Faculty, Residents, Staff Directory

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Attending Faculty
Adiutori, Lisa, DO Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 nedresky@uic.edu
Albrecht II, Ronald, MD Associate Professor	312-996-4020 ronron@uic.edu
Anderson, Jennifer, MD Visiting Associate Professor	312-996-4020 jenlande@uic.edu
Angelov, Felix, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 fangelov@uic.edu
Banchs, Richard J., MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 rbanchs@uic.edu
Baughman, Verna, MD Professor	312-966-4020 vbaughma@uic.edu
Beck Schimmer, Beatrice, MD Visiting Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology	312-996-4020 bbschimm@uic.edu
Beckerly, Rena, MD Visiting Associate Professor	312-996-4020 beckerr@uic.edu
Beckmann, Katharina, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 akmb@uic.edu
Burk, Nancy, MD Associate Professor	312-996-4020 nburk @uic.edu
Changyaleket, Ben, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 benjarat@uic.edu
Chiang, Christopher, MD Associate Professor	312-996-4020 cchiang@uic.edu
Chovatiya, Rani, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 rchova1@uic.edu
Demidovich, Yulia, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 ydemidov@uic.edu
Diaz, Geraldine, DO Associate Professor	312-996-4020 gdiaz@uic.edu
Edelman, Guy, MD Associate Professor	312-996-4020 gedelman@uic.edu
Eklund, Jamey, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 jeklun3@uic.edu
Espaldon, Phil, MD Clinical Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 cespal1@uic.edu
Feld, James, MD Professor	312-996-4020 jfeld@uic.edu
Fox, Gretchen, MD Clinical Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 gfox3@uic.edu
Galvan, Jacqueline, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 jmgalvan@uic.edu
Gitman, Marina, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 gitman@uic.edu
Golembiewski, Julie, PharmD Clinical Associate Professor	312-996-4020 jgolemb@uic.edu
Guha, Rahul, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 rguha@uic.edu
Hussain, Nadia, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 nhasan2@uic.edu
Jericho, Barbara, MD Professor	312-996-4020 jericho@uic.edu
Kim, Edina, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 ekim33@uic.edu
Kreilinger, Sabine, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 sabinek@uic.edu
Laurito, Charles, MD Professor	312-996-4020 sharps@uic.edu
Lee, Helen, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 leehelen@uic.edu
Leskiw, Ulana, MD Associate Professor	312-996-4020 uleskiw@uic.edu
Malik, Khalid, MD Professor	kldmalik@uic.edu 312-996-4020
Mercado, Pilar, MD Associate Professor	312-996-4020 pmerca1@uic.edu
Navar, Cynthia, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 cnavar3@uic.edu
Newman, Janet, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 jnewman@uic.edu
Nishioka, Hokuto, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 hokuton@uic.edu
Nixon, Heather, MD Associate Professor	312-996-4020 hnixon1@uic.edu
Oswald, Sarah, MD Associate Professor	312-996-4020 soswald7@uic.edu
Ovsevitz, Katherine “Katy”, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 kovsevit@uic.edu
Paisansathan, Chanannait, MD Associate Professor	312-996-4020 oon@uic.edu
Park, Christine, MD Professor of Anesthesiology and Medical Education	312-996-4020 cpark1@uic.edu
Pygon, Bernard ‘Bud’, MD Professor	312-996-4020 bpygon@uic.edu
Quadri, Syed, DO Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 squadr23@uic.edu
Roth, Steven, MD, FARVO Michael Reese Endowed Professor of Anesthesiology	312-996-0052 rothgas@uic.edu
Rothschild, Leelach,MD Associate Professor	312-996-4020 leelach@uic.edu
Schwartz, David, MD, FCCP Ronald F. Albrecht, MD, Professor in Anesthesiology Head, Department of Anesthesiology	312-996-4020 dschwarz@uic.edu
Thompson, Nicole, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 nthomps1@uic.edu
VadeBoncouer, Tim, MD Associate Professor	312-569-6126 tvdbc@uic.edu
Voronov, Polina, MD Associate Professor	312-996-4020 pvoronov@uic.edu
Votta-Velis, Effrossyni Gina, MD PhD Associate Professor	312-996-4020 ginavot@uic.edu
Waldinger, Rachel, MD Clinical Instructor	312-996-4020 rgilbe4@uic.edu
Weinberg, Guy, MD Professor	312-996-4020 guyw@uic.edu
Weinstein, Corinne, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 cweins3@uic.edu
Wheeler, Peggy, MD James M. Feld Professor of Anesthesiology	312-996-4020 pwheel@uic.edu
Wilkinson, Nikki, MD Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 nrw@uic.edu

Affiliated Faculty	^Top

Berkowitz, Richard, MD Clinical Assistant Professor	312-996-4020
Goldschmidt, Tammara, MD Clinical Instructor	312-996-4020 tgoldsch@uic.edu
Higgins, Michael, DDS Clinical Professor	mshiggdd@uic.edu 312-996-4020
Ho, Simon G., MD Associate Professor	312-996-4020 sho3@uic.edu
Markiv, Volodimir, MD Clinical Assistant Professor	312-996-4020
Okpala, Chukwudi “Chuck”, MD Clinical Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 cokpala@uic.edu
Rakic, Andrei, MD Clinical Assistant Professor	312-996-4020 arakic1@uic.edu

Fellows	^Top
Faruqi, Adnan, MD Pain Fellow	312-996-4020 afaruqi@uic.edu
Peters, Krysta, MD Neuroanesthesiology Fellow	312-996-4020 peters9@uic.edu
Shah, Chirag “Chi”, MD Regional Anesthesia	312-996-4020 cshah21@uic.edu
Tran, Neilson, MD Pain Medicine	312-996-4020 ntran34@uic.edu
Warren, Michael, MD Pain Medicine	312-996-4020 mkwarren@uic.edu
Wong, Natalie, MD Pain Medicine	312-996-4020 nwong25@uic.edu
Nurses	^Top

Abanco, Francisco “Kiko”, DNP, CRNA	312-996-4020 fcabanco@uic.edu
Becker, Alaina, DNP, CRNA	312-996-4020 abecker@uic.edu
Bowles, Whitney, CRNA	312-996-4020 wbowles@uic.edu
Casper, Amanda, DNP, CRNA	312-996-4020 acasper@uic.edu
Glenn, Christopher, CRNA	312-996-4020 ctglenn@uic.edu
Huske, Therese, CRNA	312-996-4020 thuske@uic.edu
Keaton. Savannah, CRNA	312-996-4020 jskeaton@uic.edu
Kellermann, Stacye, CRNA	312-996-4020 stacye@uic.edu
Kersey, Rachael, CRNA	312-996-4020 rkersey@uic.edu
Meredith, Megan, CRNA	312-996-4020 mmered2@uic.edu
Nofsinger, Andrea “AJ”, CRNA	312-996-4020 anofsi2@uic.edu
Pierre, Gaelle, DNP, CRNA	312-996-4020 gpierr3@uic.edu
Sarangay, Claritess “Clar”, DNP, CRNA	312-996-4020 sarangay@uic.edu
Zervakis, Mary Ann, DNP, CRNA Assistant Director of Advance Practice Providers	312-996-4020 zervakis@uic.edu
Zhou, Minnie “Min”, DNP, CRNA	312-996-4020 minniez@uic.edu
Zurn, Laurie, CRNA	312-996-4020 conavay@uic.edu

Office	^Top
Barabanova, Alexandra Research Associate	312-996-4020 barabano@uic.edu
Clifford, Paul IT Tech Assoc	312-996-4020 pcliff@uic.edu
Cortez, Jessica Residency Program Coordinator	312-355-0417 jlcortes@uic.edu
Cunningham, Sherri Medical Staff Specialist	312-996-4020 sherrim@uic.edu
Day, Elizabeth Research Associate	312-996-1113 eday2@uic.edu
Harvey, Anitra Fellowship Coordinator	312-355-0417 lmccool@uic.edu
Lazzara, Michele, PhD Director of Administrative Operations	312-996-4020 michelel@uic.edu
Lee, Yim ‘Iris’ Accountant	312-996-4020 Ilee3@uic.edu
Petty, Sandra Procedure & Systems Analyst III	312-996-4020 spetty@uic.edu

Research	^Top
Bae, Misuk Postdoctoral Research Associatev	mbae3@uic.edu
Boullerne, Anne, PhD Research Assistant Professor	312-569-7871 abouller@uic.edu
Castellon, Maricela Research Specialist Health Sciences	312-996-7878 mcaste4@uic.edu
Chen, Zhenlong Research Faculty	zlchen@uic.edu
Chignalia, Andreia, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate	312-996-1636 andreiac@uic.edu
Cho, Jaehyung Assistant Professor	thromres@uic.edu 312-355-5923
Chong, Zhao Zhong, MD, PhD Research Assistant Professor	312-355-1550 zzchong@uic.edu
Danilov, Sergei, MD, PhD Research Associate Professor	312-413-7526 danilov@uic.edu
Feinstein, Douglas, PhD Research Professor	312-355-1665 dlfeins@uic.edu
Hu, Guochang Associate Professor	gchu@uic.edu 312-996-4692
Isbatan, Ayman Research Specialist	312-996-1636 isbatana@uic.edu
Kalinin, Sergey, MD Postdoctoral Research Associate	312-996-9933 sergey@uic.edu
Lin, Shao-Xia Research Specialist Health Sciences	312-355-5561 sxlin@uic.edu
Liu, Xiaoqian (Grace), MD Visiting Scholar	xiaoqian@uic.edu
Lv, Yang, MD Visiting Scholar	yanglv@uic.edu
Marangoni, M. Natalia Instructor	mmaran1@uic.edu
Mathew, Biji Research Assistant Professor	312-355-1694 bijim@uic.edu
Minshall, Richard D., PhD Professor	312-996-1655 rminsh@uic.edu
Oliveira, Suellen Postdoctoral Research Associate	suelleno@uic.edu
Ripper, Richard Licensed Veterinary Technician 3	312-569-6759 ripper@uic.edu
Rusu, Luiza Postdoctoral Research Associate	lsergh2@uic.edu
Torres, Leianne, MD Research Assistant	312-996-1181 ltorre6@uic.edu
Zhang, Yongkang, MD, PhD Research Assistant Professor	312-355-2719 yzhang@uic.edu

Residents	^Top
CA0
Black, Andrew, MD	312-996-4020 ablack34@uic.edu
Gnanendran, Arrthy, DO	312-996-4020 agnane2@uic.edu
Huey, Benjamin, MD	312-996-4020 bhuey@uic.edu
Merriman, John, MD	312-996-4020 jmerri22@uic.edu
Moynihan, Matthew, DO	312-996-4020 moyniha1@uic.edu
Nguyen, Lisa, DO	312-996-4020 lnguye86@uic.edu
Riutta, Stephen, MD	312-996-4020 sriutt2@uic.edu
Spina, Anthony “Tony”, MD	312-996-4020 spina1@uic.edu
Strope, Matthew, DO	312-996-4020 mstrop2@uic.edu
Yu, James, DO	312-996-4020 jyu91@uic.edu
Zardhah, Ayden, MD	312-996-4020 zarkhah2@uic.edu

CA1
Arbra, Chase, MD	312-996-4020 carbra@uic.edu
Betancourth, David, MD	312-996-4020 dbetan3@uic.edu
Gorden, Zachary, DO	312-996-4020 zgorde2@uic.edu
Huntington, Brian, MD	312-996-4020 bhunti2@uic.edu
Janiczek, David, MD	312-996-4020 djanic4@uic.edu
Makhija, Nikhil, DO	312-996-4020 nmakhi4@uic.edu
Morrison, Jesse, MD	312-996-4020 jmorri49@uic.edu
Patel, Chirag, MD	312-996-4020 cpatel58@uic.edu
Perez, Michael, MD	312-996-4020 mperez68@uic.edu
Sangha, Ronvir, MD	312-996-4020 sangha1@uic.edu
Singh, Amit, MD	312-996-4020 asing46@uic.edu
Welch, Morgan, DO	312-996-4020 mwelch6@uic.edu

CA2
Aref, Yusuf, MD	312-996-4020 yaref2@uic.edu
Chavez, Cy, MD	312-996-4020 cychavez@uic.edu
Esparaz, David, MD	312-996-4020 despar3@uic.edu
Isaac, Hiram, MD	312-996-4020 hisaac3@uic.edu
Kalisky, Josh, MD	312-996-4020 jkalisky@uic.edu
Kumar, Monica, MD	312-996-4020 mkumar26@uic.edu
Militana, Ryan, DO	312-996-4020 rmilit2@uic.edu
Milonas, Peter, MD	312-996-4020 pmilon2@uic.edu
Nanegrungsunk, Danop ‘Tim’, MD	312-996-4020 nanegrun@uic.edu
Sadiq, Mahniya, MD	312-996-4020 msadiq3@uic.edu
Seike, Mai, DO	312-996-4020 mseike2@uic.edu
Williams, Michael, MD	312-996-4020 mwilli93@uic.edu
Yeh, ‘Evelyn’ Chu-Yin, DO, PhD	312-996-4020 cyeh22@uic.edu

CA3
Bhakta, Samir, MD	312-996-4020 sbhakta1@uic.edu
Cepaitis, Egle, MD	312-996-4020 ecepai2@uic.edu
Chauvet, Victor Diego, MD	312-996-4020 vchauv2@uic.edu
Choudhary, Rohit, MD	312-996-4020 rchoudh1@uic.edu
Deburghgraeve, Cory, MD	312-996-4020 cdeburg@uic.edu
Hachem, Hachem, MD	312-996-4020 hhachem@uic.edu
Haggerty, Erin, MD	312-996-4020 ehagge2@uic.edu
Jain, Ayesha, MD	312-996-4020 ajain63@uic.edu
Jameson, Grant, MD	312-996-4020 gjames2@uic.edu
Jones, Larissa, MD	312-996-4020 ljones45@uic.edu
Marupudi, Nandhini, MD	312-996-4020 nmarupud@uic.edu
Mills, Peter, MD	312-996-4020 pmills2@uic.edu
Patel, Mital, MD	312-996-4020 mvpatel1@uic.edu
Shah, Jarna, MD	312-996-4020 shah10@uic.edu
Yelavarthi, Vamshi, MD	312-996-4020 vyelav1@uic.edu

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