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Department Heads & Section Chiefs

Students who wish to enroll in electives that are not approved electives must receive prior written approval from the appropriate College of Medicine Department Head or designee listed below .

 

Department: Anatomy and Cell Biology
Head: Scott Brady, M.D.
Designee:
Phone: 312-996-6791
Email:
Location: 578 CME, M/C 512
 
Department: Anesthesiology
Head: David Schwartz, M.D.
Designee: Dr. Pat Babb 
Phone: 312-996-4020
Email:
Location: Room 3200, UICH, M/C 515
 
Department: Dermatology
Head: Lawrence Chan, M.D.
Designee: Claudia Hernandez, M.D. 
Phone: 312-996-6966
Email: claudiah@uic.edu
Location: Room 380 CME, M/C 624
 
Department: Emergency Medicine
Head:  Gary Strange, M.D.
Designee:  Lisa Gehm, M.D. 
Phone: 312-413-1675
Email: lgehm@uic.edu
Location: 47A-A CME, M/C 724
 
Department:  Family Medicine
Head: Patrick Tranmer, M.D.
Designee:  Nipa Shah, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-9297
Email: nshah1@uic.edu
Location: 1919 West Taylor Street, M/C 663
 
Department:  Medical Education
Head: Leslie J. Sandlow, M.D.
Designee: 
Phone: 312-996-3594
Email:
Location: 9th Floor CME, M/C 591
 
Department:  Neurology and Rehabilation
Head:  Philip B.Gorelick, M.D.
Designee:  Olivia Kincaid, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-1757, 312-996-6496
Email: neuro@uic.edu, kincaid@uic.edu
Location: Room 855N NPI, M/C 796
 
Department: Neurosurgery
Head: Fady Charbel, M.D.
Designee:  
Phone: 312-996-4842
Email: fcharbel@uic.edu
Location: Room 451-N NPI, M/C 799
 
Department:  Obstetrics and Gynecology
Head: Sarah Kilpatrick, M.D.
Designee: Sherri Nordstorm, M.D.
Phone: 312-413-2040, 312-355-7430
Email: sherryn@uic.edu
Location: Room 260 CSN, M/C 808
 
Department: Ophthalmology
Head: Demetri Azar, M.D.
Designee: Ali Djalilian, M.D. 
Phone: 312-996-6590, 312-996-8937
Email:
Location: Room 1.59, M/C 648
 
Department:  Orthopaedics
Head: Mark H. Gonzalez
Designee: 
Phone: 312-413-3012
Email: hand15@uic.edu
Location: Room E270 MSB , M/C 844
 
Department:  Otolaryngology
Head: J. Regan Thomas. M.D.
Designee:  H. Steven Sims, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-6582
Email: hssims@uic.edu
Location: Head and Neck Surgery, M/C 648
 
Department:  Pathology
Head: Robert Folberg, M.D.
Designee: Michele Raible, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-4601, 312-996-3517
Email: rfolberg@uic.edu, mraible@uic.edu
Location: Room 446 CMW, M/C 847
 
Department: Pediatrics
Head: Ushe Raj, M.D.
Designee: Jordan Hupert, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-8297, 312-996-6138
Email: jhupert@uic.edu
Location: Room 1245 CSB, M/C 856
 
Department:  Psychiatry
Head: Henry Dove, M.D.
Designee:  Sean Blitzstein, M.D. 
Phone: 312-996-6219
Email: Sean.Blitzstein@va.gov
Location: Room 336 CSB, M/C 913
 
Department: Radiology
Head:  Masoud Hemmati, M.D.
Designee: Parkash Talwar
Phone: 312-996-0234 , 312-996-0235
Email:
Location: Room 2483 UICMC, M/C 931
 
Department: Surgery
Head: Enrico Benedetti, M.D.
Designee:  Norman Snow, M.D.  
Phone: 312-996-6771, 312-355-0409
Email: nsnow@uic.edu
Location: 417 CSB, M/C 958
 
Department: Urology
Head: Craig Niederberger, M.D.
Designee: 
Phone: 312-996-9330
Email: craign@uic.edu
Location: Room 515 CSN, M/C 955
 
 

 

Department: Medicine
Head: Thomas Layden, M.D.
Location: Room 1020 CSB, M/C 787

*******Medicine Specialities approved by Section Chief********

Section: Cardiology
Chief: Sam Dudley, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-9096
Email: scdudley@uic.edu
Location: 928 CSB
 
Section: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Chief: Theodore Mazzone, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-7989
Email: tmazzone@uic.edu
Location: 612 CMW
 
Section: Digestive Disease and Nutrition
Chief: Gail Hecht, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-1565
Email: gahecht@uic.edu
Location: 718E CSB
 
Section: General Internal Medicine
Chief: John Tulley, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-6662
Email: jetulley@uic.edu
Location:
 
Section: Geriatrics
Chief: Donald Jurivich, D.O.
Phone: 312-996-9129
Email: jurivich@uic.edu
Location: 440 CSN
 
Section: Hepatology
Chief: Scott Cotler, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-6929
Email: scotler@uic.edu
Location: 1012 CSB
 
Section : Infectious Diseases
Chief: James Cook, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-0100
Email: JLCook@uic.edu
Location: Room 888 CME
 
Section: Internal Medicine 
Chief: John Tulley, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-5014
Email: jetulley@uic.edu
Location: 440 CSN
 
Section: Nephrology
Chief: Jose Arruda, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-6735
Email: JAArruda@uic.edu
Location : 418-W CSN
 
Section: Hematology/Oncology
Chief: Gary Kruh, M.D.
Phone: 312-413-2655
Email: gkruh@uic.edu
Location: 820E CSB
 
Section: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Chief: John Christman, M.D.
Phone: 312-996-8039
Email: jwc@uic.edu
Location: 915 CSB
 
Section: Rheumatology
Chief: William Swedler, M.D.
Phone: 312-413-9310
Email: wiswedle@uic.edu
Location: A-312 CMW
 
Section: Health Promotions and Research
Chief: Marian Fitzgibbon, Ph.D.
Phone: 312-996-0146
Email: mlf@uic.edu
Location: 586  WRB