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Meet our 3 Chiefs for the Class of 2019!
Ryan Doyel, MD
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Chief Title: Academic
Chief Role: organizing and scheduling academic presentations and activities, and ensuring Thai food is available for appropriate lectures
What is your favorite memory of residency so far? The PGY3 social day at the bowling alley, because our class really looks good in bowling shoes.
What is the best part of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab? Badge access to the locked units—less codes to memorize. The outdoor gardens are also nice
What is the most valued thing you will take with you when you graduate from Residency? Familiarity and comfort with addressing convalescence and rehabilitation from an expansive breadth of pathology is invaluable. My copy of the Braddom text might have the most monetary value.
What are you future career plans? General physiatry with inpatient focus
What advice would you give new PM&R residents in our program? Recognize, each day, the opportunity to take extra time to improve somebody’s life, whether on a physical, mental, or social level. This can be especially meaningful in retrospect.
Matthew Haas, MD
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Chief Title: Administrative
Chief Role: Creating resident rotation and call schedules, keeping tabs on resident vacation days, and generally controlling every aspect of the residents’ lives for a whole year.
What is your favorite memory of residency so far? Watching sunrise over Lake Michigan at the end of every ROC shift, which brought me back to my early mornings in Evanston during college and reminded me that The Sun Also Rises.
What is the best part of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab? The people. From the attendings and nurses, the unit assistants who come up with nicknames for all the residents, the allied health providers who coordinate dance party Fridays, and the environmental services staff – they are all the lifeblood of the hospital and the greatest resource of our institution.
What is the most valued thing you will take with you when you graduate from Residency? The (larger than) life-sized cutout of Mithra Maneyapanda, chief resident emeritus, who has haunted our new GME workspace for the last year and a half.
What are you future career plans? I am continuing my training in pediatric rehabilitation medicine and pursue a career in academic medicine with a strong tilt toward program leadership and curricular development. I may also do a second fellowship or get a masters in medical education because I love schooling and never want to grow up!
What advice would you give new PM&R residents in our program? The whole point of residency is to learn – keep reasonable self-expectations and have faith that by the end of three years you’ll learn what you need to be a great physiatrist.
Courtney Stefanski, MD
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Chief Title: Chief of Resident Affairs
Chief Role: Organize orientation for incoming residents, Assist with resident recruitment, Promote wellness among residents, Field resident concerns/issues and provide support, Represent the residents at an institutional level
What is your favorite memory of residency so far? The call room in the old RIC building where the leg lamp and previous Sprout Café receipts were displayed. That and the new nickname given to me by Pharmacy Joe, "Courtney Jean Coffee Bean".
What is the best part of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab? The people. This includes my co-residents and the attendings from whom I have learned so much. It also includes everyone else I work with including clinical staff (nurses, therapists, PCTs, respiratory therapists) and non-clinical (Dietary services, Environmental Services, Security). The camaraderie among those who work here despite their job description allows for a fun, supportive work environment. The facilities are great, but I will always remember the people I have worked with and met during my time here.
What is the most valued thing you will take with you when you graduate from Residency? The most valued thing I will take from my training is the fact that my class was the last to rotate in the old RIC hospital. I will always cherish being the last class under our former long standing Program Director, Dr. Sliwa.
What are you future career plans? I hope to work in the Chicagoland area in General Rehabilitation in an academic setting.
What advice would you give new PM&R residents in our program? I recommend that our residents try as many new things in residency as possible. Our program offers diverse opportunities, and while in residency is the best time to learn and grow.
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