Edmundo P. Cortez, MD, is an assistant professor of pediatrics and medical director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. A Chicago native, Cortez received his medical degree at Loyola University School of Medicine and pediatric residency training at University of Chicago Children's Hospital. He then went on to a pediatric critical care fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin/Medical College of Wisconsin program. Cortez is an active member in a number of Rush Medical College and Department of Pediatrics standing committees. He serves as director of the Pediatric Medical Student Programs for Rush Medical College and co-director of affiliated programs for the Rush University Simulation Laboratory. His academic interests include medical education, evidence-based medicine and patient simulation. He is board-certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine.

 

Rani Ganesan, MD, is an assistant professor of pediatrics and attending physician in the Department of Pediatric Critical Care.  A Chicago-area native, she received her medical degree from the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. She then went on to complete her pediatric residency at Lutheran General Hospital and her fellowship in pediatric critical care at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She is board-certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine.

 

Howard Hast, MD, is an assistant professor of pediatrics and attending physician in the Department of Pediatric Critical Care. He is board-certified in pediatric critical care medicine.

 

K. Sarah Hoehn, MD, MBE, is an assistant professor of pediatrics and attending physician in the Department of Pediatric Critical Care. Hoehn received her medical degree at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at the University of California, San Francisco. Hoehn then went on to a pediatric critical care fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, concurrent to receiving a Master of Bioethics degree from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She is board-certified in general pediatrics, pediatric critical care medicine and hospice and palliative care medicine.

 

Phillip A. Jacobson, MD, is an assistant professor of pediatrics and attending physician in the Department of Pediatric Critical Care. A Chicago native, he received his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He then went on to complete his pediatric residency at the Phoenix Hospital Affiliated Pediatrics Program in Phoenix, Ariz., and his fellowship in pediatric critical care at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Washington in Seattle. He is board-certified in pediatric critical care medicine.

 

Jason M. Kane, MD, MS, is an assistant professor of pediatrics and attending physician in the Department of Pediatric Critical Care. A native of the Chicago suburbs, he is an alumnus of Rush Medical College, receiving his medical degree in 1999. He then went on to complete his pediatric residency at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis and fellowship in pediatric critical care at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin/Medical College of Wisconsin program in Milwaukee. In addition to his clinical focus on cardiac intensive care, Kane is interested in patient safety, and he received his Master of Science degree in patient safety and health care quality from Northwestern University. He is board-certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine.

 

Joanna R. Kuppy, MD, is an assistant professor of pediatrics and attending physician in the Department of Pediatric Critical Care. A Chicago-area native, she received her medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. She then went on to a pediatric residency at University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine and a fellowship in pediatric critical care at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College. She is board-certified in general pediatrics.

 

Paul N. Severin, MD, is an assistant professor of pediatrics and medical director for the Pediatric Critical Care Transport Program. A native of the Chicago suburbs, Severin returned to our program in 1999 after completing medical school, residency and a pediatric critical care fellowship at Rush Medical College. Severin is the co-chair of the Pediatric Advisory Group for the CDPH Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparedness Program as well as co-director of Affiliated Programs at the Rush University Simulation Lab. He is board-certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine.