Steering Council
The Steering Council is comprised of representatives from a variety of UChicago Medical Center faculty and staff to allow collaboration of ideas and goals for simulation. The Council meets quarterly to share ideas and programmatic updates.
Stephen Small, MD
Faculty Director UChicago Simulation, Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Allison Anderson
Education Specialist, UChicago Simulation
Ciro Andolfi
Research Fellow, Surgery
Elizabeth Blair, MD
Professor of Surgery, Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Anita Blanchard, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education (GME)
Mahira Bonomo, MBA
Director of CME Operations, Accreditation and Strategy and Innovation
Gillian Brennan, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Kameka (Kammy) Brown, NP, PhD
Director of Advanced Practice Nursing and Interim Executive Director of the Center for Nursing Professional Practice and Research
Robert Burgin
Assistant Director, UChicago Simulation Center
Melissa Cappaert, MA
Staff Director, UChicago Simulation Center
Dana Edelson, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Executive Director for Inpatient Quality and Safety
Jeanne Farnan, MD, MHPE
Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean for Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement, Medical Director of Pritzker School of Medicine Clinical Performance Center
Kelley Holdren, RN
Administrative Director and Chief Flight Nurse at University of Chicago Aeromedical Network (UCAN)
Jannie White, BSN, RN, CFRN
Flight Nurse, Flight Nurse Education Coordinator University of Chicago Aeromedical Network (UCAN)
Christopher Kramer, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Cynthia LaFond, PhD, RN, CCRN-K
Director of Nursing Research
John McConville, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program; Vice Chair of Education
Alisa McQueen, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Program Director of Fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Associate Program Director of Residency Training in Pediatrics
Sharon Markman
Administrative Director, Center for Healthcare Delivery Sciences and Innovation
Diana Mitchell, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Program Director of Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship
Septimiu Murgu, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine
Jayant Pinto, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Samantha Ruokis
Director, Quality Performance Improvement
Kris Slawinski, MA
Associate Director, Clinical Performance Center and Standardized Patient Program
Konstantin Umanskiy, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery