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Kenneth D. Candido, M.D. - Chairman and Program Director - Professor of Anesthesiology
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Pain Medicine |
| Medical School: |
Universidad del Noreste, Mexico, MD Degree 1983 |
| Residency: |
Anesthesiology, New York Medical College, 1/85 - 6/86
Internal Medicine, New York Medical College, 7/86 - 6/87
Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 7/88 - 12/89 |
| Fellowship: |
Pain Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 7/87 - 6/88 |
| Special Interests: |
Pain procedures, regional anesthesia blocks, and academic research |
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Eric Fouliard, M.D.
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesia, April 2011 |
| Medical School: |
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Downers Grove, IL |
| Residency: |
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center |
| Special Interests: |
General Anesthesia |
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Ramis Ghaly, M.D. - Division Chair, Neuroanesthesia - Professor of Anesthesiology
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Pain Medicine
American Board of Neurological Surgery
American Board of Independant Medical Examiner
American Board of Neuro-Critical Care
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| Medical School: |
Ain Shams University, School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt, MD Degree 1981 |
| Residency: |
Rotating Internship, Ain Shams University Hospital and Clinic, 1982 – 1983
General Medicine Residency, Military Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, 1983 – 1984
Neurotrauma and Crtitical Care Internship, John Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL 1/87 – 1/88
Anesthesiology/Neuroanesthesiology Residency, John Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL 2/88 – 1/91
Neurological Surgery Residency, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 1/91 – 6/95 |
| Fellowship: |
Neurophysiology and Neurotrauma, John Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL 7/86 – 1/87 |
| Special Interests: |
Neuro-anesthesia, critical care, and academic research |
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Sergio Gonzalez, M.D. - Division Chair, Paramedic Anesthesia - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology |
| Medical School: |
Central del Este, Dominican Republic, MD Degree 6/96 |
| Residency: |
Medicine Internship, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 6/00 – 7/01
Anesthesiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, 7/01 – 7/04 |
| Special Interests: |
Pediatric anesthesia, anesthesia for OB/GYN, anesthesia for ENT surgery, and regional anesthesia blocks |
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Arjang Khorasani, M.D. - Program Director and Director of Critical Care Division - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Critical Care Medicine |
| Medical School: |
Tehran University, MD Degree 1973 |
| Residency: |
Neurological Surgery, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 7/86 - 6/87
Anesthesiology, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 7/87 - 6/90 |
| Fellowship: |
Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University, 7/93 - 6/94 |
| Special Interests: |
Anesthesia for cardiovascular surgery, critical care medicinel |
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Gilka Lara, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology |
| Medical School: |
San Simon University, Cochabamba, Bolivia, MD Degree 1989 |
| Residency: |
Medicine Transitional Year, Ponce University Hospital, Ponce, Puerto Rico, 7/97 - 6/98
Anesthesiology, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 8/98 - 7/01 |
| Special Interests: |
General anesthesia, anesthesia for OB/GYN |
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Mirza Mahdi, M.D. - Division Chair of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia - Assistant Professor of Anethesis.
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology |
| Medical School: |
Mysore Medical College, Mysore, India, MD Degree 1970 |
| Residency: |
Medicine Transitional Year, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 7/81 - 6/82
Anesthesiology, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 7/82 - 6/84 |
| Fellowship: |
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 7/84 - 6/85 |
| Special Interests: |
Anesthesia for cardiovascular surgery and critical care medicine |
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Anna Moskal, M.D. - Instructor of Anesthesis
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology - Eligeble |
| Medical School: |
Akademia Medyczna Bialystok, Bialystock, Poland, MD Degree 08/96 |
| Residency: |
Medicine Transitional Year, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 7/81 - 6/82
Anesthesiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 7/06 - 6/09 |
| Fellowship: |
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 7/09 - 7/10 |
| Special Interests: |
Anesthesia for cardiovascular surgery |
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Usha Nimmagadda, M.D. - Division Chair, Ambulatory and Office base Anesthesia - Associate Professor of Anestheology
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology |
| Medical School: |
Rangaraya Medical College, MBBS Degree 1964 |
| Residency: |
Medicine Transitional Year, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 7/68 - 6/69
Anesthesiology, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 7/69 - 6/71 |
| Fellowship: |
Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 7/71 - 6/72 |
| Special Interests: |
Anesthesia for ophthalmological surgery, general anesthesia, and academic research |
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Maunak Rana, MD - Division Chair, Pain Management - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Pain Medicine |
| Medical School: |
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, MD Degree 1997 |
| Residency: |
Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 7/97 - 6/98
Biomedical Engineering, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 7/98 - 5/99
Anesthesiology, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 7/99 - 6/02 |
| Fellowship: |
Pain Medicine Fellowship, McGaw Medical Center/Northwestern University-The Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 6/03 |
| Special Interests: |
Pain Medicine, pain procedures, general anesthesia, and academic research |
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Aladino De Ranieri, M.D.
