Current Members
​2019-2020

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DMSS Executive 2019-2020
​See below for position responsibilities

Executive Members

Position
Name
DMSS President
Freddy Lee
VP Internal
Tammy Selman
VP External
Clara Long
VP Medical Education
Michael O'Leary
VP New Brunswick
Mitchell McDonough
VP Communications
Adele Orovec
VP Finance
Janine Van Veghel
Past President
Michael Mackley

Council Members

Position
Name
DSU Representative
Herman Stubeda
Sports and Wellness – Halifax
Natalie Horne
Sports and Wellness – DMNB
Nicholas Relja
Med 1 President
Brett Ells
Med 2 President
Prathana Nathan
Med 3 Co-Presidents
David Brandon and Michael Mackley
Med 4 Co-Presidents
Patrick Holland and Tess Robart
Member at Large – Halifax
Jeffrey Landrigan
Member at Large – DMNB
Ryan Pyrke
Global Health Liaison Sr
Rumana Rafiq and Tatum Burdo
Humanities Rep – Halifax
Maddie Harlow
Humanities Rep – DMNB
Alexis Lamontagne
Tech and Comm Rep – DMNB
Amar Bhardwaj
Treasurer – DMNB
Miranda Lees
NB External Liaison
Valancy Cole

Advisory Members

Position
Name
Past VP External 
Nick Cochkanoff
DMSS Chairperson
Clarissa Brisseau
IT Officer Sr. – Halifax
Kristin Ko
Lounge Manager – Halifax
Yousef Blous
Global Health Liaison Jr. – Halifax
Rebecca Visser
Global Health Liaison Jr. – DMNB
Lua Samimi

Active Members

Position
Name
Everest Co-Coordinator – Halifax
Clara Long & Claire Bullock
Everest Co-Coordinator – DMNB
Valancy Cole
Everest Jr. Co-Coordinator – Halifax
Joe Long & Emma McDermott
Everest Jr. Co-Coordinator – DMNB
Alyssa Dickinson
​Past VP Medical Education
Brandon David
Library Representative
Alexander Rudiuk
Professionalism Rep
Kristine Howie
Student Diversity and Inclusion Liason
Rumana Rafiq
Dalhousie Medical Journal Rep
Dan Vidovic
Nova Scotia Rep
Neetin Prabhu
Prince Edward Island Rep
Victoria Howatt
​Government Affairs and Advocacy Committee Representative Senior - Halifax
Stephanie Craig
Government Affairs and Advocacy Committee Representative Senior - DMNB
Babar Faridi
​Government Affairs and Advocacy Committee Representative Junior - Halifax
Sidra Sarfaraz
​Government Affairs and Advocacy Committee Representative Junior - DMNB
Dao Khoi
President  —  Freddy Lee
Responsibilities: 
  • Direct the activities of the DMSS, oversee responsibilities outlined in the constitution and parliamentary procedure at council meetings.
  • An ex-officio member of all DMSS committees, the DMAA board of governors as well as Faculty Council.
  • Oversee and manage annual projects such as Everest, constitution amendments, 50 for life allocation, as well as personal projects/initiatives.

VP of Internal Affairs  —  Tammy Selman 
Responsibilities: 
  • Organize the annual Medical Student Ball and Banquet
  • Organize Euphoria! Our annual variety show for charity.
  • Organize Charity Auction which includes both a live and silent auction.
  
VP of External Affairs  —  Clara Long 
Responsibilities: 
  • DMSS representative for Canadian Federation of Medical Students
  • Acts as a liaison between the DMSS and external agencies
  • Runs the DMSS elections

VP Medical Education  —  Michael O'Leary
Responsibilities: 
  • Student representative on a number of curricular committees
  • Chair of DMSS' Medical Education Working Group

​VP New Brunswick  —  Mitchell McDonough
Responsibilities:
  •   Represents the students of the DMNB campus within the DMSS and Faculty of Medicine
  
VP Communications  — Adele Orovec 
Responsibilities: 
  • Manage the DMSS email account and phone messages.
  • Arrange all bookings of the medical student lounge.
  • Organize the annual lab coat and name tag sale.
  • Make regular updates to the DMSS website.

VP Finance  —  Janine Van Veghel
Responsibilities:  
  • Responsible for budget proposals, and for daily affairs of the DMSS.
  • Chair the finance committee which allocates DMAA funds to students for student-led initiatives and projects.
  • Manage the general account, write cheques, maintain a well-ordered record of all accounts, and keep accounts balanced.
  • Two other responsibilities of the treasurer include locker allocation and maintenance of the clerkship non-metro funding program.
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​Past President  —  Michael Mackley
Responsibilities: 
  • Continues to attend regular DMSS meetings to provide continuity between years.
  • Helps out the current president as requested

DSU Representative  —  Herman Stubeda
Responsibilities: 
  • Attends Dalhousie Student Union and Health Sciences Student Association meetings
  • Communicates between the DMSS and other Dalhousie student groups

Sports and Wellness Rep  —  Natalie Horne (Halifax) and Nicholas Relja (DMNB) 
Responsibilities: 
  • Organize Dal Med participation in fall and winter intramural sports
  • Organize our annual trip to Med Games in Quebec
  • Plan and host a variety of wellness events throughout the year, including sporting events and charity runs.

Med I President  —  Brett Ells
Responsibilities: 
  • Represent the Med I class at DMSS Meetings
  • Represent the Med I class at Progress Meetings
  • Organize and arrange social and academic events.

Med II President  —  Prathana Nathan
Responsibilities: 
  • Addressing the questions and concerns of the class and bringing forth this information to the powers at be.
  • Representing the 2nd year class on various committees (DMSS, Med1/Med2 Curriculum, Progress, IMU/IMG, etc. 

Med III Class Co-Presidents  — David Brandon and Michael Mackley
Responsibilities: 
  • Liaison between DMSS and third year class
  • Arrange selection of class awards to be presented at Medical Ball
  • Maintain and update Clerkship Survival Guide
  • Represent class on Progress Committee and Curriculum Committee

Med IV Class Co-Presidents  — Patrick Holland and Tess Robart 
Responsibilities: 
  • Keep Med 4 class informed of DMSS activities and bring up class issues to the DMSS
  • Work with the UME to ensure an LMCC Review Course is being arranged and is updated for the current graduating class
  • With the grad reps, arrange a class vote for the selection of a class valedictorian, for the Silver Shovel Award at the Graduation Banquet to the recipient as chosen by the class and for the honorary member of the graduating class award
  • Serve as honorary Life Co-Presidents of the Class

Member at Large  —  Jeffrey Landrigan and Ryan Pyrke
Responsibilities: 
  • Secondary representative of Med 1 Class
  • Responsible for lounge upkeep, art project, and storage room access
  
Global Health Liaisons   —  Rumana Rafiq (Halifax) and Tatum Burdo (DMNB) 
Responsibilities: 
  • To promote the presence of global health opportunities for health professional students. 
  • Actively work to promote awareness of health and human rights issues in Canada and around the globe. 
  • Actively support, liaise and communicate with like-minded medical school and community groups on a local, national, and global scale. 
  • Promote awareness and raise support for charities and projects through fundraising events.  

Humanities Representative  —  Maddie Harlow (Halifax) and Alexis Lamontagne (DMNB) 
Responsibilities: 
  • Coordinates Humanities events and exhibits
  • Organizes the Golden Cane Gala

Past VP External  —  Nick Cochkanoff
Responsibilities: 
  • Assists the VP External
  • DMSS Representative to the Canadian Federation of Medical Students

NB External Liaison — Valancy Cole
Responsibilities:
  • Liaising between students and the provincial groups (i.e. between NBMS and the students in order to promote events, programs, and ensure distribution of stethoscopes and annual funds)
  • Shall be the DMSS liaison officer for any other external agency with whom the DMSS council may deem it appropriate.
  • Shall work with the CFMS Political Advocacy Committee representative on all lobbying and advocacy efforts in New Brunswick and nationally.

​DMNB Tech & Comm Rep Sean — Amar Bhardwaj
Responsibilities:
  • Shall be the main contact point for all communications of the DMSS members in New Brunswick.
  • Shall be responsible for updating and managing the New Brunswick aspects of the DMSS website, working with the DMSS IT Officer.
  • Shall oversee the DMSS NB Events Calendar.
  • Shall book teleconference equipment necessary for DMSS activities, where appropriate.

DMSS Chairperson  — Clarissa Brisseau
Responsibilities: 
  • Schedule DMSS Meetings
  • Facilitate DMSS Meetings
  • Collect and distribute meeting agenda items and officers reports from DMSS members.

Everest Co-Chairs  — Claire Bullock and Clara Long (NS), Valancy Cole (DMNB)
Responsibilities: 
  • Procure volunteers from Med 1 and Med 2 and run training for the administration of the Everest Day curriculum
  • Ensure all interested schools are contacted and confirmed for Everest Day; procure sponsorship for prizes and community awareness; contact the media for further exposure of Everest Day and the DMSS to the community.
  • Coordinate the logistics of Everest Day itself (pairing of students, meals, drives, supplies, etc).

Nova Scotia Representative  —  Neetin Prabhu
Responsibilities: 
  • Serve as student representative on the Doctors Nova Scotia Board of Directors of and act as liaison between DNS and the DMSS.
  • Communicate student questions/concerns, with respect to the NS Summer Preceptorship Program, to the Senior Associate Dean of Regional and Rural Medical Education.
  • Represent student concerns to the NS provincial government, particularly with respect to medical education, student debt, and health policy.

PEI Representative  —  Victoria Howatt
​Responsibilities: 
  • Liasions between students and PEI provincial groups
  • Coordinates recruitment events 
  • Communications provincial concerns to appropriate parties