Grazia Aleppo, MD, FACE, FACP

Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Associate Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
• Clinical Practice Director of Division of Endocrinology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
• Director of Glucose Management Service, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
• Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

• Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, American Board of Internal Medicine

Education:

• MD, University of Catania School of Medicine, Catania, Italy
• Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago/Christ Hospital Internal Medicine Program, Oak Lawn, IL
• Fellowship in Endocrinology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Dr. Aleppo teaches in both the internal medicine residency program and endocrinology fellowship program at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, where she is also a member of numerous committees. She has been honored with the Excellence in Teaching Award at Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Aleppo has authored several scholarly journal articles and regularly lectures on topics in endocrinology.

Jean-Luc Benoit, MD
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
• Director, Travel Clinic, University of Chicago
• Co-founder and Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship Program, University of Chicago

Board Certifications:

• Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease

Education:

• MD, University of Louvain, Belgium
• Residency, Metropolitan Hospital Medical Center, New York Medical College
• Fellowship, Joint University of Illinois/University of Chicago

Dr. Benoit is an expert in travel medicine and infectious diseases. He teaches extensively about HIV, infectious disease, parasitology, and tropical medicine at the University of Chicago. He also oversees the infection management of patients from all areas of the hospital.

Brian Boulay, MD, MPH
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Attending Physician, University of Illinois Medical Center and Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

• Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, American Board of Internal Medicine

Education:

• MD, Rosalind Franklin University, Chicago, IL
• MPH, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
• Residency in Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH
• Fellowships in Gastroenterology and Pancreaticobiliary Disease, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH

Dr. Boulay has lectured regionally and nationally on various topics of gastroenterology and pancreatic diseases. His research interests include outcomes of biliary endoscopy, treatment of pancreaticobiliary disease, the evaluation of the small intestine, and the use of stents for treating obstructions of the bile ducts due to cancer. Dr. Boulay is also researching the use of radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of Barrett’s esophagus.

Morey A. Blinder, MD
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
• Associate Member, Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
• Medical Director, Wohl Hematology Laboratory
• Medical Staff, Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Board Certifications:

• Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Hematology, American Board of Internal Medicine

Education:

• MD, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
• Residency, University of Illinois School of Medicine, Chicago
• Fellowship in Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

Dr. Blinder has more than 15 years experience in lecturing at board review courses at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He also has extensive experience teaching fellows and residents, as well as lecturing for numerous regional and national meetings and Grand Rounds. He also serves on the Missouri Genetic Disease Advisory Committee. Dr. Blinder’s board review lectures are described as exceptionally organized and delivered.

Grant Comer, MD, MS
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Assistant Professor Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, MI
• Director, Ocular Oncology Service, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center

Board Certifications:

• Ophthalmology, American Board of Ophthalmology

Education:

• MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
• Residency in Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine
• Fellowship in Vitreoretinal, Uveitis, and Ocular Oncology, University of Michigan School of Medicine
• MS, University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate School

Dr. Comer has received the Resident Teaching Award at University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. He has given numerous lectures to medical students, residents, fellows, and at scientific meetings. He has published several articles and book chapters, such as “Coats’ Disease and Retinal Telangiectasia” in Albert and Jakobiec’s Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology, 3rd edition.

Marshall Corson, MD, FACC, FAHA
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Associate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Chief of Cardiology Section, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
• Director of ECG Laboratory, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
• Attending Physician, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Board Certifications:

• Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

Education:

• MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
• Residency in Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC
• Senior Staff Fellow, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
• Fellowship in Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Dr. Corson speaks nationally and internationally on cardiovascular topics. He has also authored more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and textbook chapters in publications such as, Evidence-Based Surgery and Principles of Molecular Cardiology. Dr. Corson is also on the editorial board for the Journal of Clinical Lipidology.

