PEOPLE
Faculty
Larry S. Tobacman, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Research in the College of Medicine, Program Director of MSTP, Professor of Medicine
Biographical Info
Larry Tobacman arrived at UIC in 2003 and is a Professor of Medicine and of Physiology & Biophysics. His education and training were at Brandeis University, CWRU, and the NIH. In 2007 he assumed the role of Senior Associate Dean for Research in the College of Medicine.
Education History
Medical School:Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH
Residency:Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH
Fellowship: NHLBI Lab. Molec. Cardiology, NIH, Bethesda, MD
List of Accomplishments/Awards/Honor
2015 College of Medicine Distinguished Faculty Award
2002-03 NIH CCHF Study Section
2003-2006 Member, NIH CVA Study Section
1995-99 AHA Molecular Biology of Muscle Peer Review Committee
1992-97, 1999-2004 Editorial Board, The Journal of Biological Chemistry
1988-93 Associate Editor, Hypertension
2001 Association of American Physicians
1994 American Society for Clinical Investigation
1988 American Heart Association Established Investigator
1972 A.B. Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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
Larry S. Tobacman, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Research in the College of Medicine, Program Director of MSTP, Professor of Medicine
Biographical Info
Larry Tobacman arrived at UIC in 2003 and is a Professor of Medicine and of Physiology & Biophysics. His education and training were at Brandeis University, CWRU, and the NIH. In 2007 he assumed the role of Senior Associate Dean for Research in the College of Medicine.
Education History
Medical School:Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH
Residency:Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH
Fellowship: NHLBI Lab. Molec. Cardiology, NIH, Bethesda, MD
List of Accomplishments/Awards/Honor
2015 College of Medicine Distinguished Faculty Award
2002-03 NIH CCHF Study Section
2003-2006 Member, NIH CVA Study Section
1995-99 AHA Molecular Biology of Muscle Peer Review Committee
1992-97, 1999-2004 Editorial Board, The Journal of Biological Chemistry
1988-93 Associate Editor, Hypertension
2001 Association of American Physicians
1994 American Society for Clinical Investigation
1988 American Heart Association Established Investigator
1972 A.B. Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Affiliated Faculty
Larry S. Tobacman, MD
Senior Associate Dean for Research in the College of Medicine, Program Director of MSTP, Professor of Medicine
Biographical Info
Larry Tobacman arrived at UIC in 2003 and is a Professor of Medicine and of Physiology & Biophysics. His education and training were at Brandeis University, CWRU, and the NIH. In 2007 he assumed the role of Senior Associate Dean for Research in the College of Medicine.
Education History
Medical School:Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH
Residency:Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH
Fellowship: NHLBI Lab. Molec. Cardiology, NIH, Bethesda, MD
List of Accomplishments/Awards/Honor
2015 College of Medicine Distinguished Faculty Award
2002-03 NIH CCHF Study Section
2003-2006 Member, NIH CVA Study Section
1995-99 AHA Molecular Biology of Muscle Peer Review Committee
1992-97, 1999-2004 Editorial Board, The Journal of Biological Chemistry
1988-93 Associate Editor, Hypertension
2001 Association of American Physicians
1994 American Society for Clinical Investigation
1988 American Heart Association Established Investigator
1972 A.B. Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa