Where Are They Now

Image	Richard Plummer, MD Graduated 2018 Board Certified in Addiction Medicine Richard Plummer, MD, is a board certified family physician in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in South Dakota and Illinois. He is affiliated with Veterans Affairs Black Hills Health Care System and Chadron Community Hospital and Health Services. Plummer – "Dr. Rick", as he is addressed by his Veteran clientele – assists his Vets in every possible facet of their rehab and recovery. Addressing all aspects of their medical care and functioning as a coordinator, advisor and friend – "As a Team of Two" integrating known medical knowledge and Patient Autonomy. He is the Addiction Medicine Physician for the 45 bed VA domiciliary in Hot Springs, South Dakota and associated 5 transitional/halfway houses in the Black Hills VA Health Care System. He is very proud and grateful to be a Graduate of the Rush Program
Image	Ruchi Fitzgerald, MD, FAAFP Graduated 2019 Board Certified in Addiction Medicine
Image	Nicholas Chien, MD Graduated 2020 Board Certified in Addiction Medicine Associate Program Director, Rush University Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program Core Faculty, Rush University Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
Image	Francesco Tani, DO, AAHIVS Graduated 2021 Board Certified in Addiction Medicine Faculty, Rush University Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program Assistant Service Chief, Addiction Medicine Consult Service, PCC Community Wellness Family Physician/Addiction Medicine Specialist, Howard Brown FQHC
Image	Umar Siddiqui, MD Graduated 2022 Board Certified in Addiction Medicine Internist & Chief of Addiction Services Medical Director of St. Louis County Jail & Northeast Regional Corrections Center Chief of Addiction Medicine Services, St. Luke’s Hospital, Duluth, MN
Image	Amanda Donald, MD Graduated 2023 Dr. Donald is a current board member of the Illinois Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM). She is a physician specializing in internal medicine and addiction medicine. Dr. Donald is an attending physician at Northwestern Palos Heights Community Hospital and also works with the intensive outpatient program, which is stationed in Orland Park, Illinois. A Chicago native, she completed her medical school at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. She then ventured west and completed an internal medicine residency in 2022 at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco. There, Dr. Donald helped develop a curriculum to support diversity outreach and improvement within residency recruitment processes. She joined Rush University Medical Center for added training in addiction medicine and completed her fellowship in June of 2023. She is now working with Northwestern Palos Hospital, providing both inpatient and outpatient addiction services. Dr. Donald has collaborated to initiate an intranasal naloxone kit program and is currently developing protocols for ordering and administering long-acting injectable buprenorphine. Her goal is to strive to enrich and improve community access to harm reduction measures and treatment options. Dr. Donald thrives on continued learning and the expansion of the field, aiming to be an advocate for her patients and her community.
Image	Daniel Ignell, MD Graduated 2023 Daniel Ignell is currently a Physician at Kaiser Permanente in California. Outside of work he likes to rock climb, snowboard, and go biking with his wife and dog. He loves to travel internationally and is constantly planning his next trip. He is excited to go see the LA Kings play.
Image	Bryce De Venecia, MD Graduated 2024 Bryce de Venecia is originally from Denver, Colorado. He left the mountains for the Midwest starting in undergrad at the University of Notre Dame to study Biology and Spanish. He then attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Indiana University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Currently, he is practicing emergency medicine and starting an addiction medicine consulting service at Rush Oak Park Hospital in Oak Park, IL. This next year, he hopes to run another marathon, travel to a new country, and return to the Rockies for hiking.
Image	Tiffany Tahata, DO Graduated 2024 Tiffany Tahata was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai’i, and completed her undergraduate degrees in Biology and Psychology at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. She left the islands to attend medical school in Colorado and completed her Internal Medicine residency at CMHS in Ventura, California. She is a graduate of the Addiction Medicine fellowship at Rush University Medical Center. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, traveling, exploring art and music, and staying active.
Image	Zain Nayani, DO, MPH Graduated 2025 Faculty, Rush University Addiction Medicine Fellowship Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Image	Tyler Reese, MD, AAHIVS Graduated 2025 Attending Physician, Addiction Medicine Consult Service, University of Illinois Hospital, UI Health Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago Clinician-Researcher, Community Outreach Intervention Projects, School of Public Health, University of Illinois Chicago