Department Administrative Contacts

The following department administrators and staff support academic appointment administration across the medical campus. If you have corrections or updates to this list, please email us at fao@northwestern.edu.

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Basic Science Departments

Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Department Chair:
Ali Shilatifard

Department Administrator:
Matt Temkin
m-temkin2( at )northwestern.edu

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Colleen De Luca
cdeluca( at )northwestern.edu

Cell & Developmental Biology

Department Chair:
Luisa Iruela-Arispe

Department Administrator:
Matt Temkin
m-temkin2( at )northwestern.edu

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Colleen De Luca
cdeluca( at )northwestern.edu

Microbiology-Immunology

Department Chair:
Laimonis (Lou) Laimins

Department Administrator:
Matt Temkin
m-temkin2( at )northwestern.edu

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Pamela Bullock
pamela.bullock( at )northwestern.edu

Medical Education

Department Chair:
Marianne Green

Department Administrator:
Laura Koepele-Tenges
lkt( at )northwestern.edu

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Bridget Thomas
bridget.thomas( at )northwestern.edu

Medical Social Sciences

Department Chair:
Rinad Beidas

Department Administrator:
Seletta Goodall
s-goodall-nichols( at )northwestern.edu

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Javin D'Souza, Stephanie East
mssfacultyaffairs( at )northwestern.edu

Neuroscience

Department Chair:
D. James Surmeier

Department Administrator:
Matt Temkin
m-temkin2( at )northwestern.edu

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Colleen De Luca
cdeluca( at )northwestern.edu

Pharmacology

Department Chair:
Al George

Department Administrator:
Matt Temkin
m-temkin2( at )northwestern.edu

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Pamela Bullock
pamela.bullock( at )northwestern.edu

Preventive Medicine

Department Chair:
Mercedes Carnethon

Department Administrator:
Elizabeth Budzik
budzik( at )northwestern.edu

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Molly Jones
molly.jones( at )northwestern.edu

Clinical Departments

Anesthesiology

Department Chair:
Charles Hogue

Department Administrator:
Dave Smart
david.smart( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Emma Schwenke
emma.lagone( at )nm.org

Dermatology

Department Chair:
Amy Paller

Department Administrator:
Sandra Kozlowski
sandra.kozlowski( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Sonya Bowen
sonya.bowen( at )northwestern.edu

Emergency Medicine

Department Chair:
James Adams

Department Administrator:
Travis Schmitz
tschmitz( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Arthur Knight
aknight( at )nm.org

Family & Community Medicine

Department Chair:
Deborah Clements

Department Administrator:
Sybil Chadwick
schadwic( at )nm.org

Medicine

Department Chair:
Susan Quaggin

Department Administrator:
Lizzie Fankhanel
ekibler( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Richard Kelley, Jordan Panousis, Autumn Cesario, Nicole Colson, Andrea Klein
dom-facultyaffairs( at )northwestern.edu

Neurological Surgery

Department Chair:
Maciej (Matt) Lesniak

Department Administrator:
Elizabeth Fankhanel
ekibler( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Dawn Rose
dawn.rose( at )nm.org

Neurology

Department Chair:
Dimitri Krainc

Department Administrator:
Naree Sitachitta
Naree.Sitachitta( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Professional Affairs Team
NeurologyProfAff( at )northwestern.edu

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Department Chair:
Serdar Bulun

Department Administrator:
Aura Reitneris
areitner( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Alicia Revalee
arevalee( at )nm.org

Ophthalmology

Department Chair:
Nicholas Volpe

Department Administrator:
Meg Templeton
margaret.templeton( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Ophthalmology Support
ophsupport( at )northwestern.edu

Orthopaedic Surgery

Department Chair:
Terrance Peabody

Department Administrator:
Blair Faber
bfaber( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Lisa Rios
lrios( at )nm.org

Otolaryngology

Department Chair:
Robert Kern

Department Administrator:
Patty Zavalza
patricia.zavalza( at )northwestern.edu

Pathology

Department Chair:
Daniel Brat

Department Administrator:
Christopher Cheney
Christopher.Cheney( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Gabriella Raspa
gabriella.raspa( at )northwestern.edu

Pediatrics

Department Chair:
Matthew Davis

Department Administrator:
Melody Altman
MAltman( at )luriechildrens.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Meghan Jablonski, Guadalupe Lizama, Leslie Lopez, Kathy Ozmeral
MJablonski( at )luriechildrens.org; GLizama( at )luriechildrens.org; LMLopez( at )luriechildrens.org; kozmeral( at )luriechildrens.org

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Department Chair:
Elliot Roth

Department Administrator:
Jason Nemo
j-nemo( at )northwestern.edu

Physical Therapy

Department Chair:
Julius Dewald

Department Administrator:
Vangie Walker
e-walker( at )northwestern.edu

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Erin Cottingham
e-neal( at )northwestern.edu

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Department Chair:
Sachin Patel

Department Administrator:
Michael Malcolm
mmalcolm( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Professional Affairs Team
pbsprofaffairs( at )northwestern.edu

Radiation Oncology

Department Chair:
Bharat Mittal

Department Administrator:
Dan Sheedy
dsheedy( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Mary Burrows, Jerry Galinsky
Mary.Burrows( at )nm.org; jerry.galinsky( at )nm.org

Radiology

Department Chair:
James Carr

Department Administrator:
Blair Faber
bfaber( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Roksana Armatys, Heidi Maes
roksana.birkos( at )nm.org; hmaes( at )northwestern.edu

Surgery

Department Chair:
Hasan Alam

Department Administrator:
Heather Burke
hburke( at )nm.org

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Hala Nimeh, Keenan Cox
hala.nimeh( at )nm.org; keenan.cox( at )nm.org

Urology

Department Chair:
Edward Schaeffer

Department Administrator:
Suzanne Peterson
s-peterson( at )northwestern.edu

Staff Contacts for Academic Appointments:
Julia Sarte
juliamae.sarte( at )northwestern.edu