Seen with their 2017-2018 Student National Medical Association (SNMA) National MAPS "Chapter of the Year" award are from left, first row: Sotonye Douglas, (with flowers); Amitha Sundaram; Cynthia Okpala; Christina Michel (holding certificate); Tiffany Atabansi; Cameron Rutledge and Vannessa Nansamba. Second row, from left: Yvonne Maosar; Kwame Quaye; Cedric Jean-Philippe; Tutu Olowu; and Jodell Cherubin. Because MAPS is an organization created for pre-medical students, GCSOM student leaders founded the Association of Multicultural Students in Medicine (AMSM) to include GCSOM medical students in MAPS activities.
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine student leaders win national, regional awards at Student National Medical Association (SNMA) conference
2018 May 3
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's (GCSOM) chapter of the Minority Association of Premedical Students (MAPS) won the 2017-2018 Student National Medical Association (SNMA) national MAPS Chapter of the Year award. The group also won Chapter of the Year for MAPS Region 8, which includes Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia.
