Kenneth Boyer, M.D. – Chair of Pediatrics
Dr. Boyer is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and completed his pediatric residency at the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital and Rainbow Babies Children’s Hospital. He then went on to an Infectious Disease fellowship at UCLA. Dr. Boyer is board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. He assumed the role of Chair in the Department of Pediatrics at Rush Children’s Hospital in 2003 following three years as interim Chair. Dr. Boyer has done landmark research in the areas of Neonatal Group B Strep Infection and Congenital Toxoplasmosis. He continues to practice Pediatric Infectious Disease and is active in pediatric resident education.

Jane Kramer, M.D. – Program Director of Pediatrics
Dr. Kramer is a graduate of Northwestern University Medical School. She completed her residency and chief residency at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago and is Board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. She was in private practice of pediatrics before joining the faculty at Rush in 1988 as the director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and a Pediatric Care Group preceptor. She is a Pediatric Advanced Life Support instructor and course director. Her honors include selection as “Outstanding Teaching Attending” by the senior residents in 1996 and 2003. She became program director in 2005.

Bridget Voigt, M.D. – Associate Program Director of Pediatrics
Dr. Voigt grew up in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and completed her undergraduate degree at Notre Dame. She attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, then moved to Chicago to complete her pediatric training at Children’s Memorial Hospital where she also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Voigt is board certified in General Pediatrics, and has been an active member of the teaching faculty at Rush Children’s Hospital since 2003. She is also an outreach physician for the KidsSHIP program, bringing healthcare services to children at Chicago homeless shelters.

Wendy Shulman, M.Ed. - Program Manager, Pediatric and Med-Peds Residency Programs
After receiving her bachelor's degree in education at Roosevelt University, Wendy pursued her master's degree in education at DePaul University. She has worked in the past as a special education teacher and the coordinator for volunteer services at a large medical center. Prior to her role as the Rush med-peds program administrator for eleven years, she was one of two academic coordinators for the pediatric residency program.

Kathy Robinson, Administrative Assistant, Pediatrics Residency Program
Prior to her employment at Rush, Kathy worked in computer graphics for a major Chicago area corporation. She has worked 11 years as an administrative assistant for the Rush pediatric residency program. One of Kathy’s responsibilities is providing the residents with superb emotional and nutritional sustenance; she plans and orders all the lunches for pediatric resident noon conferences and manages the pediatric and med-peds Freedom Pay accounts for on-call meals.

Eloise Coleman, Administrative Assistant to the Chairman of Pediatrics
Eloise has been in her current position for 15 years. Before joining pediatric administration at Rush, she was a secretary in the legal department of a large Chicago corporation. As part of her responsibilities Eloise assists in facilitating the credentialing of all pediatric attendings, and coordinates and schedules the Chairman’s meetings and appointments.