Page 4 Thank You DFM Volunteer Faculty We would like to thank all clinical faculty who have contributed their time and expertise in the many educ<strong>at</strong>ional activities in the Department <strong>of</strong> Family <strong>Medicine</strong> <strong>at</strong> UIC. It is our departmental mission to provide quality educ<strong>at</strong>ional experiences for medical students, residents and faculty, and your particip<strong>at</strong>ion is vital in accomplishing this goal. Please remember to upd<strong>at</strong>e all your personal inform<strong>at</strong>ion by logging into the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Illinois</strong>’ NESSIE employee access system. NESSIE can be accessed <strong>at</strong> https://nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/index.cfm. To prevent technical difficulties in accessing your UIC email account or the UIC Library, please log in to NESSIE, your UIC email, or the UIC Library <strong>at</strong> least once every year. By doing this, you are confirming your intentions to keep your accounts active. The <strong>University</strong>’s Academic Computing and Communic<strong>at</strong>ion Center (ACCC) routinely deactiv<strong>at</strong>e accounts th<strong>at</strong> remain inactive for gre<strong>at</strong>er than one year. If you have recently moved or changed your preferred email address, please notify the DFM Administr<strong>at</strong>ive Office <strong>at</strong> holtzer@uic.edu, so th<strong>at</strong> we may continue to provide you with inform<strong>at</strong>ion regarding your appointment and the DFM Newsletter. If interested in medical student educ<strong>at</strong>ion activities, please contact Richard Stringham, MD (rstring@uic.edu); residency training, Mark Potter (mcpotter@uic); Grand Rounds lecture series, Rosa Angulo (rosalbaa@uic.edu). Should you have any comments or questions regarding your faculty standing or upd<strong>at</strong>ing inform<strong>at</strong>ion, please contact Meg Oberholtzer (holtzer@uic.edu). For inform<strong>at</strong>ion about non-salaried appointments in the Department <strong>of</strong> Family <strong>Medicine</strong> and departmental activities, please visit our website <strong>at</strong> http://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/departments___programs/departments/fammed/ Thank you very much for your continued interest in the Department <strong>of</strong> Family <strong>Medicine</strong> <strong>at</strong> UIC. Clinical Associ<strong>at</strong>e Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Elizabeth Feldman, MD Michael Friedman, MD Lawrence Goldberg, MD Richard Guthmann, MD K<strong>at</strong>hryn Stewart, MD, MPH James Valek, MD Margaret Wiedmann, MD Clinical Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Alan F. Bain, DO Stanislaw Banas, MD Peggy Bandy, MD Antonio Barajas, MD Jacqueline Bardwell, MD Syed Baseer, MD Murray Bass, MD Barbara Bellar, MD, JD Stephen G. Bennett, MD Jon Beran, MD David Berdy, MD Asmamaw Beyene, MD Corinne Blum, MD K<strong>at</strong>ina Bonaparte, MD, MPH, CCCP Boguslaw Bonczak, MD Christopher Brenner, MD William Briner, MD M<strong>at</strong>thew Brown, MD Suzanne Carlberg-Racich, PhD Sangili Chandran, MD Milton Chavez, MD Brian Chicoine, MD Henry Cordero, MD Charles Crotteau, MD Andre DeJean, MD Jose Elizondo, MD Michael Fisher, MD Luvianca Fonseca, MD Luis Garcia, MD Melvin Glick, MD Martin Gonzalez, MD Clinical Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Judy Gordon, MD, MPH Diana Grant, MD Glen Grobe, MD Dean Grove, MD, MPH Maurice Guzman, MD Michael Hanak, MD Benjamin Hasan, MD Edward Hernaez, MD Michal Hytros, MD Beth-Anne Jacob, PhD Michael Jutovsky, MD Kent Kamradt, MD Fred Karlin, MD Jaya Kasturi, MD Humaira Khan, MD Roy Lacey, MD Michael Ladewski, DO Joseph Laluya, DO Irene Lesniak, MD Alex Lima, MD Esther Liu, MD Benjamin Lo, MD Georgia Lubben, MD Brian Lynch, MD K<strong>at</strong>arzyna Malecka, MD Michael Melnick, MD Ramiro Mercado, MD S. Alicia Milan-Flanigan, MD Robert Moss, MD Kami Mullings, MD Chiedu Nchekwube, MD Obidike Nwakudu, MD Jacqueline Olivo, MD Nigam P<strong>at</strong>el, MD Kenneth Pierini, MD, MS C<strong>at</strong>herine Plonka, MD Albert Poronsky, DO Fred Richardson, MD Stephen