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Do you like to sit in on specialty guest lectures during lunch breaks? Are you interested in community service activities? How about shadowing the ski patrol at Vail during your winter break?

Medical students are strongly encouraged to explore and enjoy their interests outside the classroom. With more than 30 student organizations, it is easy to find a group to keep you active and involved—if not, you can start one! Every year new groups are created to respond to the talents and interests of the current student body.

In addition to clubs and organizations, medical students gather—as individual classes and as an entire student body—for annual events such as the Dean’s Picnic, Halloween Ball, Thanksgiving Potluck Supper, and the infamous spring Cadaver Ball. Prior to graduation, students enjoy their Senior Banquet, a night to lampoon and say thanks to their professors. Each October, first year students and their families participate in the White Coat Ceremony, where students don their physician’s garb for the first time and are welcomed to the medical community at Emory.

National Organizations – Emory Chapters

Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)
The only national honor medical society. Criteria for election include scholastic excellence, integrity, capacity for leadership, compassion, and fairness in dealing with one's colleagues.

American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI)
The Medical Student section of AAPI is a national organization, representing over 10,000 medical students and residents across the country. AAPI promotes education, research, and Indian culture through several conferences, conventions, and service projects. Membership is open to all medical students.

American Medical Association – Medical Student Section (AMA-MSS)
Membership allows participation in national legislative decisions through state and national conferences. Emory’s chapter also works to benefit the school and the community through sponsorship of annual fundraisers for various causes.

American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
A national organization run by and for medical students, with local chapters sponsoring lectures and community projects. The New Physician magazine is distributed by the national organization and focuses on topics geared toward medical student concerns across the nation.

Emory Medical Women’s Association (EMWA)
Chartered by Emory University SGA, EMWA is a nationally affiliated organization dedicated to the service and promotion of unity within the Emory medical community. Membership is open to all women students, faculty members, and house staff affiliates of the medical school.

Student National Medical Association (SNMA)
A national organization of Hispanic-American, Native American, and African-American medical and premedical students. The organization was established in recognition of the need to increase medical student awareness and sensitivity to health care issues of the national in general and of minority and indigent communities in particular.

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
A national organization with international affiliates whose goal is to develop social consciousness. Lunchtime forums with guest speakers focus on social issues surrounding the practice of medicine.

Emory Organizations, Activities, and Social Clubs

Apollo Kaufee Haus
An ever growing group of medical students who participate in open mic night events throughout the year. The AKH features the diverse musical, dance, theatrical, and other performing talents of a culturally diverse medical student body.

Big Sib/Little Sib
This program is designed to help incoming first-year students by pairing them with rising second-year students. A meet-your-sib dinner is held each year at the end of Orientation. Student-to-student mentoring continues for all four years.

Committee on the Status of Women in Medicine
Consists of women faculty and medical students who deal with the special problems and concerns of female students, house staff, and faculty within the School of Medicine .

Curriculum Committee
Responsibilities include curriculum coordination, ongoing review and oversight of curriculum, analysis and solution of problems arising in the curriculum, and development of policy for medical student education.

Health Outreach Programs at Emory (HOPE)
Provides volunteer opportunities to medical school students who wish to become involved in the community through homeless shelters and medical clinics, including DeKalb Grady Clinic, the Winter Homeless Shelter, the Jefferson Clinic, and the Boys & Girls Club.

Mussar: The Jewish Medical Ethics Society
Mussar is a student organization that seeks to provide an alternative forum for the study of medical ethics at Emory University . Aimed to lead into—and contrast with—the third year medical school course in medical ethics, the group investigates medical ethics with a focus on the individual—the hallmark of Jewish medical ethics.

Medical School Admissions Committee
Junior and senior medical students are selected for service with the Admissions Committee as interview panelists and tour guides.

Medical Student Advisory Committee (MSAC)
This council of twelve medical students (class officers) represents student interests, establishes student policy, promotes channels of communication among students, faculty and administration, and presents student opinion to the University community and the community at large.

Medical Specialty Interest Groups
Medical students who are interested in the issues surrounding different medical specialties. Current groups include: anesthesiology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, oncology, ophthalmology, public health, neuroscience, and women’s surgery.

President’s Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW)
The PCSW serves to identify and research issues that pertain to gender equity, convey to the Emory community information about resources, policies, and programs relating to women’s issues, develop and support education and awareness programs, and advocate recommendations to improve the quality of life for all women in the Emory community.

President’s Commission on Race and Ethnicity (PCORE)
A forum for discussion and analysis of issues of race and ethnicity on campus and of national import, PCORE develops and supports programs that enhance the presence of persons of color and strengthens the community of color at Emory. The group also gathers data, conducts and publicizes studies on the status of race and ethnicity at Emory, recommends actions to improves the representation, development, and success of people of color in the Emory community, and supports the principles of equal opportunity based on the University’s Affirmative Action Plan.

President’s Commission on Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Transgender Concerns (PCLGBTC)
The commission serves as a forum for matters of concern to LGBT persons across the University. The PCLGBTC develops, supports, and monitors programs at Emory to reduce homophobia and heterosexism, advises the President on the implementation of their recommendations, and conducts studies as needed to address these concerns. 

Styloid Process
A journal for the literary and visual arts, showcasing the talents of medical students, residents, faculty, and staff.

University Chorus
This campus-wide chorus includes students, staff, and alumni from all nine schools at Emory University . This diverse and talented group rehearses weekly and gives many performances within the Emory community.

Wilderness Medical Society
This group of medical students enjoys weekend getaways, with an emphasis on outdoor activities. Weekend trips include white-water rafting, canoeing, kayaking, camping, and hiking, just to name a few.