LEADERSHIP
President
Brianna Baldwin
Yá'át'ééh! My name is Brianna Sells Baldwin and I am a member of the Navajo Nation. I am a first-year medical student at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. I am part of the Generalist Scholars Program at UVA with aspirations to become a generalist and raise awareness on preventative medicine. I grew up in Virginia Beach, VA, and my family is from Teec Nos Pos, AZ, and Shiprock, NM. I graduated from Christopher Newport University with a B.S. in both Neuroscience and Biology and an M.S. in Biomedical Sciences from Eastern Virginia Medical School. I am interested in recruiting aspiring indigenous youth to careers in the health professions and addressing systemic issues in medicine for underrepresented students. I enjoy running, reading, and playing with my dog in my free time. I am extremely excited to make an impact with ANAMS at the national and community level. Please reach out to me if you have questions navigating the pre-medical school journey, my email is bnb3hd@virginia.edu. Additionally, please reach out if you are looking to connect with another first-generation and/or LGBTQ+ member.
President-Elect
Melody Brown-Clark
Osiyo! My name is Melody Brown-Clark and I am a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. I am a third year medical student at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. I grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, in District 12 of the Cherokee Nation. In 2021, I graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.S. in Neuroscience and a minor in Comedy Performance. My research interests include colon cancer prevention in Native populations and inflammatory bowel disease in adolescents. I love connecting with other Native medical students from across the country and helping Indigenous students find community through ANAMS. In my free time, I enjoy singing, playing guitar, reading, and making people laugh! Please feel free to reach out to me at melody.brown-clark@northwestern.edu or follow me on tiktok @futurepoopdoctor. Wado!
Secretary
Emma Grellinger
Hello! My name is Emma Grellinger, and I am a citizen of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Indians and a descendant of the Oneida Nation. I am a second-year medical student at the University of California, San Francisco, and the co-president of ANAMS at UCSF. I grew up in the Milwaukee area and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison for my undergraduate degree in Genetics and Genomics. Following graduation, I spent a year in the post-baccalaureate research program at the National Institutes of Health. I am passionate about increasing Native representation in medicine and creating community among Native medical students and physicians through ANAMS. In my free time, I enjoy practicing yoga, spending time in San Francisco parks, and being in community with family and friends. Feel free to reach out to me at emma.grellinger@ucsf.edu. Wneeweh (thank you)!
Treasurer
Shelby Snyder
Yá’át’ééh! My name is Shelby Snyder, and I am Diné (Navajo) and Southern Ute. I currently live in Seattle, WA, and attend the University of Washington School of Medicine as a second-year medical student. I am part of the Indian Health Pathway at UWSOM and the co-president of the UWSOM ANAMS. I grew up in Utah and received my undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College in Biology and Native American Studies. My passions include Indigenous health and representation, with a particular interest in creating spaces that incorporate Indigenous ways of being in Western medicine. I also enjoy creating and expanding Indigenous support networks. When I am not studying for an exam, you can find me at a cultural gathering or powwow — where I dance fancy shawl. Feel free to reach out with any questions at sny22@uw.edu. Ahéhee' (thank you)
West Coast Representative
Bri Irons
Chokma! My name is Brianna Irons and I am an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation. I am a 3rd year medical student at UC San Diego in the Program in Medical Education (PRIME)-Health Equity focused on addressing health disparities and increasing diversity in medicine. I serve as the West Coast Representative for National ANAMS and am excited to build community among our West Coast branches and to strengthen our mentorship in academic medicine. I also serve as the Youth Outreach Coordinator for ANAMS at UC San Diego and am passionate about advocating for Native youth wellness and representation in the health sciences workforce. My research interests include child and adolescent psychiatry, Tribal community-based participatory research, and medical education and workforce development. Please reach out to me with any questions about West Coast chapters! birons@health.ucsd.edu Central Representative
Central Representative
Maria Teachout
Haŋ mitakuyepi! Maria Teachout emáčíyapi. Sičháŋǧu oyate hemátaŋhaŋ. Hello everyone! My name is Maria Teachout and I’m a citizen of the Sicangu Lakota Nation of South Dakota. I currently live in Duluth, MN and attend the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus. I grew up on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and received my B.S in Mathematics with a minor in Statistics and Economics, as well as my M.S. in Data Science, both from South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD. I have a particular passion for Indigenous health and traditional Native medicine as well as wilderness medicine. I love connecting with other Native medical students across the country, and being a member of ANAMS has played a huge part in helping me form lifelong connections and friendships. In my free time, I enjoy being outside in nature with my dog, photography, and baking cakes. Please feel free to reach out to me at teach033@d.umn.edu. Čante wašteya nape čhiyuzepi!
