

Jisu Eom
President | Fourth Year
I joined GMMA because I was inspired by the network of health professionals and students working together with the common interest of serving God using medicine. Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of seeing GMMA grow in our UCI chapter. Through this community, I witnessed so much love and compassion for the kingdom of God. It has been such a great privilege to be able to serve and I’m excited for what God can do through GMMA.

Irene Jung
Vice President | Fourth Year

Sophie Lee
Secretary | Second Year

Jinseor Kim
External Affairs | Third Year

Katherine Kim
Treasurer | Fourth Year
GMMA is a wonderful and unique organization that is allowing me to grow in my faith while pursuing a degree. GMMA is allowing me to see how powerful the work of prayer is for the community and physical body. The approach of holistic healing has defined my future role as a health care professional. Reliable accountability and mentorship are extremely difficult to find in a campus club and I am glad to serve in GMMA.

Chrissie Alexander
Public Relations | Third Year
GMMA first caught my interest because it’s a unique organization that combines the Christian faith with healthcare. Through GMMA, I was exposed to what it means to pursue a healthcare career to provide holistic healing to those around us. UCI GMMA opened a new path for me to serve and grow alongside other brothers and sisters in Christ who are pursuing not only the similar goals of becoming healthcare professionals but also of becoming more Christ-like in our words and deeds.

Grace Lee
Missions Coordinator | Third Year
GMMA first caught my interest because it combines my three greatest passions–God, missions, and healthcare. It gives me so much joy to have found a family of brothers and sisters in Christ that share these same three areas of interest. GMMA has provided a setting in which I’ve been able to both flourish as a leader and further ignite my love for missions. During my time in GMMA, I learned that this community accepts me for who I really am–imperfections and all. I am so blessed to be able to join a team of such wonderful people in carrying out God’s glorious work.
ABOUT UCI GMMA
The UCI GMMA student chapter started in 2013 as KAMHC @ UCI student chapter. Dr. David Choi and Dr. Sanghoon Ahn both contributed significantly to making of KAMHC @ UCI student chapter and the other student chapters as well. The purpose of student chapters was to allow networking and mentorship between students and doctors with Christ in the center. We aspire to bring pre-health students in college into realms of Christian doctors who vision the Great Commission together with these students. This is done through opportunities that are provided, such as medical missions and volunteering. Contact Information: Jisu Eom ucigmma@gmail.com Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about UCI GMMA and our vision. Please let us know if you have a similar vision, and would like to collaborate or support. John 13:35
Mentors

Dr. Lee
Mentor | Pharmacist

Paul Lee
Student Mentor
Jennifer Nam
Student Mentor

Meeting
We meet every even Mondays (Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10) @ 7:30 PM at Humanities Hall 178. Meetings consist of prayer, worship, a guest speaker, and fellowship afterward. This quarter we plan to have joint meetings with another UC GMMA chapter, a hands-on workshop, and more. Please come and join us!
Week 1: Informational Meeting + Ice Cream and Churros Social
Week 2: Discovering Career Paths with Dr. Christine Jun
Week 4: Triage Workshop with Nurse Eveline
Week 6: SoCal GMMA Health Panel
Week 8: TBD
Week 10: Praise and Prayer Night

Missions
- November Mission Trip – 11/16/19
- Location: Mexico
- Application due 10/12/19 at 11:59 PM
- Local Missions #1 – 10/18/19
- Time: 4:30 – 7:00 PM
- Rescue Mission

Updates
- We are sponsoring a child from Korea! If you are interested in donating, please go to the Facebook page for more updates on how you can!
- Sign up for membership! It is NOT mandatory to be a “member” to attend GMMA general meetings. You may still be a part of GMMA as a general member. The purpose of membership is to encourage greater participation and commitment throughout the year. Membership fee is due 10/11/19 at 11:59 PM!
What’s UCI been up to?
- 2019 Fall Info Meeting: Ice Cream and Churros Social
- 2019 Fall GM #1: Discovering Career Paths with Dr. Christine Jun
- 2019 Fall GM #2: Triage Workshop with Nurse Eveline
- 2019 Fall GM #3
UCI GMMA kicked off the new school year with an Ice Cream and Churros Social and an informational meeting! What a wonderful time of getting to know new and returning members, mentors, and supporters over a delicious snack and icebreakers! Here’s to an amazing school year full of bonding, serving, and growing in our knowledge and in Christ!!
Thank you Dr. Christine Jun for coming to talk about her experience as a physician and for sharing about her missions life, both locally and globally! She shared about specializing in palliative care in which she will work with an interdisciplinary team to treat the whole person. It was amazing to get to know how her faith plays a role in her work as she strives to show Christ’s love through her actions!
“We live in our own bubble, and there is this whole world out there that we will never know if we never see.”
Tip: Before choosing your career path, know yourself (identity, purpose, strengths, weaknesses, passions)!
We had our first hands-on workshop of the year yesterday with Nurse Eveline!! Big thank you to Nurse Eveline for teaching about triage, putting together a super fun and interactive triage workshop, and sharing her experiences as a nurse!!
And thank you to those who came and participated!! Hope you all had a fun time
2018 Fall GM #3: Chiropractic Care
Come and join us for our 3rd general meeting of the quarter to meet Dr. Sean Kim, a skilled chiropractor who recently went on the Guatemala missions trip! He will be sharing his testimony about being a chiropractor and about his experience on missions. Also, join us for practical tips on pursuing healthcare and chiropractic care, to learn some helpful stretches, and for everything you need to know about chiropractic! **NOTE TO MEMBERS: Please plan to stay a little after the meeting! We will be going over tips for pre-health majors at UCI so you can hopefully avoid the mistakes we made. Come out with any questions about classes, schedules, professors, resources, etc.! Click here to RSVP!
- 2019 Winter GM #1: Adapted Physical Education Specialist
- 2019 Winter GM #2: Post-grad Panel
- 2019 Winter GM #3: IV Workshop
- 2019 Winter GM #4: Resume Workshop
Welcome to our first GM of Winter quarter! Adapted Physical Education Specialist, Kevin Ma came to talk to us today about his career. He works as a specialist at different schools, always enthusiastic and looking forward to working with kids with special needs. He works alongside other health professionals such as an occupational therapist and physical therapist, collaborating with them in order to better help the children. When he isn’t working at the schools, he teaches VBS at his church. He taught us how VBS really shares the story about the gospel through physical actions, connecting us with those who don’t speak the same language as us.
Thank you to everyone who came out to our meeting, especially our grad panelists who took the time out of their busy schedules to share their journey to where they are today! Here are some of the advice that they had shared with us.
Karo, third year (D.O):
- School
- 1st and 2nd year is mostly in the classroom while 3rd and 4th are clinical rotations
- Work with a different specialist each rotation
- Schedule varies based on the doctor or whatever the hospital has sent to you; typical hours are from 9-5
- Why he chose his field
- Enjoyed biology and chemistry classes
- Explored different fields with volunteer opportunities and lab and found himself as a natural fit
- Enjoyed working with the clinicians
- Advice
- Take what you learn and apply it to the real world
Audrey, gap year (Pre-med):
- Wants to do medicine and law
- Dermatologist (own products and patent)
- Postdoc at UCLA for science classes
- Currently a medical assistant at a cardiologist clinic; gets 40 clinical hours a week
- Why she chose her field
- Passionate about what she’s doing
- Loves reading, writing, makeup and skincare
- GMMA mission trip helped her; hoping to go on more mission trips in the future
- Passionate about what she’s doing
- Advice
- Dream big, if you want to do something, go for it
- Think broadly and be creative with what you want to do in the future
- Think longterm on what you’re going to do in the future; be passionate about it
Serena, first year (PT):
- Currently doing mostly didactic courses
- Why she chose her field
- Went into undergrad thinking she would become a doctor
- Did an internship for different careers
- Ultimately chose PT to have a relationship with her patients and to continue to be active
Eveline (Nurse):
- Got license as a nurse and is currently working as a patient caregiver (personal nurse for the family)
- Why she chose her field
- Originally wanted to be a pediatrician but saw how the nurses were the ones who were interacting and taking care of the patients
- Didn’t want to do all the years of school if she were to pursue pediatrics
- Many options that comes with nursing
- Business, teaching
Joanne (DH):
- Dental hygiene program at USC; overall hygiene and health of her patient (health of mouth, gums, oral health)
- 2 year program; Associates, Bachelors, or Masters
- Currently applying to DDS
- Why she chose her field
- Originally premed (pediatrician)
- Took intro to Occupational Therapy and enjoyed it; wanted to become an OT but her parents were not okay with it
- Liked the aspect of helping older adults
- Initially forced into dentistry, but gave it a try and volunteered and shadowed dental students
- Advice
- You can go into the health field even with a bad GPA! You may have to work harder and it may take longer, but it will be okay!
FELLOWSHIP
A couple of our members and post-grad, Audrey, went to UTC for fellowship!
Nurse Eveline Jho and fellow UCI alum taught us how to do an IV injection, one of the more simple injections that nurses have to do. We provided insulin, alcohol swabs, needles, and oranges in order to practice giving the injection. She demonstrated by:
- Taking the cap off the needle provided and injecting it into the insulin
- Carefully putting the cap back on the needle by putting the cap on the table or a flat surface and scooping it back on the needle. Once the cap is on the needle, push it down and secure it.
- Use the alcohol swab to clean the orange
- Take off the cap and make sure there are no bubbles, if there is, tap the needle on the side until there are no more bubbles
