TAMS Medical Society
TAMS Medical Society
Topic(s) Medicine Abbrev. TMS Advised Yes Execs President: Ria Rana Vice President: Prisha Goyal
Secretary: Abby Tian
Social Coordinator: Uwadiae Ehondor
Treasurer: Rajiv MorthalaEvent(s) Dinner With Doctors, Aid the Cause, Stethoscope Launch Party, Shear Kindness, Spring Fling Website https://www.tmsmedics.org/ Link tmsexecs@gmail.com "TMS" redirects here. For the TAMS Memeing Society, see Underground Clubs.
TAMS Medical Society (TMS) is the medical-based organization at TAMS. Through the organization's opportunities for volunteering, shadowing, career advice events, and so much more, TMS is dedicated to bringing the world of medicine to the TAMS student body. Through its 12 committees and 6 events, TMS offers opportunities for medical education at Dinner with Doctors or Stethoscope, community involvement at Aid The Cause or Shear Kindness, competitions with HOSA and USMDO, or fun memories at Spring Fling.
Events
AID the Cause (ATC)
Main article: AID the Cause
HOSA
Main article: HOSA
Committees
Active Committees
Denton Nursing Home (DNH)
Denton Nursing Home (DNH) is a joint committee, under both TAMS Medical Social (TMS) and Helping Other People Everywhere (HOPE). DNH provides students the opportunity to interact with the residents of the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home, twice a week. Our volunteering opportunities include making crafts, hosting parties, and, in general, playing games and spending time with the residents of the nursing home. DNH is an amazing opportunity for TAMS students to be involved in serving and making an impact in the Denton community. If you ever have any questions, feel free to contact any of us via Facebook messenger or email us at [[1]]. We are super excited and let’s have a wonderful year!
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Dhishi Kumar | 2024-2025 |
| Saanvi Muvva | |
| Kelley Zhu | 2023-2024 |
| Harini Rajmohan | |
| Pavithra Gopalakrishnan | 2021-2022 |
| Vignesh Sanagala | |
| Kaitlin Sanders | 2020-2021 |
| Eric Roach II | |
| Chandana Chitralekha | 2019-2020 |
| Khyathi Reddy |
Outreach
Welcome to TMS Outreach! We are a committee dedicated to educating the youth of Denton about medicine; whether it be on neuroscience, emergency response teams, or veterinary medicine, our goal is to inspire elementary and middle school children to get involved in medical fields. Through the incorporation of interactive activities and games along with lessons taught by our very own students. TAMS students will volunteer within the classroom weekly, providing a safe, friendly, (and most importantly) fun environment to spread the importance and variety of the medical field. Our mission is to spread the passion for medicine from the TAMS community to a future generation of medics.
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Aritra Bhar | 2024-2025 |
| Srinjoy Ghose | |
| Nithin Dodla | 2021-2022 |
| Raghav Krishnan | |
| Tanvi Panchumarthy | |
| Anirudh Nimmagadda | 2020-2021 |
| Rithi Kowtha | |
| Sanjna Anand | |
| Rayyan Khoja | 2019-2020 |
| ???? |
Red Cross
Welcome to the TAMS Red Cross Committee for 2024-2025! As a committee, we believe in the power of training and helping individuals, and empowering them to be agents of change in their communities. Join us throughout the year in volunteering to help those who are sick and wounded, and in learning First Aid and CPR.
Was formerly an unadvised club.
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Simran Ahluwalia | 2024-2025 |
| Tanvi Krovvidi | |
| Simran Ahluwalia | 2023-2024 |
| Jonathan Leung | |
| Sarah More |
TAMS Alzheimer's Care
Welcome! TAMS Alzheimer's Care is a committee dedicated to helping Alzheimer's patients. Every week we go and interact with senior citizens at Eagle Ridge Alzheimer's Special Care Center. The committee gives students the opportunity to help and connect with the residents at the facility.
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Jocelyn Chen | 2024-2025 |
| Haasini Sunkavalli | |
| Emily Guo | 2023-2024 |
| Nikhil Sunkavalli |
TAMS Neuroscience Committee (TNS)
Hey guys! Welcome to the Neuroscience Committee page! The TMS Neuroscience Committee (TNS) plans to help other students seeking advancement into the neuroscience field through activities with a strong correlation to neuroscience topics. We hope to increase awareness about the neuroscience committee through fundraisers giving back to the community and participating in neuroscience-related competitions. The purpose of this committee is to learn more about the brain and apply it to real life situations to inspire the minds of young students, neuroscience careers, perform neuroscience-related volunteering, gain insight into a future in neuroscience. We are super excited and let’s have a wonderful year!
