VCOM - Auburn 2018 Yearbook
Regional, State and National Leadership Positions
Michael Brisson Class of 2019 Board Member at Large/ Military Liaison for the International Association of Flight and Critical Care Paramedics (IAFCCP) Item Writer for the International Board of Specialty Certification (IBSC) Vice Chair, Medical Student Section for the Medical Association of the State of Alabama (MASA) Aeromedical Evacuation Officer for the Alabama Army National Guard (ALARNG)
Carol Harden Class of 2020 Vice Chair for Osteopathic Schools Committee; Journal of the Student National Medical Association Peer Reviewer for the Student National Medical Association
Joselyn Miller Class of 2021
Sergeine Lezeau Class of 2020 Publications Committee Co-Chair; Board of Directors Member; Journal of the Student National Medical Association Editor-in-Chief for the Student National Medical Association
Joseph Matthew Bauer Class of 2019
Region 4 Community Service Liaison (AL, GA, FL, NC, SC, Caribbean, and Puerto Rico) for the Student National Medical Association
Student Ambassador for the American Medical Association
physician and to live near my family,” said Neal. “Students like Amber present a unique dichotomy to faculty and staff; you want them to stay in school because their attitude, work ethic, leadership and professionalism are beneficial to students, not to mention appreciated by faculty and staff,” said VCOM-Auburn Assistant Vice President for Student Services, Jake Williamson, PhD. “However, at the same time you want them to graduate and start practicing because you know those same characteristics will be of even greater benefit to their patients,” Williamson added.
“ My medical education at VCOM-Auburn has
exceeded all of my expectations. ”
(AMWA), and was active in the Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA). Neal also served as a student ambassador where she assisted with the interview process, provided tours to potential students and traveled to undergraduate schools to give presentations to pre-medical groups. In addition to her studies and her student organization activities, Neal has been part of a research project initiated by Chair of Surgery Paul Brisson,
MD, and members of the class of 2019. She also was a part of the VCOM medical mission trip to the Dominican Republic this past summer. Neal said that she enjoyed the cultural aspects of the trip and was impressed by the respect that visitors to the mission trip clinics showed to the VCOM medical students. When asked what the future holds, Neal was excited about moving on to clinical rotations. “Eventually, I would like to go back to Texas to be an OB-GYN
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