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Student Group Membership

New SIG Membership

A Student Interest Group may be established by any group of students enrolled in an approved educational program in pursuit of a degree or certification related to the health sciences. This includes Medical Doctor, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Physician’s Assistant, Nursing Degree, Master of Health Sciences and Master of Public Health. SIG’s must be approved by the students’ University through the Dean of Student Affairs or similar authority. Students who are not pursuing one of the above listed degrees may petition the Wilderness Medical Society to establish an SIG, subject to approval by the WMS Executive Director.   

There are three tiers of SIG membership: Active SIGs, Inactive SIGs and Pending SIGs.

Active SIGs

Active SIGs will be required to have a minimum of 1 member in the interest group who each contribute $50 annual membership dues to the WMS.  Students who are members of SIGs are not required to join the WMS and pay the annual dues, but becoming a member of the WMS is highly encouraged.

Active SIGs will receive the following benefits: A free hardcopy subscription to the journal:  Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, the peer-reviewed publication of the WMS; a free subscription to the Wilderness Medicine newsletter for each member; significant discounts to WMS conferences and Student Round Tables; and WMS store discounts.

In addition to having a minimum of 1 WMS member per year, active SIGs will also be required to update the WMS on a yearly basis with contact information for the SIG leader and one alternate SIG member (see below).  Due to the time demands and variable schedules of upperclassmen, it is recommended that at least one of these individuals be a 1st or 2nd year student.

Inactive SIGs

SIGs who are unable to meet the 1 WMS member minimum per year or fail to complete the annual renewal process will become Inactive SIGs. Inactive SIGs will lose all Active SIG benefits.  Inactive SIGs will still receive e-mails regarding WMS events for the year and, if the group decides to meet the requirements for active status, it will be easy to transition to the active tier.

Pending SIGs

The Pending SIG tier will represent all of the groups that are in the process of either applying or becoming Active SIGs.

Registration Procedures

In order to register your SIG as Active the registration form and annual questionnaire must be filled out and returned to the Wilderness Medical Society by November 1st of each year regardless of their original application date. Active status is valid from November to November.

 
Wilderness Medical Society
2150 E 1300 S, Suite 500
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
(801) 990-2988
(801) 990-2987 (FAX) 

Registration form: This form requires contact information of the student who will be the SIG Leader, an alternate student point of contact, the SIG’s faculty advisor, and the institution’s Dean of Student Affairs. 

Student Membership Roster: Each SIG should submit a single membership roster that includes all members’ information, along with checks (singly at $50/member or one check for the total sum). Members joining separately from the original SIG registration or renewal may join by filling out a SIG Student Membership Form.  

Letter of Approval: Finally, you must submit a letter of approval from your institution that states that your SIG is officially recognized.  This letter may be from your office of Student Affairs, or other department that oversees student organizations and activities.

Active SIG status is not attained until membership forms and dues payments are received by the WMS office.

Please use this registration checklist to submit your membership request.

SIG Leader Name and E-mail address

Each school’s SIG Leader is identified on the WMS SIG Website, including their name and email address.  This information is used only to allow for ease of communication to SIG Leaders.

For additional information, feel free to contact the WMS Student Representative

Student Interest Groups (* indicates active SIG):

School                                                                                 SIG Leader                    

Albany Medical College*                                                 Sean Geary - seangeary1985@gmail.com                       

AT Still University SOMA*                                                Mark Babcock - mbabcock@atsu.edu

AT Still University - KCOM*                                             Benjamin Cook - bcook@atsu.edu

Baylor College of Medicine                                            Caroline Presley - capresle@bcm.edu

Brody SOM at East Carolina Univ                                Justin Bennett - jmb0930@ecu.edu

Creighton University                                                        Amy Kaminski - amykaminski@creighton.edu

Gannon University                                                            Lindsey Smail, PA-S - smail002@gannon.edu

George Washington SOM*                                              Chris Tems - ctems@gwmail.gwu.edu

Georgetown University SOM*                                         Becky Ohman - rao25@georgetown.edu

Kansas City University of Medicine*                             Amber Mackey - amackey@kcumb.edu

Loma Linda University SOM*                                          Ty Reidenbaugh - rreidenbaugh@llu.edu

Loyola University Chicago Stritch SOM                      Matt Stauffer - mstauffer@lumc.edu

Marshall University, WV*                                                  Sarah Flaherty - flaherty@marshall.edu

Medical College of Georgia                                             Disha Chhabra - dchhabra@students.mcg.edu

Midwestern University - AZCOM                                    Scott Moore - Scott.moore@azwebmail.midwestern.edu

Midwestern University - Chicago COM                        Lori Jansen - lori.jansen@mwumail.midwestern.edu

New York University SOM                                               Steffen Haider - steffen.haider@nyumc.org

Northern Ontario School of Med, Canada*                  Katie Stuart - katie.stuart@gmail.com

Ohio State University                                                         Cheryl Czapla - cheryl.czapla@osumc.edu

Oregon Health and Science University*                        Joseph Volpi - volpi@ohsu.edu

Swiss Tropical Institute, Univ of Basel, Switz.            Roger Buehler - roger@survivalschool.ch

Texas Tech Univ Health Science Center                     Travis Cosban - tcosban@gmail.com

UC Davis*                                                                             Rebecca Backer - rbacker@ucdavis.edu

UCSF School of Medicine*                                              Joseph Tonna - joseph.tonna@ucsf.edu

Uniformed Services University (USUHS)                    Marc Kajut - marc.kajut@usuhs.mil

University of Alabama at Birmingham*                        Jon Miller - jdmiller@uasom.uab.edu

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences*           Dan Parrish - dwparrish@uams.edu

University of Colorado SOM*                                          Mark Brownson - mark.brownson@ucdenver.edu

University of Calgary*                                                       James Lee - james.s.lee@ucalgary.ca

University of Louisville SOM*                                         Robert Butler - robertspeedbutler@gmail.com

University of Manchester, England                              Lindsay Merry - lindsay.merry@student.manchester.ac.uk

University of Massachusetts*                                        Deb Liptzin - deborah.liptzin@umassmed.edu

University of Michigan*                                                    Daniel Albertus - dalbertu@umich.edu

University of Minnesota*                                                 Teddy Fagrelius - fagre009@umn.edu

University of New England COM                                   Cathy Chamberlin - cchamberlin@une.edu

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill                 Leah Gilbert - leah_gilbert@med.unc.edu

University of South Alabama COM                                Ryan Webb - ryan.g.webb@gmail.com

University of Southern Cal - Keck SOM*                     Chris Czaplicki - czaplick@usc.edu; Ali Arastu - arastu@usc.edu

University of the Highlands & Islands, Scotland*     Suzie McGuiggan - suzie@mcguiggan.co.uk

University of Virginia*                                                       Sarah Breevoort - srb7r@virginia.edu

UT Southwestern*                                                             Jeremy Semeiks - jeremy.semeiks@utsw.edu

Vanderbilt University*                                                      Brent McNew - brent.s.mcnew@vanderbilt.edu

Wake Forest SOM*                                                            Stephanie Lareau - slareau@wfubmc.edu

Wayne State University SOM*                                        Noelle Nelson - nnelson@med.wayne.edu

Western University of the Health Sciences*                  Joseph Morabito - jmorabito@westernu.edu

NEW STUDENT INTEREST GROUPS 2011/2012

Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine	Lauren Fontana	lauren.fontana@mwumail.midwestern.edu
Ohio State University College of Medicine	Chris Bazzoli	christopher.bazzoli@osumc.edu
University of Utah	Jon Knott	jonny.knott@hsc.utah.edu
Mayo Medical School	Brad Martin	martin.brad@mayo.edu
University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine	Joshua Rudner	jrudner@une.edu
University of Minnesota Medical School	Devon Hutton	whsumn@gmail.com
Medical College of Wisconsin	Joel Fleischmann	jfleischmann@mcw.edu
The Commonwealth Medical College	Michael Farrell	mfarrell@tcmedc.org
Duke University – School of Medicine	Jon Andrews	jon.andrews@duke.edu
Quillen College of Medicine	Michael McLaren	mclarenmp@gmail.com
University of  Washington School of Medicine	Anna Rudolphi and Liam O'Sullivan	annarudolphi@gmail.com; l.p.osullivan@gmail.com