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Riddhish Bommineni | 2024-2025 |
| Adithi Kadle | |
| Allen Chau | 2021-2022 |
| Daphne Sahaya | |
| Pranathi Pilla | 2020-2021 |
| Nirvana Maleki | |
| Shreya Nallaparaju |
TMS Shadows
Welcome to TMS Shadows! Our committee strives to provide you with direct exposure to various branches of the vast field of medicine, primarily through medical shadowing and guest speakers. Shadowing medical professionals is an extremely beneficial opportunity to learn about the variety of medical careers and opportunities that await interested students, so we will be arranging opportunities to shadow doctors throughout the school year. Furthermore, we will be hosting guest speakers to discuss their professions and their experiences with the medical field. We look forward to working with you!
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Isabelle Ho | 2024-2025 |
| Lasya Praturi | |
| Krithi Meduri | 2021-2022 |
| Ajeong Kim | |
| Vigna Lavu | |
| Hunter Anderson | 2020-2021 |
| Eeshan Joshi | |
| Aiswarya Atluri | |
| Hersh Trivedi | 2019-2020 |
| Tanvi Kalagara | |
| Sneha Banerjee |
Women In Medicine (WIM)
Women in Medicine provides an opportunity for all students to pursue their interest in medicine. As a TMS X Girl Up committee, we are passionate about both medicine and bringing awareness to the inequality faced by non-men in medicine. Through guest speakers and informational events, we hope to support the underrepresented in the medical field, strive for gender equality, and support and educate the students of TAMS.
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Eugenia Jung | 2024-2025 |
| Suprasada Jagadeeshi | |
| Claire Xu | 2023-2024 |
| Simran Verma |
Defunct Committees
Student Emergency Response Team (SERT)
SERT is a new committee under the TAMS Medical Society with the purpose of educating future medics about procedures necessary for medical emergencies and disaster relief (i.e. CPR, AED, “Stop the Bleed”). Along with providing general lessons and/or workshops on medical procedures, SERT allows students to experience biannual CPR and AED demonstrations from the Denton Fire Department and the opportunity to receive CPR certifications from the American Heart Association. Volunteers can serve the community by administering First Aid during emergencies or in the case of injuries at various events.
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Kelly Kim | 2021-2022 |
| Alan Moon | |
| Devna Cherukuru | |
| Jalini Balasubramaniam | 2020-2021 |
| Sriya Sadhu | |
| Emily Zhou | 2019-2020 |
| Khyathi Thallapureddy | |
| Maansi Srinivasan |
TAMS Psychology Association (TPA)
The TAMS Psychology Association (TPA) is a committee under the TAMS Medical Society dedicated to educating TAMS students in the areas of psychology and mental health. We hold QPR training, educational lectures, and various other activities to suit the betterment of TAMS.
- 2024 - Was merged with TAMS Neuroscience Society (TNS)
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Anee Anisa | 2021-2022 |
| Venkat Ayalavarapu | |
| Allison He | 2020-2021 |
| Harish Suryadevara | |
| Mekal Mathew | 2019-2020 |
| Smrithi Upadhyayula | |
| Stephen Chen |
TMS Integrated Volunteering
Integrated Volunteering is a committee under TMS with a goal of raising awareness for medical causes through fundraising events during the year. Events such as Thanksgiving Pies and Valentine’s Candy Grams provide opportunities for students to be involved within the TAMS community, earn volunteer hours, and learn about various medical causes, such as UNAIDS, while donating to them!
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Jaishri Ramesh | 2021-2022 |
| Sanjana Bolnedi | |
| Srisha Veeramachaneni | |
| Kathy Yella | 2020-2021 |
| Nidhi Kotha | |
| Jennifer Yu | |
| Kimberly Gao | 2019-2020 |
| Anvith Kowtha | |
| Shriya Veluri |
Project Sunshine
Welcome to Project Sunshine! Our mission as a nonprofit TMS committee is to help ensure that all children, regardless of their health conditions, are given the childhood they deserve. By making Sunshine Craft Kits during Volunteering GAs and holding fundraisers, we aim to cheer up and provide a sense of normalcy to children during their hospital stay. Our committee strives to impact our local community to further spread the joy that everyone deserves, so come and join Project Sunshine to make a difference in these children’s and their families’ lives!
