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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Anthony D. Yang, MD, MS

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

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Katherine Hammond, MBA, CCRP

Administrative Director

Heather Himelhoch, PhD, MPH

Director, NM Quality Innovation Center
Research Assistant Professor

Fizan Abdullah, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery

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Gregory Auffenberg, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Urology

Emma Barber, MD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Cynthia Barnard, PhD, MBA

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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

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

Joshua Halpern, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Urology

Amy Halverson, MD

Associate 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

Rajesh Keswani

Associate Professor of Medicine - Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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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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Willemijn Schaefer, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

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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

Ashley Vavra

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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

Brianna D’Orazio, BA, MPH

Research Project Manager

Dalya Durst, BS

Research Project Manager

Joshua Eng, PhD

Research Associate

Kirsty Engelhardt, BA

Program Coordinator

Peter Graffy, MPH

Research Project Coordinator

Reiping Huang, PhD

Research Associate

Cassandra Iroz, MS

Research Project Manager

Remi Love, MPPA

Program Administrator

Susan Metzger RN, BSN, CPHQ

Clinical Quality Leader

Karen Miller, BS

Program Assistant

Nathan Monson, MS

Developer

Neha Negrete, MBA, MPH

Clinical Quality Leader I

Elizabeth A. Oladeinde, MBA, MPH

Clinical Quality Leader I

Sarah Plummer, BA

Research Study Assistant

Ying Shan, MS

Statistical Analyst/Programmer

John Slocum, MPH

Research Project Coordinator

Jennifer Slota, BA

Research Study Assistant

Jeana Springmann, BS

Administrative Coordinator

Yao Tian, PhD, MS, MPH

Research Associate

Kayla Wilbur, MSW, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Erin Wymore, MS

Research Project Manager

Tia Zhan, MS

Statistical Analyst

Will Edwards

Senior Research Administrator

Melanie Mkrdichian

Director of Administration & Research, Department of Surgery