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2017-2018 University Catalog 
    
2017-2018 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Leadership and Governance



University Governance

Board of Governors

Carole Browe Segal
Chair

Robert A. Wislow
Vice Chair

William G. Brown (honorary)

Philip A. Canfield

Ann Watson Cohn, EdD

Lewis M. Collens

Mikki Denison

Thomas A. Deutsch, MD (ex officio)

Marquis D. Foreman, PhD (ex officio)

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. (honorary)

Larry J. Goodman, MD (ex officio)

Marcie B. Hemmelstein

Marvin J. Herb (honorary)

Richard M. Jaffee

K. Ranga Rama Krishnan, MB, ChB (ex officio)

Richard E. Melcher, MD

James L. Mulshine, MD (ex officio)

Marcia P. Murphy, DNP

Abby McCormick O’Neil (honorary)

Karl A. Palasz

Charlotte Brasic Royeen, PhD (ex officio)

John J. Sabl, JD

Michael Simpson (honorary)

Robert A. Southern (honorary)

Carl W. Stern

Jonathan W. Thayer

Barbara Jil Wu, PhD

Medical Center Leadership

William M. Goodyear

Chairman

Susan Crown

Vice Chair

James W. DeYoung

Vice Chair

Donald G. Lubin

Vice Chair

Larry Goodman, MD
Chief Executive Officer
President, Rush University

Michael J. Dandorph
President and Chief Operating Officer

Thomas A. Deutsch, MD
Provost, Rush University

David A. Ansell, MD
Senior Vice President, Community Health Equity; Associate Provost, Rush University

Cynthia Barginere, DNP
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Rush University Hospitals; Associate Dean for Practice, College of Nursing

Antonio C. Bianco, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President,Clinical Affairs
President, Rush University Medical Group

Brent J. Estes
Senior Vice President, Business and Network Development; President and Chief Executive Officer, Rush Health

K. Ranga Rama Krishnan, MB, ChB
Dean, Rush Medical College and Senior Vice President

Omar B. Lateef, DO
Senior Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer

Diane M. McKeever
Senior Vice President, Philanthropy; Chief Development Officer and Secretary, Board of Trustees

John P. Mordach
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Shafiq Rab, MBBS
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Mary Ellen Schopp
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer

Carl Bergetz, JD
Vice President, Legal Affairs; General Counsel; Chief Legal Officer

Cynthia E. Boyd, MD
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer; Assistant Dean for Admissions and Recruitment, Rush Medical College

Edward W. Conway
Vice President, Clinical Affairs for Administration and Finance

Melissa Coverdale
Vice President, Finance

Richard B. Davis
Vice President, Human Resources Operations

Richard K. Davis
Vice President, University Affairs; Principal Business Officer, Rush University

Bruce M. Elegant
Vice President, Hospital Operations; President and Chief Executive Officer, Rush Oak Park Hospital

Richa Gupta, MBBS
Vice President, Performance Improvement and Operational Effectiveness
Chief Quality Officer

Bala Hota, MD
Vice President and Chief Analytics Officer

Joan E. Kurtenbach
Vice President, Strategic Planning, Marketing and Communications

Michael E. LaMont
Vice President, Facilities Management

Mike J. Mulroe
Vice President, Hospital Operations

Patricia S. O’Neil
Vice President, Treasurer; Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer

Jaime B. Parent
Vice President, Information Technology; Associate Chief Information Officer

Brian D. Patty, MD
Vice President, Clinical Information Systems; Chief Medical Information Officer

Anthony Perry, MD
Vice President, Ambulatory Care and Population Health

Terry Peterson
Vice President, Corporate and External Affairs

Scott E. Sonnenschein
Vice President, Hospital Operations

Denise N. Szalko
Vice President, Revenue Cycle

Judson Vosburg
Vice President, Financial Planning and Decision Support

Lynne M. Wallace
Vice President, Human Resources

Rush University Leadership

Larry Goodman, MD
President, Rush University

Thomas A. Deutsch, MD
Provost, Rush University

Marquis D. Foreman, PhD
Dean, College of Nursing

K. Ranga Rama Krishnan, MB, ChB
Dean, Rush Medical College

Charlotte B. Royeen, PhD
Dean, College of Health Sciences

James L. Mulshine, MD
Interim Dean, Graduate College

Richard K. Davis
Principal Business Officer

Gayle B. Ward, JD
Senior Associate Provost, Educational Affairs

Susanna G. Chubinskaya, PhD
Associate Provost, Faculty  Affairs

Joshua J. Jacobs, MD
Associate Provost, Research

Rosemarie Suhayda, PhD
Associate Provost, Institutional Research, Assessment and Accreditation

Martha Clare Morris, ScD
Assistant Provost, Community Research

Thomas J. Champagne Jr., MBA
Associate Vice President, Research Affairs

Greg MacVarish, MA
Chief Student Experience Officer

Brenda L. Weddington, MEd
Chief Enrollment Management Officer and University Registrar

Sharon D. Gates
Senior Director, Community Engagement

John McClatchy
Senior Director, Medical Affairs

Angela K. Branson
Director, Student Life and Engagement

Jo A. Cates, MLIS
Director, Library of Rush University Medical Center

Chris Kanakis
Director, University Facilities

Michelle Michael
Director, University Relations

A. David Rivera
Director, University Systems and Operations

Hilarie Terebessy, PhD
Director, Counseling Center

Jill Gable
Director, Student Financial Aid

Michael J. Kremer, PhD
Co-Director, Rush Center for Clinical Skills and Simulation

Michelle Sergel, MD
Co-Director, Rush Center for Clinical Skills and Simulation

Board of Trustees

William M. Goodyear
Chairman

Susan Crown
Vice Chair

James W. DeYoung
Vice Chair

Donald G. Lubin, Esq
Vice Chair

Larry Goodman, MD
Chief Executive Officer

General Trustees

Kapila K. Anand

James A. Bell

Matthew J. Boler

John L. Brennan

Marca L. Bristo

Peter C. B. Bynoe

Karen B. Case

Alison Li Chung

E. David Coolidge III

Kelly McNamara Corley

Susan Crown

James W. DeYoung

William A. Downe

Christine A. Edwards

Francesca Maher Edwardson

Charles L. Evans, PhD

Larry Field

Robert F. Finke

William J. Friend

Ronald J. Gidwitz

H. John Gilbertson

Larry Goodman, MD

William M. Goodyear

Sandra P. Guthman

William J. Hagenah

William K. Hall

Christie Hefner

Marcie B. Hemmelstein

Jay L. Henderson

Marvin J. Herb

John W. Higgins

John L. Howard

Ron Huberman

Richard M. Jaffee

Kip Kirkpatrick

Fred A. Krehbiel

Sheldon Lavin

Aylwin B. Lewis        

Susan R. Lichtenstein

Pamela Forbes Lieberman

Todd W. Lillibridge

Donald G. Lubin, Esq.

Gary E. McCullough

Andrew J. McKenna Jr.

Paul E. Martin

James S. Metcalf

Wayne L. Moore

William A. Mynatt Jr.

Martin H. Nesbitt

Michael J. O’Connor

William H. Osborne

Aurie A. Pennick

Sheila A. Penrose

Perry R. Pero

Stephen N. Potter

Stephen R. Quazzo

Eric A. Reeves

Thomas E. Richards

John W. Rogers Jr.

Jesse H. Ruiz

John J. Sabl

John F. Sandner

E. Scott Santi

Gloria Santona, Esq.

Carole Browe Segal

Alejandro Silva

Jennifer W. Steans

Joan E. Steel

Carl W. Stern

Jonathan W. Thayer

Charles A. Tribbett III

Gregory W. Welch

John R. Willis

Thomas J. Wilson

Robert A. Wislow

Barbara Jil Wu, PhD

Annual Trustees

Debra Beck

Harry Bond

Bruce W. Dienst

Steven Gitelis, MD

David W. Hines, MD

Anthony D. Ivankovich, MD

Phillip M. Kambic

Anthony M. Kotin, MD

The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey D. Lee  

Mary K. McCarthy, JD

Mark C. Metzger

Marcia Murphy, DNP

Karl A. Palasz

Karen C. Reid

Angelique L. Richard, PhD, RN

Dino Rumoro, DO

Carole W. Streicher

Kenneth J. Tuman, MD

Life Trustees

Hall Adams Jr.

Mrs. Bowen Blair

William G. Brown

John H. Bryan

W. H. Clark

Robert J. Darnall

Thomas A. Donahoe

Bruce W. Duncan

W. James Farrell

Wade Fetzer III

Marshall Field

John P. Frazee Jr.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr.

Richard W. Gochnauer

Joan M. Hall

Leo M. Henikoff, MD

Mrs. Edward Hines

Thomas R. Hodgson

Edgar D. Jannotta      

John E. Jones

John P. Keller

Herbert B. Knight

Vernon R. Loucks Jr.

John W. Madigan

The Rt. Rev. James W. Montgomery

Robert S. Morrison

Abby McCormick O’Neil

Maribeth S. Rahe

Sheii Z. Rosenberg

Patrick G. Ryan

The Hon. Anne O. Scott

Michael Simpson

Harold Byron Smith Jr.

Robert A. Southern

S. Jay Stewart

Philip W. K. Sweet Jr.

Frank J. Techar

Bide L. Thomas

Richard L. Thomas