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College of Medicine Administration Executive Dean Mark I. Rosenblatt, MD, PhD, MBA, MHA Regional Dean, Peoria Meenakshy Aiyer, MD, FACP Regional Dean, Rockford Alex Stagnaro-Green, MD, MHPE '05, MHA '17 Senior Associate Dean for Education Raymond H. Curry, MD, FACP Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion Gloria Elam, MD, MPH Associate Dean for College Strategic Initiatives Patricia Finn, MD Senior Associate Dean of Students Kathleen Kashima, PhD Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Pauline Maki, PhD Associate Dean for Leadership Development Jay Noren, MD, MPH Associate Dean for Technological Innovation and Training; Interim Senior Associate Dean for Research Bellur Prabhakar, MSc, PhD Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Interim Executive Director of Medical Service Plan Heather M. Prendergast, MD, MS, MPH, FACEP Associate Dean for Admissions Trevonne M. Thompson, MD, FACEP, FACMT Associate Dean for Administration Todd Van Neck, MPP Interim Chief Advancement Officer Dina Kutinsky Illinois Medicine Editorial Staff Publisher Todd Van Neck, MPP Editor in Chief Tom Wyatt, MS Managing Editor Ed Finkel Copy Editor Nancy Watkins Contributing Writers Laurie Larson, Ian Murphy, Susan Reich, Cheryl SooHoo Design Anne Boyle, Boyle Design Associates Photography Lloyd DeGrane, Susan Reich, Diane Smutny, Daryl Wilson, UIC Digital and Creative Services C O V E R P H O T O : Susan Reich Illinois Medicine is a publication of the University of Illinois College of Medicine Office of the Dean. ©2022 All rights reserved. All inquiries should be addressed to: Illinois Medicine 1853 West Polk Street Suite 130 Chicago, Illinois 60612 Email: medcomm@uic.edu w w w.medicine.uic .edu features D O N O R P R O F I L E Dr. Asok Ray Caps Lifetime of Philanthropy 17 An orthopaedic surgeon with multiple affiliations at the UI COM and elsewhere, Dr. Ray has contributed greatly to a wide variety of causes, including the College itself. C O V E R S T O R Y Simulation in Action 20 A new era in simulation comes to the College of Medicine with the opening of the fully modernized, 28,000-square-foot Simulation and Integrative Learning (SAIL) Institute. P A N D E M I C R E C O V E R Y Meeting the Ongoing Challenge of COVID-19 28 As the roller-coaster ride of the pandemic has played out, the UI COM has continued to respond innovatively on the clinical and research fronts while returning to in-person learning.