(Bylaws mandate seven trustees)

Rodney S. Alford, MD 
Clarence W. Brown, Jr. MD
Kenneth G. Busch, MD 
Adrienne L. Fregia, MD
Robert Oliver, MD 
Laura K. Shea, MD
Piyush Vyas, MD

Richard C. Anderson, MD, Chair 
Kenneth Busch, MD
John J. DeGuide, MD
Adrienne L. Fregia, MD
Dennis G. Norem, MD      
Robert W. Panton, MD   
Paul E. Pedersen, MD
Shastri Swaminathan, MD 
Katherine M. Tynus, MD

Kenneth G. Busch, MD, Chair 
Richard C. Anderson, MD
Clarence W. Brown, Jr., MD   
John J. DeGuide, MD
Adrienne L. Fregia, MD 

The Committee on CME Accreditation determines issues related to accreditation and CME sponsorship.

Kim Pyle, MD, Chicago, Chair
Julie Brown, MD, Geneseo
Kevin King, MD, Geneva
Christine Mueller, MD, Dundee
Vikram Patel, MD, South Barrington
Paul Rockey, MD, Chicago
Ann Stroink, MD, Bloomington
Michael Treister, MD, Chicago

Board Consultants:  
Ronald Johnson, MD, Pittsfield
Katherine M. Tynus, MD, Chicago
Kambiz Zorriasateyn, MD, Chicago

The committee on CME Activities plans and approves the Society's continuing education activities.

Daniel R. Hoffman, MD, Mt. Vernon, Chair
George Beranek, MD, Pekin
Nicole Blumenstein, Rockford
Rafael Campanini, MD, Lincolnwood
John P. Holden, MD, Rockford    
Ted Lorenc, MD, Crystal Lake  
Karl Napekoski, MD, Naperville
Ernest Nora, MD, Chicago
Sarah Zallek, MD, Peoria Heights

Board Consultants:    
Mitchell King, MD, Rockford
Laura K. Shea, MD, Springfield

Medical Student Section:
Mr. Peter Wade, Winchester

Resident & Fellow Section:
TBD

The Committee on Drugs & Therapeutics reviews and makes recommendations to IDPA on the prior approval status of drug products.

Steven Campau, MD, Algonquin, Chair
Joerg Albrecht, MD, Chicago 
Madhumita Chatterjee, MD, Plainfield      
Peter E. Eupierre, MD, Chicago  
Donald Graham, MD, Springfield
Linda Gruenberg, DO, Chicago
Allison Jones, MD, Urbana
Stacie Laff, MD, Belleville
Douglas Lanoue, MD, Onarga
Roderick Matticks, MD, Springfield
Stephen Smart, MD, Peoria
Julian Tang, MD, Naperville

Board Consultants:  
Mitchell King, MD, Rockford
Dennis Norem, MD, Rockford
Shastri Swaminathan, MD, Westmont

Consultants:
Satya Ahuja, MD, Chicago
Stephen Stone, MD, Springfield

The Council on Communications & Membership Advocacy focuses on communications and recruitment and retention of members and promotion of member resources, services and benefits. 

Viquar Khan-Mundozie, MD, Harvard, Chair           
Jamal Ahmad, MD, Lincolnshire
Alana Biggers, MD, Chicago
Brad Epstein, MD, Elgin
Eli Goodman, MD, Springfield
Shelley Halper, MD, LaGrange
Shika Jain, MD, Chicago
Janet Lin, MD, Chicago
Michelle Olson, MD, Urbana
Paul Rockey, MD, Chicago
Sohail Siddique, MD, Springfield
Vanessa Stan, MD, Chicago
Jennifer Thompson, MD, Peoria
William Werner, MD, Skokie

Board Consultants:
Howard Axe, MD, Buffalo Grove
Steven Malkin, MD, Peoria, AZ
Robert Oliver, MD, Frankfort
Nestor A. Ramirez, MD, Champaign
Katherine M. Tynus, MD, Chicago

County Consultants:
Ms. Janet Corirossi, Winnebago County  
Ms. Meg Williams, Peoria County

Member Manager:
Ms. Susan Moss

Medical Student Section:    

Resident & Fellow Section:    
Christiana Shoushtari, MD, Chicago

The Council on Economics considers third party payment issues, health care cost and utilization review activities.

