Meet the Faculty & Support Staff


Current Faculty

Dr. Jose Biller

Jose Biller, MD

Professor
Chairman

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Victoria Grau Kazmierczak, MDvictoria

Assistant Professor
Practice locations: MacNeal, Vascular neurology
 

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Matthew McCoyd, MDDr. Matthew McCoyd

Professor
Director, Residency Training Program

 

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Dr. Jorge Asconape

Jorge Asconape, MD

Professor
Director, Clinical Neurophysiology, Fellowship Program

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Dr. Michael Schneck

Michael Schneck, MD

Professor
 

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Dr. Athena Kostidis

Athena Kostidis, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology
Program Director, Headache Medicine Fellowship

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Dr. Gregory Gruener

Gregory Gruener, MD

Professor
Associate Chairman

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Dr. Sean Ruland

Sean Ruland, DO

Professor
Director, NICU
Director, Quality Medical

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Dr. Sarkis Morales-Vidal

Sarkis Morales-Vidal, MD

Associate Professor
Director, Telestroke Program

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Eugene Schnitzler, MDDr. Eugene Schnitzler

Professor
Medical Director, Pediatric Neurology

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Dr. Rick Gill

Rick Gill, MD

Assistant Professor
 

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rukmaiah

Rukmaiah Bhupalam, MBBS

Assistant Professor
clinical neurophysiology and sleep medicine
 

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olivier

Olivier Kayiranga, DO

Clinical Instructor
Outpatient General Neurology  

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Minh Thu Nguyen, DO

Assistant Professor

Headache Medicine

Clinic location: Burr Ridge

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Jigisha Thakkar, MBBS

Jigisha Thakkar, MBBS

Neurology, Assistant Professor
 

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Alexandria Pecoraro, MD

Assistant Professor

Vascular Neurology (Stroke)

Practice locations: Loyola and MacNeal

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Adeline Schnitz, DOAdeline Schnitz, DO

Assistant Professor of Neurology
 

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Jasmine Singh, MDjasmine

Assistant Professor 
Neurocritical Care LUMC/Neurohospitalist at MacNeal
Assistant Director, Neurology Clerkship

 

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Meet the Faculty at Hines VA

Kalea Colletta, DO

Kalea Colletta, DO

Movement Disorders
Assistant Professor of Neurology 
Director of the Consortium of Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital
Chair of the Movement Disorder Section at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital
 


Sarah Corbridge, MD

Sarah Corbridge, MD

Neurologist at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital
 

Specializes in multiple sclerosis
 


 David Kvarnberg, MD

David Kvarnberg, MD

Department of Neurology, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurology – Loyola University Medical Center
Director of the ALS Clinic at Hines VA Hospital
Specializes in Movement disorder
 


Vijaya Patil, MD

Associate Professor, Neurologist at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital
 


Saba Saeed, MD

Neurologist at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital

 


Meet the Faculty at the Berwyn Satellite

Brandon Bond, MD

Brandon Bond, MD

Director, Vascular Neurology, Fellowship Program
 

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Meet the Faculty at the Tinley Park Satellite

Dr. Wilson

Jessica L Wilson, MD

Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsy

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Departmental Staff

Rocio Chavez

Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinator
rchavez@lumc.edu 
Phone: 708-216-2687


Linda Turner

Assoc Dept. Administrator
lturne2@lumc.edu


Angela Thomas

Administrative Assistant II
Angela.Thomas004@luhs.org