Medical Students volunteer at RIMS Annual Helmet Distribution

Andrew P. Matson, Bryn A. Gonzales-Ellis, and Matthew Reilley (below) were among the volunteers who helped fit helmets and distribute bike safety gear to RIteCare children on May 8 at the Wakefield Hills Elementary School in West Warwick.

Brown students rode "Miles for Healthier Lifestyles"

On April 24, medical students from across New England, New York, and New Jersey participated in a bike relay from Boston to Rochester, NY to support the AMA-Medical Student Section national service project, "Healthier Life Steps." More photos

Brown medical students Joel Huleatt MD'11, Greg Radin MD'11, Steve Lee MD'11, and JP Giliberto MD'10 rode from Providence to Mystic, Connecticut.

Brown MSS attends the AMA Interim Meeting in Houston

On November 5-7, twelve Brown medical students attended the 2009 AMA-MSS Interim Meeting in Houston, Texas. Brown resolutions successfully presented to the MSS included supporting WHO safe surgery policies, promoting a national exercise meta-database, and lobbying the the Surgeon General to debunk the MMR vaccine-autism link.

The AMA House of Delegates subsequently adopted a BrownMed-authored MSS resolution to commission a national study quantifying medical tort reform.

Brown will host the 2010 MSS Region VII regional meeting on February 5-6 in Providence, RI.

Steve Lee MD'11, Matthew Reilley MD'11, Sunny Intwala MD'12, Katherine Thompson MD'12, Alina Markova MD'12, Yasir Ahmed MD'12, Eugene Cone MD'13, Chintan Patel MD'12, Kumar Vasudevan MD'12, Hans Van Lancker MD'10, Monica Kaitz MD'11, Nilay Patel MD'12

Medical Students volunteer at RIMS Annual Helmet Distribution

Megan Turcotte, RIMS Associate Director of Member Services; Cheryl Turcotte, RIMS-IBC Executive Assistant; Chirayu Patel; and Steve Lee were among the volunteers who helped fit helmets and distribute bike safety gear to RIteCare children in Pawtucket on May 9.

Tour to Insure

Brown cyclists Ed Cheung MD'12, Joel Huleatt MD'11, Andrew Brunner MD'10, Steve Lee MD'11, J.P. Giliberto MD'10

On April 17, five Brown Medical School students rode from Providence to Mystic in the second leg of the Boston-Providence-Long Island-NYC stage of the AMA MSS Tour to Insure. The relay continues on April 24–26 and April 30–May, heading to Albany, then Buffalo.

There was a send-off event at Brown BioMed with education and AMA Medical School Section recruitment displays. Visitors included classmates and members of the Brown cycling community (Bike-to-Brown commuters, Bikes@Brown/Brown Outing Club bike rentals, Brown Cycling racers).

The region-wide cycling relay was conceived as part of the MSS Region VII contribution to the Voice for the Uninsured campaign. Other elements of the Tour include 5K races, rallies, and awareness events. Rallies for insurance coverage will occur at New York City Hall, the New York Capital Building in Albany, and the New York Medical Society HOD in Rochester – where David Hannan, MD, President Elect of MSSNY, will greet riders on May 2 concluding the tour. The hope is to make this a nationwide intitiative.—Steve Lee, Brown MD'11

Brown to Mystic album: Facebook

Boston (Tufts) to Brown album: Picasa