Sabrina Holmquist, MD, MPH
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Assistant Fellowship Director, Fellowship in Family Planning, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Clerkship Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Director of Education, Ryan Center Training Program, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

• Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Education:

• MD, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
• MPH, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Residency in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
• Fellowship in Family Planning, University of Illinois-Chicago and The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Dr. Holmquist, a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology, is a leader of medical education in the University of Chicago Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She teaches residents in the outpatient clinic and operating room, holds several director positions, is a career and faculty advisor, and develops curriculum for the Section of Family Planning and Contraceptive Research. Dr. Holmquist also lectures on many topics important to gynecologic and reproductive healthcare, including adolescent reproductive health topics. She has received several awards for excellence in medical education.

Eugene Kovalik, MD, CM, FRCP(C), FACP
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
• Medical Director, Gambro Roxboro Dialysis Unit, Roxboro, NC

Board Certifications:

• Internal Medicine and Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine

Education:

• MD, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Residency, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
• Fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
• Fellowship in Nephrology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Dr. Kovalik has written numerous chapters in books such as Computerized Textbook of Nephrology and Primer of Kidney Diseases. He has served on the editorial board of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases and on the medical advisory board of the magazine Successful living with Diabetes. Dr. Kovalik is also an appointed member of The American Society of Nephrology Practicing Nephrologist Advisory Group.

Jack Krasuski, MD
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois
• Executive Director, American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies

Board Certifications:

• Psychiatry

Education:

• MD, University of Illinois Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine
• Residency, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Medical Center and Clinics at Chicago
• Fellowship, Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MA

Dr. Krasuski spent three years as a Senior Staff Fellow at the National Institute on Aging, NIH, where he did research in the neuroimaging of dementing disorders. Currently, he spends most of his time lecturing to thousands of physicians yearly on psychiatric topics. He is known for his ability to clearly explain complex and little understood topics.

Vincent Liu, MD
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Stanford University
• Associate, Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University
• Intensivist, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA, and Washington Hospital, Fremont, CA.

Board Certifications:

• Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care, American Board of Internal Medicine

Education:

• MD, New York University School of Medicine
• Residency in Internal Medicine, NYU Hospitals – Bellevue
• Chief Resident, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
• Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University

Dr. Liu was named Chief Fellow of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center. He is also an Attending for the Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Journal Club at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Liu provides clear, organized, and practical board review lectures.

Matthew McCoyd, MD
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Assistant Professor of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
• Assistant Neurology Residency Program Director, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL

Board Certifications:

• Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Education:

• MD, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
• Chief Resident in Neurology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL
• Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL

Dr. McCoyd completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at University of Chicago before becoming a faculty member at Loyola, where he is also the assistant neurology residency program director. He is known as an exceptional speaker who presents outstanding, high-yield lectures.

Smruti Mohanty, MD, MS
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Attending Physician, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

• Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology, American Board of Internal Medicine

Education:

• MD, Stewart S.C.B. Medical College, Utkal University, Cuttack, India
• Rotating Internship, S.C.B. Medical College & Hospital, Cuttack, India
• MS in Community Health, Minnesota State University, Mankato,
• Residency in Internal Medicine, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX
• Fellowships in Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego, CA and University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Dr. Mohanty lectures regionally, nationally, and internationally on various topics of gastroenterology and hepatology. He also has a special interest in medical education, case- based learning, and fellowship training. Dr. Mohanty’s clinical practice includes clinical care, evaluation, and management of patients with gastrointestinal and liver diseases with a concentration on acute and chronic liver diseases. His research focuses on the presentation and treatment of hepatitis B and C and liver cancer, as well as racial and ethnic differences in chronic liver diseases.

Timothy Niewold, MD
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
• Attending Physician, Rheumatology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

• Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, American Board of Internal Medicine

Education:

• MD, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Residency, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
• Fellowship in Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, N.Y.

Dr. Niewold is an academic physician-scientist who gives invited lectures to fellow physicians. In addition, he is involved with the teaching and lecturing curriculum at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, including a lecture series for preparation of the rheumatology board exam. He was recently a Distinguished Lecturer for an NCME Grand Rounds series on Rheumatoid Arthritis, and gave 15 Grand Rounds lectures (Category 1 CME) to Internal Medicine programs around the country.Dr. Niewold provides high-yield, memorable Rheumatology lectures for board review.

