COURSE DIRECTORS
Ajaypal Singh, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Interventional &
Therapeutic Endoscopy (CITE)
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Steven Flamm, MD, FAASLD, FACG
Director Network Development
for Liver Transplantation
Director of Clinical Research
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Nancy Reau, MD
Professor of Medicine
Richard B. Capps Chair of Hepatology
Chief, Section of Hepatology
Associate Director, Solid Organ Transplantation
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
FACULTY
Rana Abraham, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Costica Aloman, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Medical Director, Liver Transplant
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Muhammad Alsayid,
MD, MPH, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Anatomy and Cell Biology & the Graduate College
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Associate Director for Molecular & Translational Research
Rush Center for Integrated Microbiome & Chronobiology Research
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Lloyd G. Brown, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Liver Transplant Surgery
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Sheila Eswaran, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Associate Program Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship
Liver Transplant HCC Program Lead
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Christopher Chapman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology - Interventional
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Joseph Frasca, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology - IBD
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Anuhya Gampa, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Transplant Hepatology
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Sujit Janardhan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Maham Lodhi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Section of Gastroenterology
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Salina Lee, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Neal A. Mehta, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Center for Interventional and Therapeutic Endoscopy (CITE)
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Justin Mitchell, DO, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Program Director
Transplant Hepatology Fellowship
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Veena Nannegari, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology - IBD
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Sarah Repking, DNP, ACNP-BC
Adjunct Clinical Instructor
University of Illinois Chicago
College of Nursing
Nurse Practitioner
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Farnaz Shariati, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Gastroenterology
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Karen Schmitz, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor
Cancer Genetic Services
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois