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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.

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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. 

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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 Community Liaison Members

Name
Medical School
Graduation Year
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
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