Department of Pediatrics
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
I am a pediatric emergency physician and health services researcher with interests in improving care delivery at the intersection of the emergency department, office, and hospital and optimizing healthcare decisions made by parents and providers. I co-lead the research efforts in the Telehealth Program at Lurie Children’s and am involved in the Lurie Children’s Health Partners Clinically Integrated Network’s efforts to reduce emergency department visits.I completed a combined pediatric emergency medicine and pediatric health services research fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2009. I...
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology)
Dr. Laronda has developed a strong research interest in basic reproductive biology and endocrinology to feed the underlying knowledge required to develop treatments that can protect or restore fertility and hormone function. The Laronda laboratory strives to understand how the ovarian niche maintains and promotes gametogenesis, to use this information to generate in vitro models and implantable bioprosthetic ovaries as a regenerative means to support endocrine function and gamete production in patients with primary ovarian insufficiency, and to engineer endocrine organs that support sex hormon...
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology)
After completing the fellowship, Monica Bianco, MD joined the Department of Endocrinology at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, in addition to her role as Assistant Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She was awarded a research training grant during fellowship to study the effects of the fetal environment on offspring health. During this time she developed expertise on the effects of hyperglycemia during pregnancy on the offspring. Moving forward, she has been awarded an NIH administrative supplement to continue her research focused on identifying early materna...
Professor of Dermatology (Dermatopathology), Pathology and Pediatrics
Selected to Best Doctors in America 2019-2020, Dr Gerami is the director of the Skin Cancer Institute of Northwestern Medical Group (SCIN-Med) and the director of the Melanoma Program in the Skin Cancer Institute and the Melanoma clinic in the department of Dermatology. His clinical and research interests are primarily focused on melanoma skin cancer, atypical nevi and borderline melanocytic tumors such as Spitz tumors which maybe difficult to classify. As a dermatologist, dermatopathologist and researcher focused in the care of patients with melanoma and atypical nevi, he has a unique persp...
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) and Pediatrics
I am a pediatric psychologist within the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and the Behavioral Health Director for the Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. I am also founding psychologist of Lurie Children's Gender & Sex Development Program. Clinically, I provide consultation, assessment, and therapeutic services to transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse youth and young adults and to youth and young adults with differences of sex development/intersex traits and their families. My rese...
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care) and School of Law
I am interested in research, advocacy, and policy development that reduces health disparities, addresses bias, racism, and other structural determinants of health and promotes social justice. My current research involves evaluating disparities in research enrollment and participation, the use of medico-legal partnerships to address the social determinants of health, and understanding public perceptions of brain death. Additional interests include the role for conflict resolution training to improve communication in the ICU, evaluating health care access in relation to health outcomes, and stud...
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology and Epilepsy) and Pharmacology
Dr. Gertler completed her undergraduate degree in molecular biology and neuroscience at Princeton University, her medical school degree at Northwestern University Feinberg school of medicine, her graduate degree studying neuromodulation in altered dopamingeric states in the basal ganglia at Northwestern University in the lab of Dr. D. James Surmeier, and her pediatrics/child neurology residency at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care)
I am interested in adolescent reproductive health, Electronic Medical Record processes, Quality Improvement, and education of trainees and medical students
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hospital-Based Medicine)
I was born and raised in Chicago Illinois. My college education was at the University of Chicago and graduated in 1978 with a major in Geophysical Science. I lettered on the Cross Country and Track Team. I graduated University of Illinois medical school in 1982. I completed a residency in Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota in 1985. I completed a fellowship in Neonatology at the University of Minnesota in 1987. I was an attending neonatologist at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia PA from 1987 through 1993. In 1993 I was named the site leader of the NICU at Northwest Communi...
Instructor of Pediatrics (Hospital-Based Medicine)
Dr. Rodriguez is a pediatrician in the Hospital-Based Medicine Division of the Pediatrics Department at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Her clinical and academic interests include general pediatric patient care in the inpatient setting, quality improvement, medical education, and advocacy.
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Lurie Children's is the Feinberg School of Medicine's affiliated hospital dedicated to pediatric care. Lurie Children's is Illinois' only freestanding hospital exclusively for children and offers patients access to world-class care in a modern, kid-friendly environment.
Faculty Development
Our faculty is one of our greatest resources. To support them on the paths to successful, fulfilling careers, we make faculty development a priority.<
Diversity & Inclusion
The Department of Pediatrics strives to create and maintain training programs that mirror the diverse patient population we serve in Chicago. We believe that diverse faculty, residency and fellowship programs are essential to our long-term success as leaders in academic medicine.
Physician-Scientist Training & Resources
We offer a wide range of resources, mentorship opportunities and formal training programs to help our residents and fellows excel as physician-scientists. Explore all of the resources and hear from housestaff who are making research a major part of their career development plans.