About the Forum
The Medical Student Forum on Female Sexual Medicine is an independent medical Chicago-area medical student-led organization to facilitate medical students in Chicago and beyond to collaborate, learn, and educate academic peers about Female Sexual Medicine (FSM). There are a variety of medical conditions and treatments addressed by this field, yet such information is typically underrepresented in medical school curricula. Knowledge of this field is a critical component of a comprehensive medical education. At the Forum, students advocate and collaborate within their academic communities on the importance of including FSM in medical school education through conducting curriculum reviews, as well as creating educational materials, lectures, discussions, and an annual Symposium featuring experts in the field of FSM. The Forum was founded in May 2020 by medical student Jen Romanello.
Leadership
The Forum has had students from all 7 Chicago-area medical schools as part of its leadership team. The advisor for the Forum is Lauren Streicher, MD, a clinical professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine and the Founder and Medical Director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause.
Faculty Advisory Board
The Forum is grateful to collaborate with and have the support of professionals in the field of Female Sexual Medicine.
Meet Our Board Members
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Meet Our Committee Members
Meet Our Community Liaison Members
Name | Medical School | Graduation Year |
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Talya Nakash | Cooper Medical School at Rowan University (NJ) | 2027 |
J Conrado | Eastern Virginia Medical School (VA) | 2026 |
Zehava Weiss | NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine (NY) | 2027 |
Bisma Nasir | Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University (NY) | 2028 |
Ada Del Pozo | Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (PA) | 2025 |
Gabrielle Smotrich | George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (DC) | 2027 |
Pooja Prasad | University of Connecticut School of Medicine (CT) | 2026 |
Melissa Davide | Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (NJ) | 2026 |
Alexis Thompson | Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine (NM) | 2026 |
Carly Kaplan | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NY) | 2025 |
Lily Leibner | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NY) | 2028 |
Emilyann Key | Saint Louis University School of Medicine (MO) | 2027 |
Paula Herbst
| University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago (IL) | 2026 |
Helen Woolcock Martinez | Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (NY) | 2025 |
Elise Albertson | University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago (IL) | 2028 |
Aashna Shah
| University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago (IL) | 2027 |
Prema Kondragunta | Rush Medical College (IL) | 2026 |
Anna Patterson | University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago (IL) | 2029 (MD/PhD student, started med school 2021) |
Shirin Shamloo | Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University (IL) | 2028 |
Taylor Drew | Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University (IL) | 2025 |
Lucy Cort | Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University (IL) | 2028 |
Alexandra Diaz-Barbe | University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (IL) | 2026 |
Rachel Durbin | Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University (IL) | 2025 |
Kaitlyn Jackson | Rush Medical College (IL) | 2026 |
Raeven Grant | UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (CA) | 2026 |
Isabella Yubeta | A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (MO) | 2026 |
Sara Perelmuter | Weill Cornell Medicine (NY) | 2027 |
Reni Forer |
University of Michigan Medical School (MI)
| 2026 |
Abby Kohut-Jackson | Saint Louis University School of Medicine (MO) | 2026 |
Geneva Pantoja | Baylor College of Medicine (TX) | 2026 |
Hannah Panzica | Jacobs School of Medicine at University at Buffalo (NY) | 2026 |
Melissa Castillo | College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University (MI) | 2027 |
Vihangi Niyangoda | Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MI) | 2025 |
Yumna Ali | University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (TX) | 2026 |
Heejeong Kim | Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine (CA) | 2025 or 2026 |
Maggie Sullivan | Indiana University School of Medicine (IN) | 2027 |
Chloe Van Dorn | Case Western University (OH) | 2026 |
Daniel Chen | Case Western University (OH) | 2025 |