PEOPLE
Faculty
Beata M. Wolska, PhD
Professor of Physiology in Medicine
Biographical Info
Education History
Medical School: Warsaw Technical University, Warsaw, Poland
Residency: Postgraduate Center of Med. Education, Warsaw
List of Accomplishments/Awards/Honor
2005 Moderator of Symposium: Cardiac Muscle – 49th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA
2003 Philip L. Hawley Distinguished Faculty Award – University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Physiology and Biophy
1999 Moderator of Symposium: Regulation of Myofilament- Mechanics in the Normal and Failing Heart – The 72nd Scientific Sessions of American Heart Association Meeting, Atlanta, GA
1995 Travel Award: The XV World Congress of the International Society for Heart Research, Prague, Czech Republic
1995 Chair of Symposium: Contractile Proteins: The XV World Congress of the International Society for Heart Research, Prague, Czech Republic
1992 Minister of Health’s Award (for Ph.D. Thesis Merit), Warsaw, Poland
1991 Award for Research Achievement: Postgraduate Center of Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
1990 Graduate Fellowship: Postgraduate Center of Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
1986 Award for Studies, Research, and Defense of Master’s Thesis:Warsaw Technical University, Warsaw, Poland
1981-1986 Honors Scholarship, Warsaw Technical University
Fellows
GENERAL CARDIOLOGY FELLOWS – CLASS of 2025
Bahaa Al-Azzam, MD
MD: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Residency: St. Francis Hospital
Fredrick Ogugua, MD
MD: Gulf Medical University
Residency: Hennepin Healthcare
Aamir Twing, MD
MD: University of North Carolina
Residency: University of Illinois
Altonio Hosey, MD
MD: Renaissance School of Medicine
Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Ro-Kaye Simmonds, MD
MD: University of West Indies
Residency: Hackensack University
GENERAL CARDIOLOGY FELLOWS – CLASS of 2024
Oluremi Ajala, MD
MD: University of Ibadan College of Medicine
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Satish Mishra, MD
MD: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Chicago
Erik Simon, MD
MD: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Residency: University of Illinois Chicago
Sean Behan, MD
MD: University of Arizona College of Medicine
Residency: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Marco Shaker, MD
MD: Minia University
Residency: Loyola University
CARDIOLOGY T32 FELLOWS – CLASS of 2024
Michael Hill, MD
MD: The University of Toledo College of Medicine
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago
Anish Shah, MD
MD: Texas A&M Health Science Ctr, College of Medicine
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
GENERAL CARDIOLOGY FELLOWS – CLASS of 2023
Owais Abdul-Kafi, MD
MD: University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago
Yogesh Jonna, MD
MD: Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin
Alexander Kudinov, MD
MD: People’s Friendship University of Russia Faculty of Medicine
Residency: The University of New Mexico School of Medicine
ADVANCED HEART FAILURE FELLOWS – CLASS of 2023
Peter Marogil, DO
MD: Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Brookwood Baptist Health
Fellowship: Franciscan Health Olympia Fields
EP FELLOWS – CLASS of 2024
Gursukhman Sidhu, MD
MD: All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education
Fellowship: Tulane University
EP FELLOWS – CLASS of 2023
Adam Janes, MD
MD: Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Residency: Tufts Medical Center
Cardiology Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
INTERVENTIONAL FELLOWS – CLASS of 2023
Kavin Arasar, MD
MD: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria
Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Illinois
Jonathan Meyer, MD
MD: St. Louis University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Illinois
Fellowship: University of Illinois
Staff
Beata M. Wolska, PhD
Professor of Physiology in Medicine
Biographical Info
Education History
Medical School: Warsaw Technical University, Warsaw, Poland
Residency: Postgraduate Center of Med. Education, Warsaw
List of Accomplishments/Awards/Honor
2005 Moderator of Symposium: Cardiac Muscle – 49th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA
2003 Philip L. Hawley Distinguished Faculty Award – University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Physiology and Biophy
1999 Moderator of Symposium: Regulation of Myofilament- Mechanics in the Normal and Failing Heart – The 72nd Scientific Sessions of American Heart Association Meeting, Atlanta, GA
1995 Travel Award: The XV World Congress of the International Society for Heart Research, Prague, Czech Republic
1995 Chair of Symposium: Contractile Proteins: The XV World Congress of the International Society for Heart Research, Prague, Czech Republic
1992 Minister of Health’s Award (for Ph.D. Thesis Merit), Warsaw, Poland
1991 Award for Research Achievement: Postgraduate Center of Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
1990 Graduate Fellowship: Postgraduate Center of Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
1986 Award for Studies, Research, and Defense of Master’s Thesis:Warsaw Technical University, Warsaw, Poland
1981-1986 Honors Scholarship, Warsaw Technical University
Affiliated Faculty
Beata M. Wolska, PhD
Professor of Physiology in Medicine
Biographical Info
Education History
Medical School: Warsaw Technical University, Warsaw, Poland
Residency: Postgraduate Center of Med. Education, Warsaw
List of Accomplishments/Awards/Honor
2005 Moderator of Symposium: Cardiac Muscle – 49th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA
2003 Philip L. Hawley Distinguished Faculty Award – University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Physiology and Biophy
1999 Moderator of Symposium: Regulation of Myofilament- Mechanics in the Normal and Failing Heart – The 72nd Scientific Sessions of American Heart Association Meeting, Atlanta, GA
1995 Travel Award: The XV World Congress of the International Society for Heart Research, Prague, Czech Republic
1995 Chair of Symposium: Contractile Proteins: The XV World Congress of the International Society for Heart Research, Prague, Czech Republic
1992 Minister of Health’s Award (for Ph.D. Thesis Merit), Warsaw, Poland
1991 Award for Research Achievement: Postgraduate Center of Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
1990 Graduate Fellowship: Postgraduate Center of Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
1986 Award for Studies, Research, and Defense of Master’s Thesis:Warsaw Technical University, Warsaw, Poland
1981-1986 Honors Scholarship, Warsaw Technical University