David Pitrak, MD
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
• Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

• Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine

Education:

• MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
• Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
• Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Dr. Pitrak is a highly experienced board review lecturer on infectious diseases, as well as lecturing for the Respiratory and Critical Care Board exam sponsored by the American College of Chest Physicians. He was also named the Department of Medicine, Outstanding Educator by the Internal Medicine Residency Program at University of Chicago. He has been recognized by Best Doctors in America.

Louis Portugal, MD 
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Associate Professor, University of Chicago Medical Center
• Attending Physician, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

• Otolaryngology, American Board of Otolaryngology

Education:

• MD, University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Residency in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine At Chicago
• Fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Dr. Portugal is a highly sought-after educator in the field of otolaryngology, having participated in more than 100 invited lectures. He also chairs two committees and is a member of three others at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Dr. Portugal is an outstanding speaker who provides concise and engaging lectures laser-focused on exam topics.

Tanguy Y. Seiwert, MD
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Attending Physician, Head and Neck Cancer Program, University of Chicago

Board Certifications:

• Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine

Education:

• MD, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany with a final year stipend for training as a visiting student at Baylor College, University of California San Francisco, Duke University, and Harvard University
• Residency, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
• Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago

Dr. Seiwert has authored several published articles and book chapters. He has also given numerous lectures locally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Seiwert has been honored with many awards for his work pertaining to head and neck cancer.

Matthew Sorrentino, MD, FACC
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
• Attending Physician, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

• Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine

Education:

• MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
• Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL
• Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL

Dr. Sorrentino has given hundreds of lectures and presentations, including several board review lectures on cardiology. Twice, Dr. Sorrentino has been named Best Doctor for the Chicago Metro Area by Chicago Magazine. He has also received the Outstanding Clinical Service Award from the University of Chicago Department of Medicine. Dr. Sorrentino has hosted more than 70 programs for ReachMD on XM Satellite Radio.

Maria Tsoukas, MD
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center
• Attending Physician, Dermatology, University of Chicago

Board Certifications:

• Dermatology

Education:

• MD, University of Athens Medical School
• Residency in Dermatology, Roger Williams Medical Center-Boston University
• PhD, University of Athens Medical School, Athens Greece
• Fellowship in Cosmetic and Surgical Dermatology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth Medical School

Dr. Maria Tsoukas specializes in general dermatology, skin cancer therapy, cosmetic dermatologic surgery and cutaneous laser surgery. She directs several research studies investigating the expansion of skin photodynamic therapy in the treatment of precancerous lesions and inflammatory acne. Dr. Tsoukas is an experienced lecturer and is a member of several Patient’s Guide websites providing physician-reviewed information.

Raoul L. Wolf, MD, FAAP
Titles/Affiliations/Positions:

• Professor of Pediatrics, Pritzker School of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Section Chief, Section of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, The University of Chicago and La Rabida Children’s Hospitals, Chicago, IL
• Director, Asthma Center for Children, La Rabida Children’s Hospital and Research Center, Chicago, IL

Board Certifications:

• Allergy and Immunology, American Board of Allergy & Immunology
• Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics

Education:

• MB, BCh, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Registrar, Pediatrics, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Fellowship, Immunology, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA
• Fellowship, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

As the director and founder of the La Rabida Community Asthma Program for Children, Dr. Wolf is in charge of a fully grant-supported program that provides clinical care, teaching, and research among high risk asthmatic children. Dr. Wolf has been named one of the top physicians in America by Castle Connelly and earned the Special Recognition Award at The American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago. In addition, he is a member of the National Task Force for the Detection of Asthma in Schools.

CME Accreditation

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Credit Designation: Clearview CME Institute designates this educational activity for a maximum of 46.25 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essentials.