The General Council includes the Executive Council, the Officers, and the members of each Class Council.
Executive council (Montreal campus)
Executive President
Name: Adam Hassan
Role:
Represent the interests of the MSS at the faculty, university, provincial, and national levels.
Ensure the proper functioning of the MSS and support executive and general council members in their tasks.
Fun fact: I’m an inventor on a vaccine patent!
MD-PhD Representative
Name: Aline Atallah
Role: My role is to advocate for the needs of MD-PhD and MD+ students and ensure effective communication between the MSS and MD-PhD Student Society by acting as a two-way liaison.
Fun fact: I love dancing Salsa.
Executive Vice-President & Corporate Affairs
Name: Mark Garabedian
Role:
Facilitating and strengthening the MSS’s existing partnerships and forming relationships with new sponsors.
Serving as the vice-president and working on various projects with many council members.
Fun fact: I hate sushi!
Secretary
Name: Jonathan Elkaim
Role: I organize meetings, create the agenda and take meeting notes while also assisting with the social media of MSS.
Fun fact: I’ve been a dance since the age of 8!
Vice-President External Quebec
Name: Sirine Guetiti
Role: My role is to facilitate communication between the MSS and the FMEQ and to advocate for McGill students’ best interests. I also act as a liaison between the MSS and other medical associations across Quebec.
Fun fact: I love horror movies
Vice-President External Canada
Name: Jimin Lew
Role: As VP External Canada, I act as liaison between MSS (representing all of you) and CFMS (Canadian Federation of Medical Students) as well as other organizations outside of Quebec.
Fun fact: If I don’t answer my phone, it’s probably because I’m hibernating
Vice-President Global Health Quebec
Name: Eddy Taguedong
Role: In collaboration with IFMSA-Quebec, CFMS and our Local Officers from both organizations, I coordinate projects aimed to improve overall population health and reduce health inequities globally.
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Vice-President Finance
Name: Sarah Petrecca
Role: Oversee accounting, financial planning, and internal audit of the MSS
Fun fact: I love eating spicy food!
Vice-President Wellness
Name: Arielle Grossman
Role: I promote and advocate for student wellness across all years, and chair the Medical Student Wellness (MSW) Standing Committee
Fun fact:
I’ve been skiing since the age of 2!
Vice-President Social
Name: Kamila Majidova
Role: To improve medical students’ quality of life through social events.
Fun fact: I have had the same height since the 5th grade!
Vice-President Social
Name: Rami Hamoudeh
Role: Coordinating all social event and activities pertaining to the faculty of medicine at McGill
Fun fact: I love the outdoors and I made my own awesome Aladdin costume
Vice-President Medical Education
Name: Arjun Gupta
Role: I advocate for the student body from Med-1 to Med-4 on educational matters before the faculty and chair the Medical Education Committee (EdCom).
Fun fact: I have never not owned a Google phone! #androids
Vice-President Internal Affairs
Name: Tarek Benzouak
Role: Management of clubs and standing committees within the MSS. I am also in charge of disseminating information from the MSS to fellow medical students through the weekly medical student newsletter called the Murmur and MSS-related social media profiles
Fun fact: I like building computers
Executive council (Outaouais campus)
Président exécutif
Name: Hongda Li
Role: I represent all students’s interests in Campus Outaouais representing CO on different occasions, and work alongside my college in the general council
Fun fact: I enjoy DMing my friend about a brilliant move i made in online chess game, so watch out
Vice-présidente exécutive & finances
Name: Peter Joseph Mounsef
Role: I am in charge of campus Outaouais finances and I assist the MSS-CO President with his responsibilities
Fun fact: I played rugby for team Quebec until i was 18. I got to play against teams from all over the world!
Vice-President External
Name: Misha Fotovati
Role: I represent the Outaouais cohort’s interests within the FMEQ while communicating closely with the Montreal VP External.
Fun fact: I was born in Japan!
Vice-President Medical Education
Name: Liliane Marie Fakhouri
Role:
As one of the VPs Medical Education, my role is to advocate for students within the faculty. To do so, along with my Mt colleague Arjun, I run the Medical Education Committee (EdCom). If you’re interested in getting involved, come talk to me!
Fun fact: Music is my passion! I love to listen to music of any kind, to sing, to play instruments, etc
Vice-President bien-être et espaces étudiants
Name: Jacob Nicodemo
Role: Je defends le bien-être des étudiants du campus Outaouais. Je m’occupe également de l’entretien des espaces étudiants du campus.
Fun fact: J’adore faire de la pâtisserie. Ma spécialité, c’est la crème brûlée
Officers
GAAC Officer
Name: Suzanne Simba
Role: The GAAC aims to increase medical student awareness of and involvement in health policy issue.
Fun fact: I love baking!
IT Officer
Name: Shana Théodore
Role: I consult with the faculty on IT matters and manage various tech platforms for the MSS.
Fun fact: Yoshi is my favorite MarioKart player
Medicine Senator
Name: Mustafa Fakih
Role: I represent students at the McGill University Senate, the University’s parliamentary governing body.
Fun fact: I like chicken nuggets
SSMU Representative
Name: Claire Grall-Johnson
Role: I act as the liaison between the MSS and the undergraduate student society at McGill, the SSMU!
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Student Spaces Officer
Name: Madison Odabassian
Role: I am taking care of the Lady Meredith Annex a place of reunion for medical students and the student lounge at McIntyre 5th floor.
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Class councils (Montreal campus)
Med-1 Class Council
Med-1 Academic Representative
Name: Fahima Khan
Role: Represent the class for academic matters and strive to improve the academic experience of all classmates.
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Med-1 Class President
Name: Renata Sabelli
Role: Represent and advocate for the Class of 2026.
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Med-2 Class Council
Med-2 Class President
Name: Taylor Morganstein
Role:I represent and advocate for the Class of 2026 within the MSS and the UGME
Fun fact: I love the Barbie movie
Med-2 Class Representative
Name: Laurence Robert
Role: I organize community-building events for the Class of 2026 and represent our class at meetings of MSS General Council.
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Med-2 Class Representative
Name: Catherine Korman
Role: Organize and promote all activities deemed necessary and appropriate by the respective Class Council.
Fun fact: I am a karaoke lover and I worked at La Maisonnée Resto-Bar for one month as a karaoke host! My go to karaoke song is Lose Yourself by Eminem.
Med-3 Class Council
Med-3 Class President
Name: Thomas Barabé-Tremblay
Role: I provide individualized support to my classmates on academic and non-academic matters and represent the entire class on various MSS and UGME committees
Fun fact: I’d probably eat pizza every day if it was socially and nutritionally acceptable
Med-3 Class Representative
Name: Jasmine Leung
Role: I organize fun events for the Class of 2025 to celebrate our milestones, promote wellness, and foster community-building.
Fun fact: I love purple.