Paul Merrick, MD, Lisle, Chair
Sean Adams, MD, Naperville
Rodney Alford, MD, Watseka (BOT)
Thomas Anderson, MD, Chicago (BOT)
Craig A. Backs, MD, Springfield
Christopher Barbour, MD, Downers Grove
Christine Bishof, MD, Forest Park
Clarence W. Brown, Jr., MD, Chicago (BOT)
Robert DeCresce, MD, Chicago
Amy Derick, MD, Barrington (BOT)
Edwin Dovigi, Chicago
Shani Francis, MD, Chicago           
Stanley Friedell, MD, Chicago
Kamala Ghaey, MD, Chicago
Michael Hanak, MD, Chicago
Maitreyi Janarthanan, MD, Rock Island            
Steven Malkin, MD, Arlington Heights (BOT)
Steven Mardjetko, MD, Morton Grove
Joshua Nathan, MD, Northbrook
Melissa Palma, MD, Chicago (BOT resident)           
Robert W. Panton, MD, Elmwood Park (BOT)
Sachin Patel, MD, Chicago           
Edward Pont, MD, Elmhurst  
Gerald Silverstein, MD, Arlington Heights
William Small, Jr., MD, Chicago
Myrtis Sullivan, MD, Chicago 
James D. Wright, MD, Joliet
Daniel Yohanna, MD, Chicago
Kambiz Zorriasateyn, MD, Chicago (BOT)

Medical Student Section:  
Ms. Dora Lin, Urbana

Resident & Fellow Section:  
Ryan Kuta, DO, Wheaton

Consultant:
Steven Deliduka, MD, Elmhurst
Stephen Spontak, MD, Lockport

The Council on Education and Health Workforce studies and evaluates all phases of medical education and advises on issues of physician licensure and discipline.

Daniel Hoffman, MD, Mount Vernon 
Murad Alam, MD, Chicago
Shehzad Ali, MD, Chicago
S. Masood Ali, MD, Peoria
Jerome Anderson, MD, Macomb
Jessica Bode, MD, Chicago
Ajay Chauhan, MD, Hoffman Estates
Peter Doris, MD, Downers Grove, Chair  
Susan Feldt, Chicago  
Shami Goyal, MD, Rockford
Susan T. Hingle, MD, Springfield  
John Eric Lomax, MD, Peoria  
Trista Negele, MD, Hinsdale
Karen Nichols, DO, Oakbrook
Karen O’Mara, DO, Chicago
Reeya Patel, DO, Peoria (resident)
Susan Polk, MD, Chicago
Ayca Raif, MD, Pittsfield
Joseph Siegler, MD, Chicago
Joseph Szokol, MD, Chicago
James A. Turner, DO, Marshall

Board Consultants:
Kenneth G. Busch, MD, Chicago
Adrienne L. Fregia, MD, Flossmoor
Ronald Johnson, MD, Pittsfield
Mr. Raj Kumar, Rockford
Nestor A. Ramirez, MD, Champaign

Medical Student Section:
Mr. Jayaram Mohan, Rockford 

Resident & Fellow Section:
Eric Sullivan, MD, Chicago

The Council on Medical Service reviews issues related to the delivery of medical care and health services, including mental health. 

Deborah McDermott, MD, Belleville, Chair
Danesh Alam, MD, Winfield 
Adam Awwad, Peoria (student)
Craig Backs, MD, Springfield
J.F. Kelly Carroll, MD, Silvis
James Cannon, MD, Lemont
Howard Chodash, MD, Springfield
Rashmi Chugh, MD, Wheaton  
Catherine Counard, MD, Skokie
Kranti Dasgupta, MD, Chicago
Elisabeth Giblin, MD, Chicago
Marilyn Griffin, MD, Chicago
Jerrold Leikin, MD, Glencoe
Francis J. Nicolosi, MD, Rockford
Peter Orris, MD, Chicago
Poornima Oruganti, MD, Chicago  
Sheldon Schwartz, MD, Chicago
Amanda Snead, Chicago
Vidya Sundareshan, MD, Springfield
Rockford Yapp, MD, Clarendon Hills
Philip Zumwalt, MD, Watseka

Board Consultants:
Rodney S. Alford, MD, Kankakee
Adrienne L. Fregia, MD, Flossmoor
Wayne V. Polek, MD, Springfield
Laura Shea, MD, Springfield
Sam Stokes, III, MD, Carbondale
David A. Stumpf, MD, Woodstock

Medical Student Section:  
Ms. Sarah Agamah, Chicago

Resident & Fellow Section:
Unnati Patel, MD, Chicago

The Governmental Affairs Council develops, promotes, and evaluates state and federal legislation. 