Rittman, MD Rebecca Rodriguez, MD Clinical Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Lizbet Ronning, MD Mario Rosas, MD Oscar Ruiz, MD Jorge Saad, MD, MPH L<strong>at</strong>ifah Sabree, MD John Sage, MD T. Eric Schackow, MD, PhD Daniel Shin, MD Joel Shoolin, MD James Skomurski, MD Jack Spaniol, MD Stephen Sproul, MD Bruce Steffens, MD Audrey Stillerman, MD Rishi Sud, MD Srinivas Surabhi, MD Gabriella Temneanu, MD Rafael Vargas-Zap<strong>at</strong>a, MD Thomas Waidzunas, MD Bruce Weber, MD Lise Weisberger, MD Clinical Instructor Anastasia Gianakakos, MD Debra Haley, PhD Jessica Haloskie, MD Dragomir Jovanovic, MD Marina Khusid, MD, ND, MS Joshua Merok, MD Haroon Olomi, MD Leon Que, MD Vineet Singla, DO John Tenhundfeld, MD Clinical Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Psychology Steven Zuckerman, PhD Clinical Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Psychi<strong>at</strong>ry Rodney Eiger, MD Lecturer James Arons, DO Crystal Cash, MD Frank Castillo, MD, MA Margaret Dolan, MD Mark Drexler, MD Charles Edoigiawerie, MD, MPH Yacob Gawo, MD, MRCP Mandy Gittler, MD Stuart Goldman, MD Judith Gravdal, MD Pauline Harding, MD, LDN Mirza Jesani, DO, Mark Kanaris, MD Greg Kirschner, MD Mark Macumber, MD Jessica McIntyre, MD Paul Omastiak, MD Steven Rube, MD Martin Shobris, MD,PhD,CMD Stephen Stabile, MD, MHA Gary Stuck, MD Sajjini Thomas, MD Robert Zitter, Ph.D. Adjunct Clinical Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Law Cherilyn Murer, JD, CRA Adjunct Associ<strong>at</strong>e Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Family <strong>Medicine</strong> Ibrahim Bani, MD Clinical Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Orthopaedics and Sports <strong>Medicine</strong> Mark Hutchinson, MD Clinical Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Orthopaedics and Sports <strong>Medicine</strong> Terry Nicola, MD, MS
Family <strong>Medicine</strong> Newsletter P<strong>at</strong>rick Tranmer, MD, MPH (left) was appointed Interim Associ<strong>at</strong>e Dean for Clinical Affairs on July 16, 2011. Richard Stringham, MD (left) was awarded the 2011-<strong>2012</strong> Teaching Recognition Award by the UIC Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Memoona Hasnain, MD, MHPE, PhD (left) has been elected to serve on the Board <strong>of</strong> Directors for the South Asian Public Health Associ<strong>at</strong>ion (SAPHA). Congr<strong>at</strong>ul<strong>at</strong>ions Congr<strong>at</strong>ul<strong>at</strong>ions! Congr<strong>at</strong>ul<strong>at</strong>ions Abbas Hyderi, MD, MPH (right) has been appointed Interim Associ<strong>at</strong>e Dean for Curriculum as <strong>of</strong> January 16, <strong>2012</strong>. Samuel Grief, MD (right) was named as one <strong>of</strong> the Top Doctors in Obesity; weight management; nutrition on the January <strong>2012</strong> edition <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Chicago</strong> Magazine. Announcements Giving to the DFM The Department <strong>of</strong> Family <strong>Medicine</strong> is gr<strong>at</strong>eful for all those who have contributed to DFM gift funds throughout the year. Gift funds are extraordinary valuable in th<strong>at</strong> they enrich the department by investing in new technology, resources for research projects, and the overall educ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> residents and medical students in Family <strong>Medicine</strong>. We invite you to consider a gift to the Department <strong>of</strong> Family <strong>Medicine</strong>! For more inform<strong>at</strong>ion and instructions on how you can give to the DFM, please visit our website <strong>at</strong>: http://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/ departments___programs/departments/fammed/ giving_to_the_dfm/ Drs. Figueroa, Hasnain and Hyderi, and Ben Goold, Ryan Carr, P<strong>at</strong>riciaChico, Linday Martin, Beth-Anne Jacob, Dr. Ricardo Rivero, Suzanne Carlberg-Rachich, Barbara Schechtman, family and friends all particip<strong>at</strong>ed in the “AIDS Found<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chicago</strong>’s AIDS Run and Walk Fundraiser” held on October 1, 2011. Together they raised a total <strong>of</strong> $5,468.