The Faculty = The Clinical Training
The Mission brings the best and brightest emergency physicians from across the country to the Cook County Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency. Everyday faculty take pride in first being outstanding emergency physicians and role models. Next faculty focus on the unique needs of each resident by providing case by case clinical teaching, daily online evaluations, and participating in the didactics of the the program. All faculty brings unique experiences and approaches to emergency medicine learned from residencies across the country. Residents develop their own individual knowledge and clinical skills not from just a few attendings, but from twenty eight dedicated faculty mentors!
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Denver General Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Emergency Ultrasound, Trauma, International Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Emergency Department
Director, Observational Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Observation Medicine
Program Director
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Resident/Medical Student Education, Hematologic Emergencies, Physician Professional Development
Research Director
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
University of Chicago Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Disaster Preparedness, Surge Planning, Electronic Disease Surveillance, Clinical Decision Making, Health Economics, Infectious Disease, Cardiac Disease, Patient-Centered Outcomes, Medical Education
Director, Toxikon Consortium, Section of Toxicology
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine Emergency Medicine Residency
Cook County Fellowship in Medical Toxicology
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Board Certified in Medical Toxicology
Interests: Emergency Toxicology, Pediatric Toxicology, Drugs of Abuse, Toxicology Education
Assistant Residency Director
Emergency Ultrasound Co-Director
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Ultrasound Education, Trauma, Resuscitation
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Wright State University Emergency Medicine Residency
Cook County Fellowship in Medical Toxicology
Board Certified Emergency Medicine
Board Certified Medical Toxicology
Interests: Acute poisonings, Natural Toxins, Education
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Medical Education
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Jacobi Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Patient Safety, Emergency Ultrasound
Eileen Couture, DO
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Resuscitation Education, Rapid HIV testing
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Highland General Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: CBRNE/Disaster Response
Pilar Guerrero, MD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
SUNY Downstate Kings County Medical Center
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Public Health, Medical Spanish, Resident Education, Clinical Research, Asthma
Leon Gussow, MD, FACEP (Retired)
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
University of Wisconsin Internal Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Board Certified in Toxicology
Interests: Toxicology, Chemical and Biological Weapons of Mass Destruction, Emergency Ultrasound
Kevin Kern, DO
Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Procedures, Trauma
Mark Kling, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
University of Illinois Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Emergency Orthopedics, Sports Medicine
Rashid Kysia, MD, MA, MPH
Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: International Health, Refugee Medicine, Public Health
Moses Lee, MD, FACEP
Assistant Director, Emergency Medical Services
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: EMS, Disaster, Weapons of Mass Destruction
Jordan Moskoff, MD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Jacobi Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Eligible in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Administration, International medicine, clinical teaching
Isam Nasr, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Medical Spanish, Diabetic and Obstetrical Emergencies
Lisa Palivos, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Emergency Medicine Development in Greece, ED Administration
Christopher Ross, MD, FAAEM, FRCPC
Assistant Residency Director
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
McMaster University Emergency Medicine Residency
Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Cardiovascular Emergencies, Resident Education
Shari Schabowski, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Henry Ford Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Alcohol Withdrawal, Hypertensive Emergencies, Emergency Ophthalmology
Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency
Interests: Trauma and Resident Education
Michelle Sergel, MD
Assistant Residency Director
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Simulation Director
Site Director, Medical Student (M3) Rotation
Northwestern Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency
Northwestern Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency
Board certified in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine
Interests: Medical Education
Assistant Residency Director
Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Director, Medical Student (M4) Rotation
Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Resident Education
Sharon Southe, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Cook County Hospital Internal Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Clinical Teaching
Helen Straus, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Johns Hopkins Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: Domestic Violence, Injury control, Cost/resource Utilization, Pain Management
Director, Emergency Medical Services
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine/Rush Medical College
Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency
Board Certified in Emergency Medicine
Interests: EMS
Joanne C. Witsil, PharmD, RN, BCPS
Clinical PharmD, Department of Emergency Medicine/Toxikon Consortium/Pharmacy
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois Pharmacy Practice Residency, Emphasizes in Critical Care
Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist
Interests: Disaster Planning, Toxicology, Resuscitation, Education