Tripti Kataria, MD, Chicago, Chair
Smitha Arekapudi, MD, Chicago
Victoria Barbosa, MD, Chicago
Jeffrey Bennett, MD, Springfield
Raymond Bertino, MD, Peoria
Eleni Bourtsos, MD, Hinsdale
Asokumar Buvanendran, MD, Chicago  
Richard Feely, DO, Chicago
John P. Holden, MD, Rockford
Adnan Hussain, MD, Chicago
Vivek Iyengar, MD, Hinsdale
Makis Limperis, MD, Oak Park
Niva Lubin-Johnson, MD, Chicago
James MacKenzie, DO, Chicago
Brian A. Murphy, MD, Naperville
Richard Nora, MD, Rockford
Maura Quinlan, MD, LaGrange
Alexandra Roginsky Tseis, MD, Crystal Lake
Mohammed Samee, MD, Chicago
Robert Sobel, MD, Chicago
Ann Stroink, MD, Bloomington
Krishnarao V. Tangella, MD, Champaign
Changtai Tian, Rockford
Eldon Trame, MD, Belleville
Bruce Wellman, MD, Urbana
Cheryl Wolfe, MD, Chicago

Board Consultants:
Thomas M. Anderson, MD, Chicago
Howard Axe, MD, Arlington Heights  
John J. DeGuide, MD, Rockford
Amy Derick, MD, Barrington
David A. Stumpf, MD, Lake Forest
Piyush Vyas, MD, Lake Forest

Medical Student Section:  
Mr. Matthew Schaeffer, Peoria

Resident & Fellow Section:  
David Surprenant, MD, Forest Park

The Medical Legal Council focuses on legal developments affecting the medical profession. 

Joel Klein, MD, Deerfield, Chair
Arden Barnett, MD, Champaign
Ryan Chiu, Chicago (student)
Eric Eason, MD, Chicago
Paul Ehrlich, Lombard
Stanley W. Fronczak, MD, Westmont 
Leon Huddleston, MD, Merrionette Park  
Richard Kube, MD, Peoria
Andrew Mahtani, MD, O’Fallon
David W. Miller, MD, Chicago
Stephen Minore, MD, Loves Park
John Prunskis, MD, Elgin
Guy Rowley, MD, Chicago
Sohail Siddique, MD, Springfield
Laura H. Tommaso, MD, Barrington
Steven Williams, MD, Bourbonnais
Lanny Wilson, MD, Hinsdale 

Board Consultants:    
Clarence W. Brown, Jr., MD, Chicago    
Wayne V. Polek, MD, Batavia  
Piyush Vyas, MD, Lake Forest

Medical Student Section:
Mr. Shahzaib Khan, Glendale Heights

Resident & Fellow Section:
Bikram Sharma, MD, Chicago

Consultants:
Eric Werner, MD, St. Charles

The Peer Review Appeals Committee serves as the appellate body for cases appealed from local or district peer review committees.

Robert Oliver, MD, Tinley Park, Chair
Scott A. Cooper, MD, Chicago
Charles Drueck, MD, Chicago
Viquar Khan Mundozie, MD, Harvard
Wayne Polek, MD, St. Charles
Eldon Trame, MD, Belleville
William Werner, MD, Skokie

IMPAC is the voluntary, non-profit, unincorporated political action arm of Illinois physicians.

