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2019-2020 University Catalog 
    
2019-2020 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Leadership and Governance



Rush University Board of Governors

Carole Browe Segal, Chair

Robert A. Wislow, Vice Chair

Matthew F. Bergmann

Frederick M. Brown Jr., DNP

Ann Watson Cohn, EdD

Lewis M. Collens

Ayaat Dahleh

Sherine E. Gabriel, MD (ex officio)

Marcie B. Hemmelstein

Richard E. Melcher, MD

Karl A. Palasz

John J. Sabl, JD

Juan Salgado

Carl W. Stern

Michael W. Urbut

Barbara Jil Wu, PhD

Honorary Governors

William G. Brown

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr.

Marvin J. Herb

Abby McCormick O’Neil

Michael Simpson

Rush University Leadership

Sherine E. Gabriel, MD, MSc, President, Rush University

Thomas A. Deutsch, MD, Provost, Rush University

Dino Rumoro, DO, Acting Dean, Rush Medical College

Marquis D. Foreman, PhD, Dean, College of Nursing

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

Andrew J. Bean, PhD, Dean, Graduate College

Susanna G. Chubinskaya, PhD, Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs

Joshua J. Jacobs, MD, Vice Provost, Research

David Katz, PhD, Vice Provost, Academic Affairs; Chief Knowledge Officer

Gayle B. Ward, JD, Vice Provost, Student Affairs

David A. Ansell, MD, Associate Provost, Clinical Affairs

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

Alan Landay, PhD, Assistant Provost, Team Science

Martha Clare Morris, ScD, Assistant Provost, Community Research

Ryan Nagdeman, Associate Vice President, Marketing and Communications

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

Sharon D. Gates, Senior Director, Community Engagement

John McClatchy, Senior Director, Medical Affairs

Mai Aly, MEd, Director, Records and Registration

Angela K. Branson, MS, Director, Student Life and Engagement

Sandra L. Wenner, JD, Interim Director, Library of Rush University Medical Center

Rebecca Darmoc, MS, Director, Marketing

Jill Gable, MBA, Director, Student Financial Aid

Chris Kanakis, Director, University Facilities

Kapula Patalinghug, MM, Director, Administrative Operations

Hilarie Terebessy, PhD, Director, Counseling Center

Angela Velez-Solic, PhD, Director, Instructional Design and Learning Innovation

Marie S. Ferro-Lusk, MBA, MSW, LSW, Director, Student Accessibility Services

Kate L. Webster, PhD, Director, Student Diversity and Multicultural Affairs

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

Rush University Medical Center Board of Trustees

General Trustees

Kapila K. Anand

James A. Bell

Matthew F. Bergmann

Matthew J. Boler

John L. Brennan

Marca L. Bristo

Peter C. B. Bynoe

Karen B. Case

Alison L. Chung

Karen Jaffee Cofsky

Ann Watson Cohn, EdD

E. David Coolidge III

Kelly McNamara Corley

Susan Crown

James W. DeYoung

William A. Downe

Christine A. Edwards

Francesca Maher Edwardson

Peter M. Ellis

Charles L. Evans, PhD

Larry Field

Robert F. Finke

William J. Friend

H. John Gilbertson

William M. Goodyear

Sandra P. Guthman

David C. Habiger

William J. Hagenah

Christie Hefner

Marcie B. Hemmelstein

Jay L. Henderson

Marvin J. Herb

John W. Higgins

John L. Howard

Ron Huberman

William T. Huffman Jr.

Kip Kirkpatrick

Thomas E. Lanctot

Omar Lateef, DO

Sheldon Lavin

Kenneth H. M. Leet

Susan R. Lichtenstein

Pamela Forbes Lieberman

Todd W. Lillibridge

Paul E. Martin

Gary E. McCullough

Andrew J. Mills

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

José Luis Prado

Stephen R. Quazzo

Eric A. Reeves

John W. Rogers Jr.

Joan S. Rubschlager

John J. Sabl

John F. Sandner

E. Scott Santi

Gloria Santona, Esq.

Carole Browe Segal

Alejandro Silva

David H. B. Smith Jr.

Jennifer W. Steans

Joan E. Steel

Carl W. Stern

Charles A. Tribbett III

Thomas J. Wilson

Robert A. Wislow

Barbara Jil Wu, PhD

Annual Trustees

Debra Beck

Frederick M. Brown Jr., DNP

Christopher L. Coogan, MD

Bruce W. Dienst

Justin Ishbia

Anthony D. Ivankovich, MD

Anthony M. Kotin, MD

The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey D. Lee  

Mark C. Metzger

Cindy Nicolaides

Karen C. Reid

Carole W. Streicher

Kenneth J. Tuman, MD

Edward J. Ward, MD

Marilyn K. Wideman, DNP

Life Trustees

Hall Adams Jr.

