Region 2 (New York and New Jersey)
Region 2 Director
The current Region 2 Director is Hannah Schneider, MD Candidate at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Class of 2026. To get in touch with a specific branch, contact Hannah Schneider and she would be more than happy to connect you! If you don’t see your branch listed here, would like to establish a branch, or would like to update your branch leadership, please reach out to Hannah Schneider.
Region 2 Conference
The 2025 Region 2 Conference was held Saturday, April 5th, 2025 from 10 am to 4 pm at the University of Rochester School of Medicine with hybrid in person and Zoom sessions! The conference included in-person and virtual abstracts, and a virtual Premed-Med Mixer and Q&A event.
Region 2 Branches
Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Presidents: Skylar Harbour, Shanzeh Sayied
- Event Coordinators: Hannah Leibowitz, Nancy DeGrezia
- Mentorship Chair/PATH Coordinator: Maria Burdjalov
- Banquet Chair: Tamar Levisohn, Daisy Chen
- Pre-Med Conference Chair: Lauren Koralnik, Ilene Tisnovsky
- PR/Marketing Chair: Sydney Gilmore
- Treasurer: Emery Hakim
City College of New York Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
- President: Mariam Quraishi
- Vice President: Ayesha Khan
- Secretary: Oluwafisola Aruleba
- Treasurer: Anna Kulapurathazhe
- Events Coordinator: Vianyi Sanchez
- Greater Outreach Coordinator: Iyana McKnight
- Social Media Coordinator: Sarah Mazurovsky
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Co-Leader: Ruiyan Wang
- Co-Leader: Abigail Graham
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
- Co-Chair: Stephanie Sabido
- Co-Chair: Divya Kalluri
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
- Co-Leader: Divya Kumar
- Co-Leader: Allison Trabold
- Co-Leader: Christina O’Leary
- Co-Leader: Katarina Nilsson
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Co-Leader: Isabella Mirro
- Co-Leader: Lizzy Rueppel
- Co-Leader: Jayme Leschly
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Elmira
- President: Candy Chen
- Vice President: Michelle Perry
- Treasurer: Mary Claire Casper
- Secretary: Alise Leiboff
New York Medical College
New York University School of Medicine
NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
Rutger’s University – New Jersey Medical School
- President: Mia Bersalona
- Co-President: Tina Mehrotra
- Co-President: Sanya Rastogi
- Co-President: Mary Yoo
SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine
- President: Rachel Pak
- Vice President: Caleigh Loughran
- Secretary: Morgan Mitchell
- Treasurer: Julia Rupp
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
- President: Ginamarie Gioia
- Vice President: Lea Sarmiento
- Treasurer: Nadia Celestin
- Secretary: Zoe Lainis
- Chief Communications Officer: Lindsay Blank
- Chief of Community Service: Katharine Dishner
- Chief Operating Officer: Charlotte Walden
SUNY Stony Brook University School of Medicine
SUNY Upstate University School of Medicine
- President: Rachel Marciano
- Vice President: Janie Swanson
- Treasurer: Himani Akula
- Secretary: Michelle Liu
- Advertisement Coordinator: Austen Kalivas
- Elizabeth Blackwell Day Chair: Sonali Patel
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
- President: Jenna Langan
- Vice President: Madison Marolda
- Treasurer: Brianna Urena
- Secretary: Aliyah Blackman
- National Liaison: Prerana Dewan
- Community Service Chair: Sonya Alam
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
- President: Alex Schick
- Co-President: Hannah Schneider
- Co-President: Richa Patel
- Co-President: Jae-Hee Lee
- Co-President: Sarah Hoffman
- Vice President: Afia Kuragu
- Vice President: Piper Schneider
- Vice President: Shannon Vannier
- Vice President: Yuchen Lu