AMWA Student Region 9

Region 9 includes Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii

The current Region 9 Director is Kalkena Sivanesam. If interested in reaching your chapter’s leadership, please contact me and I would be more than happy to connect you! To explore local and regional events, visit the Region 9 Facebook Page and see the Region 9 calendar below.

California Northstate University

  • Co-President: Chloe Sumner
  • Co-President, Internal Affairs: Alexis Wildman
  • Secretary: Pritha Roy
  • Treasurer: Anna Thiemann
  • Social/Advocacy Chair: Krista Tenerelli

California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine

  • President: Navdeep Kaur
  • Vice President: Sameera Malepati
  • Community Service Director: Twee Pham
  • Finance Coordinator: Chamandeep Brar
  • Publicity Director: Kirun Chohan

Oregon Health and Science University

  • Executive Board:
    Ashley Anderson, Blair Dozois,     Emily Lane, Erin Urbanowicz, Hannah Kim, Leigh Martin, Sarah Newhall, Shirin Ferdosian

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences

  • President: Victoria Sefcsik
  • Secretary/Treasurer: Ivka Stimach
  • AWS Liaison: Sophia Carter
  • AMWA Liaison: Kelsie Clausen
  • Email: wim@pnwu.edu

University of California Irvine

  • Co-President: Frances Golden
  • Co-President: Cindy Flores

Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine

  • President: Catherine Teresi
  • Vice President: Erin Scheftz
  • Community Outreach Coordinator: Anna Kutateladze
  • Research/Education Coordinator: Sarah Lee
  • Secretary/Treasurer: Suman Sidhu

University of California Berkeley/University of California San Francisco Joint Medical Program

University of California Davis School of Medicine

  • Co-President: Aneri Bhargav Patel
  • Co-President: Arina Nisanova
  • Co-President: Laura Elizabeth Corrales-Diaz-Pomatto

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

  • Co-President: Naseem Rangwala
  • Co-President: Aishwarya Karlapudi

University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

  • Leadership Team:
    Maya Pai, Bella Ribeiro de Oliveira, Sophia Sidhu, Aastha Shah, Tanya Jain

The University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

  • Co-Presidents: Alexa Glick, Jessica Le
  • Treasurer: Alesandra Rau
  • Event Co-Chairs: Meghan Kennedy and Gigi Ortiz
  • Mentorship Chair: Isabel Sunshine
  • VIP Co-Chairs: Anushka Das and Asees Waraich
  • Email: amwa.usc@gmail.com

Washington State University, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

  • Leadership team: Alisha Nguyen, Vivian Wei, Julia Todderud, Irene Ahmed

Western University of Health Sciences, California

  • President: Brittany Meyer
  • Vice President: Madelaine Towbain
  • Treasurer: Cindy Kim
  • Secretary: Amy Nham
  • Event Coordinators: Annaelle Akam and Megan Nguyen
  • Fundraiser Chair: Hannah Smith

Western University of Health Sciences, COMP-NW

  • Co-President: Ashley Reitmann, Leilani Lopes
  • Co-Vice Presidents: Lauryn Orsillo & Madeline Tena
  • Treasurer: Marissa Jones
  • Secretary: Polly Jenkins
  • Social Media Coordinator: Paige Lay
  • Outreach Coordinator: Rachel Sinit
  • National Liaison: Jackie Hu
  • Pomona Chapter Coordinator: Hannah Haughn