Eastern Representative
Olivia Spaulding
Hello! I am Olivia Spaulding a third-year medical student at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., hailing from Lumberton NC. I am a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. In 2019, I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke with a B.S. in Biology. The following year in 2020 I completed my M.S. in Medical Nutrition from Arizona State University. When I am not studying, I enjoy exploring film and theater and finding new restaurants in our nation’s capital.
Currently, serving as the East Coast Representative for National ANAMS and participating in the mentorship program as a big sib. I am excited to connect with our community and continue to grow the Indigenous presence in medicine. I am passionate about sharing my journey with others in hopes to inspire and diversify the medical field. I look forward to serving ANAMS and all of its members. Please feel free to reach out at olivia.spaulding@bison.howard.edu. Really! Please reach out!
Southern Representative
Alex Douglas
My name is Alex Douglas and I am a fourth-year medical student at Oklahoma State University - College of Osteopathic Medicine in Tulsa, OK. I am a part of the Santa Clara Pueblo Tribe out of Espanola, New Mexico. I am applying Internal Medicine this upcoming Match Cycle. When deciding on where to go for medical school, I knew I wanted to attend a school that had a connection with tribal communities and promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion. OSU-COM checked all of the boxes. While here, I have served as an ambassador for the American Indians in Medicine and Science department, VP of our Native American Student interest group and am a member of the inaugural Tribal Medicine Track. I am excited to continue working with ANAMS and tribal communities.
Membership Coordinator
Courtney Cotsonas
My name is Courtney Cotsonas, I am Inupiaq from Point Hope, Alaska. I am a fourth-year medical student at the University of Minnesota, and this will be my third year serving as your ANAMS National Membership Coordinator. I enjoy this role as it allows me to connect with other Native students nationwide and help establish a sense of community for these students with the relationships built through ANAMS. I am passionate about preventative medicine and advocacy surrounding the health disparities that adversely affect our people. I hope to help inspire the next generation of Native physicians in an effort to increase visibility and improve access to care within tribal communities. As an aspiring OBGYN, I hope to work toward addressing the high rates of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality faced by Native women and advocating for reproductive justice for all women. Throughout medical school, I have found the most joy in my work with ANAMS National and the communities I have built with these wonderful people. In addition to my work with ANAMS National, I served as the President of our local ANAMS Chapter, I am a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, a member of the Admissions Committee for my University, and I am involved in a variety of curriculum reform and advocacy initiatives surrounding the elimination of race-based medicine.
Fun facts about me – I have been to 12 National Parks, with the goal to visit all of them by 2030. I love sports puzzles, reading, journaling, and learning new things; I am a self-taught beader, knitter, and seamstress.
I am excited to continue as the Membership Coordinator for ANAMS and am eager to engage with any interested individuals. I am more than happy to connect with any current and future medical students as you embark on this journey of pursuing medical school! Please do not hesitate to reach out, my email is cotso002@umn.edu. I look forward to connecting with you all!
Allied Health Professions Liason
Maddy Weber
Marketing and Public Relations
Steven Jump-Mora
ᎣᏏᏲ ᏂᎦᏓ. My name is Steven Jump and I’m a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. I grew up in Santa Paula, California and now attend the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine as part of the Transforming Indigenous Doctor Education program. I attended Dartmouth College and majored in both Environmental and Native American Studies. Before medical school, I worked as a medical assistant and public health associate at the Seattle Indian Health Board in Seattle, WA. While at UCSD, I hope to continue growing my interests in integrating Traditional Indian Medicine in clinical practice and primary care. When not studying, you can find me running, beading or sewing. Feel free to reach me at sjump@health.ucsd.edu.
Mentorship Liaison
Taylor Wallace
Halito! My name is Taylor Wallace and I am a second year MD-PhD student in the Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program. I am originally from Dallas, Texas and am a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. I attended Southern Methodist University for undergrad where I majored in Biophysics and minored in Mathematics. During undergrad, I worked in a physics laboratory and participated in several summer research programs. I plan to pursue my PhD in the field of cancer biology.
