Student Organizations

ACHE Student Association

“The mission of the American College of Healthcare Executives is to be the professional membership society for healthcare executives; to meet its members’ professional, educational, and leadership needs; to promote high ethical standards andconduct; and to advance healthcare management excellence.”

The American College of Healthcare Executives Student Chapter at the Medical College of Virginia campus at Virginia Commonwealth University is a graduate student chapter of our professional organization, the American College of Healthcare Executive (ACHE). ACHE is a more than 30,000 member professional organization for health care executives. Becoming a student member of ACHE encompasses the receipt of a quarterly journal, Journal of Healthcare Management, a bi-monthly magazine, Healthcare Executive, opportunities to network with 4,000 other ACHE student associates, participate as a program assistant at the ACHE National Conference in Chicago (March), and access to scholarships.

The goals of the Medical College of Virginia campus at Virginia Commonwealth University are:

1. To establish a network of peers and established administrators.
2. Provide substantial service to our surrounding community.
3. Establish strong, positve relations with other undergraduate and graduate ACHE student chapters.
4. Maintain strong membership in the college even beyond the student environment.
5. Raise funds to provide assistance to those students attending the ACHE National Conference.
6. Provide educational seminars/lectures to students from established experts in the health care field.
7. Establish a strong relationship with the MCV/VCU Executive Master's in Health Program.

Officers

President: Jenese Holland
Council Member: Ryan Moon
Council Member: Susan Peters
Council Member: Leeanne Sciolto

MGMA Student Network

"The mission of the Medical Group Management Association is to improve the effectiveness of medical group practices and the knowledge and skills of the individuals who manage/lead them."

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), founded in 1926, is the nation's principal voice for medical group practice. MGMA's 19,000 members manage and lead 11,000 organizations in which approximately 220,000 physicians practice. MGMA leads the profession and assists members through information, education, networking and advocacy.

Through the Virginia Commonwealth University MGMA/ACMPE Student Network, students are able to network with administrators in the community, participate in physician practice site visits, and learn valuable information from the annual Spring Event, which focuses on current issues. Also the MGMA Annual Conference, held each fall, which attracts several thousand practice leaders that student members receive a substantial discount on the registration fees.

Officers

President: Dan Herlihy
Vice President of Membership & Activities: Marieshia Hicks
Vice President of Student & Alumni(ae) Affairs: Kari Longoria