Combined Internal Medicine- Pediatrics
Program Directors
Francis McBee Orzulak, M.D.Position
Program Director, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Loyola University Medical Center Medical School University of Kansas School of Medicine, MD, 2001 Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society Undergraduate University of Kansas, BS Chemical Engineering, 1997 About Me I enjoy reading, playing board games, cooking (and eating), watching soccer (Chelsea) and college basketball (Rock Chalk Jayhawk!) and traveling with my wife, Melinda, and our son, Conor. Why I Chose Peoria We ended up in Peoria because it was a great opportunity for both me and my wife to pursue our careers. My wife, Melinda, is a professor at Bradley University where she runs the English Education program. My favorite part of the program is the fantastic MedPeds community. The best part of that community is our residents. But having an enormous faculty group that has infiltrated all levels of the University and Hospital definitely contributes to the fact that this is a fantastic place to work and train. |
Wm. Greg Nulty, M.D.
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Associate Program Director, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Residency University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Medical School University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford |
Matthew Mischler, M.D.
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Associate Program Director, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Clinical Associate Professor Residency University of Michigan Health System Medical School University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, MD, 2003 Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society Undergraduate Bradley University, BS, 1999 About Me When I am not at work, I enjoy listening to music and playing guitar. I love live music especially, and love finding new bands. I play board games, extra nerdy ones, and have too much emotionally invested in the Chicago Cubs. My wife and I have 4 kids, Lucy, Emma, Jane and Jude, a labradoodle named Auggie, and not a lot of free time. My career interests include resident and medical student education, MedPeds Hospital Medicine research, and the gradual takeover of the world by MedPeds physicians. Why I Chose Peoria My wife and I are from Central Illinois, and the hospital and medical school here are home for us. The MedPeds environment and the numerous MedPeds physicians in Peoria is what led us to a career in MedPeds, and we are grateful for the opportunity to practice around so many other excellent MedPeds doctors. Also, Peoria and the surrounding area is an easy place to work and live, easy place to raise a family, and fits our lifestyle well. |
Med Peds Office Leadership
Lyn ApaPosition
Program Coordinator, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Responsibilities My responsibility as Program Coordinator is to work with the Program Director to help manage the many aspects of a residents' training while concurrently providing faculty support and ensuring the office is running efficiently. My role is very difficult to explain on paper but, in a nutshell, is to run an office that is a "one-stop shop" for resident and faculty needs. Among other things this involves keeping the program compliant with national and local requirements, scheduling, implementing new programs, event planning, and being a general MedPeds residency advocate. Residency can be very demanding and as such it is important for the residents to have a place that they can relax, ask questions, and count on the administrative staff to efficiently, effectively, and professionally deal with a multitude of requests and responsibilities. This can range anywhere from processing reimbursements to simply being a listening ear. My role is multi-faceted, dynamic, demanding, and extremely rewarding! I thoroughly enjoy supporting the residents with the ultimate goal of preparing happy, competent residents for graduation and the next step in their career. About Me I am quite familiar with the University of Illinois system, having attended U of I in Champaign, Illinois to earn my B.S. in psychology with a chemistry minor. While as an undergraduate student I was pre-med, instead of applying to medical school I decided to pursue a graduate education experience in Pharmacology at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio. Family brought me back to central Illinois where my background rendered me well-suited for taking on a role in the administrative side of medical education. While I am an administrator by day I do photography as well. My two main focus areas in photography are family/children sessions and high fashion photography, with the juxtaposition of the two making it such that my creative side is always being challenged! I am an avid concert-goer and travel with my husband often to see our favorite bands. I watch football (Go Bears!), enjoy gardening, and like sampling craft beers. All in all, I am a "people-person" and really enjoy getting out and about to enjoy the different activities Peoria has to offer. |
Jo Street-BlumePosition
Program Secretary, Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Responsibilities My main role as Program Secretary is to support the needs of the Program Director, Coordinator, faculty, and residents to ensure that the MedPeds office runs efficiently and effectively. I assist with maintaining records, processing reimbursements, scheduling, communication within the program as well as with the University and OSF, and event planning. A combined residency program can be complex, so I will always be available to listen to any needs or concerns as we work towards our common goal of preparing excellent and confident physicians. About Me I am excited to return to the University of Illinois in an administrative capacity after graduating with a Bachelor's of Liberal Arts and Sciences from the Urbana-Champaign campus in 2012. Originally from Denver, my family moved to Peoria when my father took a position as a physician at the Illinois Neurological Institute. Despite my educational focus being in Japanese language and culture, I am quite familiar with both the OSF environment and University of Illinois system having "grown up" with them. In addition to speaking fluent Japanese, I also spent twelve years of my academic career studying French. I spent a couple of my college years living in Tokyo as well. Outside of work, my hobbies include performing in local community theatre productions, travelling, hiking, tap dancing and ballet, obsessing over all things Disney (Disneyland is my favorite place on the planet!), and following my favorite musical artists around like the ultimate fan girl. Part time, I portray princesses for birthday parties and local events, which I love because I get to make people smile. Overall, I am an extremely outgoing person who enjoys meeting new people and exploring new places. I look forward to working with you! |
Internal Medicine Leadership
Teresa J. Lynch, M.D.
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Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Vice Chair, Department of Medicine Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Medical School Rush University Medical Center Residency Rush University Medical Center (in Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics) |
Sidney Palmer-Hill, M.D.Position
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Medical School University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Residency University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (in Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics) |
Vamsi Emani, M.D.Position
Assistant Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Medical School Deccan College of Medical Sciences (Hyderabad, India) Residency Northside Medical Center (Youngstown, OH) |
Emily Horvath, M.D.Position
Assistant Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Medical School Xavier University Residency University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria |
Pediatrics Leadership
Bhavana Kandikattu, M.D.
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Program Director, Pediatrics Residency Residency University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Medical School Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India 2000 About Me I enjoy painting and reading in my spare time. Why I Chose Peoria After seeing the extensive pathology that one sees in Peoria from bread and butter Pediatrics to the rare cases and all the zebras in between, I am very fortunate that I trained in Peoria. The collegial atmosphere, the camaraderie amongst residents and faculty were amongst many reasons for me to continue to be part of this residency family and also raise my own family here. |
Michelle Beekman, M.D.
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Associate Program Director, Pediatrics Residency Residency Rush University Medical Center Chicago, 2010, Chief Pediatric Resident 2010-2011 Medical School Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, MD, 2007 Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Society Undergraduate Lake Forest College, BA, 2003 About Me Outside of work I enjoy being the mom of a very active toddler (Vivian). We have a lot of fun as a family exploring all the local activities including the zoo, Children’s Play House, numerous festivals, and many outdoor activities. My husband and I enjoy music and attending concerts. We also enjoy traveling, which has become a little more challenging with a toddler in tow. We are huge fans of our nieces’ volleyball teams and we can often be found cheering in crowd (Go Stags!). Professionally, my interests are resident and medical student education. I am a Pediatric Hospitalist and Sedation Medicine physician and I enjoy that variety of clinical care aspects that these two roles entail. Why I Chose Peoria My husband and I are both originally from the central Illinois area but we lived in Chicago for a number of years. We enjoy now being able to live close to family and the ease of the Peoria community for raising our family, working, and lifestyle in general. The career opportunities and the medical community here is tremendous. My work colleagues are like my second family. I am so happy that I have been able to work in and give back to the community that I grew up in. |
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Amy L. Christison, M.D.Position
Assistant Program Director, Pediatrics Residency Residency University of Chicago Medical School Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 1987 Undergraduate Northwestern University, 1985 About Me My clinical and research focus is Childhood Obesity. |
Elizabeth Rose, D.O.Position
Assistant Program Director, Pediatrics Residency Residency University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria |
