Leadership & Medical Staff

At RML Specialty Hospital, care is guided by experienced leadership and delivered by a multidisciplinary medical staff dedicated to patients with complex medical needs.

Our physicians, advanced practice providers, and hospital leaders work together to provide hospital-level care with continuity, accountability, and compassion—every day, at our Chicago and Hinsdale campuses.

Medical Director

Our Medical Director provides clinical leadership across specialty areas and support interdisciplinary collaboration for medically complex patients.

John D. Brofman, MD*

Chief Medical Officer

RML’s Medical Staff

RML’s medical staff of over 75 physicians is composed of board-certified specialists with extensive expertise in caring for critically and chronically ill patients. Our 2/47 on-site physicians are dedicated to providing comprehensive, patient-centered care.

Physicians with an asterisk are employed by RML Specialty Hospital. Other listed physicians are practitioners with privileges at RML.

Dentistry & Podiatry

Allan C. Katz, DDS
Raymond Hanzelin, DPM
Johnnie Lewis, DPM

Endocrinology

Wassim El-Harake, MD
Nabeel Jabri, MD

General Surgery

Mohammed M. Arain, MD
Daniel J. Deziel, MD
Hasmukh V. Patel, MD

Infectious Disease

Joseph Kent, MD
Russell M. Petrak, MD
Robert A. Petrak, MD
Sheila Barry, MD, PhD
David Beezhold, DO
Jamie Belmares-Avalos, MD
Aneta Bush, MD
Ines M. Casey, MD
Vishal Kumar Didwania, MD
Robert M. Fliegelman, DO
Subina Gurung, MD
Brian P. Harting, MD
Anjum Owaisi, MD
Jonathan K. Pinsky, MD
Ram Ramani, MD
Joyce Rii, DO
Nishi Sahgal, MD
Alan G. Salazar, MD
Roberto Viau Colindres, MD

Internal Medicine

Muhammad Abushaer, MD*
Nadira AliKhan, MD
Maged Attia Saad, MD
Darius J. Bartkus, MD*
MS Bhagavan, MD
Nasser A. Boshra, MD
Louis E. De La Garza Jr., MD
Daniel C. DeSimone Jr., DO*
Kanwarpreet S. Dhami, MD
Luciano Fochesatto Filho, MD
Vivek Gupta, MD
Gaurika M. Mehra, MD
Jeffrey Olson, MD
Earl Rudolph, DO*
Summers M. Stacks, MD*
Rong Xu, MD

Nephrology

Mohamad Barakat, MD
Constantine Delis, DO
Neetha Dhananjaya, MD
Mazen Diab, MD
Mohammad R. Mataria, MD
Rizwan K. Moinuddin, DO
Marco Pagani, MD
Adel Samad, MD

Neurology

Jeffrey C. Curtin, DO
Mohammed B. Ghabra, MD
Maria Gragasin, MD

Nurse Practitioners

Zachery Beezhold, APN
Liliya Panyshkevych, APN
Anna T. Yonkelowitz, APN

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Collins Fitzpatrick, MD
Stacy F. McCarty, MD
David L. Ripley, MD

Physician Assistants

Dominique Azarcon, PA-C
Elmer J. Benavidez Capina, PA-C
Laura Dean, PA-C
Jamie Mulrow, PA-C
Allison Petrak, PA-C
Ellen C. Pollack, PA-C
Matthew Saulnier, PA-C

Psychiatry & Psychology

Pulmonary & Critical Care

Mark L. Goode, MD*

Administrative Leadership

RML’s administrative leadership team provides strategic and operational oversight in support of high-acuity, hospital-level care.

Jim Prister

President & Chief Executive Officer

Marti Edwards

Vice President, Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer

Beth Benson

Chief Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer

Credentialing & Verification

RML Specialty Hospital verifies the credentials of all physicians and advanced practice providers through primary source verification, in accordance with hospital accreditation standards and regulatory requirements.

This process helps ensure that all members of our medical staff meet established professional and clinical qualifications.

Leadership & Medical Staff

Medical Director

John D. Brofman, MD*

RML’s Medical Staff

Administrative Leadership

Jim Prister

Marti Edwards

Beth Benson

Credentialing & Verification

Care & Services

Key Information

Locations & Contact

RML Chicago

RML Hinsdale