Specialty Sections were created in 2021 to create a space for LHS+ pre-medical, medical students, alumni, and FPAC (e.g. faculty and physicians), who are interested in the same specialty, to network and discuss personal, professional, and academic-related concerns and opportunities.
| SPECIALTY | SECTION CHAIR | STUDENT CHAIR (S) | RESOURCE(S) | ||
| Anesthesiology |  Ruben Azocar, MD, MHCH, FASA, FCCM razocar@tulane.edu |  Geronimo Garcia, Jr. Warren Alpert Medical School | Access Anesthesiology Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Cell Biology/Physiology |  Hector Rasgado-Flores, PhD, MSc hector.rasgado@rosalindfranklin.edu | ||||
| Emergency Medicine |  Jeffrey Uribe MD jeffreyuribe01@gmail.com |  Maria Giraldo University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine | Access Emergency Medicine Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| ENT |  Esther Ximena Vivas, MD evivas@emory.edu |  Rebecca Zasloff Duke University School of Medicine | Access ENT Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Family Medicine |  Shirley Sharp, DO shsharp@augusta.edu |  Alvaro Cortez Medical College of Georgia | Access Family Medicine Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Internal Medicine |  Paloma F. Cariello, MD, MPH paloma.cariello@hsc.utah.edu |  Catherina Tovar Pensa McGovern Medical School UT Health Houston | Access Internal Medicine Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Neurology | TBA |  Isabella Canut Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine | Access Neurology Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Obstetrics & Gynecology |  Rolando De Leon, MD rdeleon1@nova.edu |  Laura Arbelaez Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Access OB/GYN Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Orthopaedics |  Selina Silva, MD ssilva@salud.unm.edu |  Lia Gaccione-Barreto Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Access Orthopaedic Surgery Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Pediatrics |  Fernando Mendoza, MD, MPH Fernando.Mendoza@stanford.edu |  Victoria Cavalino LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine | Access Pediatrics Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |  Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD gutierrezm19@uthscsa.edu |  Ely Cuberos Paredes Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine | Access PM&R Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Psychiatry & Behavioral Science |  Francisco Moreno, MD fmoreno@email.arizona.edu | Alonso Iñiguez University of California Los Angeles | Access Psychiatry Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Radiology |  Orlando Ortiz, MD, MBA doctoroortiz@gmail.com |  Samuel Escobar Brown University School of Medicine | Access Diagnostic Radiology Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 Access Interventional Radiology Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Surgery |  Jorge Ortiz, MD |  Nataly Montano Stanford University School of Medicine | Access Surgery Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Urology |  Marcelino Rivera, MD mrivera7@iuhealth.org |  Pablo Puente University of Illinois College of Medicine | Access Urology Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| MedPeds |  Nicole Reynoso-Vasquez, MD nr278@njms.rutgers.edu |  Domenica Goyes Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine | Access MedPeds Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Dermatology |  Zelma C. Chiesa Fuxench, MD, MSCE, FAAD |  Alejandra SilvaUniversity of Washington School of Medicine |  Diana Ayala St. George’s University School of Medicine |  Carolina Quintero Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine | Access Dermatology Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 |
| Neurosurgery |  Laura Salgado Lopez, MD, PhD  Juan Manuel Revuelta Barbero, MD |  Mathew Mendoza Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine | Access Neurosurgery Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 | ||
| Ophthalmology | TBA |  Karla Murillo University of California Los Angeles | Access Ophthalmology Career Compass HERE Last revision in December 2025 |