Jere E. Freidheim, MD, Burr Ridge, Chair
Clarence W. Brown, Jr., MD
James A. Bull, MD, Silvis
Howard B. Chodash, MD, Springfield
Alfred J. Clementi, MD, Palatine
Scott A. Cooper, MD, Chicago
Paul H. DeHaan, MD, McHenry
Charles R. Ellington, Jr., MD, Decatur
Richard A. Geline, MD, Skokie
William E. Kobler, MD, Rockford
Lawrence A. Nord, MD, Bloomington
Robert J. Oliver, MD, Tinley Park
Sandra F. Olson, MD, Chicago
Rashmikant S. Patel, M.D., Lake Forest 
Wayne V. Polek, MD, St. Charles
Edward Pont, MD, Elmhurst
Kenneth J. Printen, MD, Wilmette
Phillip J. Rossi, MD, Hopedale
John F. Schneider, MD, Flossmoor
Hythem P. Shadid, St. Charles
Ronald J. Simone, MD, Geneva
M. LeRoy Sprang, MD, Skokie
Ms. Mary Ann Stoffel, Moline
Shastri Swaminathan, MD, Chicago
J. Regan Thomas, MD, Chicago
Eldon A. Trame, MD, Belleville
Arthur R. Traugott, MD, Urbana
Robert M. Vanecko, MD, Chicago
Lanny F. Wilson, MD, Hinsdale
Cheryl D. Wolfe, MD, Chicago

The IMG Section provides an organized forum to address IMG issues and concerns and enhance IMG participation in organized medicine.

Vikram B. Patel, MD, South Barrington, Chair
S. Masood Ali, MD, Peoria, Vice-Chair/ISMS Delegate 
Erlo Roth, MD, Hinsdale, Secretary/ISMS Alternate Delegate  

Piyush Vyas, MD, Lake Forest, Treasurer
Bapu P. Arekapudi, MD, Chicago
Mitra B. Kalelkar, MD, Oak Brook
Kambiz Zorriasateyn, MD, Chicago
Roger Rodrigues, MD, Elmhurst 
Roop R. Shivpuri, MD, South Barrington
Kenneth L. Soyemi, MD, Chicago
Khair A. Suleiman, MD, Naperville
Nestor A. Ramirez, MD, Champaign
Raj Lal, MD, Oak Brook 
Shami Goyal, MD, Rockford

The Medical Student section provides representation of student opinions and ideas in organized medicine.

Chair
Ms. Arielle Cohen

Chair-Elect
             

Vice Chair/Treasurer   

Secretary/Editor   

Student Trustee ISMS BOT

Student Trustee to ISMS BOT- Elect   

ISMS Student Alt Del to IL Del to AMA

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School Representatives

CCOM Midwestern  

Loyola
Jason Abbott, Delegate
Nithin Edara, Alternate

Northwestern University
Tammy Hua, Delegate
Farhad Ghamsari, Alternate

Rosalind Franklin
Matthew J. Christensen, Delegate
Alvin P. Singh, Alternate

Rush
Gabriel Siegel, Delegate
Alankrita Siddula, Alternate

Southern Illinois University, Springfield
Nicholas Lanzotti, Delegate
Jacob Lanter, Alternate

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 
Alexandra Wellman, Delegate
TBD, Alternate

University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
Cyrus Alavi, Delegate 
Gena Lenti, Alternate

University of Illinois, Chicago
Arden Plumb, Delegate
Kimberly Hu, Alternate 

University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana
Max Harrison Rich, Delegate
TBD, Alternate

University of Illinois, Peoria
Luis R. Tinoco García, Delegate
TBD, Alternate

University of Illinois, Rockford 
Anisa Bravo, Delegate
Angela Ray, Alternate

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2018-19 Representatives to ISMS Councils/Committees

Council on Communications     
Meinkeng Stephanie Acha-Morfaw

Council on Economics    
Nicholas Lanzotti

Council on Education and Health Workforce     
Jim Leng

Governmental Affairs Council     
Shruti Patel

Medical Legal Council   
Shahzaib Khan 

Council on Medical Service   
Farhad Ghamsari 

Council on Membership and Advocacy
Blake Murphy

The Resident & Fellow Section provides representation of resident opinions and ideas in organized medicine.

Chair
Jordan Gavin, M.D. 

Chair-Elect

Vice Chair    

Secretary/Editor    

Resident Trustee    

Resident Delegate to the Illinois AMA Delegation  

RIMSAP is a program operated jointly with the Illinois Agricultural Association, which makes recommendations for admission to the University of Illinois College of Medicine of students consenting to practice primary care medicine in an approved rural community for five years.

Paul E. Pedersen, MD, Bloomington, Chair
S. Masood Ali, MD, Peoria
Julie Brown, MD, Geneseo