Summer 2003 - Chicago Medical Society

een in practice in the SouthSuburbs since 1985. He earnedhis undergraduate degree fromNorthwestern University Medicalschool and his medical degreefrom the University of IllinoisSchool of Medicine. Hecompleted his residency in internalmedicine and fellowshipin gastroenterology at the Universityof Illinois as well.Dr. Kaiser is on the attendingstaff at Ingalls MemorialHospital and Advocate SouthSuburban Hospital. He hasbeen president of the medicalstaff at Ingalls and currently ischairman of its EndoscopyCommitte.A member of CMS since1985, Dr. Kaiser has served aspresident and councilor of theSouthern Cook County Branchbefore. He has served on theCMS Council since 1992 and asan alternate delegate to theISMS. He currently sits on theElections and Bylaws/PolicyReview Committees and servesas an alternate delegate toISMS. Additionally, he hasbeen a delegate to the AMAOMSS.Dr. Kaiser is married and hasfour children. One daughterhas recently begun her medicaleducation at Rush University.Southwest BranchParakrama DeSilva, MDDr. DeSilva isa medicalgraduate ofthe Universityof Hiroshimain Japan.After a rotatinginternshipat the AlbanyMedical College, he completeda residency in medicine at theUniversity of Ottawa in Ontario.He then completed a fellowshipin cardiology at theUniversity of Chicago (wherehe was an NIH Fellow). Dr.DeSilva is on the attending staffat Advocate Christ MedicalCenter, Little Company ofMary Hospital and Holy CrossHospital. He is a past chairmanof the Department of Medicineat Holy Cross. He is clinicalassistant professor of medicineat the University of Illinois.At the Chicago Medical Society,Dr. DeSilva has served on thefollowing committees: Credentials,Membership, PhysiciansReview, and the InternationalMedical Graduate. He is also aCMS councilor in addition tobeing a former secretary andvice-president of the SouthwestBranch. At ISMS level, heserves on the Peer ReviewCommittee.Student BranchJesse M. Ehrenfeld, Co-chairMr. Ehrenfeldis a fourthyearmedicalstudent at theUniversity ofChicago,PritzkerSchool ofMedicine.A native of Wilmington, DE,Mr. Ehrenfeld graduated fromHaverford College in May2000, where he earned a bachelorof science in chemistry witha concentration in biochemistry.A 1999 recipient of the AmericanChemical Society's UndergraduateAward in AnalyticalChemistry, Mr. Ehrenfeld hascontinued his research pursuitsin medical school, where he hasreceived awards from both theUniversity of Chicago and theChicago Medical Society for excellencein clinical research.Mr. Ehrenfeld has served onthe CMS Long-Range PlanningCommittee, and as a councilorto the Student Branch since hisfirst year of medical school.Currently, Mr. Ehrenfeld participateson the ISMS Board as astudent trustee in addition toserving on the ISMS and AMAHouse of Delegates. He is astudent representative to theUniversity of Chicago's Boardof Trustees.Mr. Ehrenfeld plans to pursuea career in anesthesia aftergraduating from medicalschool.Taruna Madhav, Co-chairMs. Madhav isa fourth yearmedical studentat NorthwesternUniversity'sFeinbergSchool ofMedicine. Shegrew up inPalos Hills, IL, and attendedStagg High School. Ms. Madhavwas accepted during hersenior year of high school toNorthwestern University'sHonors Program in MedicalEducation, a 7 year BA/MDdual degree program. Ms.Madhav graduated in May2000 with a BA in biochemistryand biophysics and a minor inpolitical science.In medical school, Ms. Madhavwas selected as a HoytScholar at Northwestern University,which is awarded to 10medical students each year forachievements in extracurricularactivities, research and academics.She created a student organizationcalled PLASMA, PoliticalLegal and Socioeconomic