Students

Mohi Ahmed
Mohi Ahmed

I’m a Senior in Bioengineering that is participating in the Orthopedics and Hematology/Oncology rotations of the Clinical Immersion program. As an athlete and avid sports enthusiast, my future aspirations are to enroll in a Masters program in Bioengineering pursuing the regeneration of cartilage and/or improving joint-replacements procedures with stem-cell based therapies in an attempt to prolong an athletes career as well as apply the same methods to everyday people. The plan with this is to get involved with start-ups focused around this idea. Long-term I’d like to get involved in consulting for a variety of biomedical/bioengineering topics from biomechanics to failure analysis of biomaterials.

Kushal Basnet
Kushal Basnet
Anna Brzezinski
Anna Brzezinski
Elise Debryn
Elise Debryn

Hi! I’m a senior majoring in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) with a concentration in cell and tissue. I am also a student in the Guaranteed Professional Program Admissions for medicine. My goal is to become a research physician and to create advanced medical technology to improve patient care.

Sarita Deshpande
Sarita Deshpande
Emil Klosowiak
Emil Klosowiak
Tooba Ghafoor
Tooba Ghafoor

I will be in the anesthesiology and urology rotations this summer. As a computer science minor, I’m especially interested in how software and optimization are used to improve the clinical environment. I serve as the UIC chapter president of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society.

Raahil Kajani
Raahil Kajani

Second year medical student at UI COM interested in helping improve the care physicians provide to their patients. Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Basketball enthusiast and Lakers fan.

Sara Mohamed
Sara Mohamed

I am a senior bioengineering student that is doing rotations in Anesthesiology and Emergency Medicine during the 2016 Clinical Immersion Program. The human body is the most resilient and beautiful machine I hope to learn from every day.

Savan Patel
Savan Patel

A second year med student interested in the small things that have big impacts. If I’m lucky, I’ll one day get to work with folks to leave something of value behind that didn’t exist when I first got here.

Health tech, non-fiction books, and the Chicago Bulls.

Christine Massie
Christine Massie

I’m a senior in bioengineering with a concentration in cell and tissue engineering. Gastroenterology/Hepatology and Radiology are my two rotations. I chose these two rotations because my research in the past has dealt with liver and colon tissue samples and I wanted to see how the entire system works in the human body, and radiology has always interested me because its so cool how you are able to show what’s happening with in the body. I’m very excited for this program since I aspire to become a physician, and I can experience the clinic environment first hand.

Michael Rooney
Michael Rooney

I am a rising second year medical student at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. Unlike many other members in the Innovation Medicine group here at UIC, I do not have a formal background in engineering. Rather, I studied biological sciences and physiology during my undergraduate years, andI hope this can allow me to bring a unique perspective to the group. At this point in time, I envision myself pursuing a career in radiation oncology and I hope to get involved academically as my career continues. I not only am interested in direct patient care but also the development of efficient technology and academic research in the realm of oncological treatment outcomes. I hope that my experience in IMED and the summer immersion program can provide me with a foundation to make large scale contributions in this field during my years in medical school and beyond.

Nina Scalise
Nina Scalise

I am a second year medical student from Chicago. I have an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University, where I participated in several team-based design projects that addressed physician and patient needs. Before starting medical school, I worked in clinical research for an orthopedic surgeon with a focus on the use of stem cells for cartilage repair and regeneration in the knee. I look forward to incorporating the practice of interdisciplinary problem solving and design into my medical school training through the IMED program.

Beny Romo
Beny Romo

I am a senior in bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) with a concentration area of neural engineering. I will be taking part in the Gastroenterology/Hepatology and the Neurology rotations throughout the Clinical Immersion Internship.

Annmarie Scully
Annmarie Scully

I am a senior in bioengineering focusing on cell and tissue engineering. My first rotation is orthopedics and my second rotation is urology.

Joel Severson
Joel Severson
Cody Schopf
Cody Schopf
Charlotte ter Haar
Charlotte ter Haar
Lindsay Tryon

Lindsay Tryon

I am a bioengineering student at UIC, concentrating in neural engineering. I look forward to gaining a better insight to how medical devices are implemented in hospitals and how engineers can help improve patient and staff satisfaction.

Wasuwat Siewsrichol
Wasuwat Siewsrichol

My name is Wasuwat Siewsrichol and I am a senior bioengineer. Currently, I am in the Pulmonary and Critical Care and Hematology Oncology/Radiology Oncology department. I am very excited to be apart of the program because the experience will help me gain more insight into the advancements of medical technologies, and the current issues associated with these technologies. I plan to pursue a career in the field of pulmonology in the future, and I hope to use the skills that I learned during the internship to enhance my career as a physician.

Zaid Zayyad

Zaid Zayyad