Meet the Residents
Class of 2025
Logan Abel, MD
Vanessa Belknap, DO
Eric Bidinger, MD
Bridget Dames, MD
Allison Fillman, MD
Daniel Hansen, DO
Abdelhamid Mazouni, MD
Lucas Nelson, MD
Carolyn O’Neill, DO
Tanner Olinger, DO
Matthew Porter, DO
Mario Rako, MD
Class of 2026
Matt Altman, MD
Andrew Benet, DO
Nick Garcia, DO
Arianna Gutierrez, MD
Tom Hazenfield, DO
Shelby Johnson, MD
Khatera Karzai, DO
Tyler Narsing, DO
Andrea Natera, MD
Clare Reidy, DO
Mary Sabbagh, DO
Myrah Siddiqi, DO
Class of 2027
Summer Beckworth, DO
Kathryn Buzenius, MD
Sarah “Sarita” Davis, MD
Nicholas Diamantopoulos, MD
Louis Hill, DO
Joy Jin, MD
Sam Johnson, MD
Luke McCutcheon, MD
Omar Qadri, DO
Justin Rederer, DO
Anna Vardanyan, DO
Timothy Walker, DO
Class of 2028
Ashley Bradley, DO
Madeline Butler, MD
Collin Chow, MD
Paul Ciolek, MD
Brendon Johnson, DO
Eric Johnson, DO
David Kellner, MD
Ryan Luong, DO
Elizabeth Markuson, DO
Sean McDermott, DO
Life As a Resident
Where do our residents live?
Like many other “big” cities, there are many different neighborhoods within Chicago. Each area brings a different vibe, scenery, food scene, etc. As you see above, there are many different hospitals that our residents rotate at opening up the entire city as a viable place to live. The large majority live somewhere between downtown and Resurrection, but others are living in the suburbs and in the heart of downtown!
Event Medicine
National Conferences
Emergency Medicine is a fast-moving field with many innovators and exciting developments. Taking part in national conferences every year of our residency, both exposes residents to the advancements in the specialty as well as to the movers and shakers of EM. But it also helps residents showcase themselves through posters, sim wars, presentations and meetings with leaders from different parts of the country. Most importantly, it’s a great time to take a trip with your co-residents. The entire length of each conference is protected time (even on ICU!!) – usually ~4 days off (with a shift reduction!).
During intern year, our resident go to American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM).
During PGY-2 year, our residents attend the Essentials of EM (EEM).
Finally, during PGY-3 year, we send our residents to ACEP Scientific Assembly where we also host a Rez Reunion attended by tens of alumni & faculty!
The residency will also fund (and give time off) for any other conference attended if you are presenting!
Wellness
Wellness. What does it mean? How do we achieve it as EM residents and physicians? Difficult questions to answer, but we do our best to incorporate it into our training. Resident led activities such as bowling or boating as well as residency sponsored events such as baseball and hockey games are only a small sampling of the ways in which our residency program and residents push for a better work life balance in EM and help prevent burnout. Our Wellness Committee helps organize these events & we get protected time during conference for wellness activities!
Annual Residency Retreat
Everybody needs a break once in a while. Every year during block 2, the residents from across all three years get together for a chance to hang out at Lake Delavan, Wisconsin. Whether its competing against faculty and co-residents in volleyball or relaxing on a boat on the lake, the retreat brings everyone together in celebration of this wonderful specialty.
To learn more about our program, get in touch with our Residency Coordinator:
JOSLYN GARCIA
jgarcia89@primehealthcare.com