SUMMA

The goal of the Stanford University Minority Medical Alliance (SUMMA) is to increase diversity in the health professions in order to better care for underserved communities. Our annual pre-health conference is one of the oldest on the West Coast and draws hundreds of students from throughout California and the nation.

SUMMA is a coalition of Stanford medical students, including representatives from:

• Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA)
• First-Generation and/or Low-Income @ Stanford Medical School (FLI@SMS)
• Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)
• LGBTQ-Meds
• Medical Students with Disability and Chronic Illness (MSDCI)
• Muslim Medical Association (SMMA)
• Stanford Arab Leadership and Advocacy in Medicine (SALAM)
• Stanford American Indigenous Medical Students (SAIMS)
• Student National Medical Association (SNMA)

Learn more about these student associations

Together, we provide support to Stanford's minority medical students as they work toward their degrees and to a future in health care with better outcomes for minority patients.

Videos from the 2023 virtual conference

2023 SUMMA Conference Welcome Address: Lloyd B. Minor, MD

The Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Professorship for the Dean of the School of Medicine
Professor of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Neurobiology and Bioengineering

2023 SUMMA Conference Welcome Message: Iris C. Gibbs, MD, FACR, FASTRO

Professor of Radiation Oncology
Professor of Neurosurgery
Associate Dean, MD Admissions
Stanford University School of Medicine

2023 SUMMA Conference Welcome Message: Reena Thomas, MD, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences

Associate Dean Office of Diversity in Medical Education

2023 SUMMA Conference FACES of the Community Presentation: Sofi Cobos

2023 SUMMA Conference FACES of the Community Presentation: Lizette Grajales

2023 SUMMA Conference FACES of the Community Presentation: Chris Lopez