- Inject the needle into the orange
- Once insulin is injected, put the cap back on in the same fashion stated in step 2.
- You’re all done!
Here are some pictures of our members giving in injection to their “patients”
- 2018 Winter GM #1: Post Grad Health Panel
- 2018 Winter GM #2: Suturing
- 2018 Winter GM #4: Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician
For the first meeting of Spring Quarter, we will be having a grad student health panel! In addition, the new board members will be revealed and March mission testimonies will be shared! Click here to RSVP
- 2019 Spring GM #1: HOLT and Joseph Choi
- 2019 Spring GM #2: NP Sofia
- 2019 Spring GM #3: Ultrasound Workshop
- 2019 Spring GM #4: Understanding Mental Health through the Lens of the Gospel
Hospice Care with Joseph Choi
Joseph talked about his time in Hospice Care as a Chaplain and the link between volunteers and hospice patients. Instead of focusing purely on the physical aspect of healing, he presented us with the idea of holistic healing and how everyone in addition to physical health has emotional, mental, spiritual, and social health. He believes that one of the biggest lies in the world is the saying that “You can do anything if you put the effort into it; the sky is the limit”. We are all born with physical limitations even though it might not be as obvious. We all have limitations in all 5 aspects of life, but we can always be better than yesterday.
If you are interested in volunteering, go to CareChoices and sign up! If you happen to know Korean and are available Thursdays 10AM to 2PM (you don’t have to be there the entire time), volunteer to be with patients with dementia at Irvine Bethel Church!
Guest Speaker NP Sofia
NP Sofia shared about her career and her current student life as she is a seminary student. Rather than focusing too much on career, however, she spoke about taking a pause, connecting it to the Sabbath Year in Leviticus 24:1-7 when God tells the Israelites to pause, to Mark 6:31 when Jesus tells the apostles to rest, and Luke 10:38-42 in the contrast between Martha the anxious toiler and Mary who was resting and listening to Jesus. As the students are restlessly working towards their healthcare goals, it is easy to forget to rest–to take a pause. Instead of constantly working and saying everything is for God, it is important to see the difference between working for God and working with God. Working with Him will also encompass working for Him, and there will be time to enjoy the moment. Being with God, we can bring our worries and negative emotions to Him, asking Him to walk with us rather than taking our worries away.
Selah: “Pause and think calmly on that.”
Case Studies and Ultrasound Workshop with MD student, Jennifer Nam
MD student Jennifer Nam went over a couple case studies to introduce UCI GMMA members to FAST Scan, an essential way to check for internal bleeding in the ER using ultrasound. She gave a demonstration on how ultrasound works using a portable ultrasound machine that connects to her phone! Students were also able to try the ultrasound machine on 4 different parts of the body to see organs like the spleen, kidneys, lungs, a BEATING heart (!!!), and eyes!
GM #4: Understanding Mental Health through the Lens of the Gospel
- 1 suicide every 15 minutes
- 38,000 suicides in the US each year
- 90% of suicides related to mental illness
- 30% of all disability from all medical causes can be attributed to mental disorders (major depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, etc)
- ⅕ people suffer from a mental illness currently
- 50% will have onset by age 14, and 75% by age 24
- Psych: Greek word “Psukhe”
- Breath, life, soul, mind/reason
- Genesis 1:27-28 (image of God, Genesis 2:7)
- The Genesis 3 Incident:
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- Before the incident, everyone was blissful and mentally level
- After following the lie of Satan, it lead to a fatal independence from God; led to a captivity of the spirit/mind/soul by Satan
- Inhabited by sin
- Changed identity to child of the devil (not because of a sinful life, but because of the INTRODUCTION of sin)
- Natural consequences of curses such as mental problems
- Inhabited by sin
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- Good News: Salvation in Jesus Christ
- Trying to be good to others, trying to be a good person
- Is not a BAD thing, but it’s INEFFECTIVE
- Impossible to take out sin and Satan’s control without God’s help
- Is not a BAD thing, but it’s INEFFECTIVE
- Spirit of God enters; a gift not to be paid for, but to be received
- Sin removed
- New identity: child of God
- Remaining body/mind/spirit state
- Our mind is part of the flesh
- Trying to be good to others, trying to be a good person
- “In God’s economy, if He paid for you, He paid for you; once you’re adopted, you’re forever adopted”
- All people are susceptible to mental suffering, from mild temporary symptoms to severe disease chronic states
- Flesh level has a sickness; sin is not in the spirit—it’s a battle of the flesh with the spirit
Thank you to Dr. Esther Park and Oak Health Foundation for bringing an evangelistic message about mental health to UCI GMMA!! UCI GMMA members also received their cute shirts after the meeting 🙂
2018 Spring GM #3: Dentistry
Older Events and More!
November Mission Trip
Missions testimonies:
Diane Hong (3rd year, Anthropology Major) : Even though Mexico is so broken and torn apart the people continue to find ways and reasons to keep smiling. They choose to look at the good over the bad, and always find the silver lining in every situation. Every single child and patient that I interacted with made me realize how thankful I need to be for God because even in our brokenness he loves us endlessly and continues to pour onto us. He never stops stirring that fire in our hearts. Irene Jung (1st year, biology): From this mission trip, I could realize how big is our God’s love. Seeing this ordinary family building and running a clinic to serve the entire community! How can this happen without God’s amazing grace and love?! I am so grateful that our God is loving and caring God, and we are all his children 🙂 Runrong Kuang (1st year, biology): Going on mission trip to Sileo allowed me find my faith for the first time. It was such a powerful experience, for I had grown spiritually stronger and stronger as I get to know God more. To top off the whole mission trip, I was able to interact with health professionals, which solidified my goals for the future. *check out the photo gallery below for more pictures!
2017 Health Panel
UCI GMMA will be hosting a mini health panel TONIGHT (10/6) @ 7:30PM at SSL270 with the following health professionals who graciously took the time out of their super busy schedules to come to our campus and meet you guys: – Oncologist- Dr. Choi – Anesthesiologist- Dr. Michelle – Podiatrist- Dr. Charles – Family practice/Urology- Dr. Michael – 2 medical students- Simon Kim and Alex Nam
GMMA Fellowship Night