At Weill Cornell, I serve as a big-sib mentor for the Gateways to the laboratory program, on the leadership team for the surgical pipeline program, and am VP of Cornell’s chapter of ANAMS. As the mentorship liaison for ANAMS, I hope to connect our undergraduate members with available resources and provide guidance on the medical school application process.
Feel free to reach out to me at tnw4001@med.cornell.edu
Research Liaison
Adam Carl
Grants and Scholarship Coordinator
Michael Shukis
Policy Director
Tamee Livermont
Tamee Livermont MPH is a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation. She is pursuing her M.D. at the University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth Campus. She earned a BA & BS from the University of South Dakota and her MPH from Vanderbilt University. Prior to attending medical school, she served as the Tribal Liaison at the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board, was a Udall Undergraduate Scholar, a Udall Congressional Fellow working in the Senate Minority Health Policy Office, and was an NIHB Tribal Youth Health Policy Fellow. She is currently the representative for the Center of American Indian and Minority Health at her medical school. is the Tribal College Liaison for the Association of Native American Medical Students, and serves on the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Board of Directors, Health Equity, and Legislative Committees. Tamee aims to utilize policy and her clinical degree to defend treaty obligations for the provision of healthcare while engaging in and empowering tribal nations in the self-determination of healthcare. Her experience in medical school has compelled her to support efforts to Indigenize medical education systems to train the next 7 generations of healers in safe and culturally responsive spaces. She enjoys sewing, reading, hiking, and participating in other community activities in her free time.
Tribal College Outreach
Sarah Rasmussen-Rehkopf
Sarah Rasmussen-Rehkopf (she/her) is Quileute and Makah. She is currently a third-year medical student at University of Washington School of Medicine. She is part of the Indian Health Pathway, co-president of the UWSOM ANAMS Chapter, and the UWSOM E-23 AAMC OSR representative. Sarah is the Tribal Colleges and University Outreach member of the ANAMS Executive Board. Before coming to medical school she worked in pathway building for AIAN people interested in healthcare. She is passionate about American Indian Alaska Native health, social and structural determinants of health, legislative advocacy, and community health. Her contact information is sarahrr@uw.edu.
DO Outreach
Anna Klunk
Boozhoo! My name is Anna Klunk. I am Red Lake Ojibwe, and I grew up in Cincinnati, OH. I attended Xavier University for my undergrad and the University of Cincinnati and for my Master of Public Health degree. I am currently an OMS-III at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. I am passionate about increasing academic equity for Native students pursuing higher education. I am a member of the AMA-MSS Committee on American Indian Affairs where we write and review policy on health, education, and legal affairs pertaining to the trust responsibility between the federal government and AI/AN communities. I was the DO Outreach Chair for the past two years on the ANAMS Executive Board, and look forward to my new role as the Policy Director. Please feel free to reach out to me at any time if you have questions! You can always reach me at ak9987@pcom.edu!
AMA-MSS MIC Liaison
Paul Michael Acosta II
MD/DO-PhD Liaison
Meagan Chriswell
Meagan Chriswell is an 8th year MD, PhD student at the University of Colorado, and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. She is the MD/PhD, DO/PhD liaison for ANAMS this year. She has served on the ANAMS executive board for several years in different contexts, on the AMA MSS’s Committee on American Affairs, and has been the president of her local ANAMS chapter at the University of Colorado. She is currently applying into internal medicine residency programs and is an aspiring rheumatologist.
Member-At-Large - West
Brandon Dennison
Yá'át'ééh My name is Brandon Dennison, I am a proud member of the Navajo Nation. I was born of the kinyaa'áanii (tower house clan). I am a second-year medical student, attending The University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson. I am interested in going into Family medicine and want to enhance and expand health care within Indigenous communities.
Member-At-Large - West
Cale Hinkle
Heebee! I am Cale Hinkle, an MS2 at the University of Washington. I am proud to be a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation. While I am Lakota, I grew up with friends and cousins on and around the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Before medical school, I was a fly fishing guide for a tribal outfitter on the Wind River Indian Reservation. My first thoughts of medicine came on the banks of the Wind River while guiding a local physician with a passion for medicine. Inspired by the encounter, and with a strong desire to make a more positive impact in my community, I became involved in local healthcare. Every experience in the field solidified my love of medicine and motivated me to pursue it as a career. My mission as a future physician is to serve Indigenous communities and work to reduce health inequities for AI/AN populations. I am honored to serve our Native student community as an ANAMS Member-at-Large. Please get in touch cthink@uw.edu!
