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All Members of our Faculty are Diplomates of the American Board of Anesthesiology or Fellows of the Royal College of Anaesthetists

Chairman: Rahim Behnia, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman and Program Director
Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
Emeritus Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Northwestern Medical School
ACI: Hemodynamic, Integrated Parallel Feedback System

Floor Coordinator:
Ben F. Harrison, M.D.
ACI: GU Anesthesia


DIVISION OF ADULT CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Arjang Khorasani, M.D.* - Division Chairman
Associate Chairman, Academic Affairs
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Critical Care Medicine


DIVISION OF ADULT ANESTHESIA
Serge Tyler, M.D. - Acting Division Chairman
ACI: Adult Anesthesia
Participating Faculty:
Vimi R. Kapur, M.D.
ACI: Adult Anesthesia
Tanju Jelev, M.D.
ACI: Adult anesthesia

Section of Ambulatory Anesthesia
Section Chair: Lowell B. Feinstein, D.O., MBA, CPE
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Outpatient Anesthesia, Healthcare Informatics
Participating Faculty:
Sara F. Rabito, M.D., F.A.H.A.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Clinical Research, Vascular Anesthesia
Tadeusz S. Konefal, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Outpatient Anesthesia, Airway Management
Section of Airway Management
Tadeusz S. Konefal, M.D. - Acting Section Chairman
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Outpatient Anesthesia, Airway Management
Participating Faculty:
Ljuba Stojiljkovic, M.D., Ph.D.
ACI: Adult Airway Management, Clinical Research

Section of Vascular Anesthesia
Section Chair: Shakuntala Krishnankutty, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Vascular Anesthesia, Geriatric Anesthesia
Participating Faculty:
Ljuba Stojiljkovic, M.D., Ph.D.
ACI: Adult Anesthesia, Clinical Research

DIVISION OF ADULT PAIN MANAGEMENT
Silvio Glusman, M.D., Ph.D.** - Division Chairman
Associate Chairman
ACI: Multidisciplinary Pain Management
Participating Faculty:
Maria L. Torres, M.D.** - Division Chair Acute Pain Management
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College ACI: Acute Pain Management
Zia Durrani, M.D.**
ACI: Pain Management
Taruna W. Penmetcha, M.D.**
ACI: Pain Management

DIVISION OF CARDIOTHORACIC ANESTHESIA
Blasco M.A. Oliveira, M.D., P.T.E. - Division Chairman
ACI: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Participating Faculty:
Simin Saatee, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Cardiac Anesthesia
Feodor Gloss, D.O.
ACI: Airway Management
Gennadiy Voronov, M.D.
ACI: Airway Management, Mechanical Ventilation


DIVISON OF NEUROANESTHESIA
Ned F. Nasr, M.D. - Division Chairman
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Obstetric Neuroanesthesia
Participating Faculty:
Ramsis F. Ghaly, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Neuroanesthesia, Neurosurgery
Serge Tyler, M.D.
ACI: Adult Anesthesia

DIVISION OF OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA
Zerin P. Dadabhoy, M.D. - Division Chair
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Obstetric Anesthesia
Participating Faculty:
Ned F. Nasr, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Obstetric Neuroanesthesia

DIVISION OF PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA
Abayomi E. Akintorin, M.D. *** - Division Chairman
ACI: Pediatric Anesthesia, Pediatric Critical Care
Participating Faculty:
Felicia A. Davis-Fourté, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Pediatric Anesthesia, Pediatric P.A.C.U.
Shekofeh Parsaei, M.D.**
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Pediatric Pain Management, Pediatric Anesthesia
Neelam Malhotra, M.D.
ACI: Pediatric Anesthesia, Ambulatory Anesthesia

DIVISION OF POSTANESTHESIA CARE
Beverly J.M. Waxler, M.D. - Division Chair
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
CI: Blood Transfusion, P.A.C.U.
Participating Faculty:
Neelam Malhotra, M.D.
ACI: Pediatric Anesthesia, Ambulatory Anesthesia

DIVISION OF REGIONAL ANESTHESIA
Carlo D. Franco, M.D. - Division Chairman
Chairman, Clinical Competence Committee
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
ACI: Regional Anesthesia
Participating Faculty:
Mohammad H. Almachnouk, M.D.
ACI: Regional Anesthesia
Gennadiy Voronov, M.D.
ACI: Airway Management, Mechanical Ventilation, Regional Anesthesia
Feodor Gloss, D.O.
ACI: Airway Management, Regional Anesthesia

Section on Research
Section Chair: Sara F. Rabito, M.D.,F.A.H.A.
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Rush Medical College
Participating Facutly:
Silvio Glusman, M.D., Ph.D. **
Ljuba Stojiljkovic, M.D., Ph.D.

* Special Qualification in Critical Care Medicine
** Special Qualification in Pain Management
*** Special Qualification in Pediatric Critical Care

 

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