Program Overview & Education
Loyola Medicine's Endocrinology Fellowship program is part of the Division of Endocrinology and is a two year training program leading to board eligibility in endocrinology.
Our goal is to educate our trainees and provide them with knowledge and experience that will enable them to become competent and superb endocrinologists.
Clinical Training
Fellowship training occurs over a two-year period. Designed to develop endocrinology specialists equally capable of pursuing a career in academia or private practice. Fellows obtain their training at Loyola University Medical Center and Hines VA Hospital.
Loyola University Medical Center and Hines VA share a common campus in Maywood, IL, adjacent to the Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine. Training in these venues allows the fellow to be exposed to the best of both public and private medicine.
Fellows spend four months on consult service, four months on research and four months on Hines VA rotation during each year. They are assigned two continuity clinics for two years and rotate on a four-month basis in general outpatient clinics. They also attend one month of pediatric endocrine and two months in reproductive endocrine. There are also rotations through nuclear medicine, pathology (cytology) and clinical labs and endocrine surgery.
Trainees in endocrinology & metabolism actively teach and supervise medical students and residents in internal medicine who rotate through the Endocrine elective. In addition, fellows actively transmit information about patients on consultation service to their primary physicians in the hospital, namely residents part of the Internal Medicine Residency program.
Research Experience
During their fellowship our trainees are encouraged to participate in research projects with faculty. Our current and past fellows have presented their research at national conferences in a wide range of endocrine diseases, co-written book chapters and review articles.
Endocrinology Fellowship Curriculum
In keeping with the tripartite mission of the university, Endocrinology participates in all facets of medical education, from training medical students to having faculty members develop CME programs. Several faculties in our division are advisors to medical students. In 2001, the ACGME approved three fellows for the division. Fellows rotate through Loyola and Hines VA and are actively involved in research. Both fellows and faculty work closely with residents and medical students.
Faculty members strive to stay abreast of the latest developments and advances in their fields by attending relevant conferences, meeting with colleagues and reviewing current literature. They recognize the need to use their expertise to provide CME programs for colleagues and primary care physicians.
Research
The division conducts both bench and clinical research and works closely with other divisions and departments at Loyola to achieve its research goals. Currently, the division’s research concentrates on:
- Role of blood glucose control in preventing cardiovascular and cerebral vascular disease in people with diabetes
- Osteoporosis, Vitamin D Deficiency, Primary hyperparathyroidism
- Role of Vitamin D in Transplantation
- Role of testosterone on bone disorders and brain and lipid metabolism
- Improved treatments for Paget’s disease
- Growth hormone therapy
Facilities
Fellows rotate through the inpatient, outpatient and consultative inpatient services of Loyola University Medical Center and Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital and several other Loyola Medicine outpatient locations. The distribution of ages and sex in our clinics approximates their distribution among the general population with endocrine diseases.
Trainees care for patients with a wide range of clinical problems and endocrine pathology. In addition to this, the fellows rotate through disease-specific clinics such as the reproductive endocrine and pediatric endocrine clinics. They also will have training in nuclear medicine, cytopathology and clinical laboratory procedures along with exposure to endocrine surgery.
How to Apply
To apply for Loyola Medicine's Endocrinology Fellowship program, please submit the following through ERAS:
- Application
- Official medical school transcripts. If originals are not in English, please provide a certified English translation.
- A Dean's letter (medical school)
- An official record of board scores (NBME, FLEX, USMLE, LMCC, VQE, or FMGEMS)
- Three letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with your professional qualifications, including one from your internal medicine residency program director.
- A curriculum vitae
- A personal statement
- A valid ECFMG certificate (if you graduated from a medical school outside of the U.S. or Canada)
- Applicants must possess a valid permanent Visa or U.S. citizenship. No H1B Visas will be accepted.
- All Fellowship candidates must possess a valid permanent Illinois medical license when they start the program.
Only completed files will be considered. Visit the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) website for more information.
Applicants must have three years of accredited postgraduate education in internal medicine and must be eligible for or have passed the ABIM examination.
Contact Us
Pauline Camacho, MD
Fellowship Program Director
For additional information, please contact:
Kathy Kania
Fellowship Program Coordinator
Loyola University Medical Center
2160 South First Avenue
Building 102, Office 7609
Maywood, IL 60153
Phone: 708-216-6497
Fax: 708-216-6890
Email: kathleen.kania@luhs.org
Current Fellows
PGY4 Fellow
Amanda Tobin-Hartlep, DO
Hometown: West Bloomfield, MI
Medical School: Michigan State University - College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Trinity Health Ann Arbor
Medical Interests: Diabetes technology, Obesity and Metabolic diseases
PGY5 Fellows
Alberto Andrade, MD
Hometown: San Salvador de Jujuy
Medical School: Universidad Austral Facultad de Ciencas Biomédicas
Ellil Krishnaraju, MD
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Medical School: P.S.G. Institute of Medical Sciences and Research
Residency: Cook County Health and Hospitals System
Baani Singh, MD
Hometown: Naperville, IL
Medical School: University of Minnesota
Residency: Advocate Christ Medical Center
Graduates
2025 Abdullah Melhim
2024 Subarajan, Prathayini LUMC Faculty
2023 Ikram Haque
2023 Natasha Kadakia
2022 Fatima Kazi
2021 Hafsa Amjed
2021 Caroline Poku Hines VA Faculty
2020 Zubair Ilyas
2019 Anne Margarette Bacal
2019 Sumeet Jain
2018 Ruchita Patel
2017 Arshi Basit
2017 Vinita Singh
2016 Lisa Shah
2015 Rod Marianne Cominguez Arceo-Mendoza LUMC Faculty
2015 Cory Wilczynsky
2014 Aileen Hariman
