SAIL STAFF

Christine Park MD, FSSH
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Dept of Anesthesiology;
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Dept of Medical Education;
Associate Department Head of Anesthesiology for Innovation and Learning Director
Work Phone: 312-413-2022
Email: cpark1@uic.edu
Christine Park, MD
Christine Park, MD, is the Director of the Simulation and Integrative Learning Institute at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, the Associate Head for Learning and Innovation in UIC’s Department of Anesthesiology, and a Professor of Anesthesiology and Medical Education.
Dr. Park’s passion in life is language and literature, which fuels her interest in simulation, education and humanities in healthcare. After obtaining an undergraduate degree in English Literature at Yale University, she ended up pursuing a career in healthcare, spending time at Indiana University, Boston University and Harvard before settling in Chicago.
Dr. Park was the 2017 President of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, the largest healthcare simulation society in the world. During her tenure, she led a global and multi-professional collaboration to create a unifying Code of Ethics for health care simulation professionals. She also spearheaded the society’s inaugural Women in Leadership Symposium.
Dr. Park’s vision is to improve up lift the health of UIC’s community and patient safety. Together with the staff and faculty, SAIL will design and implement simulation for comprehensive professional development throughout a clinician’s career; advance patient-partnered and social-justice driven strategies for healthcare simulation; and leverage a collective momentum of innovation.

Robert Kiser, CEC, CHSE
Associate Director
Phone: 312-996-6551
Email: rkiser@uic.edu
Robert Kiser
Bob Kiser began his association with the Simulation and Integrative Learning Institute as a Standardized Patient in 1996, became a Standardized Patient Trainer in 2005 and accepted the position of Assistant Director in 2009. In 2015, Bob transitioned into his current role of Associate Director. As a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator, his main areas of focus are in debriefing and emotionally difficult portrayals. Bob is an active member of the Association of Standardized Patient Educators and teaches in their SP Educator Foundations Program.
Along with his work at SAIL, Bob is a mediator with UIC’s Dispute Resolution group, under the Office of Access and Equity. There, his main interest lies in colleague-to-colleague conflict resolution, especially in healthcare settings.
In his “copious free-time,” Bob is an author, speaker and host of his own radio show, “Perfect Detours” on Chicago’s WHGC 98.3 FM

Laura McKenzie
Assistant Director of Human Based Simulation
Phone: 312-355-3441
Email: lauramc@uic.edu
Laura McKenzie

Tanja Barac, NREMT, CHSOS
Assistant Director of Technology Simulation
Phone: 312-355-7298
Email: tbarac2@uic.edu
Tanja Barac
Tanja Barac has been a Simulation Technology Coordinator since 2018 and an Operations Specialist and Skills Instructor since 2015. Tanja’s clinical history includes emergency medicine and general healthcare. She is passionate about medical education and is a strong advocate for simulation in the healthcare setting. She’s innovated and enjoys the challenge of a new program. In her free time, Tanja loves to try new restaurants and travel. Some of her favorite memories were hiking the Grand Tetons, taking a road trip across Ireland, and seeing the world from the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

John Colagrossi
Assistant Director of Operations
Phone: 312-996-2989
Email: jcola@uic.edu
John Colagrossi
As Assistant Director of Operations at the Simulation and Integrative Learning Institute (SAIL), John oversees the business, HR and facilities functions, including budget development, purchasing and HR processes. John has been with UIC since 1999 having served as the Director of Operations/Budget for the Surgery, Economics, and Physical Therapy Departments as well as the Institute for Juvenile Research. He has extensive experience with UIC systems, applications and reporting methods as well as expertise in accounting and UIC purchasing procedures. He enjoys SAIL’s fast pace and camaraderie and contributes to employee development by mentoring undergraduate accounting majors pursuing CPA certification.

Jose Cardenas
Information Technology Coordinator
Phone: 312-996-1412
Email: jlcarden@uic.edu

Raina Long
Standardized Patient Coordinator
Phone: 312-996-5707
Email: rainal@uic.edu
Raina Long

Angelo Dindia, CC-EMTP, CHSOS
Simulation Technology Coordinator
Phone: 312-996-7365
Email: adindi2@uic.edu
Angelo Dindia
Angelo Dindia was one of the first Critical Care Paramedics to practice in the city of Chicago.His career includes over 15 years of EMS experience and almost 10 years medical simulation.A lifelong learner and collector of obscure skills-Angelo can knit you a sweater, brew you a fine ale, or diagnose and repair your $80,000 simulation mannequin.He has served as a Simulation Technology Coordinator since 2017 and has only been responsible for one fire.

Edward Fraim
Operations Manager/AHA Coordinator
Phone: 312-413-8030
Email: efraim@uic.edu

Alba Woolard
Alba Woolard

Amy Binns-Calvey
Amy Binns-Calvey

Rupak Basu
Rupak Basu

Benjamin Kass
Benjamin Kass
