Leadership Team & Core Faculty

Leadership Team

Max L. Harris, MD

Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Chief, Section of Rheumatology
Chairman, Institutional Review Board

Medical Training & Education

  • Clinical Research Fellow, Section of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Medicine, The Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
  • Chief Resident, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
  • Resident, Internal Medicine Residency Program
  • MD, Rush Medical College, 1977
  • BS, University Of Illinois, Champaign, 1973

Karen Weinstein, MD

Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine
Member, Medical Executive Committee

Medical Training & Education

  • Chief Medical Resident, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, 1986–1987
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, 1983-1986
  • MD, Rush Medical College, 1983
  • BA, Wellesley College, 1977

Wendy Urrutia

Program Manager, Internal Medicine Residency Program


Meghan Lane

Program Coordinator, Internal Medicine Residency Program



Core Faculty

Hema Azad, MD

Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Attending, Internal Medicine

Medical Training & Education

  • Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Westlake Hospital, 2004-2005
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, Westlake Hospital, 2001-2004
  • MD, Government Medical College, Surat, Gujarat, India 1993-1999

Andrea Slasuraitis, MD

Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine

Medical Training & Education

  • Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, West Suburban Medical Center, 2003-2004
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, West Suburban Medical Center, 2000-2003
  • MD Saba University, 2000
  • BSN, Illinois Benedictine University, 1992

Melvin Speisman, MD

Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Hospitalist, Internal Medicine

Medical Training & Education

  • Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, West Suburban Medical Center, 1996-1997
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, West Suburban Medical Center, 1995-1997
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, Northwestern University, 1993-1995
  • MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1993
  • BA, Northwestern University, 1989

Daniel Torres, M.D.

Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Attending, Rheumatology Section

Medical Training & Education

  • Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburg School of Medicine, 1990-1993
  • Rheumatology Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • MD, Ponce School of Medicine, 1986-1990
  • BS, University of Puerto Rico, 1986

Scott Yen, M.D.

Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Attending, Internal Medicine

Medical Training & Education

  • Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Chicago
  • MD, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 1992
  • BA, Princeton University, 1987