Welcome to the University of Illinois College of Medicine's Speaker's Directory. To find a speaker/source for a particular subject, please choose from one of the menus below.

After you make your selections, you will see the following:

Subject
Speaker's name
Topics the speaker can address
What audiences the speaker can address
(M=Media, HP=health professionals, CG=Community groups)
How to contact the speaker

If the speaker can be contacted through the College' public relations office, call (815) 395-5920.

The directory will also indicate which health system or hospital (if applicable) through which the speaker may be contacted.

For SwedishAmerican Health System, call (815) 966-2066
For OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center, call (815) 395-5342
For Rockford Health System, call (815) 971-6239

All speakers can be reached through the College's public relations office. If you still cannot find what you are looking for, please call the College's public relations office at (815) 395-5920. Thanks for visiting!

If you have any problems with these pages, please call the PR office or e-mail blockjen@uic.edu.

Demographic/healthcare trends

COWEN, JOEL B
Topics: Demographic trends (demographic social and economic trends in the Rockford area and northwest Illinois) and health care trends (recent and possible future trends in the health care system including health status, financing and utilization).
M, CG and HP.
Contact directly 395-5762 and e-mail (joelc@uic.edu).

Health care business

GRANDE, BRIAN
Topics: Business side of health care.
CG.

Contact through the College's PR office.

International health

OKESON, EDWIN, MD, MPH
Topics: Adolescent health, international health.
CG.
Contact through the College's PR office.

SALAFSKY, B, Ph.D.
Topics: Status of University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, WHO and international health, tropical diseases, rural health professions.
M, CG and HP.
Contact through the College's PR office.

Medical practice

FERGUSON, JONATHAN L, MD
Topics: Dizziness, chronic sinus disease, head and neck cancer, medical practice management, airway management, patient satisfaction in medical practice.
M, CG and HP.
Contact directly at 398-3277.

National health policy

SCHELLHASE, KENNETH, MD, MPH
Topics: Effectiveness/outcomes of medical practice, public health, national health policy, medical ethics, outcomes of adult diabetes screening
M, CG and HP
Contact through the College's PR office

Patient satisfaction

FERGUSON, JONATHAN L, MD
Topics: Dizziness, chronic sinus disease, head and neck cancer, Medical practice management, airway management, patient satisfaction in medical practice.
M, CG and HP.
Contact directly at 398-3277.

Outcomes and effectiveness research

SCHELLHASE, KENNETH, MD, MPH
Topics: Effectiveness/outcomes of medical practice, public health, national health policy, medical ethics, outcomes of adult diabetes screening.
M, CG and HP
Contact through the College's PR office.

JOHANSON, JOHN F, MD, MSC
Topics: Outcomes and effectiveness research, quality assurance in GI diseases, anorectal diseases, quality assurance of endoscopy, Most all gastroenterology subjects.
M, CG and HP.
Contact through the College's PR office, directly 397-7340 and e-mail (johnfj@uic.edu).

MURER, CHERILYN G, JD, CRA
Topics: Strategic, financial and legal implications related to establishing an integrated health system and continuum of care, centralized case management and post acute care reimbursement, outcomes management, strategic positioning post balanced budget act, federal and state health care regulatory changes, developing post acute venues of care and compliance for healthcare institutions.
M, CG and HP.
Contact through the hospital/health system's PR office, directly 727-3355, e-mail (dfrancoeur@murer.com) and website (www.murer.com).

Patient privacy and compliance with medical therapy

MILLER, JAMES D, MD
Topics: Women's healthcare, women's healthcare policy, legislation in women's healthcare, menopause, endometriosis, patient compliance with medical therapy.
M, CG and HP.
Contact through his secretary at 637-0014.

SWEENEY, SUSAN E., MS, MT (ASCP)

Topics: HIPAA/patient privacy, compliance, safety and laboratory medicine. 

HP.

Contact through the College's PR office. 

Choosing a healthcare career

FULKERSON, PHILLIP, MD
Topics: Medical education, computer-assisted learning, planning for/choosing a health care career.
Contact through the College's PR office.