Sigma Sigma PhiEta Chapter

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Presented by Jonathan Urbanczyk, Eta Chapter President

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine• University of North

Texas Health Science Center

• Fort Worth, Texas

• Class size of 230

2013-2014 Officers- President:

Jonathan Urbanczyk

- VP/Secretary:

Haley Phillips

- VP/Treasurer:

Prashant Raghavendran

- Historian:

Natasha Gupta

2013-2014 Officers

Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Patricia Gwirtz, PhD

Current Members•Class of 2014: 41

•Class of 2015: 54

•Class of 2016: 28

•Total Active Members: 123

Class of 2014• San Huynh • Jared Thompson • Eric Boe• Amol Golwala• Daniel Freedman• Colin Vokes• Alyson Pennington• Andrew Bui• Rati Venkatesh• Emily Johnson• Elizabeth Rourke• Rafael Perez• Elise Lockett• Farrell Tobolowsky• Seth Clifford• Perini Shah• John Burge• Carlyann Miller• Jaffar Aleagha• Joseph William• Dorene Niv• Sapna Patel

• Dorene Niv• Sapna Patel• Jeff Lee• Kelly Hanley• James Mason• Steven Maher• Angalene Deapen• Matthew Jepson• Jessica Wentling• Karissa Cryer• Vy Do• Scott Keeney• Ellen Ko• Julie Leber• Jared McFarlin• Sabrina Rabau• Timothy Richardson• Christine Rollins• Justin White• Ellen Wilson• Robert Yang

Class of 2015• Elizabeth Levacy• Victor Lin• Ashley Liou• Miranda Loh• Hayley Marshall• Celia Martinez• Leah McAleer• April McDougal• Martha Pilar McKay• Siya Mehtani• Talon Miner• Zeinab Mohammadi• Christopher Olivares• Yen Phan• Brighton Richie Miller• Ariel Rieznman• Niharika Saini• Lida Shaygan

• Aaron Adamson• Chad Bartel• Bhavishaben Bhakta• Robert Boccaccio• Arthur Bredeweg• Priyanka Chakrabarti• Ryan Cheung• Eunie Cho• Samuel Chong• Andrew Gdowski• Rita Golikeri• Duyen-Anh Jessica

Han• Emily Jernigan• Ryan Joseph• Noah Jouett• Jimmy Kelley • Shamyal Khan• Hanna Kodeih

• Crystal Smedley• Cary Walker• Jennigale Webb• Chirstopher Allphin• David Barnes• Whitney Brock• Andrew Fisher• Dustin Fowler• Eric Ho• Imran Poonawala• Geoffrey Rohlfing• Travis Seaman• Cameron Simonsen• Daniel Sumko• Lihn Tran• Krista Volberding• Vernon Williams• Ashley Windham

Class of 2016• Kristina Barsten• Kendall Burns• Brian Carter• Cerin Daniel• Luke Cielonko• Jilian Grimm• Natasha Gupta• James Jenkins• Lauren Kjolhede• Jay Lee• Callum McMormick• Melodie Minter• John Myers• Andy Nguyen

• Haley Phillips• Prashant Raghavendran• Roshini Ramwani• Christopher Rhodes• Kiran Roberts• Rachel Rube• Spencer Septien• Olivia Simmons• William Todd• Jonathan Urbanczyk• Lauren Vice• Julie Vo• Yi Xiong

Induction Requirements• Minimum GPA: 88%

• Applicants are evaluated based on:▫ Academics▫ Leadership▫ Service▫ Awards▫ Personal

Characteristics.

• Applicants are accepted from 1st and 2nd year medical students.

Membership Requirements• Maintain at least 83%

GPA

• Lead at least 1 SSP event within the first year of induction

• 4 SSP service hours per semester

• 3rd and 4th year students only need 4 service hours per year

SSP Awards• Sigma Sigma Phi Outstanding Scholar

Award• Members that have a 92% average GPA after 2

years

• Sigma Sigma Phi Outstanding Service Award• Awarded on a semester basis for the member

that has the most SSP service hours

• Awards can be included in the Dean’s Letter

Service Events•We strongly encourage our members to seek

out needs in the community then recruit volunteers to fulfill that need. This gives SSP a greater diversity in serving the community.

•The Eta Chapter has teamed up with numerous community organizations, so our members don’t usually have trouble finding leadership or volunteering events.

Local Partners•American Heart Association•Bowl for Kids•American Cancer Society•Community Enrichment

Center, Adopt a Family Program

•Go Force•National Kidney Foundation•Northside Health Fair

More Partners•Habitat for Humanity•Special Olympics•Samaritan House•Safe Haven of Tarrant

County•Tarrant Area Food Bank•Ronald McDonald House•Boys and Girls Club

D.O. Dash• 5K and 1 mile fun run

• This is a school sponsored community event in which we promote health and wellness in our community as well as raise awareness of the principles and values of Osteopathic Medicine.

• This event benefits the Boys and Girls club of Fort Worth

Tee-Off For TCOM• Saturday, September 28,

2013 7:00 AM - 1:30 PM

• Tee-Off F.O.R.E. TCOM is a 4 man scramble golf tournament benefiting TCOM Students via the MSGA Above and Beyond Scholarship.

• Leaders: John Myers and Will Todd

National Kidney Foundation

• Contact: Dathan Johnson

•Events:• Hispanic Wellness

Fair• KEEP Screenings• Kidney Walk

Questions?