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-Brofman

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.

Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Matthew Wilkin, PA-C

  • Amit Vyas, MD

  • Mumtaz Siddiqui, MD

Critical Care Medicine
  • Nasser Zakieh, MD

  • Steven Quinn, MD

Dentisty
  • Allan C. Katz, DDS

Endocrinology
Family Medicine
  • Oludara Talabi, MD

  • Jason Saez, MD

  • Shafeequr Rizwan, MD

  • Rajesh Iyengar, MD MBBS

  • Olha Huzo, MD

  • Charles Edoigiawerie, MD

  • Kemberly Briggs, MD

Gastroenterology
  • Bhupatkumar Mehta, MD

General Surgery
Geriatrics
  • Kamal Yoakim, MD

  • Joseph Cyriac, MD

Hematology
  • Kalid Adab, MD

Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
  • Muhammad Abushaer, MD*

  • Nadira AliKhan, MD

  • Darius J. Bartkus, MD

  • MS Bhagavan, MD

  • Nasser A. Boshra, MD

  • Louis E. De La Garza Jr., MD

  • Daniel C. DeSimone Jr., DO

  • 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

  • Wadah Atassi, MD

Neurology
  • Jeffrey C. Curtin, DO

  • Mohammed B. Ghabra, MD

Nurse Practitioners
  • Zachery Beezhold, APN

  • Liliya Panyshkevych, APN

  • Anna T. Yonkelowitz, APN

Otolaryngology
  • Neel Patel, MD

  • Steven Charous, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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

Podiatry
  • Raymond Hanzelin, DPM

  • Johnnie Lewis, DPM

Pulmonary Diseases
  • Mark L. Goode, MD*

  • Sarah Usmani, MD

  • Nidhi Undevia, MD

  • Moutaz Sunbuli, MD

  • Ashley Smith Nunez, MD

  • Rafat Mohammed, MD

  • Hamed Mataria, MD

  • Sunita Kumar, MD

  • Amal Jubran, MD

  • Francis Jamilla, MD

  • Paul Hutchison, MD

  • Tabassum Hanif, MD

  • Muhammad Hamadeh, MD

  • Amit Goyal, MD

  • Emily Gilbert, MD

  • James Gagermeier, MD

  • Sean Forsythe, MD

  • Julia Espel, MD

  • Gregory Budinger, MD

  • Alan Betensley, MD

  • Bradford Bemiss, MD

  • Robert Balk, MD

  • Ambalavanan Arunachalam, MD

  • Dinas Aleksonis. MD

  • Mazen Abdel-Hadi, MD

  • John Brofman, MD*

  • Sejal Thaker, MD*

  • Mairaj Jaleel, MD*

Radiology
  • Franklin Tan, MD

  • Michael Horton, MD

  • Sameul Hanif, MD

  • Erwin Thimm, MD

  • Kanti Chandarana, MD

  • Talal Akhter, MD

Urology
  • Jeffrey Branch, MD

Administrative Leadership

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

Jim-Prister

Jim Prister

President & Chief Executive Officer

Marti-Edwards

Marti Edwards

Vice President, Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer

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Beth Benson

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.