Third-year College of Medicine student Rommel Morales has been appointed chair of the American Medical Association Medical Student Section for Region 5 - serving Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia.
Morales received the one-year appointment at the 2022 AMA annual meeting in Chicago on June 10. His term will end June 2023.
Additionally, he was awarded "Outstanding New Policy Leader" for his contributions to resolution authorships, work on the House of Delegates Coordination Committee, and leading a Reference Committee on medical practice.
-- Submitted by Rommel Morales, rmorales@neomed.edu.