The SOQIC Team

Karl Bilimoria, MD, MS

John Benjamin Murphy Professor of Surgery
Director, Surgical Outcomes and Quality
Improvement Center (SOQIC)

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Fizan Abdullah, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery

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Gregory Auffenberg, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Urology

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Emma Barber, MD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Cynthia Barnard, PhD, MBA

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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David Bentrem, MD, MS

Harold L. and Margaret N. Method Research Professor of Surgery
Associate Professor in Surgery-Surgical Oncology and Medical Social Sciences

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David Chu, MD, MSCE

Assistant Professor of Urology

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Jeanette Chung, PhD

Research Associate Professor

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Mark Cohen, PhD

Adjunct Associate Professor

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Dustin French, PhD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

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Elisa Gordon, PhD, MPH

Professor of Surgery

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Joshua Halpern, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Urology

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Amy Halverson, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

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Jane Holl, MD, MPH

Adjunct Professor of Surgery

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Yue-Yung Hu, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Surgery

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Julie K. Johnson, MSPH, PhD

Professor, Department of Surgery

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Emilie Johnson, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Urology

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Jacqueline Kruser, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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Michael F. McGee, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

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Ryan Merkow, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

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David Odell, MD, MMSc

Associate Professor of Surgery

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Mehul Raval, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Surgery

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Anne Stey, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Surgery

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Jonah Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Surgery

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Paloma Toledo, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

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Anthony D. Yang, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Surgery
Co-Director, Illinois Surgical Quality Improvement Collaborative (ISQIC)

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Daniela Amortegui, MA

Research Project Coordinator

Barb Buckley, RN, MS

Program Manager- System Clinical Performance

Martha-Margaret Cotton, MPH

Program Coordinator

Kristina Davis MS, MSN, MPH, RN, CNL

Clinical Quality Leader

Brianna D’Orazio, BA, MPH

Research Project Manager

Dalya Durst, BS

Research Project Manager

Joshua Eng, PhD

Research Associate

Kirsty Engelhardt, BA

Program Coordinator

Caryn Etkin, PhD, MPH

Administrative Director

Peter Graffy, MPH

Research Project Coordinator

Reiping Huang, PhD

Research Associate

Remi Love, MPPA

Program Administrator

Susan Metzger RN, BSN, CPHQ

Clinical Quality Leader

Karen Miller, BS

Program Assistant

Nathan Monson, MS

Developer

Sarah Plummer, BA

Research Study Assistant

Willemijn Schäfer, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Meagan Shallcross, MPH

Research Project Manager

Ying Shan, MS

Statistical Analyst/Programmer

Jennifer Slota, BA

Research Study Assistant

Yao Tian, MS, MPH

Research Associate

Erin Wymore, MS

Research Project Manager

Tia Zhan, MS

Statistical Analyst

Bethany Ekesa

Manager of Research Administration, IPHAM, Center for Healthcare Studies

Melanie Mkrdichian

Director of Administration & Research, Department of Surgery