UICOMP Standing Committees

Clinical and Adjunct Appointments and Promotions

  • Jacqueline Fischer, MD, Chair – Medicine
  • William Bond, MD – EM
  • John Coon, MD – DFCM
  • Michael Frasca, MD – Medicine
  • Praveen Kumar, MD – Pediatrics
  • Matthew Mischler, MD – Medicine
  • Rahmat Na Allah, MD – DFCM

Committee on Committees

  • Kelvin Wynn, MD, Chair – DFCM
  • Richard C. Anderson, MD – Surgery
  • Jalayne Lapke, MD – Pediatrics
  • Annia Martial, MD – Medicine
  • Francis McBee-Orzulak, MD – Medicine
  • Mary Harvey, MD – Pediatrics

Faculty Appointments, Promotion and Tenure

  • Kay Saving, MD, Chair – Pediatrics
  • Peter Alahi, MD – Psychiatry
  • Ken-ichiro Fukuchi, MD, PhD – CBP
  • Amy Christison, MD – Pediatrics
  • James Graumlich, MD -Medicine
  • Krishna Veeravalli, PhD – CBP

Student Awards and Scholarships

  • Michael Stevens, MD – Pediatrics
  • Selasie Samuel Mortoti, MD – Medicine
  • Lourdes Delgado-Serrano, MD, Chair – Pediatrics
  • Jaymi Belcher (Support) – Student Affairs
  • Eileen Doherty, PhD (Ex-Officio) – Academic Affairs
  • Jessica Hanks, MD (Ex-Officio) – Med-Peds
  • Liz Kellington, MS (Ex-Officio) – Academic Affairs
  • Sergey Malchenko, MD, PhD – CBP
  • Angela O’Bryant MSN, RN (Ex-Officio) – HSEP
  • Daniel Robertson, MD – Surgery
  • Asma Saleem, MD – DFCM
  • Thembi Conner-Garcia, MD, MPH – HSEP
  • Jenna Regan, PhD – HSEP
  • Anamika Sengupta, PhD – HSEP

Research and Scholarship

  • M. Bento Soares – Chair – CBP
  • Mansoor Ahmad, MD, Fellow – Medicine
  • Collins Odhiambo, PhD – Pediatrics
  • James Flippin, MD – Surgery
  • Neil Price, PhD – CBP
  • Sara Kelly, PhD, MPH – Pediatrics
  • Vijay Kumar Damarla, MD – Medicine
  • Amira Alfil, MD – Pediatrics
  • Michelle Beekman, MD – Pediatrics
  • William Bond, MD – EM
  • Rebecca Byler Dann, MD – OB/GYN
  • Tulika Chatterjee, MD – Medicine
  • Subramanyan Chittivelu, MD – Medicine
  • Amy Christison, MD – Pediatrics
  • Sunita Dodani, MD – Center 4 Health Research
  • Sarah Donohue, PhD – Administration
  • Denise Francisco, MD – Medicine
  • Manu Gnanamony, PhD – Pediatrics
  • Vaughn Hanna, MD – (Ex-Officio)
  • Mohammad Imtiaz, MD – Medicine
  • Manasa Kandula, MD – Medicine
  • Sara Kelly, PhD – Pediatrics
  • Muhammad Khattak, MD – Medicine
  • Nitin Das Kunnathu Puthanveedu, MD – Medicine
  • Deborah Lauseng, AMLS – Library
  • Diana Londono, MD – Neurology
  • Stephanie Madrigal (EX-Officio) – OSF
  • Francis McBee-Orzulak, MD – Medicine
  • Brinda Mehta, MD – Pediatrics
  • Srinivas Puli, MD – Medicine
  • Miguel Ramirez, MD – Surgery
  • Shoji Samson, DO – Pediatrics
  • Richard Tapping, PhD – HSEP
  • Harma Turbendian, MD – Pediatrics

