Leadership Positions

Community Service and Public Education Committee Liaison | Women’s Dermatologic Society
April 2021 – present

  • Author of quarterly Resident, Fellow, and Young Physician’s newsletter discussing opportunities to give back in the community

  • Plan, coordinate, and execute educational sessions at local women’s shelters and well as perform skin cancer screenings at large-scale community events

Access to Dermatologic Care Committee | American Academy of Dermatology
March 20, 2020 – present

  • Develop and implement new strategies to improve access to Dermatologic care and education nationally

  • Engage and participate in meetings regarding political and advocacy agenda

Dermatology Chief Resident | Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | Torrance, CA
July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020

  • Developed and implemented annual modifications to the residency didactic curriculum

  • Organized lectures from permanent and volunteer faculty

  • Informed residents of unique service, research, leadership, and educational opportunities

  • Maintained a spirit of positive resident interaction, collaboration and well-being

WDS Resident Liaison | Women’s Dermatologic Society | Torrance, CA
July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020

  • Attended meetings and informed co-residents of unique service, research, leadership, and educational opportunities

 

Resident Legislative Representative | American Academy of Dermatology Legislative Conference Scholarship Recipient | Washington, D.C.
July 15-17, 2018

  • Met with Congressmen and staff on Capitol Hill in order to propose new legislature and advocate for health care reform on behalf of both patients and physicians

 

Patient Care Fund Representative | Committee of Interns & Residents at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center | Torrance, CA
August 2018 – Present

  • Successfully advocated for the acquisition of $85,000 worth of new dermatologic equipment on behalf of Los Angeles County to advance the care of patients treated in the Department of Dermatology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

 

Transitional Year Chief Resident | Transitional Year Residency Program at Presence Resurrection Medical Center | Park Ridge, IL
June 2016 – June 2017

  • Coordinated residency training events, formulated intern surgery schedules, and participated in monthly GME meetings

Community Partners Chair | Center for Community and Global Health at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine | Maywood, IL
August 2013 – August 2014

  • Planned the Spring and Fall Days of Service at which over 80 Stritch faculty members and students worked together on 6 project sites throughout underserved areas of Maywood, IL

  • Renovated classrooms, planted community gardens, and organized food pantries as a leader of the Spring and Fall Days of Service

  • Acted as a liaison between student-led service organizations, the medical school, and the Maywood community to coordinate volunteer events

  • Established a weekly medical student-led tutoring program involving approximately 30 grade school students at Quinn Community Center

 

Steering & Publicity Committee Chair | International Service Immersion (ISI) at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine | Maywood, IL
November 2012 – March 2013

  • Coordinated fundraising and event-planning for the annual ISI auction

  • Raised over $80,000 for ISI medical programs through fundraising events

 

President and Clinic Coordinator | Society of Women’s Health at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine | Maywood, IL
August 2012 – August 2014

  • Coordinated clinic, physician, and student schedules for twice monthly gynecology clinics held at Community Health Center, a clinic for the uninsured and underserved

  • Managed patient flow and handled administrative responsibilities

  • Planned two physician-led breast exam and pap smear workshops for medical students

  • Contacted lecturers for seminars on current issues in women’s health

 

Community Service Chair | American Medical Association at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine | Maywood, IL
August 2012 – August 2013

  • Recruited participants to two fundraising events for Misericordia, a home for the developmentally disabled

  • Promoted the annual Stritch Thanksgiving basket drive which provided several hundred Thanksgiving meals to needy families in the Maywood area

 

Teen Youth Group Founder and Leader | Youth 4 Change at Quinn Community Center | Maywood, IL
September 2012 – May 2013

  • Founded youth group at Quinn Community Center in order to provide a safe and fun extracurricular environment for at-risk teens

  • Coordinated weekly team-bonding activities, open discussion forums, and college-preparatory workshops