Mrs. Bowen Blair

William G. Brown

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

Larry Goodman, MD

Joan M. Hall

William K. Hall

Leo M. Henikoff, MD

Mrs. Edward Hines

Thomas R. Hodgson

Edgar D. Jannotta      

John E. Jones

John P. Keller

Herbert B. Knight

Fred A. Krehbiel

Vernon R. Loucks Jr.

Donald G. Lubin, Esq.

John W. Madigan

Robert A. Mariano

The Right  Rev. James W. Montgomery

Robert S. Morrison

Abby McCormick O’Neil

Maribeth S. Rahe

Sheli Z. Rosenberg

Patrick G. Ryan

The Hon. Anne O. Scott

Michael Simpson

Harold Byron Smith Jr.

S. Jay Stewart

Frank J. Techar

Bide L. Thomas

Richard L. Thomas

John R. Willis

Rush University Medical Center Leadership

Susan Crown, Chairman of the Board

Peter C. B. Bynoe, Vice Chair

James W. DeYoung, Vice Chair

Christine A. Edwards, Vice Chair

William M. Goodyear, Vice Chair

Stephen N. Potter, Vice Chair

Omar B. Lateef, DO, Chief Executive Officer

Sherine E. Gabriel, MD, President, Rush University

Thomas A. Deutsch, MD, Provost, Rush University

David A. Ansell, MD, Senior Vice President, Community Health Equity

Cynthia Barginere, DNP, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Rush University Hospital

Carl Bergetz, JD, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel; Acting Chief Human Resources OfficerUCTING

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

Diane M. McKeever, Senior Vice President, Philanthropy Chief Development Officer and Secretary John P. Mordach, Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer

Shafiq Rab, MBBS, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Angelique L. Richard, PhD, Acting Senior Vice President of Hospital Operations; Vice President, Clinical Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer

Bryant A. Adibe, MD, Vice President and Chief Wellness Officer

Joseph Anderson, Vice President, Operations, Compensation, and Benefits, Human Resources

Cynthia E. Boyd, MD, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Peter Briechle, PhD, Vice President, Philanthropy Programs and Services

Paul Casey, MD, Acting Chief Medical Officer

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

Melissa Coverdale, Vice President, Finance

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

Richa Gupta, MBBS, Chief Operating Officer, Rush University Medical Group

Darlene Oliver Hightower, JD, Vice President, Community Health Equity

Bala Hota, MD, Vice President and Chief Analytics Officer

Joshua J. Jacobs, MD, Vice President, Research

Courtney Kammer, Vice President, Provider Services and Recruitment; Interim Vice President, Talent Management

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 and Treasurer

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

Anthony J. Perry, MD, Vice President, Ambulatory Transformation

Terry Peterson, Vice President, Corporate and External Affairs

Shanon Shumpert, Vice President, Institutional Equity, Human Resources

Nicole Sibol, Vice President, Business Development

Scott E. Sonnenschein, Vice President, Hospital Operations; President, Health Delivery Management, LLC

Vanessa Stacks, Vice President, Care Coordination and Clinical Documentation Improvement

Jeremy E. Strong, Vice President, Supply Chain

Katie Conklin Struck, JD, Vice President, Integrated Solutions and Optimization

Denise N. Szalko, Vice President, Revenue Cycle

Lynne M. Wallace, Vice President, Human Resources

Thomas P. Wick, Vice President, Principal and Major Gifts, Philanthropy

Alex D. Wiggins, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

James Wilson, Vice President, Financial Planning, Budget and Decision Support

Rush University System for Health Trustees

Susan Crown, Chairman

Peter C. B. Bynoe

Catherine Cederoth

E. David Coolidge III

Bruce W. Dienst

William A. Downe

Christine A. Edwards

William M. Goodyear

Sandra P. Guthman

Jay L. Henderson

Mark Metzger

John W. Rogers Jr.

Carole Browe Segal

K. Ranga Rama Krishnan, MB, ChB (ex officio, without vote)

Rush University System for Health Officers

Susan Crown, Chairman

K. Ranga Rama Krishnan, MB, ChB, Chief Executive Officer

Sherine E. Gabriel, MD, Chief Academic Officer

Michael J. Dandorph, President

Diane M. McKeever, Secretary

Carl Bergetz, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer; Acting Chief Human Resources Officer

Barry Finn, Senior Vice President, and Hospital Integration Officer

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

Tatyana Popkova, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

Shafiq Rab, MBBS, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Bryant A. Adibe, MD, Vice President and Chief Wellness Officer

Cynthia Barginere, DNP, Acting Chief Transformation Officer

Angelique Richard, PhD, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer