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the distinctive needs of women in all reproductive stages of life that will focus on the integrated evaluation and treatment of psychiatric disorders associated with reproductive events like postpartum depression. Pirec was previously the program director of women's mental health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Medicine, Sachdeva undertook a pediatric cardiology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. She most recently served as a cardiologist and associate professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where she was named the Betty A. Lowe Distinguished Chair in pediatric education. Listed as one of the "Best Doctors in America," Sachdeva also served as director of continuing medical education for Arkansas Children's Hospital. Victor R. Prisk, MD '01, has joined the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Institute at the Outpatient Care Center of Canonsburg General Hospital in Peters Township, Pa. He will continue to research the biology of tissue healing and the role of nutrition in surgical care, furthering his expertise in sports and dance injuries of the foot or ankle. As an undergraduate at Iowa State and Michigan State, Prisk was an NCAA AllAmerican gymnast. He completed his internship and residency in Victor R. Prisk, orthopaedic surgery MD '01 at the University of Pittsburgh, at which time he began body building competitively, ultimately winning the International Federation of Body Building North American Championship in 2009 and the 2010 National Physique Committee National Championship. During his fellowship training, Prisk specialized in dance medicine and sports foot and ankle surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. Prisk has worked closely with the NYC Ballet, American Ballet Theater, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and the University of Pittsburgh athletics department. Arvind Movva, MD, Res '07, is the chief executive officer of Regional SurgiCenter in Moline, Ill., and its several affiliated organizations. After earning his medical degree from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Sciences in North Chicago, Ill., Movva completed an internship at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System and a residency at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, in addition to his College of Medicine residency. He joined Heartland Clinic in 2010 Arvind Movva, MD, after completing Res '07 a fellowship in gastroenterology at the Medical College of Georgia. In addition to his clinical practice, Movva is involved in several professional associations, including the Illinois State Medical Society, Quad City Medical Society, American Gastroenterological Association and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Ritu Sachdeva, MD, Res '02, is the medical director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Research Core at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center, a program dedicated to investigating novel imaging strategies to assess the heart under conditions of stress or exercise. After receiving her medical degree from Lady Hardinge Medical College in India and completing her residency at the College of April L. Moore, MD, Res '08, a board-certified family medicine physician, is on staff at FHN Family Healthcare Center in Forreston, Ill. She earned her medical degree from the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield. Moore served as chief resident in the family medicine residency program at the college's Rockford campus. '01 '02 '07 People You Know We received multiple responses to the photo on the back of the fall 2012 issue of Illinois Medicine, from Wendy and Norm Schroeder, MD '75, and from Gary Matravers, MD '75. Wendy and Norm Schroeder wrote: "My husband and I got a big kick out of the picture on the back of Illinois Medicine. This picture is of the first class of medical students at the Rockford College of Medicine on the first day of classes. Between the two of us we think we got all the people identified. "Back row (L to R): Mitch Ziarko, Pat Marmion, Gary Matravers, Chuck Maris, Bill Maierhofer, Dave Massanari, Rick Tockman, John Butler, Norm Schroeder, Jim Hoyne, Jim Rebel and Terry Strawser. "Front row (L to R): Doug Kimmel, Steve Delheimer, Ric Smith, Dave Harshman, Fred Simon, Rich Davito, Scott Condie and Laura Goodrich." And Gary Matravers added, "Do I recognize that picture? I'm in that picture! In fact, I think I have a copy of that picture! Anyway, a great charter class at Rockford—many great memories." ANNUAL CONFERENCE CHALLENGING TOPICS IN OB/GYN October 24-25, 2013 '08 visit www.obgyn.uic.edu/conference WWW.OBGYN.UIC.EDU/CONFERENCE FOR MORE INFORMATION for more information illinois medicine | 39

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