Current Members
​2020-2021

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DMSS Executive 2020-2021
​See below for position responsibilities

Executive Members

Position
Name
DMSS President
Brett Ells
VP Internal
Emma McDermott
VP External
Sidra Sarfaraz
VP Medical Education
Bright Huo
VP New Brunswick
James Tang
VP Communications
Daniel Abdel-Malek
VP Finance
Sebastien Hebert
Past President
Freddy Lee

Council Members

Position
Name
DSU Representative
Cameron Penny
Sports and Wellness – Halifax
Katie Ross
Sports and Wellness – DMNB
Jake Dore
Med 1 President
TBD
Med 2 President
Adrienne Borrie
Med 3 Co-Presidents
Freddy Lee and Tammy Selman
Med 4 Co-Presidents
Michael Mackley and David Brandon
Member at Large – Halifax
TBD
Member at Large – DMNB
TBD
Global Health Liaison Sr
Rebecca Visser and Lua Samimi
Humanities Rep – Halifax
Bridgette Chan
Humanities Rep – DMNB
Jenny Wang
Tech and Comm Rep – DMNB
Alyssa Dickinson
Treasurer – DMNB
Jeremy Slayter
NB External Liaison
Kathleen MacMillan

Advisory Members

Position
Name
Past VP External 
Clara Long
DMSS Chairperson
Juliana Ali
IT Officer – Halifax
Kristin Ko
Lounge Manager – Halifax
Billy Toulany
Global Health Liaison Jr. – Halifax
TBD
Global Health Liaison Jr. – DMNB
TBD

Active Members

Position
Name
Everest Co-Coordinator – Halifax
Joe Loung & Emma McDermott
Everest Co-Coordinator – DMNB
Alyssa Dickinson
Everest Jr. Co-Coordinator – Halifax
TBD
Everest Jr. Co-Coordinator – DMNB
TBD
​Past VP Medical Education
Michael O'Leary
Library Representative
Alexander Rudiuk
Professionalism Rep
Kristine Howie
Student Diversity and Inclusion Liaison
Rumana Rafiq
Dalhousie Medical Journal Rep
TBD
Nova Scotia Rep
Bright Huo
Prince Edward Island Rep
Emma McDermott
​Government Affairs and Advocacy Committee Representative Senior - Halifax
Sidra Sarfaraz
Government Affairs and Advocacy Committee Representative Senior - DMNB
Dao Khoi
​Government Affairs and Advocacy Committee Representative Junior - Halifax
TBD
​Government Affairs and Advocacy Committee Representative Junior - DMNB
TBD
President  —  Brett Ells
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  —  Emma McDermott 
Responsibilities: 
  • Organize the annual Medical Student Ball and Banquet
  • Organize Euphoria! Our annual variety show for charity.  

​VP of External Affairs  —  Sidra Sarfaraz 
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  —  Bright Huo
Responsibilities: 
  • Student representative on a number of curricular committees
  • Chair of DMSS' Medical Education Working Group

​VP New Brunswick  —  James Tang
Responsibilities:
  •   Represents the students of the DMNB campus within the DMSS and Faculty of Medicine
  
VP Communications  — Daniel Abdel-Malek
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  —  Sebastien Hebert
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  —  Freddy Lee
Responsibilities: 
  • Continues to attend regular DMSS meetings to provide continuity between years.
  • Helps out the current president as requested

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

Sports and Wellness Rep  —  Katie Ross (Halifax) and Jake Dore (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  —  TBD
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  —  Adrienne Borrie
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  — Freddy Lee and Tammy Selman
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  — Michael Mackley and David Brandon
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  —  TBD
Responsibilities: 
  • Secondary representative of Med 1 Class
  • Responsible for lounge upkeep, art project, and storage room access
  
Global Health Liaisons   —  Rebecca Visser (Halifax) and Lua Samimi (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  —  Bridgette Chan (Halifax) and Jenny Wang (DMNB) 
Responsibilities: 
  • Coordinates Humanities events and exhibits
  • Organizes the Golden Cane Gala

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

NB External Liaison — Kathleen MacMillan
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  — Alyssa Dickinson
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  — Julianna Ali
Responsibilities: 
  • Schedule DMSS Meetings
  • Facilitate DMSS Meetings
  • Collect and distribute meeting agenda items and officers reports from DMSS members.

Everest Co-Chairs  — Joe Loung and Emma McDermott (NS), Alyssa Dickinson (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  —  Bright Huo
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  —  Emma McDermott
​Responsibilities: 
  • Liaisons between students and PEI provincial groups
  • Coordinates recruitment events 
  • Communications provincial concerns to appropriate parties