Office of Diversity in Medical Education

SUMMA

35th Annual Stanford University Minority Medical Alliance (SUMMA) Conference

The conference will be held in person Saturday, February 7, 2026!

Registration for the SUMMA 2026 Conference will open in the Fall.


Please stay tuned to this website for conference updates.


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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)
  • Jewish Medical Student Association (JMSA)
  • Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)
  • LGBTQ-Meds
  • Medical Students with Disability and Chronic Illness (MSDCI)
  • Muslim Medical Association (SMMA)
  • Middle Eastern and North African Students in Medicine (MENAMeds)
  • Stanford American Indigenous Medical Students (SAIMS)
  • Student National Medical Association (SNMA)

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

SUMMA 2025 Poster Submissions 

Renee Abouem SUMMA Poster Submission 2025

Advancing Towards a Meningitis-Free African Region by 2030: Regional Implementation Framework to Defeat Meningitis.

Click Here to see Renee's presentation

Mohammadamin Mahmanzar SUMMA Poster Submission 2025

What the Health!?

Click Here to see Mohammadamin's Presentation

Ana Rumbaut SUMMA Poster Submission 2025

COX-2 upregulation in astrocytes of a Parkinson's mouse model: Exploring drug repurposing in pursuit of treatment accessibility

Click Here to see Ana's Presentation

Ajaypal Sahota SUMMA Poster Submission 2025

A novel Shc Inhibitor Shc301 Attenuates cGVHD in a Murine Mouse Model

Click Here to see Ajaypal's Presentation

Videos from the 2025 Conference

2025 SUMMA Conference FACES of the Community Presentation by Andre Thien Vu


2025 SUMMA Conference FACES of the Community Presentation by Karyna Bravo


2025 SUMMA Conference FACES of the Community Presentation by Joshua Leaston