Members of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's (GCSOM) chapter of the Minority Association of Premedical Students (MAPS) recently completed a successful fundraiser on behalf of the NEPA Rainbow Alliance.The Master of Biomedical Sciences (MBS) students raised funds by selling Double Good Popcorn.

Mira Patel, a second-year medical student at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, last month was elected by her peers to serve as Medical Student Representative on the Women Physician Section for the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED). She will serve in the role for one year.

Two Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students co-authored research that will be presented at the Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society (VESS) Conference in January in Aspen, Colorado. Evan Bair and Beau McCarver, both members of the Class of 2024, worked with co-authors, Gregory G. Salzler, MD, and Evan Ryer, MD, board-certified vascular surgeons at Geisinger on the research.