Member-At-Large - Central
Hailey Baker
Osiyo! My name is Hailey Baker, and I am a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and a current third year medical student at the University of Minnesota. I was raised in Fairbanks, Alaska, and attended the University of Alaska Fairbanks (go ‘Nooks!) for my undergraduate degree. I have been involved in ANAMS throughout my medical education, and most recently served as the Central Region Representative. In addition to my involvement in ANAMS, I am an incoming Chair of the AMA-MSS Committee on American Indian Affairs (with Anna!). Outside of my work in organized medicine, I have a research focus on improving obstetric and gynecologic care for Native people, and I hope to pursue obstetrics and gynecology in the future. If you have any questions about medical school or any of my roles, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Wado!
Member-At-Large - Central
Khirsen Corbins
My name is Khirsen Corbins, and I am a proud member of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. I am a second-year medical student at Carle-Illinois College of Medicine at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I grew up in Fremont, California, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2014 with a BS in Electrical Engineering. During my time at USMA, I supported the Native American Heritage Forum in facilitating the first pow-wow, which has been a continuing tradition. After commissioning as an Engineer Officer in the US Army, I did my initial training at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, then served in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC. After five years of service, I enrolled in a premedical postbaccalaureate program at Washington University in St. Louis. My passion is to promote health and climate equity, especially in Native communities, and to mentor underrepresented students in medicine and engineering. I enjoy taking long walks with my dogs, ice skating, and performing improv, stand-up, and sketch comedy. I look forward to working with ANAMS and serving the central region. Please feel free to contact me at khirsen2@illinois.edu.
Member-At-Large
Siam Boyd
Member-At-Large - East
Sam Williams
Member at Large - East
Hannah Slattery
My name is Hannah Slattery, and I am a Mi’kmaw descendant of the Bear River First Nation in Nova Scotia, Canada. I am a member of the Tufts University School of Medicine – Maine Track Class of 2025 and am pursuing a career in Family Medicine and primary care with interests in public-health policy and integrative medicine. I am a TUSM Sam W. Ho Health-Justice Scholar and serve as the Ambassador on the Board of Directors at Native American Lifelines, an Urban-Indian Health Clinic in Boston, MA. I was raised in Gilford, New Hampshire, spending ample time in the White Mountains and Lakes Region. I am passionate about Indigenous health equity and have experience lobbying and testifying for Native public health legislation in Maine and Massachusetts. I am proud to serve on ANAMS executive board as a Member at Large and welcome you to reach out to me anytime at hannah.slattery@tufts.edu. Wela’lin.
Member at Large - South
Ashton Glover-Gatewood
Halito! My name is Ashton Gatewood (Choctaw/Chickasaw) and I am a third-year medical student at the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (OSUCOM) at Cherokee Nation. I am grateful for the opportunities I received from the Native community, including being an inaugural member of the first tribally affiliated medical school! Before attending medical school, I earned bachelor’s degrees in Cell and Molecular Biology, Nursing, and Spanish from OCU and an MPH in Healthcare Administration and Policy from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. With being personally awarded and helping other students apply to the Indian Health Services, National Health Service Corps, and tribal scholarships along with writing and managing community, tribal, and federal grants totaling over five-million dollars in awards, I hope to bring my experience to benefit ANAMS as the Grants and Scholarships Coordinator. During the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine’s (AACOM) Capitol Hill Advocacy Day, I gained skills to build upon my academic policy foundation and hope to serve ANAMS well as the AMA MIC Liaison. If you have any questions or need some advice, please feel free to reach out to me anytime! (ashton.glover-gatewood@okstate.edu) Yakoke!
Immediate Past President
Alec Calac
Alec Calac (Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians) is an MD/PhD candidate at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science. He is the Immediate Past President of the Association of Native American Medical Students (ANAMS) and Outgoing Co-Chair of the American Medical Association Medical Student Section (AMA-MSS) Committee on American Indian Affairs. In 2022, Alec was recognized as a 40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health by the National Minority Quality Forum and participated in the White House Leaders in Health Equity Roundtable Series. You can reach him at acalac@health.ucsd.edu for speaking engagements, inquiries, and more.