Leadership
University of Chicago Medicine Executive Leadership
Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
Dean, Division of the Biological Sciences
Dean, Pritzker School of Medicine
Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs
Paul and Allene Russell Professor
Tom Jackiewicz
President, University of Chicago Medical Center
Chief Operating Officer, University of Chicago Medicine Health System
Jason R. Keeler
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Stephen G. Weber
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Krista Curell, JD, RN
Executive Vice President
Chief Integration and Transformation Officer
Emily Chase, PhD, RN
Chief Nursing Officer, Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services
Comer Children’s Senior Leadership
John M. Cunningham, MD
George M. Eisenberg Professor of Pediatrics
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Physician-in-Chief, University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital
Jeff Murphy, DNP, RN, CEN, NEA-BC
Vice President, Women’s, Children’s, and Emergency Services
Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Allison H. Bartlett, MD, MS
Quality Chief, Department of Pediatrics
Jessica J. Kandel, MD
Mary Campau Ryerson Professor of Surgery and Chief, Section of Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital
Nancy Ghanayem, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Section of Pediatric Critical Care
Physician-in-Chief, University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital
Daniel Johnson, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics
Section Chief, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Vice Chair for Clinical Service, Department of Pediatrics
Director, ECHO-Chicago
Michael Schreiber, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Chief, Section of Neonatology
Ritu Verma, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Medical Director, Celiac Disease Center
Alisa McQueen, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Chair for Education
Program Director, Pediatric Residency Training Program
James W. Mitchell, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics Associate
Section Chief, Academic Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics Ambulatory
Pediatrics Medical Director Comer Children’s Hospital
Associate Chief, Section of Academic Pediatrics University of Chicago
Kristen Meredith, SHRM-SCP
Executive Administrator
Department of Pediatrics
Raynette Pucik Maisura
Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Executive Director, Perioperative and Procedural Services
Danette Alexander
Executive Director, Emergency and Trauma Services
Zaid Saqri, MS
Director, Pediatric Ambulatory Operations
Brandi Parker, MBA, MSN, RN
Clinical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Float Pool
Linda Lorenc, MSN, RN, CPN
Clinical Director, Department of Pediatrics
Thomas Houchins, DNP, RN, CCRN, NE-BC
Director, Pediatric Cancer Services, Pediatric Sedation
Joan Liput
Director, Pediatric Strategic Operations
Jennie Ott, MS, CCLS, CPXP
Director, Child Life and Family Education
Jennifer Lechota
Director, Emergency Services and Pediatric Sedation