Departmental Leadership at Rush

To contact one of the department chairs, section/division heads or program directors listed below, send an e-mail to contact_rush@rush.edu.

Anatomy & Cell Biology
Chair: R. Dale Sumner, PhD

Anesthesiology
Chair: Kenneth J. Tuman, MD
Vice Chair: Anthony D. Ivankovich, MD

Sections:
Pain Management - Timothy R. Lubenow, MD
Critical Care - David M. Rothenberg, MD
Obstetric Anesthesia - Patricia M. Perry, MD
Clinical Anesthesia Director - Christopher J. O’Connor, MD
Clinical Anesthesia Associate Director - Brian Birmingham, MD
Ambulatory Anesthesia - Shyamala K. Badrinath, MD
Liver Transplant - Christopher J. O’Connor, MD
CV/Thoracic Surgery - Christopher J. O’Connor, MD
Neuroanesthesia - Mary K. Sturaitis, MD
Pediatrics - Steve D. Barnes, MD
Orthopedics - Asokumar Buvanendran, MD
Regional - Adrienne J. Wells, MD
PACU (Medical Director) - Brian Birmingham, MD
Preop Clinic - David M. Rothenberg, MD
Anesthesia Research - Jeffrey S. Kroin, PhD

Behavioral Sciences
Chair: Christopher Grote, PhD (acting)

Sections:
Psychology Services -

Neuropsychology - Christopher Grote, PhD

Psychosocial Oncology - Janine Gauthier, PhD

Rehabilitation & Geropsychology Services - Erin Emery, PhD

Outpatient Psychology - Joyce Corsica, PhD

Biological Rhythms - Charmane Eastman, PhD

Medical College Teaching - Christopher Grote, PhD

Post Doctoral Teaching - Joyce Corsica, PhD

Biochemistry
Chair: Theodore R. Oegema, PhD
Associate Chair: Thomas Schmid, PhD

Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery
Chair: Robert S. D. Higgins, MD
Vice Chair: Michael J. Liptay, MD

Sections:
Adult Cardiac - Robert S. D. Higgins, MD
Thoracic Surgery - William H. Warren, MD
Vascular Surgery - Walter J. McCarthy, MD

Dermatology
Chair: Michael D. Tharp, MD

Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine
Chair: David A. Turner, MD
Vice Chair: Maija G. Freimanis, MD

Sections:
Ultrasound - Maija G. Freimanis, MD
Computed Tomography - John F. Hibbeln, MD

Pediatric Radiology - Elizabeth Comiskey, MD
Neuroradiology - Michael Huckman, MD

Associate Director of Neuroradiology - Sharon E. Byrd, MD
Musculoskeletal Radiology - Anthony Zelazny, MD
Genitourinary Radiology - John F. Hibbeln, MD
Medical Informatics - John F. Hibbeln, MD
Breast Imaging - Peter M. Jokich, MD
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Ryan Braun, MD
Gastrointestinal Radiology - Claire Smith, MD

Associate Director of Residency Program - Joy S. Sclamberg, MD
Residency Program - John Meyer, MD
Thoracic Imaging - Palmi Shah, MD
Interventional Radiology - Hector Ferral, MD
Nuclear Medicine - Amjad Ali, MD

Emergency Medicine
Chair: Robert R. Simon, MD
Clinical Chair: Dino P. Rumoro, DO

Sections:
Section on International Emergency Medicine - Jamil Bayram, MD

Family Medicine
Chair: William A. Schwer, MD

General Surgery
Chair: Richard A. Prinz, MD
Vice Chair: Alexander Doolas, MD
Associate Chair: Daniel J. Deziel, MD

Sections:
Abdominal Transplantation - S. Forrest Dodson, MD
Burn - Stathis Poulakidas, MD
Colon and Rectal Surgery - Theodore J. Saclarides, MD
Critical Care - Krishnan Sriram, MD

Dental Surgery - Leon R. Kelleher, DDS
Minimally Invasive Surgery - James Madura, MD and Jonathan Myers, MD
Pediatric Surgery - Ai-Xuan Holterman, MD
Trauma Surgery - Roxanne Roberts, MD

