Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG)

The mission of UA COMP FMIG is to:

• Serve the community

• Inspire students to pursue family medicine

• Prepare leaders for the future of healthcare

Goals:

• Serve the community by volunteering, educating, and leading. We will volunteer with underserved populations, educate peers and the community through outreach, and provide opportunities for leadership and advocacy.

• Inspire medical students to pursue family medicine and contribute to the future of the healthcare system through mentorship, relationship building, and camaraderie amongst medical students, residents, physicians, and the community. We will expose members to the specialty of family medicine, host hands on clinics to teach relevant procedural skills, encourage student involvement in FMIG and community activities, host discussions on current topics in family medicine, and form relationships with family doctors and local family medicine residency programs.

• Prepare medical students for the future of family medicine through exposure to full spectrum family medicine, dispelling myths, and educating students about continuity, coordination, and comprehensive care. We will host lunch discussions with local physicians, volunteer, and develop leaders.

Past Leaders:

Lauren Schutz, Class of 2026

laurenschutz@arizona.edu

Nina Gautam, Class of 2026

ninagautam@arizona.edu 

Erin Howard, Class of 2025

erinhoward@email.arizona.edu

Amy Arias, Class of 2025

amyarias@email.arizona.edu 

Natalie Alteri, Class of 2024

nataliemalteri@email.arizona.edu

Fran Buranday, Class of 2024

aburanday@email.arizona.edu

Jessica Dong, Class of 2024

jessicadong@email.arizona.edu

Prathima Harve, Class of 2024

prathimaharve@email.arizona.edu

Amaris Tapia, Class of 2023

amaristapia@email.arizona.edu

Karishma Kothari, Class of 2023 

kkothari@email.arizona.edu

Merrion Dawson, Class of 2022

MerrionDawson@email.arizona.edu

Alec Smith, Class of 2022

alecryansmith@email.arizona.edu

Cecilia Cruz, Class of 2021

cycruz@email.arizona.edu

Cornel Popescu, Class of 2021

corneliup@email.arizona.edu

Kaitlyn Simmons, Class of 2021

ksimmon1@email.arizona.edu

Past Club Activities 2016-2022

Fall 2022: 

• Primary Care Week 

• Splinting and Suturing Clinic

Fall 2021:

• Career Night Meet and Greet

• Primary Care Advocacy Town Hall

Spring 2021:

• Navigating Social Determinants of Health and Telemedicine Lunch Talk

• Lung Cancer in the Outpatient Setting Lunch Talk

Spring 2019  

• Family Medicine Subspecialties Panel

• Casting Clinic

• Family Medicine Community Volunteering Day

October 2018               

• Primary Care Week

• Settings and Practices in Primary Care Lunch Panel

• Full-Spectrum Family Medicine SIM night

• Stations including: Suturing, Skin shave and punch biopsies, Circumcision,                                                  Knee aspiration

August 2018 

• Family Medicine Mixer

October 2017

• Primary Care Week