What is AMSA?

AMSA Members for Healthcare Reform (2012)

• Student-run• 68,000 physicians, residents, medical

students, and undergraduates• Action committees & Interest groups:

• Health care reform• Global Health• Diversity in medicine• Universal health care

• The only medical association in the US that is not sponsored by a pharmaceutical company

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How to JoinJoining is very simple:

1. Apply 2. Get Accepted 3. Pay dues

Membership Requirements:• UH Main Campus undergraduate• GPA of a 3.1 or higher (we encourage

those who are below to still apply)

Active membership:• 75% of all general meetings• 1 volunteer event• 2 fundraising events (volunteer or

provide supplies)• 1 medical school event (Fall or Spring)• 1 social event

Only new national members get a free t-shirt

Upcoming EventsVolunteer Events: 50 points (except the Smoke-Out) Sign up for shifts at http://amsahouston.com/events/• Great American Smoke-Out–Jan 23rd (8 am to 4 pm) UH Campus• 2014 Mars Rover Celebration– Jan 25th (8:30 am to 11:30 am) (12 pm to 3:30 pm) UH Campus• Super Bowl Tailgate With a Hero– Feb 2nd (1 pm to 4 pm) DeGeorge at Union Station

Bake Sales: 50 points• Jan 27th (9 am to 4 pm) PGH

Events:• 2014 UTMB Pre-Medical Conference “So You Want To Be A Doctor: What Happens Next?” February

23rd (8:30 am to 2:30 pm) 50 points • Interview, application, and personal statement workshops.• UTMB led tour + TAMU-AMSA chapter will join us!

• 2014 UT Houston Health SNMA Pre-Medical Conference "Empowering Your Future: A Guide to Achieving a Career in Medicine."February 1st (8:00 am to 5:00 pm) 50 points • Great faculty speakers, clinical skills lab, and UT Houston tour!

Great American Smoke-Out!

• Ten pre-health clubs are involved!

• AMSA’s Brainiacs Booth

• Hour Shifts: 8 am to 4 pm• 8 am to 9 am 40 points• 9 am to 4 pm 30 points

Text Notification

Text “amsauh” or “AMSAUH” to 84483 to subscribe to text

message notifications.

Medical Missionary Trip!

• Go to Cancun, Mexico with UHD-AMSA chapter members!

• May 17-25th

• $1595 (not including airfare)!

• Provide medications and health services in underserved urban and outlying Mayan communities. Our global health teams set up field clinics and work with local, licensed medical professionals to provide basic health care in these underserved communities.

Professional Development Workshops

• Feb 5. MCAT application information session

• Feb 26 Kaplan Suture Clinic

• April 9 Medical Topic Open Discussion – Life Support

Kaplan and TPR Auctions!

Course:Starting price: $1,800 $1,200Date:

Course:Starting price: $2,000 $1,400Date:

Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye, M.D., Ph.D.

• Obafemi Awolowo University Medical School, MBBS, 1988

• Ph.D. in Anatomy from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., in 1996.

• Attending Pediatric Surgeon• Professor of Surgery• Co-Director of the Texas

Children’s Fetal Center