UNIVERISTY OF MICHIGAN
Conference Leadership Team
President
Neuroscience Student
Vice President
Public Health and Policy Student
Ross School of Business Delegate
MD/MBA Student
Peter G. Delaney
Global Surgery Center Delegate
M4 Medical Student
Serena Bidwell
Medical School Delegate
MD/MBA Student
Aurelio Muzaurieta
Global Relations Delegate
MD/MBA Student
Board of Advisors
Clerkship Director, Surgery
Department of Surgery Professor of Colorectal Surgery,
Michigan GSSA Faculty Advisor
Director of the Center for Surgical Innovation, Chair - Comprehensive Robotics Surgery Program
Candice Stegink
Associate Director of Innovation
Center for Surgical Innovation,
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Path of Excellence
Surgical Innovation Fellow and PGY4 Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident,
Michigan GSSA Residents Delegate
Professor at Ross School of Business and Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurship, Expert in technology commercialization, corporate law, biomedical industry, venture capital, and private equity
Directors and Leads
Sadie Hertz
Director of Finance
International Studies Student
Michael Buyse
Abstracts Committee Lead
Biology Student
Jake Anderson
Fundraising Committee Lead
Neuroscience Student
Diya Patel
Director of Correspondance
Neuroscience Student
Jina Patel
Director of Marketing
Neuroscience Student
Venkatesh Alagappan
Marketing Committee Lead
Public Health Student
Garrett Smith
Events Committee Co-Lead
Biomedical Engineering Student
Chichi Amanze
National Liason
Neuroscience Student
Mallory Carney
Outreach Committee Lead
BCN Student
Saif Alesawy
Website Developer
Biomedical Engineering and CS Student
Hunter Sabile
Events Committee Co-Lead
BCN and Spanish Student
Sana Sharba
Director of Event Coordination
Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology Student
About Us
Global Surgery Student Alliance
GSSA is the national student-run working group for the U.S., affiliated with InciSioN (the International Student Surgical Network). We believe that students (undergrads, medical students, and residents) are a valuable resource for the advancement of global surgery and that being unified in our efforts will help facilitate more collaboration amongst overall global surgery efforts, both now and in the future. By exposing students to the field early on, we also hope to help them build their surgical careers with global surgery in mind.
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan leads the nation as the top ranked public university and #1 ranked surgery residency program. It is our top priority to promote innovative thinking amongst students and faculty in surgical faculty. Strong connections exist between the Medical School, the School of Engineering, the Ross School of Business, and others to work together to support collaborative and multidisciplinary innovation efforts and build an ever-evolving support system for innovators in the field of surgery.
Dates and Deadlines
Dec. 1st
Registration opens
Dec. 1st
Abstract submissions open
Jan. 29th
Abstract Workshop Submissions Due
Feb. 19th
Final Abstract Submissions Due
March 20th
Registration Closes