Faculty, Fellowships and Awards

  • Jenna Regan, PhD, Chair – HSEP
  • Joseph Mackey, MD – Pediatrics
  • Amira Alfil, MD – Pediatrics
  • Chad Evans, MD – Surgery
  • Venkat Kakollu, MD – Medicine
  • Muhammad Khattak, MD – Medicine
  • Mary Beth Ross, MD – Pediatrics
  • Gauri Shevatekar, MBBS – DFCM
  • Richard Tapping, PhD – HSEP
  • Neelam Verma, MD – OB/GYN
  • Kaninika Verma, MD – Medicine
  • Denise Francisco, MD – Medicine
  • Meghana Nadiger, MD – Pediatrics

Student Promotions (PCSP)

  • Kelvin Wynn, MD, Chair – DFCM
  • Cecilia Albaro, MD – Pediatrics
  • Richard Anderson, MD – Surgery
  • Soujanya Bogarapu, MD – Pediatrics
  • Eileen Doherty, PhD (Ex-Officio) – Academic Affairs
  • Michael Frasca, MD – Medicine
  • Deepshikha Garg, MD – Medicine
  • Jessica Hanks, MD (Ex-Officio) – Medicine
  • Liz Kellington, MS (Ex-Officio) – Academic Affairs
  • Michael Lafontaine, PhD (Ex-Officio) – HSEP
  • Peter Phan, MD – Medicine
  • Yolanda Renfroe, MD – OB/GYN
  • Monzurul Roni, PhD – HSEP
  • K.C. Rosburg, MD – Pediatrics
  • Shoji Samson, DO – Pediatrics
  • Timothy Schaefer, MD – EM
  • M. Bento Soares, PhD – CBP
  • Janice Tamplin, MS (Ex-Officio) – Academic Affairs
  • Greg Tudor, MD – EM
  • Harma Turbendian, MD – Surgery
  • Kevin Wombacher, PhD – (Ex-Officio) HSEP
  • Nyssa Catton (Ex-Officio) – Academic Affairs
  • Loni Wenzel (Ex-Officio) – Academic Affairs
  • Reyna Ulrich (Ex-Officio) – HSEP
  • Christopher Jaurez – Class of 2025 – Student
  • Milon Hutcinson – Class of 2026 – Student
  • Evan Strandquist – Class of 2027 – Student
  • Perry Tonoff – Class of 2028 – Student

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

  • Elsa Vazquez-Melendez, MD, Co-Chair – Med -Peds
  • Kelvin Wynn, MD, Co-Chair – DFCM
  • M. Bento Soares, MD – CBP
  • Thembi Conner-Garcia, MD – HSEP
  • Eileen Doherty, PhD – Student Affairs
  • Patty Eandi, Support
  • Yelena Nersesyan, MD – CBP
  • Jenna Regan, PhD – HSEP
  • Monzurul Roni, PhD – HSEP
  • Shoji Samson, DO – Pediatrics
  • Gauri Shevatekar, MD – DFCM
  • Reyna Ulrich, PhD – HSEP
  • Chen Wang, MD – Surgery
  • Rim Shrestha, PhD – Medicine
  • Sharjeel Ahmad, MD – Medicine
  • Thomas Boyd, MD – Pyschiatry
  • Udit Verma, MD, FACP – Medicine

Committee on Graduate Medical Education

  • John Hafner, MD – Emergency Medicine
  • Abdalhai Alshoubi, M.D. – Surgery
  • Richard Anderson, MD – Surgery
  • Laura Brown, MD – Surgery
  • Subramanyam Chittivelu, MD – Medcine
  • Sonu Dhillon, MD – Medicne
  • Kevin Fahey, MD – Radiology
  • Ryan Finkenbine, MD – Psychiatry
  • Tiffani Franada, MD – Neurology
  • Jonathan Gehlbach, MD – Pediatrics
  • John Irish, MD – Radiology
  • Tayyaba Irshad, MD – Medicine
  • Jawad Javed, MD – Pediatrics
  • Bhavana Kandikattu, MD – Pediatrics
  • Jorge Kattah, MD – Neurology
  • Harleena Kendhari,MD – Pediatrics
  • Todd Kettering, DO – DFCM
  • Meredith Lagouros, DO – DFCM
  • Teresa Lynch, MD – Medicine
  • Jane Maksimovic, MD – Radiology
  • Matthew Mischler, MD – Med/Peds
  • Sudhir Mungee, MD – Medicine
  • Peter Phan, MD – Medicine
  • Laura Smith, MD – DFCM
  • Manu Sood, MD – Pediatrics
  • Marc Squillante, DO – Emergency Medicine
  • Sidney Stewart, MD – Medicine
  • Stephen Thompson, MD – OB/GYN
  • Andrew Tsung, MD – Neurosurgery
  • Neelam Verma, MD – OB/GYN
  • Lawrence Wang, MD – Radiology
  • Ann Willemsem-Dunlap, PhD – Emergency Medicine (Jump)
  • Kelvin Wynn, MD – DFCM

