Specialty Interest Groups
Medical students at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine organize and maintain a number of specialty interest groups to more fully expose their peers to specific areas in medicine. These school-sponsored groups offer lectures, workshops, clinical experiences and mentoring. Through participation in the groups, students can become more knowledgeable about a particular specialty to assist in their career decisions. These interest groups are open to all students of the Feinberg School of Medicine community.
Current groups include:
- Aerospace Medicine Interest Group
- Allergy and Immunology Interest Group
- Anesthesiology Interest Group
- Cardiology Interest Group
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Interest Group
- Dermatology Interest Group
- Diagnostic Radiology Interest Group
- Emergency Medicine Interest Group
- Endocrinology Interest Group
- Family Medicine Interest Group
- Gastroenterology Interest Group
- Global Surgery Student Alliance
- Global Surgery Student Alliance
- Internal Medicine Pediatrics Interest Group (MPIG)
- Internal Medicine Society
- Interventional Radiology Interest Group
- Lifestyle and Integrative Medicine Interest Group
- Loyal Davis Surgical Society
- Neurological Surgery Interest Group
- NU STAT (Student Transplant Action Team)
- OB/GYN Interest Group
- Oncology Interest Group
- Ophthalmology Interest Group
- Orthopaedic Surgical Society
- Otolaryngology (ENT) Interest Group
- Pathology Interest Group
- Pediatrics Interest Group
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Interest Group
- Plastic Surgery Interest Group
- Psychiatry Interest Group
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) Interest Group
- Society of Preventive Medicine
- Sports Medicine Interest Group
- Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)
- Students Interested in Nephrology Group (SING)
- Surgical Society for the Underrepresented in Medicine
- Urology Interest Group
- Vascular Surgery Interest Group (VSIG)
- Women in Orthopaedics RJOS Chapter
The benefits and services provided by Northwestern University's student groups are available to all students without regard to any category protected by the law. The University believes different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds are critical to a dynamic and vibrant University community, and as such, all students are welcome and encouraged to join each group.