Tulane Resident and Fellow Congress (TRFC)

The Resident and Fellow Congress is the residents’ voice to ensure the Office of Graduate Medical Education’s mission of striving for excellence in education. This organization will provide a mechanism by which residents can participate directly in GME activities for the purpose of:

Opening dialog to identify concerns and facilitate resolution
Encouraging resident input into graduate medical education governance and policy
Fostering professionalism, empathy and personal growth and development for our physicians in training
Improving:
1. The educational experience and opportunities
2. Representation of the interest of its members in deliberations with affiliated hospitals on issues regarding working conditions and benefits
3. Communication with other health care providers, program directors, the medical staff and administration
4. Active membership and participation in constituent societies of organized medicine
5. Overall quality of patient care
6. Resident and resident’s significant other’s well-being through social and charitable activities

TRFC Executive Committee Officers:

President

Andrew Pham, President of TRFC Executive Committee Officers Andrew Pham (PGY3/4, Anesthesiology)

Co-Vice Presidents

Mary Jenkins, Co-Vice President Mary Jenkins (PGY3/4, Med-Peds)

Megan Lerner, Co-Vice Presidents Megan Lerner (PGY2/5, Urology)

Secretary

Leslie Miller, Secretary Leslie Miller (PGY3/5, Peds/Psych/ChildPsych)

Treasurer

Blake Winston, Treasurer Blake Winston (PGY2/4, Anesthesiology)

TRFC Representatives (2021-2022)

Representative Name	Program
Nina Hein	Allergy and Immunology
Blake Winston	Anesthesiology
Andrew Pham	Anesthesiology
Robert Limbaugh	Addiction Medicine
Edgar Acuna Morin	Cardiology
Sumeda Purkayasta	Child Adolescent Psychiatry
Ian Watson	Dermatology
Julia Accetta	Dermatology
Chris Anderson	General Surgery
Michael Ghio	General Surgery
Cathy Luo	General Surgery
Caleb Fligor	General Surgery
Carlo Basilio	Internal Medicine
Fatima Warsame	Internal Medicine
Claire Mickey	Internal Medicine
Shanan Immel	Internal Medicine
Victor H. Rodriguez	Internal Medicine/Psychiatry
Mary Jenkins	Med Peds
Dominique Cross	Med Peds
Austin Hansen	Nephrology
Mei Yang	Neurology
Cade Picou	Neurology
Alison Key	OBGYN
Sahithi Kothamasu	OBGYN
Ricky Salinas	Opthal
Fareed Rifai	Opthal
Jonathan Schuon	Ortho
Barrett Hawkins	Ortho
John Broussard	Pathology
Younes Aljohmani	Pathology
Oyinlola Oshinowo	Pediatrics
Brett Phillips	Pediatrics
Leslie Miller	Peds/Psych/Child Psych
Danae Brierre	Peds/Psych/Child Psych
Chris Smith	Plastic Surgery
Daniel S Urias	Plastic Surgery
Elora Apantaku	Preventative Medicine
Alicia Van Doren	Preventative Medicine
Jemimah Chen	Psychiatry
Barley Halton	Psychiatry
Mark Rocco	Radiology
Stephanie Goddard	Radiology
Megan Lerner	Urology

Tulane Resident Fellow Congress By-laws

TRFC Meeting Minutes