Membership
MSV Medical Students
Get involved in the Virginia medical community: advocate on behalf of Virginia physicians and patients, network with physicians and PAs, and learn about the business of medicine to help influence its future.
MSV’s Medical Student Section (MSS) participates at the local, state, and national levels. Get involved through school chapter opportunities, serving on the GC, and nationally through the American Medical Association (AMA-MSS).
The Medical Society of Virginia’s (MSV) Medical Student Section (MSS) was established in 1997 to serve as a unified voice for students in state and national affairs. The MSS is represented by a Governing Council (GC), which represents six medical schools in Virginia.
Membership is open to any medical student attending medical school at:
- Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University
- Liberty College of Osteopathic Medicine
- University of Virginia
- Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia Tech Carilion
The MSV offers students the opportunity to join the AMA and MSV together.
Get a 4-year membership to both the MSV and AMA for just $50—and receive a free gift of your choice (up to $60 in value), such as First Aid for the USMLE.
Ready to become a part of the MSV?
We are here for you. And we are better—because of you. See 4 big ways medical students benefit from membership with MSV.
Conditions of AMA Membership and Application: As part of a physician organization committed to strengthening the ethics of medicine, every AMA member pledges to uphold the Principles of Medical Ethics as interpreted in the Code of Medical Ethics, and to comply with the Bylaws of the American Medical Association and the Rules of the AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. Applicants and members of the AMA are required to disclose to the AMA Office of General Counsel any violations of the Principles of Medical Ethics or unprofessional conduct, including actions taken regarding professional licensure, medical staff privileges, or felony or fraud convictions. Additionally, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act requires professional societies (such as the AMA) to report certain professional review actions, including denial of membership, to the National Practitioner Data Bank.
