Faculty Biographies

Edgar G. Chedrawy, MD
Attending cardiothoracic surgeon at Rush University Medical Center and assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Marshall D. Goldin, MD
Associate director, Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery

Michel N. Ilbawi, MD
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery,
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Chad E. Jacobs, MD
Assistant professor, Department of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery,
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Michael J. Liptay, MD
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery and Associate professor, Department of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery,
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Robert J. March, MD
Associate professor, Department of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery,
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Walter J. McCarthy, MD, MS
Chief, Section of Vascular Surgery and Associate chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery,
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Anthony Perez-Tamayo, MD, PhD
Assistant professor, Department of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery,
Rush University Medical Center
Chairman, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery,
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County

Anastasios L. Polimenakos, MD
Assistant professor, Department of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery,
Rush Center for Congenital and Structural Heart Disease,
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Jai Raman, MD, FRACS, PhD
Director, Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery
Surgical director, Advanced Heart Failure, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Professor, Department of Surgery
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Douglas R. Smego, MD
Assistant professor, Department of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery,
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

William H. Warren, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago