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college of MedIcIne AdMInIstRAtIon D e a n Dimitri t. azar, MD, Mba a s s o c i a t e D e a n f o R f a c u l t y a f f a i R s a n D i n t e R i M s e n i o R a s s o c i a t e D e a n f o R G R a D u a t e a n D c o n t i n u i n G M e D i c a l e D u c a t i o n timothy erickson, MD a s s o c i a t e D e a n f o R a D M i s s i o n s a n D s P e c i a l c u R R i c u l a R P R o G R a M s Jorge a. Girotti, PhD s e n i o R a s s o c i a t e D e a n f o R s t u D e n t s a n D i n t e R i M s e n i o R a s s o c i a t e D e a n f o R u n D e R G R a D u a t e M e D i c a l e D u c a t i o n Kathleen Kashima, PhD a s s o c i a t e D e a n f o R R e s e a R c h bellur Prabhakar, PhD a s s o c i a t e D e a n f o R c l i n i c a l a f f a i R s David schwartz, MD s e n i o R a s s o c i a t e D e a n f o R R e s e a R c h larry tobacman, MD a s s o c i a t e D e a n f o R c l i n i c a l a f f a i R s a n D e x e c u t i v e D i R e c t o R o f M e D i c a l s e R v i c e P l a n Patrick a. tranmer, MD a s s o c i a t e D e a n f o R e D u c a t i o n a l P l a n n i n G loreen a. troy, MPhe a s s o c i a t e D e a n f o R a D M i n i s t R a t i o n todd van neck, MPP a s s o c i a t e D e a n f o R D i v e R s i t y a n D i n c l u s i o n William Walden, PhD R e G i o n a l D e a n , P e o R i a sara l. Rusch, MD, Res '81, facP R e G i o n a l D e a n , R o c K f o R D alex stagnaro-Green, MD, MhPe R e G i o n a l D e a n , u R b a n a - c h a M P a i G n Michele Mariscalco, MD IllInoIs MedIcIne edItoRIAl stAff P u b l i s h e R todd van neck, MPP e D i t o R i n c h i e f Michael J. Wesbecher e D i t o R i a l b o a R D Robert chang, PhD; sandeep Jain, MD; nalin Kumar, PhD M a n a G i n G e D i t o R ed finkel c o P y e D i t o R Patrick Kampert c o n t R i b u t i n G W R i t e R s Richard asa, eric butterman, Melissa Maleske, Kevin McKeough, alice Patenaude, susan Reich, Joel super, Kate tormey D e s i G n anne boyle, boyle Design associates P h o t o G R a P h y Deborah brandon, Joshua clark, Keith cotton, lloyd DeGrane, Roberta Dupuis-Devlin, Kevin lee studio, cathy Pisano, Diane smutny, thomas-Mcclellan Photography and brian thomas Photography Illinois Medicine is a publication of the university of illinois college of Medicine office of the Dean. ©2014 all rights reserved. all inquiries should be addressed to: Illinois Medicine office of the Dean (Mc 784) 1853 West Polk street, Room 115a2 chicago, illinois 60612-7333 Phone: (312) 996-4470 email: medcomm@uic.edu www.medicine.uic.edu o n t h e c o v e R : Golden apple Recipients errol baptist (left), catherine best (front), norman lieska (back), and Gregory tudor (right). cover photo by Diane smutny features b I o e n g I n e e R I n g the convergence of Medicine, technology and bioengineering at UIcoM 12 collaborations spanning the college of Medicine and the college of engineering across all four coM campuses illustrate the potential to improve lives. e M e R g I n g f A c U l t Y l e A d e R s Innovative Illini 16 from Meenasky aiyer in Peoria, to William ennis in chicago, to sherry falsetti in Rockford, to emad tajkhorshid in urbana-champaign, the coM has an enviable younger generation of faculty rising into the leadership ranks. M A t c h d A Y bright future in a White envelope 20 the class of 2014 is starting residencies and looks forward to futures in the emergency room, international medicine, military service, pediatrics, sports medicine and more.

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