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Current Residents

First Year Residents (PGY-1)

Ryan Burgette, MD
  Ryan Burgette, MD
Medical School: Chicago Medical School
College: University of Illinois
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Current Home: Chicago, IL
Career Interests: Undecided
     
Ajaz Chaudry, MD
  Ajaz Chaudry, MD
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
College: Loyola University Chicago
Hometown: South Bend, IN
Current Home: Chicago, IL
Career Interests: Unknown
     
Eric Thorpe, MD
  Eric Thorpe, MD
Medical School: The Ohio State University
College: The Ohio State University
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Current Home: Oak Park, IL
Career Interests: Undecided

Second Year Residents (PGY-2)

Brent J. Benscoter, MD
  Brent J. Benscoter, MD
Medical School: University of Missouri - Columbia
College: University of Missouri - Columbia
Hometown: Springfield, MO
Current Home: Chicago, IL
Career Interests: Undecided
     
Avinash Mantravadi, MD
  Avinash Mantravadi, MD
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
College: Indiana University- Bloomington
Hometown: Chicago, IL then Fort Wayne, IN
Current Home: Chicago, IL
Career Interests: Head and Neck Oncology
     
Amy Pittman, MD
  Amy Pittman, MD
Medical School: University of Missouri - Columbia
College: William Jewell College
Hometown: Saint Joseph, MO
Current Home: Chicago, IL
Career Interests: Undecided

Third Year Residents (PGY-3)

James J. Jaber, MD, PhD
  James J. Jaber, MD, PhD
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Graduate School: University of California, Irvine (Department of Chemistry)
College: University of California, Davis
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Current Home: Lombard, IL
Career Interests: Discovery of new therapeutics in otolaryngology
     
Matthew L. Kircher, MD
  Matthew L. Kircher, MD
Medical School: Rush Medical College
College: Eastern Illinois University
Hometown: Ramsey, IL (pop. 1200)
Current Home: Chicago, IL
Career Interests: Otology
     
Carl Moeller, MD
  Carl Moeller, MD
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
College: College of the Holy Cross
Hometown: Winnetka, IL
Current Home: Chicago, IL
Career Interests: Undecided

Fourth Year Residents (PGY-4)

Kelly Cunningham, MD
  Kelly Cunningham, MD
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
College: Northern Illinois University
Hometown: Hinsdale, IL
Current Home: Chicago, IL
Career Interests: Undecided
     
Adam J. Mariotti, MD
  Adam J. Mariotti, MD
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
College: University of Pennsylvania
Hometown: Scranton, PA
Current Home: Chicago, IL
Career Interests: Undecided
     
Ryan G. Porter, Sr., MD
  Ryan G. Porter, Sr., MD
Medical School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
College: Baylor University
Hometown: Murrysville, PA then Lake Havasu City, AZ
Current Home: Arlington Heights, IL
Career Interests: Otology/Neurotology

Fifth Year Residents (PGY-5)

Timothy J. Hughes, MD
  Timothy J. Hughes, MD
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hometown: Bloomingdale, IL
Current Home: North Riverside, IL
Career Interests: General Otolaryngology, Allergy
     
Devyani Lal, MD
  Devyani Lal, MD
Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College
Hometown: New Delhi, India
Current Home: Chicago, IL
Career Interests: Rhinology Fellowship - Standford University
     
Laura E.T. Hetzler, MD
  Laura E.T. Hetzler, MD
Medical School: Louisiana State University New Orleans
College: Loyola University New Orleans
Hometown: Opelousas, LA
Current Home: Chicago, IL
Career Interests: Facial/Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Fellowhip - UC Davis

Recent Alumni

Class of 2008

Neena Agarwal, MD
  Neena Agarwal, MD
Medical School: University of Nebaska Medical Center
College: University of Pennsylvania
Facial Plastic Surgery Fellowship
     
Samuel Kerns, MD
  Samuel Kerns, MD
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
College: Case Western Reserve University
Private Practive- Cleveland, OH
     
Troy Donovan Woodard, MD
  Troy Donovan Woodard, MD
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
College: Depaul University
Rhinology Fellowship

Class of 2007

Rafael Quinonez, MD, PhD
  Rafael Quinonez, MD, PhD
Medical School: University of Puerto Rico
Graduate School: University of Iowa (Audiology)
College: Washington University
Private Practice- California
     
  Rita M. Schuman (McGranahan), MD
Medical School: St. Louis University School of Medicine
College: St. Louis University
Private Practice - St. Louis, MO
     
Mobeen Shirazi, MD
  Mobeen Shirazi, MD
Medical School: Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
College: Marquette University
Facial Plastic Surgery Fellowship
Private Practice- Barrington, IL

 Class of 2006

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  Margie Beauchamp, MD
Private Practice - Georgia

 

 

     
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  Joseph Scianna, MD
Private Practice- Illinois
     
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  Chad Zender, MD
Advanced Head & Neck Oncology/Microvascular Fellowship- Vanderbilt
Academic Practice- Loyola University Medical Center

 

 

 

 

 

Last Reviewed: Sept. 8, 2008

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