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Dolapo Ogunyemi | 2021-2022 |
| Zabrina Sidhu | |
| Angeline Ajit | 2020-2021 |
| Govind Nandagopal | |
| Sai Sarnala | |
| Victor Thieu | 2019-2020 |
| Lylian He | |
| Sruti Kanyaboyina |
World Health
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Aadhunik Sundar | 2021-2022 |
| Eswar Gopalakrishnan | |
| Bhavik Tadigotla |
CURE International
Welcome to CURE International! CURE is a nonprofit organization that operates charitable hospitals and programs worldwide to serve children in developing countries with treatable medical conditions, such as hydrocephalus and spina bifida. As a TMS Committee, our fundraisers will raise awareness for these children and support them through the CURE Hero program. This program will allow TAMS to directly sponsor a child each month for $38, giving the TAMS community the opportunity to help cure a child of a preventable disease. (Discontinued 2021-2022, under
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Tiffany Kumala | 2020-2021 |
| Sage Copling |
Make-A-Wish
Hello! We are the Make-A-Wish committee and our goal is to connect the TAMS community to the Make-A-Wish organization. we provide students with various opportunities to participate in fundraisers, raise money, get volunteer hours, and of course, give back to the community! (Discontinued 2021-2022)
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Vivian Tu | 2020-2021 |
| Jahnavi Janjirala | |
| Pramati Madugula | 2019-2020 |
| Apsara Mitra | |
| Naman Bhasin |
Charity Run
TMS Charity Run organizes the annual 5K race for the Denton community. This includes TAMS, UNT, and families from the area. All the proceeds from 2019-2020 will be going to the Children’s Cancer Research Fund! CCRF supports the brightest and boldest minds in groundbreaking research which could lead to more effective treatments and cures. The first 5K marathon was held in 2018-2019. (Discontinued 2020-2021)
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| William Nguyen | 2019-2020 |
| Jessica Sateesh | |
| Jake Ha | |
| Connie Hu |
Stethoscope
Once a year, TMS publishes Stethoscope, a TAMS Medical Society's medical journal that compiles medical information from our student community. Each year, TAMS students submit articles and artwork about their passions to be published for the greater TAMS and UNT community. The Stethoscope committee allows students writing for the magazine to gain perspective on the latest in medical research, healthcare innovations, and interdisciplinary collaborations with medical applications.
Front cover of the first issue of Stethoscope, published January 2019.
Front cover of the second issue of Stethoscope, published January 2020.
Front cover of the third issue of Stethoscope, published April 2021. Available here.
| Committee Heads | Years |
|---|---|
| Jai Penumarthi | 2024-2025 |
| Shree Mishra | |
| Aditya Nallaparaju | |
| Vedha Vumenthala | 2023-2024 |
| Sanjana Ramineni |
Execs
2024-2025
President: Ria Rana
Vice President: Prisha Goyal
Secretary: Abby Tian
Social Coordinator: Uwadiae Ehondor
Treasurer: Rajiv Morthala
2023-2024
President: Insiyaah Tinwala
Vice President: Om Kulkarni
Volunteer Coordinator: Spoorthi Sadasivuni
Social Coordinator: Rosine George
Treasurer: Aryan Pillai
2022-2023
President: Roopesh Dinakaran
Vice President: Simali Shah
Volunteer Coordinator: Carmina Ghandhi
Events Coordinator: Harshini Thanga Raj Malini
Treasurer: Sohan Pagnis
2021-2022
President: Aishi Ranjan
Vice President: Subiksha Sankar
Volunteer Coordinator: Krithi Meduri
Events Coordinator: Neha Sunkavalli
Treasurer: Rohit Kandi
2020-2021
President: Anush Beeram
Vice President: Priya Tirumala
Volunteer Coordinator: Eeshan Joshi
Events Coordinator: Aryaa Kolhe
Treasurer: Harini Kumar
2019-2020
President: Wail Aldahni
Vice President: Ananya Kodali
Volunteer Coordinator: Tanvi Kalagara
Events Coordinator: Priya Mahableshwarkar
Treasurer: Krishi Manem
2016-2017
President: Franklin Zhang
Secretary: Anna Kuo
Treasurer: Priyanka Vayalali
Competitions Coordinators: Vineel Mallepalli and Anchith Kota
Volunteer Coordinator: Carolyn Huynh
2009-2010
President: Erinma Ukoha
Vice President: Anupriya Gangal
Treasurer: Henry Greyner
Publicist: Christie Nguyen
HOSA Representative: Suraj Chandwani
2008-2009
President: Komal Paladugu
Vice President: Abby Jakubec
Secretary: Maxwell Hirsch
Publicist: Syed Hossain
Treasurer: Soheil Charahi