nadeem@medportal.ca
• Vineeth Bhogadi, 2021, vineeth.bhogadi@medportal.ca
• Henry He, 2021, henry.he@medportal.ca

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Reconstructive Medicine IG

• Morgan Yuan, 2022, morgan.yuan@medportal.ca
• Talha Tahir, 2022, talha.tahir@medportal.ca
• Shreyas Sreeraman, 2022, shreyas.sreeraman@medportal.ca

Resource Stewardship IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/790348597809856/

• ​Gurinder Sandhu, 2022, gurinder.sandhu@medportal.ca
• Claire Lee, 2022, Claire.lee@medportal.ca
• Hassaan Khalik, 2021, hassaan.abdel-khalik@medportal.ca
• Briony lago, 2021, briony.lago@medportal.ca

Rural Medicine IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1101892783212146/

• Karyssa Hamann,, 2022 WRC Co-chair, karyssa.hamann@medportal.ca
• Conor Jones, 2022 Hamilton Co-Chair, Conor.jones@medportal.ca
• Carly Van Egdom, 2022 Hamilton Co-chair, carly.vanegdom@medportal.ca
• Camille Wiley, 2022 NRC Co-chair, Camille.wiley@medportal.ca
• Eva Liu, 2022 NRC Co-chair, Eva.liu@medportal.ca
• Alysha Thomson, 2021, alysha.thomson@medportal.ca
• Matt McArthur, 2021, matthew.mcarthur@medportal.ca
• Elisa Levi, 2021, elisa.levi@medportal.ca
• Jamie Vinken, 2021, jamie.vinken@medportal.ca
• Delia Dragomir, 2020, delia.dragomir@medportal.ca
• Cam Elgie, 2020, cam.elgie@medportal.ca
• Claire Smith, 2020, claire.smith@medportal.ca
• Jodie Hooker, 2020, jodie.hooker@medportal.ca
• Amanda Hincks, 2020, amanda.hincks@medportal.ca

SJIG (Social Justice Interest Group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1473725132643180/

• Matilda Kim, 2022, matilda.kim@medportal.ca
• Alexandra Hildebrand, 2022, alex.hildebrand@medportal.ca
• Francis Lao, 2022 Admissions Co-Chair, francis.lao@medportal.ca
• Kika Otiono, 2022 Admissions Co-Chair, kika.otiono@medportal.ca
• Asmarah Amin, 2021, asmarah.amin@medportal.ca
• Peter Squire, 2021,  
• Sureka Pavalagantharajah, 2021, sureka.pavalagantharajah@medportal.ca
• Odella Ma, 2021,  
• Jane Tooley, 2020, Exec & Main Contact, jane.tooley@medportal.ca

Speaking in Health IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1590462191261744/

• Anthea Ho,  , anthea.ho@medportal.ca;
• Nour Bakhache,  , nour.bakhache@medportal.ca

Sports Medicine IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/517310748608142/

• Colin Kruse, 2022, colin.kruse@medportal.ca
• Alyssa Lee, 2022, alyssa.lee@medportal.ca
• Conor Jones, 2022, conor.jones@medportal.ca
• Kyle Goldstein, 2022, kyle.goldstein@medportal.ca

Stem Cell IG
https://www.facebook.com/macstemcellclub/

• Roopa Suppiah, roopa.suppiah@medportal.ca
• Michael Xie, michael.xie@medportal.ca
• Sally Lin, 2020

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Students for Choice Interest Group

• Madeline Inglis, 2021, madeline.inglis@medportal.ca,
• Pranali Raval, 2021, pranali.raval@medportal.ca

Surgery IG (SIG)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1043524038999840/

• Takhliq Amir, 2022, takhliq.amir@medportal.ca
• Randi Mao, 2022, randi.mao@medportal.ca
• Eva Liu, 2022, eva.liu@medportal.ca
• Charlotte McEwen, 2021, charlotte.mcewen@medportal.ca
• Chloe Wong, 2021, chloe.wong@medportal.ca
• Nivedh Patro, 2021, nivedh.patro@medportal.ca
• Suraj Laxman Gopinathbirla, 2021, suraj.gopinathbirla@medportal.ca
• Danyal Saeed, 2020, danyal.saeed@medportal.ca
• Teffran Chan, 2020, teffran.chan@medportal.ca
• Steve Hale, 2020, steve.hale@medportal.ca

Technology in Medicine IG 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1404570996538310/

• Misha Virdee,  , misha.virdee@medportal.ca
• Jeyanth Inkaran,  , jeyanth.inkaran@medportal.ca
• Samveg Shah, 2021, samveg.shah@medportal.ca
• Rana Kamhawy, 2021, rana.kamhawy@medportal.ca

Trauma Informed Care IG
https://www.facebook.com/groups/163757414291140/

• Michael Dennis, 2022, michael.dennis@medportal.ca
• Amy Freeman, 2022, amy.freeman@medportal.ca
• Kristen Salena, Co-Founder and Main Contact, kristen.salena@medportal.ca;
• Lauren Beals, Co-Founder, lauren.beals@medportal.ca;
• Charlotte Fuller, Co-Founder, charlotte.fuller@medportal.ca

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