Ex-Officio Voting Members

  • Teresa Lynch, M.D. – Medicine
  • Francis McBee Orzulak, M.D. – Medicine/MedPeds
  • Marc Squillante, DO – Emergency Medicine

Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members

  • Meenakshy Aiyer, M.D. – Regional Dean
  • Robert Sparrow, M.D. – Medicine
  • Neil Mehta, M.D. – Surgery
  • Jessica Hanks, M.D. – HSEP
  • Lauren Keeton – GME
  • Mary Gomez, D.D.S.
  • Kevin Wombacher, PhD – Academic Affairs
  • Lydia Ugwu, PhD – Admin Affairs
  • Leslie Hammersmith – Academic Affairs
  • Rowana Robles – GME

Alternates

  • Robin Alley, MD – Surgery
  • Rick Anderson, MD – DFCM
  • Brian Bambeger, MD – Med/Peds
  • Michele Beekman, MD – Pediatrics
  • Chetan Bhardwaj, MD – Medicine
  • Shruti Chakravarthy, MD – OB/GYN
  • Jay Clore, PhD – Psychiatry
  • Aaron Costerian, MD – DFCM
  • Aaron Delgado, MD – Pediatrics
  • Tim Fahey, MD – Radiology
  • Dan Gans, MD – Radiology
  • William Hauter MD – Surgery
  • Emily Horvath, MD – Medicine
  • Manasa Kandula, MD – Medicine
  • Stephanie KOK, MD – Emergency Medicine
  • Dejan Maksimovic, DO – DFCM
  • Daniel Martin, MD – Medicine
  • Ed Martinez, MD – Pediatrics
  • Zohra Moeenuddin, MD – Pediatrics
  • Rooma Nankani, MD – Medicine
  • Gregory Podolej, MD – Emergency Medicine
  • Nicole Rau, MD – Pediatrics
  • Elias Samaha, MD – Neurology
  • Nadia Shaikh, MD – Pediatrics
  • Mehwish Sheikh, MD – Pediatrics
  • Mary Stapel, MD – Pediatrics
  • Greg Tudor, MD – Emergency Medicine
  • Patrick Whitten, MD – Medicine

Advisory Committee on Continuing Medical Education

  • Larry Lindahl, MD, Chair – Medicine
  • Sharjeel Ahmad, MD – Medicine
  • George Beranek, MD – EM
  • Brian Bostwick, MD – Medicine
  • Joshua Croland, MD – OB/GYN
  • Deepshikha Garg, MD – Medicine
  • Lydia Ugwu, PhD (Ex-Officio) – Administration
  • Felicia Couri, DO – Medicine
  • Jessica Hanks, MD (Ex-Officio) – Medicine
  • Gary Kerber, MD – DFCM
  • Praveen Kumar, MBBS – Pediatrics
  • Brian McIntyre, EdD – Psychiatry
  • Jessica Tonozzi, MD – DFCM
  • Elsa Vasquez-Melendez, MD – Medicine
  • Kelvin Wynn, MD – DFCM
  • Sandy Arreguin – Support
  • James Graumlich, MD – Medicine
  • Brian Bamberger, MD – Medicine
  • Neelam Verma, MD – OBGYN
  • Vishal Kumar, MD – Surgery

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