The Pediatric Faculty

Caring for patients alongside residents at Advocate Hope Children's Hospital are academic clinicians who are among the most highly regarded and accomplished physicians in Chicago, representing the full spectrum of pediatric subspecialties. They have been recruited from major teaching institutions throughout the country to a medical center with a vision of growth, quality health care, the opportunity for teaching and scholarly activity, and altruism.

Department members regularly serve on the editorial boards of major medical journals, the board of the NIH Grant Committee, and as examiners for their subspecialty boards. Faculty members are on the Board of Directors of the American Professional Society on The Abuse of Children, the Physician Advisory Board for the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the Board of Governors of the American Heart Association, and the National Injury Prevention Committee of the AAP. One member is Vice President of the Genetic Task Force of Illinois, and one is President-Elect of the American Medical Women's Association.

Members of the Pediatrics Faculty have won the President's Award from the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, the University of Illinois' Raymond B. Allen teaching award (four consecutive years) and the Dianne Masters Award for Community Service from the Crisis Center for South Suburbia. In addition, faculty members have recently been awarded the Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Cancer Society and the annual award of the Crohns and Colitis Foundation of America. In addition, the chairman of the department was recognized as Pediatrician of the Year by the Starlight Foundation.

PROGRAM LEADERSHIP:
Rabi F. Sulayman, M.D.
Department Chairperson
General Pediatrics and Cardiology
M.D.: American University of Beirut
Residency in Pediatrics: American University of Beirut
Senior Resident in Pediatrics: Children's Hospital and Medical Center Harvard Medical School
Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology: University of Chicago

Larry Roy, M.D.
Chief of Academics and Medical Management
General Pediatrics
M.D.: Pritzker School of Medicine University of Chicago
Residency in Medicine and Pediatrics: University of Chicago

Mark Butterly, M.D.
Program Director
General Pediatrics
M.D.: Loyola University
Residency in Pediatrics: Advocate Christ Medical Center

Sonali Mehta, M.D.
Assistant Program Director
General Pediatrics
M.D.: University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine
Residency in Pediatrics: Advocate Christ Medical Center

Thomas Myers, M.D.
Director, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Services
M.D.: Temple University
Residency in Pediatrics: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fellowships in Neonatology & Pharmacology: The New York Hospital/Cornell University

Alice Stratigos, M.D.
Director of Pediatric Ambulatory Services
Director, Adolescent Medicine
General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine M.D.: Case Western Reserve
Residency in Pediatrics: Ohio State University

William Frese, M.D.
Director Community Pediatrics and Child Advocacy
General Pediatrics
M.D.: University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine
Residency in Pediatrics: University of Michigan Health Systems, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital

Jennifer Ziemianin, D.O.
Chief Resident
General Pediatrics
D.O..: Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency in Pediatrics: Advocate Christ Medical Center

Hospital-Based Faculty
Community-Based Faculty

HOSPITAL-BASED FACULTY
Martin Adeoye, M.D. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Javeed Akhter, M.D. Pulmonology
Mohammed Allatar, M.D. Neonatology
Andrew Aronson, M.D. Nephrology
Mary Jane Barth, M.D. Cardiac Surgery
Saroja Bharati, M.D. Cardiac Pathology
Pipit Chiemmongkoltip, M.D. Cardiology
Enrique Cifuentes, M.D. Critical Care
Steven Coker, M.D. Neurology
Mary Ann Collins, M.D. Infectious Disease and General Pediatrics
Bettina Cuneo, M.D. Cardiology
Ousama Dallal, M.D. Neonatology
Larry Desch, M.D. Developmental Pediatrics
Brian DuMais, M.D. General Pediatrics
Robert Egel, M.D. Neurology
Joel Feinstein, M.D. General & Behavioral Pediatrics; Child Protective Services
Yoon Hahn, M.D. Neurosurgery
Ammar Hayani, M.D. Hematology/Oncology
Richard Heller, M.D. Radiology
Gonzalo Hernandez, M.D. Neonatology
George Hoganson, M.D. Genetics/Metabolism
Imelda Huerta, M.D. General Pediatrics
Tarek Husayni, M.D. Cardiology
Denise Ibrahim, D.O. Orthopedics
Michel Ilbawi, M.D. Cardiac Surgery
Jeannette Israel, M.D. Genetics/Metabolism
David Jaimovich, M.D. Critical Care
Lydia Jazmines, M.D. Genetics/Metabolism
Alex Javois, M.D. Cardiology
Mary Jones, M.D. General Pediatrics and Child Advocacy
Ammar Katerji, M.D. Neurology
Alexander Khammar, M.D. Opthalmology
Andrea Kramer, M.D. Orthopedics
Gerald Lemole, M.D. Neurosurgery
Deborah Loeff, M.D. General Surgery
Sue Lyons, M.D. Otolaryngolgoy/ENT
Luisa Madronero, M.D. Cardiology
Silvio Marra, M.D. Otolaryngology/ENT
Harold McGrath, M.D. Adolescent Psychiatry
Kate McQuillen, M.D. Emergency Medicine
Janet Meller, M.D. General Surgery
Kenneth Miller, M.D. Nephrology
Sunthorn Muangmingsuk, M.D. Cardiology
Scott Myers, M.D. Hematology-Oncology
Rajeev Nagpal, M.D. Gastroenterology
Stephen Nold, M.D. Urology
Karen O'Neal, M.D. Rheumatology
Earl Phillip Ow, M.D. Cardiology
Surasak Pratuangtham, M.D. Infectious Disease
Jose Ramilo, M.D. Radiology
David Roberson, M.D. Cardiology
Sharad Salvi, M.D. Hematology/Oncology
Mario Sanchez, M.D. Neonatology
Omar Sawlani, M.D. Emergency Medicine / General Pediatrics
Priti Singh, M.D. Neurology
Christopher Smith, M.D. Gastroenterology
Charles Spencer, M.D. Rheumatology
Nicholas Speziale, M.D. Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery
Luis Torero, M.D. Critical Care and Pulmonology
Andrew VanBergen, M.D. Cardiology
Michael Verive, M.D. Critical Care
Linda Wagner-Weiner, M.D. Rheumatology
Fuad Ziai, M.D. Endocrinology

HOSPITALISTS
Heather Dyer, M.D.
Lynette Connell, M.D.
Chris Chapman, D.O.
Helen Gomes, D.O.
Jennifer Ziemianin, D.O.

COMMUNITY-BASED FACULTY
Patricia Arroyo, M.D. General Pediatrics
Kimberly Battle-Miller, M.D. Palliative Care
April Bellamy-Peyton, M.D. General Pediatrics
Christine Boyd, M.D. General Pediatrics
Sangili Chandran, M.D. Sports Medicine
Deb Czupek, Ph.D. Psychology
Wafaa Hanna, M.D. General Pediatrics
Nancy Heil, M.D. General Pediatrics
Alina Karpinski, D.O. General Pediatrics
Marla Kushner, D.O. Adolescent Medicine
Chawn Lewis, M.D. General Pediatrics
Ileana Leyva, M.D. Palliative Care
Catherine Macyko, M.D. General Pediatrics
Heriberto Martinez, M.D. General Pediatrics
Timothy Wall, M.D. General Pediatrics
Wendell Wheeler, M.D. General Pediatrics
Lawrence Vogel, M.D. General Pediatrics & Rehabilitation (Shriner's)
Gisela Yingst, M.D. Dermatology