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesia Certification – in progress |
| Medical School: |
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA |
| Residency: |
Rush University |
| Special Interests: |
General Anesthesia |
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Caroline Ryan, M.D.
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesia, April 2010 |
| Medical School: |
New York University School of Medicine |
| Residency: |
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center |
| Fellowship: |
Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH |
| Special Interests: |
Pediatric Anesthesia |
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M. Ramez, Salem, M.D. - Director of Airway Managment, Pediatric Anesthesia, and Researc Rotations - Professor of Anesthesiology
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology |
| Medical School: |
Cairo University Medical School, MD Degree 1958 |
| Residency: |
Internship, Tanta General Hospital, Tanta, Egypt, 1958 - 1959
Medicine Transitional Internship, Maricopa County General Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, 7/59 - 6/60
Anesthesiology, University of Chicago Hospitals, 1/61 - 12/63 |
| Fellowship: |
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bellevue Medical Center, New York University, 7/60 - 12/60
Anesthesiology Research Fellowship, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL 1/63 - 12/63
Pediatric Anesthesiology, Instructor, St. Louis University and Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital for Children, St. Louis, MS 1/64 - 6/65 |
| Special Interests: |
Pediatric Anesthesia, airway management, anesthesia for ENT surgery, and academic research |
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Richard Stephenson, M.D. - Anesthesia Medical Director of the Operating Room - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology |
| Medical School: |
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL MD Degree 1986 |
| Residency: |
Internal Medicine, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, IL 7/86 - 6/87
Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 7/87 - 6/90 |
| Fellowship: |
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 7/89 - 6/90 |
| Special Interests: |
Anesthesia for cardiovascular surgery, anesthesia for OB/GYN surgery, and Neuraxial and peripheral nerve blocks |
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Anthony Tharian, M.D. - Division Chair, Regional Anesthesia - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Pain Medicine |
| Medical School: |
St. John's Medical College, MD Degree 1993 |
| Residency: |
Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, 10/98 - 9/02 |
| Fellowship: |
Pain Medicine Fellowship, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 7/06 - 6/07 |
| Special Interests: |
Pain Medicine, general anesthesia, anesthesia for OB/GYN, regional anesthesia blocks, and academic research |
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Eugene Villa, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology |
| Medical School: |
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL MD Degree 1992 |
| Residency: |
Surgery, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 6/92 - 6/93
Anesthesiology, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 7/93 - 6/96 |
| Fellowship: |
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, University of Illinois, Chicago IL 7/96 - 6/97 |
| Special Interests: |
Anesthesia for cardiovascular surgery, general anesthesia |
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Michael Whiteley, M.D. - Associate Program Director - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
| Certification: |
American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Pain Medicine |
| Medical School: |
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL MD Degree 1992 |
| Residency: |
Medicine Internship, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, IL 7/92 - 6/93
Anesthesiology, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL 7/93 - 6/96 |
| Fellowship: |
Acute and Chronic Pain Management Fellowship, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago,IL 1997 |
| Special Interests: |
General anesthesia, pain management and regional anesthesia blocks |
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Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, M.D., Ph.D. - Director of Clinical Research
Department of Anesthesiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 2008-present
| Medical School: |
Medical School University of Belgrade, Serbia, MD Degree, and MS Degree in Clinical Pharmacology |
| Residency: |
Internal Medicine/Clinical Pharmacology Residency, Medical School University of Belgrade, Serbia |
| Ph.D. Degree in Vascular Psysiology and Pharmacology |
Medical School University of Kragujevac, Serbia |
| Phost-doctoral Fellowship |
Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL |
| Society Memberships |
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Internal Anesthesia Research Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Science Advisory Board |
| Special Interests: |
Cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology, and academic research |
| US Patent Inventor |
Peptide as compound for treating inflammation 11/954933 |
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Non-Physician Faculty
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George Crystal, MS, Ph.D.
| Anesthesia Consultant |
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 2000 - present |
| Former Director of Research Laboratory: |
Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology & Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL 2000 - 2010 |
| Degrees: |
Ph.D. in Physiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ - 1977
MS in Physiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ - 1974 |
| Post-doctoral Fellowship: |
Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX |
| Publications: |
Nearly 100 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals; nearly 200 abstracts and presentations at national and international conferences. |
| Editorial Boards: |
American Journal of Physiology: Heart Circulatory Physiology; Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia; Current Cardiology Reviews |
| Society Memberships: |
American Heart Association: Charter Fellow of the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences and Fellow of the AHA
American Physiological Society: Cardiovascular Section (elected Fellow)
Association of University Anesthesiologists
American Society of Anesthesiologists |
| Special Interests: |
Cardiovascular physiology, and academic research |
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Administrative & Secretarial Staff
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Melissa Martin
Residency Program Administrator
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Barb Albert
Administrative Assistant to the Chairman
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Adriana Vonderhaar
Medical Student and Educational Services Coordinator
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