Meet Our Faculty

Rush University Medical Center

Name	Background
Nipun Atri, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Areas of Expertise: General Infectious Diseases, Orthopedic Infections, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy and Stewardship
Mariam Aziz, MD	Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Fellowship Program Director Director, Global and Community Medicine Elective Areas of Expertise: HIV, Maternal Child HIV / Prophylaxis, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis, Pediatric HIV, Tropical Infectious Diseases, Global Health
Stephanie Black, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Medical Director, Communicable Disease Program, Chicago Department of Public Health Areas of Expertise: Public Health, Emerging and Multi-Drug Resistant Pathogens, Infection Control
Kenneth Boyer, MD	Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Areas of Expertise: Pediatric Infectious Diseases, GBS Neonatal Infections, Congenital Toxoplasmosis, Pediatric HIV/AIDS
Graeme Forrest, MBBS	Professor of Medicine Areas of Expertise: Outcomes of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Immunosuppressed Hosts, Rapid Microbiologic Testing, Cryptococcal and Invasive Fungal Infections, Transplant Infections
Marielle Fricchione, MD	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Immunization Program Medical Director, Chicago Department of Public Health Areas of Expertise: Public Health, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Kawasaki Disease, Osteomyelitis
Hemil Gonzalez, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Areas of Expertise: AIDS, Neurological complications, HIV infection, Neurological infections
Larry Goodman, MD	The James A. Campbell, MD, Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine
Alan Harris, MD	Professor of Medicine Associate Director, Infectious Diseases
Mary Hayden, MD	The James Lowenstine Professor of Medicine Director, Division of Infectious Diseases Director, Division of Microbiology Areas of Expertise: Hospital Epidemiology, Bacterial Infections, Antibiotic Resistance, Clinical Microbiology, Public Health
Laura Hernandez Guarin, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Areas of Expertise: Antibiotic resistance, HIV infection/Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Tuberculosis
Bala Hota, MD	Professor of Medicine Vice President, Chief Analytics Officer Associate Chief Information Officer, RUMC Associate Chief Medical Officer, RUMC Areas of Expertise: Healthcare Quality, Medical Informatics, Healthcare Associated Infections, Hospital Epidemiology
Harold Kessler, MD	Professor of Medicine Area of Expertise: HIV
Stuart Levin, MD	Emeritus Professor of Medicine Previous Division Chief, Infectious Diseases Previous Chairman, Internal Medicine
Michael Lin, MD	Associate Professor of Medicine Associate Medical Director of Infection Control and Prevention Areas of Expertise: Healthcare Epidemiology, Multidrug-resistant Organisms, Public Health, Clinical Informatics
Latania Logan, MD	Professor of Pediatrics Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Vice Chair of Research, Department of Pediatrics Infection Control Officer, Rush University Children’s Hospital Minority Resident Advisor, Rush University Children’s Hospital Areas of Expertise: Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Antibiotic Resistance, Endocarditis, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections, Kawasaki Disease, Meningitis, Osteomyelitis, Pneumonia
Colleen Nash, MD	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Associate Program Director, Pediatrics Medical Director, Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Areas of Expertise: Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Neonatal Infections, Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts/HIV
Kyle Popovich, MD	Professor of Medicine Areas of Expertise: Community-associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Yoona Rhee, MD, ScM	Assistant Professor of Medicine Associate Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases Services Areas of Expertise: Hospital Epidemiology, Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts
Sarah Sansom, DO	Assistant Professor of Medicine Areas of Expertise: General Infectious Diseases, Multi-drug resistant organisms, Hospital Epidemiology
Carlos Santos, MD	Associate Professor of Medicine Medical Director, Rush Bioinformatics Core Director, Transplant Infectious Diseases Service Areas of Expertise: Transplant Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Pharmaco-epidemiology, Comparative Effectiveness Research, Use of Large Administrative Data for Research, Medical Informatics
John Segreti, MD	Professor of Medicine Hospital Epidemiologist, Medical Director Infection Control and Prevention Areas of Expertise: Hospital Epidemiology, Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infections
Beverly Sha, MD	Professor of Medicine Director, Mark Weiss Memorial Clinic for Infectious Diseases Areas of Expertise: HIV in Women, Genital Tract Inflammation, HIV testing, HIV Linkage to Care
Shivanjali Shankaran, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Associate Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director Director, Inpatient General Infectious Diseases Services Areas of Expertise: HIV, Medical Education
Andrew Simms, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Areas of Expertise: General Infectious Diseases, Medical Education, Quality Improvement
Gordon Trenholme, MD	Emeritus Professor of Medicine Previous Division Chief, Infectious Diseases
Brett Williams, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Area of Expertise: HIV, Microbiome
Julie Wohrley, MD	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Area of Expertise: Medical Education
Sarah Won, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Areas of Expertise: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Treatment of Multidrug-resistant Organisms, General Infectious Diseases, HIV

Cook County Health and Hospitals System

Name	Background
Homer Abiad, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Areas of Expertise: General Infectious Diseases, HIV
Oluwatoyin Adeyemi, MD	Professor of Medicine Areas of Expertise: HIV and Aging, Viral Hepatitis, Health Disparities, Health Advocacy
Sheila Badri, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Area of Expertise: HIV
David Barker, MD, MPH	Professor Emeritus of Medicine Emeritus Chief Medical Information Officer, CCH Emeritus Medical Director / CMO – CORE Center Areas of Expertise: HIV Testing, HIV Treatment, HIV Resistance Testing, Healthcare Informatics, Electronic Systems to Support Population Health Efforts, Public Health
Audrey French, MD	Professor of Medicine Director of HIV Inpatient Services, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County Director of Research, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center Areas of Expertise: HIV in women, HIV Prevention, HIV and Viral Hepatitis, HIV-related Medical Comorbidities
Gregory Huhn, MD	Associate Professor of Medicine Associate Infectious Diseases Fellowship Director Areas of Expertise: Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, HIV, Tropical Medicine
Sabrina Kendrick, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Director, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center Screening Clinic Areas of Expertise: Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV/AIDS, HIV Prevention
Ronald Lubelchek, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Medical Director, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center and CCHHS Central HIV Services Area of Expertise: HIV
Monica Mercon, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Areas of Expertise: HIV Care and Prevention, HIV Co-infections, Viral Hepatitis, Social Medicine, Global Health
Temitope Oyedele, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics Areas of Expertise: Adolescent HIV, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis
Katayoun Rezai, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine CCH Bureau Wide Director of OPAT Areas of Expertise: Diabetic Foot Infections, Orthopedic Infections, Discitis, Vertebral Osteomyelitis, Endocarditis, HIV, OPAT, Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship
David Schwartz, MD	Associate Professor of Medicine Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases, CCH Areas of Expertise: HIV/AIDS, Hospital and Community-acquired Infections
Robert Weinstein, MD	C. Anderson Hedberg, MD, Professor of Medicine Chairman Emeritus, Department of Medicine, CCHHS Founding Chief Operating Officer Emeritus, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center Areas of Expertise: Hospital Epidemiology, Multidrug-resistant Organisms
Sharon Welbel, MD	Associate Professor of Medicine Director, Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County Areas of Expertise: Hospital Epidemiology, Prevention of Healthcare-associated Infections, Tuberculosis Epidemiology and Therapy
Chad Zawitz, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Clinical Coordinator of HIV Medicine, Director of Infectious Diseases, Cermak Health Services, Cook County Jail Acting Physician Chair of Infection Control Department, Cermak Health Services Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases Director of Continuity of Care Clinic, Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center Areas of Expertise: HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Correctional Healthcare, LBGT Healthcare, Public Health