Medical Student Section (MSS)

The MSS is the medical students' leading voice for improving medical education and advocating for the future of medicine.

The MSS encourages medical student participation in the activities of PAMED to have meaningful impact into PAMED’s decision and policy-making process; improve medical education and to further professional excellence; provide a forum for the discussion and dissemination of information; develop medical leadership; initiate and effect necessary change; promote activity within organize medicine on the local and state levels; and to work cooperatively with student groups at Pennsylvania medical schools to meet these objectives.

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MSS Governing Council

The Executive Committee shall be responsible for creating and overseeing workgroups that advance the mission of PAMED MSS. The Executive Committee shall also be responsible for creating and implementing MSS Executive Committee policy as it relates to the governance of PAMED MSS.

Effective January 1, 2026

Board of Trustee
Nicole Don 
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Board of Trustee Elect  
Katherine Jerakis

Chair
Denise Ocampo
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Vice Chair
Anna Slebonick

PAMPAC Representative
Andrea Jakubowski

AMA Alternate Delegate for Region 6
Denise Ocampo

AMA Alternate Delegate-Elect for Region 6
Denise Ocampo

The Foundation of PAMED Trustee
Manvita Mareboina

The Foundation of PAMED Trustee Elect
Noor Baban


MSS Medical School Representatives

Effective March 1, 2026

Drexel University College of Medicine
Representative: Ruchira Rao
Alternative Representative: Ankith Alluri 

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Representative:
Alternate Representative:

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Representative: Christian Ciecierski
Alternate Representative: Esha Elizabeth Mathew

Penn State University Hershey College of Medicine
Representative: Jackie De Russo
Alternate Representative: Christine Nash

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Representative: Emma Bernstein
Alternate Representative: Muskaan Aggarwal

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM)
Representative:
Alternate Representative:

Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Representative: Samantha Cody
Alternate Representative: Marcus Ali Thorne

Thomas Jefferson University
Representative:
Alternate Representative:

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Representative: Sarah Siddiqui
Alternate Representative: Omar Ali

USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Representative:
Alternate Representative:

 

 

Upcoming Events

Resources  

Meeting Minutes

For more information or questions about the MSS please email medicalstudentsection@pamedsoc.org. To learn more about the AMA's Medical Student Section, visit the AMA's MSS webpage here.