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Jennifer McDonnell, MD (She/Her/Hers)
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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Christopher P. Bruti, MD, MPH (He/Him/His)
Associate 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!

Shuvani Sanyal, MD (She/Her/Hers)
Associate Program Director, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program
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

Favorite things to do in Chicago: Riding my bike along the Lakefront Trail, exploring the incredibly diverse food scene (extra points for restaurants with patios and rooftops), picnicking at the summer concert series in Millennium Park.

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Jim Hays

Jim Hays, MD (He/Him/His)
Associate Program Director, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program
Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Rush Medical College
Interim Pediatric Program Director, Rush Cystic Fibrosis Center
Intensivist, Rush Children's Hospital
Hospitalist, Division of Hospital Medicine
Departments of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics

  • Med School: Loyola University of Chicago
  • Residency: Med-Peds, Rush University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: PICU, University of Chicago 

Favorite things to do in Chicago: Summer street festivals, visiting any of Chicago's many beaches, running, and hanging out at a brewery  

 

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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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Beth Van Opstal

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

  • 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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Marina Arvanitis

Marina Arvanitis, MD, (she/her/hers)

Faculty, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program
Assistant Professor, Division of Internal Medicine - Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Rush Medical College

Director, Rush Medical Student Health Program

  • Med School: Rush Medical College
  • Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin  
  • MPH: Health Care & Prevention, UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Fellowship: National Research Service Award - Primary Care Research Program, UNC-Chapel Hill
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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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Gianna Bosco

Gianna Bosco, MD (She/Her)
Hospitalist, Division of Hospital Medicine
Departments of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics

  • Med School: University of Illinois
  • Residency: Med-Peds, Rush University Medical Center
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Haley Herman

Haley Herman, MD (She/Her)
Hospitalist, Division of Hospital Medicine
Departments of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics

  • Med School: Ohio State University
  • Residency: Med-Peds, Rush University Medical Center
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David Hodge

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
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Rachel Medernach

Rachel Medernach, MD, MSCI (She/Her)
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Rush Medical College

  • Med School: Loyola University of Chicago
  • Residency: Med-Peds, Rush University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: ID, Northwestern Hospital
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Surabhi Mona Mehrotra

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

  • Undergrad: Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Med School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Rush University Medical Center
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David Nguyen

David Nguyen, MD (He/Him/His)
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Rush Medical College

  • Med School: Northeastern Ohio University
  • Residency: Residency: Med-Peds, Rush University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Combined ID, Case Western
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Shobhal Rao

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

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
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Sara Ruddock-Walker

Sara Ruddock-Walker, MD, MA (She/Her/Hers)
Faculty, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program
Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Rush Medical College
Associate Discipline Director of Pediatrics
Internal Medicine and Pediatric Hospitalist

  • Undergrad: Amherst College
  • MA: University of Mississippi
  • Med School: Loyola University Chicago
  • Residency: Rush University Medical Center
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Arnaud Wautlet

Arnaud Wautlet, MD (He/Him/His)
Assistant Professor, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush Medical College

  • Med School: Loyola University of Chicago
  • Residency: Med-Peds, Rush University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: A&I, Northwestern Hospital

 

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