FACULTY

UI Health

Residency School

Cook County Hospital

Medical School

Boston University

Brad Bunney MD

Title

EM Residency Director, Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Interests

Academic Interests include neurological emergencies

Residency School

University of Illinois at Chicago

Medical School

Western University of Health Sciences

Shana Ross DO, MSc, MHPE Candidate

Title

Assistant EM Program Director, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Interests

Academic Interests include simulation, wellness, medical education & professional development

Residency School

Midwestern University

Medical School

Des Moines University

Christopher M. Colbert DO, FACOEP

Title

Assistant EM Residency Director, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Director of Health Disparities

Interests

Academic Interests include resident education, with personal interests including sports and music

Residency School

University of Illinois at Chicago IM/EM

Medical School

University of Illinois at Chicago

Carissa Tyo MD

Title

IM/EM Program Director, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Director of Clinical Decision Unit

Interests

Academic Interests include emergent care of the morbidly obese and facilitating communications between specialties

Residency School

University of Chicago Medical Center

Medical School

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Amit Arwindekar MD

Title

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Director Emergency Department Operations

Interests

Academic Interests include emergency department throughput, quality of patient care, physician wellness

Residency School

University of Illinois at Chicago IM/EM

Medical School

Michigan State

Sukhveer Bains MD

Title

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, IM/EM

Interests

Academic Interests include social emergency medicine, health disparities and opioid use disorders

Residency School

Northwestern University

Medical School

Northwestern University Medical School

Stacey Chamberlain MD, MPH

Title

Co-Director of International & Global Health Fellowship, Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Director of GMED Program

Interests

Academic Interests include global health, emergency medicine development in resource-limited settings and resident education

Residency School

Midwestern University

Medical School

Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine- Virginia Campus

David Chestek DO

Title

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Director of Clinical Informatics of ED & Community Care

Interests

Academic Interests include technology supporting our medical system and improving interoperability of healthcare systems

Residency School

University of Cincinnati

Medical School

Case Western Reserve University

Joseph C. Colla MD, RDMS

Title

Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Director, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Section Chief of O’Hare Urgent Care Clinic

Interests

Academic Interests include emergency ultrasound, international medicine, resident education and remediation, board and in-service test preparation, and emergency cardiac disease

Residency School

St. Luke’s- Roosevelt Hospital Center

Medical School

UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Marina Del Rios MD, MSc

Title

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Health Disparities Research Coordinator, Emergency Ultrasound Clinical Instructor

Interests

Academic Interests include discovering novel ultrasound uses in the emergency department, promoting practices to help reduce healthcare disparities, and incorporating primary care

Residency School

University of Illinois at Chicago

Medical School

University of Cincinnati

Wesley Eilbert MD

Title

Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Interests

Academic Interests include medical education and research

Residency School

University of Chicago

Medical School

University of Illinois at Chicago

Leah Finkel MD

Title

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Education Director Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Interests

Academic Interests include point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), simulation, medical education and discovering novel uses for POCUS in pediatric emergency medicine

Residency School

University of Illinois at Chicago

Medical School

University of Illinois

Lisa M. Gehm MD, FACEP

Title

Assistant Clinical Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Interests

Academic Interests include medial education, departmental processes, international medicine

Residency School

Duke University Hospital

Medical School

Duke University

Amber Hathcock MD

Title

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Interests

Academic Interests include global and public health with a focus on injury prevention and patient-centered, culturally competent care.

Residency School

William Beaumont Hospital, Michigan

Medical School

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Pavitra Kotini-Shah MD

Title

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Interests

Academic Interests include emergency cardiovascular care, resuscitation, point-of-care ultrasound, and sex/gender disparities

Residency School

University of Illinois at Chicago

Medical School

University of Illinois at Chicago

Janet Lin MD, MPH, MBA

Title

Co-Director of International & Global health Fellowship, Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Affiliate Professor- Division Community Health Sciences School of Public Health, Director- Health Systems Development, Center for Global Health

Interests

Academic Interests include international emergency medicine, global health, public health, humanitarian aid/response

Residency School

University of Illinois at Chicago / Toxicon

Medical School

University of Illinois- Rockford

Timothy J. Meehan MD, MPH, FACEP

Title

Assistant Clinical Professor Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology

Interests

Academic Interests include Toxicology (street drugs, pharmaceutical diversion, critical care) EM: sedation & airway

Residency School

University of Maryland

Medical School

University of Illinois at Chicago

Heather M. Prendergast MD, MPH, FACEP

Title

Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Co-Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs, Associate Head for Academic Affairs

Interests

Academic Interests include diastolic heart failure, elderly health disparities

Residency School

University of Illinois at Chicago IM/EM

Medical School

Southern Illinois University

Adam Rodos MD

Title

Assistant Director IM/EM Program, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Director of Quality

Interests

Academic Interests include hospital operations and flow, quality, patient safety, process improvement and the integration of these activities into resident and medical student education.