IM/EM Alumni

CLASS OF 2023

Paul Blessing | Global Health Fellow, UIC Emergency Physician and Hospitalist, Chicago
Ryan Dwyer |
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellow, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Dorota Stobierska | Emergency Physician and Hospitalist, Chicago
Mike Niroumandpour |
Emergency Physician and Hospitalist, NYC

CLASS OF 2022

Lily Cheng, MD | Fellowship: Pulmonary Critical Care, Emory University
Rebecca Kreston, MD | Jefferson EM and Hospitalist

CLASS OF 2021

Aaron Case, MD | Fellowship: Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins
Emily Wheelis, MD | Fellowship: Wilderness Medicine, University of New Mexico
Will Brumley, MD |  Applying to Pulm/CCM Fellowship

CLASS OF 2020

Sal Calo, MD | Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Alexander Davies, MD | Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland
Justin Kosirog, MD | Fellowship: Gastroenterology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

CLASS OF 2019

Gabe Hoffman | Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania
Elspeth Pearce | EM Physician, University of Kansas
Mary Brennan Naughton | EM Physician, Rush University Medical Center, Illinois

CLASS OF 2018

Ashley Binder | Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Georgia
Vinay Mikkilineni | EM Physician and Hospitalist, University of Illinois at Chicago
Fellowship: Global Health and MPH, University of Illinois at Chicago
Joseph Nobile | Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania

CLASS OF 2017

George Hughes-Strange | EM Physician, Emory University Hospital, Georgia
Alex Kobzik | Critical Care Physician, Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultants, Miami Valley Hospital, Ohio
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania
Ryan Gore | Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Illinois

CLASS OF 2016

June Chae  |  Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Mayo Clinic Health System, Minnesota
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, Minnesota
Adam Rodos  |  Assistant Program Director, IM/EM Residency, University of Illinois at Chicago
EM Physician and Hospitalist, University of Illinois at Chicago
Ryan Cooper  |  EM Physician, Wake Emergency Physicians, North Carolina

CLASS OF 2015

Jeremy Smiley | EM Physician, Northshore University Hospital and Hospitalist, Illinois
Tom Alcorn | EM Physician, Rush University Medical Center, Illinois

CLASS OF 2014

Richard Doyle | EM Physician, Jesse Brown VA and Infectious Disease Physician, Illinois | Fellowship: Infectious Disease, University of Illinois at Chicago

Jenny Tristano
| EM Physician, Indiana and Observation | Hospitalist, University of Illinois at Chicago

CLASS OF 2013

Matthew Siedsma | Critical Care Physician, University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Pennsylvania
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Pennsylvania
Josh Sawyer | EM Physician, North Carolina

CLASS OF 2012

Shilpa Raju | EM Physician, University of Utah
David Schrift | Critical Care Physician, University of South Carolina | Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, Cooper Medical Center, New Jersey

CLASS OF 2011

Karin Halvorson | Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Tulane University Medical Center, Louisiana | Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brown University, Rhode Island
Mike Tritt | EM Physician, AMITA Health System, Illinois

CLASS OF 2010

Andi Tenner  |  EM Physician and Global Health Sciences Affiliate Faculty at UC San Francisco, California
Fellowship: International Emergency Medicine and MPH, Columbia University/New York Presbyterian, New York 
Paul Casey  |  Acting Chief Medical Officer and Senior Patient Safety Officer, Rush University Medical Center, Illinois

CLASS OF 2009

Vaishal Tolia
Medical Director, Emergency Department and Hospital Medicine, UC San Diego Health, California
Jason Glowney
Founder and Physician, Integrative and Regenerative Medicine, Boulder Biologics, Colorado Fellowship: Sports Medicine, University of Colorado

CLASS OF 2008

Michael Knisley
EM Physician, Ochsner Medical Center, Louisiana
Ethan Sterk
EM Physician, Loyola University Medical Center, Illinois

CLASS OF 2007

Todd Templeman
Medical Director, Clinical Decision Unit and EMS, Suburban Hospital, Maryland
John Shanley
Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, The Intensivist Group at Rush Copley Medical Center, Illinois | Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

CLASS OF 2006

Rob Gordon
Director for Advanced Heart Failure, Northshore University Hospital, Illinois
Fellowship: Cardiology at University of Illinois at Chicago and Advanced Heart Failure at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Illinois
Carissa Tyo
Program Director, IM/EM Residency and Medical Director, Clinical Decision Unit
EM Physician and Hospitalist, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois

CLASS OF 2005

Chad Kessler
Deputy Chief of Staff, Durham VA Health Care System and Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, North Carolina
Terese Chan-McNabb
EM Physician, French Hospital Medical Center, California

CLASS OF 2004

Dr. Derek Piper graduated from our dual Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine (IM/EM) program in 2004. An excerpt from his obituary printed in the Miami Herald on January 11, 2006, follows. “Derek Dauphinot Piper, MD, man of adventure, science, and generosity; died at 36. His death followed a recent diagnosis of a brain tumor.”

CLASS OF 2003

Elizabeth Neale
EM Physician, North Carolina
Randy Sharer
EM Physician, Texas

CLASS OF 2002

Tom Eiseman
Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group, Central DuPage Hospital, Illinois
Rotem Friede
Critical Care Medicine Physician, The Intensivist Group/MPH, Pennsylvania
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Illinois

CLASS OF 2001

Steve Trecziak
Chairman and Chief, Department of Medicine and Medical Director of the Adult Health Institute, Cooper University Medical Center, New Jersey
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Illinois
Bryan Finke
Emergency Physician, CoxHealth, Missour

CLASS OF 2000

Nancy Eiseman
EM Physician, Rush Oak Park and DuPage Medical Group, Illinois
John Alexis
EM Physician, Central DuPage Hospital Emergency Physicians, Illinois

CLASS OF 1999

Ed Ward
Vice Chairperson, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rush Medical College, Illinois
John Queen
EM Physician, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Paul Faine
EM Physician, Central DuPage Hospital Emergency Physicians, Illinois

CLASS OF 1998

Steve Holtsford
Academic Faculty, Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, Illinois
Jolio Barbosa
EM Physician, Arizona
Chuma Oginowie
Deceased

CLASS OF 1997

Marc Dorfman
Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency, Resurrection Medical Center, Illinois