GM #3 (@Biola)

General Meeting #1

GM #1 WINTER QUARTER (Week 4, Jan 30th 2017)

GM #1 (Week 2, Oct 3)
Post meeting:
“What is the most important thing in your life? Some people may say God, but what is the second most important thing? Your spouse to be. If your spouse is messed up, your whole life will be messed up. So forget your profession. Forget everything. Start praying for your spouse to be.” Important life tips from Dr. Choi, our very own love guru :’) Thank you to those of you that came out today! Come out to GM #2 to start vitals training with our one and only President, Bryan who was an Emergency Medical Technician and now works as a Medical Assistant! #cyamonday
2018 Fall GM #3: Chiropractic Care
Come and join us for our 3rd general meeting of the quarter to meet Dr. Sean Kim, a skilled chiropractor who recently went on the Guatemala missions trip! He will be sharing his testimony about being a chiropractor and about his experience on missions. Also, join us for practical tips on pursuing healthcare and chiropractic care, to learn some helpful stretches, and for everything you need to know about chiropractic! **NOTE TO MEMBERS: Please plan to stay a little after the meeting! We will be going over tips for pre-health majors at UCI so you can hopefully avoid the mistakes we made. Come out with any questions about classes, schedules, professors, resources, etc.! Click here to RSVP!
GM #2 (Week 4, Oct 17)

Post-meeting:
Hey guys! Hope everyone is studying well for their midterms! Enjoy this little clip highlighting our meeting yesterday 🙂
2018 Fall GM #1: Medical Missions
Come out to GMMA’s first general meeting! Dr. Sarah Oh, DDS will be speaking about her experiences on both the mission field and in a clinical environment. We will also be sharing more about the upcoming missions trip as well! Click here to RSVP 😀
GM #3 (Week 8, Nov 14)

Post-meeting:
Live-stream of mission testimonies and special sermon by Pastor Justin! https://www.facebook.com/bryan.yi/videos/vb.1077300424/10209214046403038/?type=3&theater