Board of Directors

Benjamin H. Freed, MD, FACC

Governor

Northwestern University

Annabelle S. Volgman, MD, FACC, FAHA

Immediate Past Governor 

Rush Heart Center for Women

Dave Yu Chua

Secretary/Treasurer

Advocate Medical Group-West Region

Frank V. Aguirre

Past Governor

Jay H. Alexander

Past Governor

Northshore Medical Group

Alan S. Brown

Past Governor

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

David J. Hale

Past Governor

Cardiovascular Associates SC

Jerome L. Hines

Past Governor

Amita Health Medical Group Heart and Vascular

Joseph V. Messer

Past Governor

North Shore University Health System

Beth Quick-Andrews

Chapter Executive

Illinois Chapter of ACC

Jim Andrews

Operations Team

Illinois Chapter of ACC



Chapter Districts

Illinois ACC Councilors

Nausheen Akhter

Chicago District

Feinberg School of Medicine, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern Medicine

Jeanne M. DeCara

Chicago District

University of Chicago Medicine

Tochi M. Okwuosa

Chicago District

Rush University Medical Center

Patricia Vassallo

Chicago District

Feinberg School of Medicine, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern Medicine

Nataliya Pyslar

Chicago District-Alternate

Cook County Health

Sean Swearingen

Chicago District-Alternate

Community Hospital Munster Indiana

Melissa J. Tracy

Chicago District-Alternate

Rush College of Medicine

John P. Erwin III

North Suburban District

Philip B. Krause

North Suburban District

NorthShore University HealthSystem

Peter A. Santucci

North Suburban District

Loyola University of Chicago

Alexander E. Fraley

North Suburban District-Alternate

AMITA Health-Cardiovascular Associates

Ramesh C Kashinath

South Suburban District

Advicate Aurora Medical

Mahesh N. Raju

South Suburban District

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

Meechai Tessalee

South Suburban District

Adventhealth Heart and Vascular

Mamata Alwarshetty

South Suburban District-Alternate

Rush Cardiology

Peter P. Toth

Northwest District

Sterling Rock Falls Clinic

Menhel Kinno

Northwest District-Alternate

Rush University Medical Center

Abhishek Kalidas Kulkarni

Central District

SIU School of Medicine

Bharath Rajagopalan

Central District-Alternate

Prairie Heart Institute

Venkatesh Y. Anjan

South District

Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants

Michael Hushion

South District-Alternate

Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants

Illinois Representatives

Joseph V. Messer

Coding Advisory Committee (CAC) Representative

North Shore University Health System

Vicki L Groo

CV Team Representative

University of Illinois Chicago

Madan L. