Association of Minority Residents & Fellows (AMRF)

Our Mission 

AMRF is committed to uplifting trainees in all fields at URMC through recruitment and retention, creating and sustaining a supportive community through mentorship, and by fostering the advancement of our members, allies, and the surrounding community through networking and advocacy. We work to intentionally create psychologically safe, culturally informed, and socially conscious spaces filled with opportunities for connection, and personal and professional growth. 

Our Goals 

Advancement: provide career development opportunities for members and allies across all fields of medicine locally and nationally.  

Networking & Collaboration: engage with departments within URMC and organizations within the greater Rochester community to provide a social and professional support network for members and allies.  

Mentorship: foster and strengthen the pipeline from the medical student to the faculty level for all members and allies.  

Recruitment & Retention: improve the diversity in our training programs and faculty, by actively recruiting clinically excellent trainees while encouraging retention through the creation of a supportive and equitable professional environment 

Community Advocacy: serving our surrounding community by providing health education, outreach, and promoting engagement opportunities

President 

Our president serves as our institutional contact-person for AMRF. This person is responsible for creating and developing yearly long-term and short-term goals for the organization and delegating the tasks required to accomplish the stated goals. They ensure the continuation of scheduled programming and plan and execute monthly executive board meetings. 

 Vice President 

Our vice president also serves as our institutional contact-person for AMRF. This person is responsible for supporting the president with the aforementioned duties, including acting as president in the event that the president is indisposed. 

Secretary 

Our secretary is responsible for keeping our trainee lists, email listserv, and other group lists current. Additionally, this person serves as our organization’s record keeper– recording event attendance and keeping and distributing meeting minutes. 

 Treasurer(s) 

Our treasurers are responsible for creating and updating our yearly budget. They will track cash flow, including annual funding and other external funds. Additionally, they serve as the official contacts for any financial matters for our organization. 

Mentorship Chair(s) 

Our Mentorship Chairs are responsible for representing AMRF at organization meetings both in the community and the University of Rochester Medical School. They are responsible for organizing resident and fellow engagement in medical student activities, organizing mentorship, networking and other social opportunities with the medical students of the University of Rochester. They will also be responsible for attending meetings with organizations in the community, taking meetings minutes and providing these to the AMRF Secretary for record keeping and distribution as well as identifying opportunities in the community for mentorship with medical students and attendings. 

GME Liaison 

Our Graduate Medical Education (GME) liaison will represent AMRF at monthly Graduate Medical Education Conference (GMEC) meetings, taking meeting minutes, and providing these to the secretary for record keeping and distribution. 

Wellness Chair(s) 

Our wellness chairs are responsible for organizing social events and opportunities for AMRF trainees to interact with each other outside of the hospital. They work with the public relations chair to keep our social media presence strong. 

Community Service Chair(s) 

Our community service chairs are responsible for leading and organizing community involvement efforts, creating and sustaining a running database of ongoing community service opportunities, and working closely with the public relations chair to keep the community engagement portion of the website updated. They also work to spearhead community service and outreach efforts to better the health of our surrounding city through healthcare education and engagement. 

 Public Relations Chair(s) 

Our public relations chairs are responsible for monitoring and updating all AMRF social media platforms. They will work closely with our affiliate organizations, and our community service and social chairs to keep the website updated with joint events, medical student engagement, mentorship, networking, community engagement, and social events. 

Who can become a member or ally of AMRF? 

Any current or former URMC resident or fellow (MD/DO) that support AMRF’s mission of advocating for the creation of psychologically safe spaces for black and brown colleagues is welcome to join AMRF.  

 A member is anybody that identifies as part of groups historically underrepresented in medicine (URiM). An ally is anybody that feels they do not meet these criteria but would still like to support AMRF’s mission as above. Both members and allies are invited to participate in our mentorship, networking and social events.  

 In addition, we encourage all members and allies to promote and support psychologically safe, culturally informed and socially conscious spaces within their individual departments across the University. For other ways to get involved within URMC, please visit the Office of Engagement & Enrichment for more information.  

 How can I apply to be a part of AMRF?  

During your resident/fellow orientation, AMRF will have a presentation during which time we will have those interested scan a QR code that will bring you to the application. If you miss us during your orientation, please feel free to reach out to us at AMRF@URMC.Rochester.edu