Immunology & Microbiology
Chair: Alan Landay, PhD
Associate Chair: James N. Moy, PhD
University Consultants in Allergy/Immunology - James N. Moy, MD

Internal Medicine

Chair: Stuart Levin, MD

Associate Chair: Robert L. Rosen, MD

Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition - Ali Keshavarzian, MD

Section of Gastroenterology - Mark DeMeo, MD

Section of Hepatology - S. Martin Cohen, MD

Section of Nutrition Research - Martha Clare Morris, MD

Section of Endocrinology - David Baldwin, MD

Section of General Internal Medicine - Margaret A. McLaughlin, MD

Section of Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant - Henry Fung, MD

Section of Hematology - Stephanie A. Gregory, MD

Section of Oncology - Philip D. Bonomi, MD

Section of Clinical Nephrology - Edmund J. Leiws, MD

Section of Transplant Nephrology - Samuel Saltzberg, MD

Section of Critical Care Medicine - David P. Gurka, MD, PhD

Section of Pulmonary Medicine - Robert A. Balk, MD

Molecular Biophysics & Physiology
Chair: Robert S. Eisenberg, PhD

Sections:
Cellular Signaling - Eduardo Rios, PhD

Neurological Sciences
Chair: Jacob H. Fox, MD
Associate Chair: Steven Lewis, MD

Sections:
Cerebrovascular Disease & Neurological Critical Care - Shyam Prabhakaran, MD

Clinical Neurophysiology & Epilepsy - Michael C. Smith, MD
Cognitive Neuroscience - Robert S. Wilson, PhD
General Neurology - Steven L. Lewis, MD
Movement Disorders - Christopher G. Goetz, MD

Multiple Sclerosis - Dusan Stefoski, MD
Neurobiology - Jeffrey H. Kordower, PhD
Neuromuscular Disease - Madhu Soni, MD
Neuro-Oncology - Hassan M. Fathallah-Shaykh, MD
Neuropathology-Rush Brain Bank - Elizabeth J. Cochran, MD
Pediatric Neurology - Peter Heydemann, MD
Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center - David A. Bennett, MD

Stroger Hospital of Cook County - Michael A. Kelly, MD

Neurosurgery
Chair: Richard W. Byrne, MD

A.Watson Armour III and Sara Armour Presidental Chair and Resident Research Director: Roy A.E. Bakay, MD

Surgical Director, Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit: Lorenzo Munoz, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Chair: Howard T. Strassner, MD

Sections:
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility - Ewa Radwanska, MD, PhD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine - Howard T. Strassner, MD
Gynecologic Oncology - Jacob Rotmensch, MD
Benign Gynecology - Eric R. Brown, MD, PhD
Ambulatory Ob/Gyn - Robin L. Jones, MD
Research - Robert A. Anderson, Jr., PhD
Obstetrics - Xavier F. Pombar, DO
Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery - Bruce Rosenzweig, MD

Ophthalmology
Chair: Kirk H. Packo, MD
Vice Chair: Jonathan Rubenstein, MD

Sections:
Comprehensive Ophthalmology - Richard J. Grostern, MD
Cornea and External Diseases - Richard F. Dennis, MD
Glaucoma - Steven V. Brown, MD
Neuro-Ophthalmology - Thomas R. Mizen, MD
Ocular Oncology - Jack A. Cohen, MD
Ophthalmic Pathology - Richard J. Grostern, MD
Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Tamara R. Fountain, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus - Nancy Hamming, MD
Refractive Surgery - Jonathan B. Rubenstin, MD
Retina and Vitreous Disease - Kirk H. Packo, MD
Uveitis and Inflammatory Diseases - Pauline Merrill, MD

Orthopedic Surgery
Chair: Joshua J. Jacobs, MD
Associate Chair: Steven Gitelis, MD
Division of Spine Surgery - Howard An, MD
Division of Sports Medicine - Bernard R. Bach, MD

