Edmundo Cortez, MD, Assistant professor of pediatrics who is the medical director of the PICU, director of the Pediatric Medical Student Programs for Rush Medical College, and co-director of affiliated programs for the Rush University Simulation Laboratory. He is a Chicago native who received his medical school training at Loyola University School of Medicine, pediatric residency training at University of Chicago Children's Hospital, and pediatric critical care fellowship training at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin/Medical College of Wisconsin program. He is board certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. He is an active in a number of Rush Medical College and Department of Pediatrics standing committees. His academic interests include medical education, evidence-based medicine and patient simulation.

Rani Ganesan, MD, assistant professor of the Department of Pediatric Critical Care, is our most recent addition to the pediatric critical care team. She received her medical degree from the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. She completed her residency at Lutheran General Hospital and her fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric critical care.

William R. Hayden, MD, associate chair of the Department of Pediatrics, came to Rush from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in 1991. He is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Medicine. He completed an internship at Evanston Hospital, a pediatric residency and chief residency at Children's Medical Center and Parkland Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and a Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dr. Hayden served as a member of the Medical Staff Executive Committee at Rush and is a past president of the medical staff. He is the patient safety officer for the Department of Pediatrics.

Phillip Jacobson, MD, scheduling and education coordinator for the Pediatric Critical Care Program, is a Chicago native. He received his medical degree from the University of Illinois, then traveled to Phoenix, where he was a resident in pediatrics. He joined Rush in 1992 after a fellowship in pediatric critical care at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric critical care.

Brian Rudinsky, MD, chief of civision and PICU director at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, attended Loyola University Medical Center and completed his residency, chief residency and pediatric critical care fellowship at the University of Chicago. He held a faculty and attending position at the University of Chicago from 1986 until joining Rush in 1999. He is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric critical care.

Paul Severin, MD, medical director for the Pediatric Critical Care Transport Program, returned to our program in 1999. He completed his medical school, residency and pediatric critical care fellowship at Rush Medical College in 1998. He is board certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. Dr. Severin is the co-chair of the Pediatric Advisory Group for CDPH Bioterrorism and Disaster Preparedness Program as well as co-director of Affiliated Programs at the Rush University Simulation Lab.