Faculty

Title: Residency Program Director, UIC Clinical Instructor - Generalist Obstetrician & Gynecologist
Medical School: Southern Illinois University
Residency: Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center 
Academic Interests & Projects: Resident Education, FGC, Contraceptive Management, and LARC

Title: Associate Residency Program Director - Laborist
Medical School: Rutgers Medical School (presently Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)
Residency: Nassau County Medical Center 
Academic Interests & Projects: Laparoscopic surgery, Resident training, Pediatric gynecology, Missed abortion/early pregnancy/loss clinic, minimally invasive procedures including TLH, TVH, with special interest in transgender care.

Medical School: University of South Florida
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago
Academic Interests & Projects: Obstetrics, Labor and Delivery

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine
Residency: University of Chicago
Fellowship: UroGynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery: Cedar-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA 
Academic Interests & Projects: Female Urology, Voiding Dysfunction, Genitourinary Reconstruction

Medical School: University of Illinois
Residency: Illinois Masonic Medical Center 
Academic Interests & Projects: Full obstetrics service including high risk, minimally invasive gyne procedures such as, vaginal hysterectomy,  Hysterosurgery, both diagnostic and surgical including Essure Tubal OcclusionAdd total laparoscopic hysterectomy, vaginal hysterectomy TVH, with special interest in transgender care.

Title: Undergraduate Elective Coordinator - Generalist Obstetrician & Gynecologist
Medical School: Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Residency: Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Fellowship/Grad School: Barry University 
Academic Interests & Projects:Benign gynecology, obstetrics, family planning, minimally invasive surgery including total laparoscopic hysterectomy and total vaginal hysterectomy

Title: Director, Family Planning, Associate Ambulatory Director OB/Gyne Treatment Center
Medical School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago 
Academic Interests & Projects: cervical dysplasia, polycystic ovarian syndrome, family planning and contraception, vulvar conditions, menopause

Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Residency: LSU Medical Center New Orleans
Academic Interests: Urogynecology Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic surgery, Vaginal surgery, Urinary & Fecal incontinence, Surgery for Pelvic Organ prolapse.

Title: Generalist Obstetrician & Gynecologist
Medical School: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Residency: Rush University Medical Center
Academic Interests & Projects: General Obstetrics, contraception, and general gynecology, hysteroscopy

Title: Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Medical School: University of Illinois Chicago
Residency: University of Illinois Chicago
Fellowship: Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Illinois 
Academic Interests & Projects: Prenatal diagnosis, abdominal cerclage

Title: Director of Gynecologic Ultrasound
Medical School: Universidad Central de Venezuela
Residency: Mercy Hospital, Chicago 
Academic Interests & Projects: Transvaginal gynecological and 1st trimester ultrasound; 3-D gynecological ultrasound; operative hysteroscopy

Title: Director of Urogynecology
Medical School: Chicago Medical School
Residency: Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Fellowship: Post-Graduate Training in UroGynecology, Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL 
Academic Interests & Projects: UroGynecology, pelvic reconstructive surgery, laparoscopic and vaginal surgery.

Medical School:University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine
Residency: University of Illinois of Chicago Medical Center
Fellowship/Grad School: Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA Academic Interests & Projects: Antenatal and Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Evaluation, Prenatal Diagnosis (including CVS), International Health

Title: Generalist Obstetrician & Gynecologist
Medical School: Louisiana State University - New Orleans
Residency: Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Academic Interests & Projects: General obstetrics, preventative care, cervical cancer screening, pelvic pain, contraception, minimally invasive gynecologic surgery

Ismail Mert, MD
Title: Gynecologic Oncology, Co Director of Simulation and Surgical Skills
Medical School: Ankara University, School of Medicine
Residency: Wayne State University
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic
Academic Interests & Projects: Genetic causes of gynecologic cancers, HIPEC, targeted therapy in ovarian cancer, improvement of quality of life in cancer patients.

Francesca Popper, MD
Title: Director of Ambulatory Services - Generalist Obstetrician & Gynecologist
Medical School:Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Doctorate in Medicine
Residency: Illinois Masonic Medical Center 
Academic Interests & Projects: Resident and patient education, Gynecologic surgery, Family planning

Tanya Pulver, MD
Title: Gynecologic Oncologist
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Residency: Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners/Michigan State University 
Fellowship/Grad School: University of Minnesota 
Academic Interests & Projects: Gynecologic cancers and pre-invasive disease, including anal dysplasia, reducing health disparities through community outreach, early detection and prevention of cancer

Samadh F. Ravangard, DO
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Connecticut
Fellowship/Grad School: Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
Academic Interests & Projects: Prenatal diagnosis, ultrasound, diabetes in pregnancy

Brady Reis, MD
Title: Generalist Obstetrician & Gynecologist
Medical School: Rush Medical College, Rush University
Residency: Rush University Medical Center
Academic Interests & Projects: General Obstetrics, contraception, and general gynecology

Abraham Shashoua, MD
Title: Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotic Gynecology
Medical School: University of Miami
Residency: University of Chicago 
Academic Interests & Projects: Advanced laparoscopy, da Vinci robotic surgery, female incontinence and prolapsed, pelvic pain, uterine leiomyoma

Jon Simonelli, MD
Title: Director of Residency Affairs - Generalist Obstetrician & Gynecologist
Medical School: Chicago Medical School
Residency Cook County Hospital 
Academic Interests & Projects: Wilderness Medicine, Quality Assurance/Risk Management

Christopher Sipe, MD
Title: President, Fertility Centers of Illinois
Medical School: Vanderbilt School of Medicine
Residency: Northwestern University
Fellowship/Graduate School: University of Iowa 
Academic Interests & Projects: Infertility, menstrual irregularities, and polycystic ovary syndrome.

Irma Sodini, MD
Title: Co Director Resident Research, Associate Ambulatory Director - Generalist Obstetrician & Gynecologist
Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago
Residency: Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center 
Academic Interests & Projects: Contraceptive Management, Family Planning, Gestational Diabetes, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Fluent in Spanish

Rosally V. Starr, MD
Title: Director of Obstetrics - Generalist Obstetrician & Gynecologist
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Residency: Chicago Lying-In Hospital, University of Chicago Hospitals 
Academic Interests & Projects: Adolescent Gynecology, Cervical Dysplasia, Menstrual Disorders, Family Planning

Heider Shuber, MD
Title: Medical Student Core Clerkship Director
Medical School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Residency: Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Academic Interests & Projects: Contraception, health maintenance, general obstetrics, and gynecology

Anita Tamirisa, DO
Medical School: Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine Traditional Rotating Internship, Broward Medical Center
Residency: Summa Akron City Hospital
Fellowship: Advanced Pelvic Surgery, Emory University
Academic Interests & Projects: Obstetrics, prenatal and postpartum care, perinatal safety initiatives