Meet Our Faculty


	Katrina Burns, MD Program Director, Fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Leadership Member, Psychiatry Clerkship for 3rd Year Medical Students Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush Medical College MD, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York General Psychiatry Residency, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois MacLean Medical Ethics Fellowship, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Favorite restaurants: Yolk, Eleven City Diner and Chiya Chai Favorite activities: Ballroom dancing Favorite Chicago thing to do: Going to the zoo, going to museums like Shedd Aquarium, The Museum of Science and Industry and The Art Institute of Chicago
	Joseph Beck, MD Division Chief, Hospital Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center Assistant Professor, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatry, and Addiction Psychiatry MD, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago, Illinois Chief Resident, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois Residency in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois Fellowship in Additction Psychiatry and Pain Medicine Training, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Favorite restaurant: Kasama Favorite activities: Try new restaurants, taverns, and enjoy live music
	Kruthika Sampathgiri, MD Assistant Professor, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Neurology Sciences, and Transplant Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, India Fellowship, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Psychiatry Resident, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Consultation-Liaison Fellow, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois Favorite restaurants: Aba, Bavette’s Bar, Boeuf Favorite activities: kickboxing, cooking, painting, and playing with her new pup!
	Jonathan L. Kaplan, MD Assistant Professor, Medical Director of Psychiatry in Oncology, Associate Division Chief of Integrated Behavioral Health and Collaborative Care, and Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist MD, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois Residency, Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Favorite restaurant: Mott Street Favorite activities: Attending live music, comedy performances or Chicago Bears games Favorite Chicago thing to do: Kingston Mines for live Blues music, lakefront beaches in the summer, Chicago Botanical Gardens, Zoo Lights at Lincoln Park Zoo Favorite local festivals: Blues Fest and Jazz Fest
	Aniruddha Deka, MD Assistant Professor, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Medical Director of Transplant Psychiatry, Departments of Transplant Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Assistant Director, Pre-clerkship and Clerkship Education in Psychiatry MBBS, Gauhati Medical College, India General Psychiatry Residency, Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois Consultation-Liaison Fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut Favorite Chicago restaurants: Athena, Little Wok, Demera Favorite Chicago thing to do: exploring different cuisines, walking or biking on the Lakeshore Trail Dr. Deka’s areas of interest are health-care disparaties, transplant psychiatry, and delirium.
	Victor G. Patron Romero, MD Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Consult-Liaison Psychiatry, Movement Disorders, and Epilepsy; co-director for the Non-Epileptic Seizures Treatment Clinic MD, The Baja California State University, Baja California, Mexico General Psychiatry Residency, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois Consult-Liasion Psychiatry Fellowship, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois MacLean Medical Ethics Fellowship, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Masters in Clinical Research, Rush University Graduate College, Chicago, Illinois Favorite restaurant: La Querencia Favorite Chicago thing to do: Day at the Field Museum Dr. Patron’s interests center around neurological conditions that cause psychiatric symptoms.