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Meet Our Faculty

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Christopher P. Bruti, MD, MPH (He/Him/His)
Program Director, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program
Division Chief, Department of Hospital Medicine
Associate Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, RUSH Medical College

  • Undergrad: Loyola University New Orleans
  • Med School: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
  • Residency: RUSH University Medical Center

Favorite things to do in Chicago: Rooting for our many historic and beloved sports teams!

 

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Jennifer McDonnell, MD (Sher/Her/Hers)
Associate Program Director, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program
Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, RUSH Medical College

  • Undergrad: Bowdoin College
  • Med School: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Favorite things to do in Chicago: Ice-skating on The Midway, swimming in Lake Michigan, hanging out in Jackson Park.

 

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Jeremy B. Pripstein, MD, MSEd (He/Him/His)
Associate Program Director, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program
Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, RUSH Medical College

  • Undergrad: UCLA
  • Med School: McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montréal
  • MSEd: University of Southern California
  • Residency: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Favorite things to do in Chicago: Taking advantage of our International Airports! 

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Suwon Vickie Nopachai, MD, MPH (Sher/Her/Hers)
Faculty, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program
Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, RUSH Medical College

  • Undergrad: Emory University
  • MPH: Tulane University
  • Med School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
  • Residency: RUSH University Medical Center

 

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Surabhi Mona Mehrotra, MD (She/Her/Hers)
Faculty, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program
Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, RUSH Medical College
Med-Peds Clinic Medical Director

  • Undergrad: Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Med School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
  • Residency: RUSH University Medical Center

Favorite things to do in Chicago: Exercising and exploring different restaurants and neighborhoods in the city. 

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Looking for more Med-Peds at RUSH?

Below is a list of some additional RUSH faculty who trained in Med-Peds!

 

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Elizabeth R. Van Opstal, MD (Sher/Her/Hers)
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine
Director of Undergraduate Medical Education in Pediatrics
RUSH University Medical Center

  • Med School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
  • Residency: University of Chicago 

I love the versatility of Med-Peds. As a hospitalist, I get to treat such a variety of interesting cases. I love playing and even dancing with young kids, and having meaningful conversations with my older adult patients. Being Med-Peds has allowed me to teach in the medical school in different roles, both on the IM and Peds side, which has been fun. I also love the flexibility of being a Med-Peds hospitalist, that in my “free” time I can be involved in the local activism or volunteer at my kids school.

Elizabeth R. Van Opstal, MD

 

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Mariam S. Aziz, MD (Sher/Her/Hers)
Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
RUSH Medical College
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Global and Community Medicine Elective

  • Med School: RUSH University Medical Center
  • Residency: RUSH University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Infectious Disease, RUSH University Medical Center

 

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Shobha L. Rao, MD (Sher/Her/Hers)
Assistant Director, Core Clerkship
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
RUSH Medical College

  • Med School: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
  • Residency: William Beaumont Hospital

 

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Yoona Rhee, MD, ScM (Sher/Her/Hers)
Associate Director, Transplant Diseases Services
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
RUSH Medical College

  • ScM: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Med School: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Michigan Health System
  • Fellowship: RUSH University Medical Center
David Hodge MD, MPH

David Hodge MD, MPH (He/Him/His)
Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics
Rush Medical College

  • Med School: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine
  • Masters of Public Health: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health
  • Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital & Health Sciences System
Shuvani Sanyal, MD

Shuvani Sanyal, MD (She/Her/Hers)
Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, Division of Hospital Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Community and Global Health Equity
Rush Medical College

  • Med School: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine
  • Fellowship: Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine - Texas Children’s Hospital

 

Looking for even MORE faculty information?

Click below for a complete list of faculty in the RUSH Internal Medicine and Pediatrics categorial programs.

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