Sections:
Adult Reconstructive Surgery - Aaron G. Rosenberg, MD
Biomaterials - Joshua J. Jacobs, MD
Biomechanics - Raghu N. Natarajan, PhD (Acting Head)
Bone Biology - R. Dale Sumner, PhD
Cartilage Restoration - Brian J. Cole, MD
Foot and Ankle Surgery - George B. Holmes, Jr., MD
Hand Surgery - Mark S. Cohen, MD
Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery - Frank Phillips, MD
Molecular Biology - Tibor T. Glant, MD, PhD
Orthopedic Oncology - Steven Gitelis, MD
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery - Monica Kogan, MD
Shoulder and Elbow - Anthony A. Romeo, MD
Spinal Deformity - Christopher DeWald, MD (Acting Section Head)

Otolaryngology
Chair: David D. Caldarelli, MD

Sections:
Head and Neck Surgery - Guy Petruzzelli, MD
Sleep Surgery - Michael Friedman, MD

Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Nasal and Sinus Disorders - Jay Dutton, MD

Pediatric Otolaryngology - Paul Jones, MD
Communicative Disorders - Dianne Meyer, PhD

Pathology
Chair: Robert De Cresce, MD
Associate Chair: Vijaya Reddy, MD

Anatomic Pathology: Paolo Gattuso, MD
Clinical Pathology: Robert De Cresce, MD

Pediatrics
Chair: Kenneth M. Boyer, MD

Associate Chairs: Robert E. Kimura, MD
Beth A. Volin, MD
Keith M. Boyd, MD
William Hayden, MD

Richard H. Sandler, MD

Sections:
Adolescent Medicine - Gary R. Strokosch, MD
Cystric Fibrosis - Girish D. Sharma, MD
Developmental Pediatrics - Michael N. Nelson, PhD
Eating Disorders - Gary R. Strokosch, MD
Endocrinology - Richard Levy, MD
Gastroenterology - Richard H. Sandler, MD
General Pediatrics - Beth A. Volin, MD
Genetics - Paul Wong, MD
Hematology/Oncology - Leonard A. Valentino, MD
Infectious Diseases - James B. McAuley, MD, PhD
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit - William Hayden, MD
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - Robert E. Kimura, MD
Nephrology - Farahnak Assadi, MD
Rush Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease - Ziyad Hijazi, MD

Rush Neurobehavioral Center - Meryl Lipton, MD, PhD
Neurology - Peter Heydemann, MD
Psychology - Michael N. Nelson, PhD

Pharmacology
Chair: Paul M. Carvey, PhD
Associate Chair: Hazel Lum, PhD

Sections of Clinical Pharmacology: John C. Somberg, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Chair: James A. Young, MD

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Chair: John W. Polley, MD
Section of Hand Surgery - Robert R. Schenck, MD

Preventive Medicine
Chair: Lynda H. Powell, PhD

Vice Chair: Steven K. Rothschild, MD

Sections:
Biostatistics - Julia L. Bienias, ScD, MS
Community and Social Medicine - Steven K. Rothschild, MD
Clinical Research -

Psychiatry
Chair: William A. Scheftner, MD

Sections:
Addiction Medicine - Daniel H. Angres, MD
Child Psychiatry - Louis J. Kraus, MD

Psychiatry and the Law - James L. Cavanaugh, Jr., MD
Consultation-Liaison Service - Stephanie V. Cavanaugh, MD

Outpatient Psychiatry - Amanda Stiehl, M.D. and Sheila Dowd, Ph.D.
Inpatient Services - Sushil Bagri, M.D.
Geriatrics -
Psychiatry and Medicine - Daniel Rosenthal, M.D.
Treatment Research Center - John Zajecka, M.D.
Psychiatric Clinical Research Center - Philip Janicak, M.D.

Day Hospital - Gail Basch, M.D.

Radiation Oncology
Chair: Ross A. Abrams, MD

Sections:

Clinical Services - Ross A. Abrams, MD
Medical Physics - James Chu, PhD
Radiation Biology - Victor Levenson, MD, PhD

Urology
Chair: Charles F. McKiel, MD
Associate Chair: Dennis A. Pessis, MD