About the GME Office and Staff

The GME office is located in Suite 527 of the Armour Academic Center at the corner of Paulina and Harrison Streets on the Rush University Medical Center campus in Chicago.

Thomas Deutsch, MD, senior vice president and dean of Rush Medical College

600 S. Paulina Street Suite 527 Academic Facility Chicago, IL 60612-3833 Telephone: (312) 942-5495 Fax: (312) 942-5727 Hours: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday Rush_GME@rush.edu

Graduate Medical Education Department (GME) is responsible for the tracking, documentation, licensure, orientation, payroll, benefits and verification for more than 620 Rush housestaff (residents and fellows) each year. The GME staff assists and supports Rush Housestaff in their hectic lives, keeping them informed of Rush requirements, changes, and any graduate medical education and human resources issues and policies that affect them.

The GME office coordinates information with over 75 academic training programs through a system of program coordinators who represent each program. The GME office serves as the principal liaison between the active Rush House Staff Association and Medical Center management, and is an advocate and resource for all housestaff.

GME supports accreditation of programs by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and other Boards and functions as the liaison between the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation - IDFPR and many other outside agencies.

The GME office reports to Susan Vanderberg-Dent, MD, associate dean of graduate medical education and, ultimately, to Thomas Deutsch, MD, senior vice president and dean of Rush Medical College.

Our Staff

Susan Vanderberg-Dent, MD
(312) 563-3643
Associate Dean for GME

Dr. Vanderberg-Dent joined the Rush Department of Family Medicine in 1981 and is now an Associate Professor in Rush Medical College. She was the Program Director of the Rush-Illinois Masonic Family Practice Residency and is the 1989 winner of the Phoenix Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Vanderberg-Dent is a previous member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians.

Mykael Lynne Moss, MEd
(312) 942-5495
GME Director

Mykael has been the director of GME at Rush for five years. She previously held similar positions in two other institutions. Her six years as the Rush coordinator for the pediatric residency training program helped her develop an understanding of housestaff needs, and she works to ease the stress of their busy job and lives. Mykael is a notary, which helps facilitate many of the forms that housestaff need to have notarized.

Nikita Ross
(312) 942-9551
GME Assistant Director
nikita_ross@rush.edu

Nikita is the assistant director of GME. Even though she's new to Rush, she's very familiar with GME and brings 4 years of GME experience to our team. She held a similar position in GME at Loyola University Medical Center where she gained considerable knowledge in a broad range of GME issues. She's a great resource for knowledge on licensure policies and procedures, accreditation standards and Medicare reimbursement. She is responsible for the human resource components (payroll, benefits, etc.) for all Rush housestaff as well. She looks forward to collaborating with the team to move GME at Rush to the next level and to provide the excellent service that Rush GME is famous for.

Theresa Orozco
(312) 942-5760
GME Administrative Manager
theresa_m_orozco@rush.edu

Theresa coordinates the daily activity of the office and functions as the liaison between GME, the training programs and housestaff. She creates appointment letters and certificates, completes loan deferments, coordinates meetings and many special projects. She is the GME Compliance Officer and a Notary Public. Through her sixteen years of experience at Rush, she has acquired valuable computer, interpersonal and troubleshooting skills.

Tina Conley
(312) 942-5495
Secretary

Tina is the front line reception and telephone contact for GME and all the housestaff. She greets the housestaff with a smile as she provides instructions and answers on a multitude of application forms, completes verification letters, distributes pay check/stubs, copy card replacements and creates and maintains their files and mail boxes in the Housestaff Lounge.

Paul Boughamer
(312) 942-6399
Manger of Cost Reporting and Technology
paul_boughamer@rush.edu

Paul is the lead on all GME data. He is responsible for the collection and documentation of all data concerning housestaff. This includes demographics and rotations, along with the filing for Medicare reimbursement. His knowledge of software and expertise with data and design is an integral part of GME. Paul is also the Project Lead responsible for the purchase and implementing of the new GME-wide MedHub Residency Management System. He brings a vast knowledge to GME from his past experience in project management, human resources and administration.

Stephanie Smith
(312) 942-2729
Senior Database and Technology Analyst
stephanie_smith@rush.edu

Stephanie coordinates many of the crucial databases in GME as well as maintaining visiting physician data and assisting our out-of-state visiting physicians to obtain their licenses to practice medicine in Illinois. She collects data from the training programs for the process to deploy into the Electronic Residency Management Application (ERMA). Stephanie also works with populating, implementing, training and maintaining the new MedHub software program for residency coordinators, program directors, residents, fellows, attendings as well as for Finance and GME.