One of the strengths of our program is the number of faculty members with dual training in Internal Medicine/Psychiatry who serve as role models for the residents. The program also has designated faculty from many specialties. These faculty members provide clinical and didactic training throughout the residency.

Program Directors

Daniel Rosenthal, MD, Director, Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Residency Program; Rush University Internists; Adjunct Attending, Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry

Stephanie Cavanaugh, MD, Director, Section of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry; Chief Psychiatric Consultation/Liaison Service; Director, Section of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry with a conjoint appointment in medicine and Obstetrics/Gynecology.

Richard Abrams, MD, Senior Advisor to the Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Program; Associate Director Internal Medicine Residency Training Program; Primary Care Internist, Rush University Internists; Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine.

Program Coordinator

Zaida Llera, Coordinator of the Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Residency Program; Administrative Assistant for the Section of Internal Medicine/Psychiatry. Contact Zaida_Llera @ rush.edu.

Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Faculty

Michael Bednarz, MD, Assistant Attending, Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Little Company of Mary Hospital; Adjunct Attending, Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Rush Medical College.

Melissa Chappell MD, Adjunct Attending, Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Little Company of Mary Hospital; Adjunct Attending, Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Rush Medical College.

Bezalel Dantz, MD, Assistant Attending, Internal Medicine/Psychiatry, Rush University Internists, Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry.

Stephanie Exum, MD, Adjunct Attending, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Loyola University Health Systems; Adjunct Attending, Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Rush Medical College.

Jeffrey Rado, MD, MPH, Rush University Internist, Adjunct Attending, Research Scientist, Department of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry

Faculty

Whitney Addington, MD, Primary Care and Pulmonology; Professor, Departments of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Nursing, and Preventive Medicine.

Daniel Angres, MD, Director, Rush Behavioral Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry.

Sushil Bagri, MD, Director of Inpatient Services; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry.

>Henry Black, MD, The Charles J. and Margaret Roberts Professor and Chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine.

Michael Brown, MD, Section of Gastroenterology; Assistant Attending, Department of Internal Medicine.

James Cavanaugh, MD, Director, Section of Psychiatry and the Law; Professor, Department of Psychiatry.

Philip Chor, MD, Associate Attending; Associate Director, Consultation-Liaison Service; Department of Psychiatry.

David Clark, PhD, Director of Research Administration; Professor, Departments of Psychology, Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine.

Susan Clark, MD, Outpatient Supervisor, Department of Psychiatry.

Melody Cobleigh, MD, Director, Breast Center-Comprehensive, Section of Medical Oncology; Associate Attending, Department of Internal Medicine.

Andrew M. Davis, MD, MPH, Assistant Chairman and Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine.

Charles Dillon, MD, University Associates in Internal Medicine; Assistant Attending, Department of Internal Medicine.

Dragan Djordjevic, MD, Primary Care Internist; Assistant Attending, Department of Internal Medicine.

Zachariah Douglas, MD, Director, Section Director for Community Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry.

Fidel Echevarria, MD,PhD, Director, Psychiatry Psychobiology Laboratory; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry.

Jan Fawcett, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry.

Martin Fine, MD, Senior Analyst, Institute for Psychoanalysis; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry.

Arnold Goldberg, MD, Senior Analyst, Institute for Psychoanalysis; Professor, Department of Psychiatry.

Stephanie Gregory, MD, Director of the Section of Hematology; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine.

Avery Hart, MD, Director of the Section of Primary Care, Department of Internal Medicine.

C. Anderson Hedberg, MD, Senior Attending, Department of Internal Medicine and Primary Care.

Danuta Hoyer, MD, Comprehensive Center for Womens Medicine; Associate Attending, Department of Internal Medicine.

Charles Jaffe, MD, Senior Analyst, Institute for Psychoanalysis; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry.

Viju John, MD, Rush University Associates of Internal Medicine; Assistant Attending, Department of Internal Medicine.

Andres Kanner, MD, Director of the Electroencephalography Laboratory, Senior Attending and Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences with a conjoint appointment in Psychiatry. (Dual trained in Neurology and Psychiatry).

Robert Katz, MD, Rheumatology Associates; Senior Attending, Department of Internal Medicine.

Allen Kodish, MD, Senior Analyst, Institute for Psychoanalysis. Department of Psychiatry.

John Larson, MD, Director, Rush Behavioral Systems; Director, Psychiatric Outpatient Services; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry.

Daniel Levin, MD, Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program; Assistant Attending, Department of Psychiatry.

Stuart Levin, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine.

Renee Mehlinger, MD, Director, Child and Adolescent Residency Training Program; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry.

William Miles, MD, Director of Medical Student Education; Assistant Attending, Department of Psychiatry.

Janis Orlowski, MD, Section of Nephrology; Department of Internal Medicine; Executive Dean of Operations and Associate Vice President of Medical Affairs.

Andrew H. Ripeckyj, MD, Associate Attending, Geriatric Psychiatry; Consultation-Liaison Service, Department of Psychiatry.

William Scheftner, MD

Beverly Sha, MD, Section of Infectious Disease; Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine.

Renslow Sherer, MD, Medical Director, Core Center HIV; Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine.

Vesna Skul, MD, Medical Director, Comprehensive Center for Womens Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine.

Barbara Soltes, MD, Director, Center for Womens Care; Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Howard Strassner, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Jean Walker, MD, Comprehensive Center for Womens Medicine; Assistant Attending, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Kathleen M. Weber, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rush Orthopedic Surgery, Midwest Orthopedics, Sports Medicine/Women's Sports Medicine.

John Wiley, MD, Geriatric Medicine; Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine.

Robert Wright, MD, Senior Attending, Department of Neurological Sciences.

John Zajecka, MD, Director, Psychiatry Treatment Research Center; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry.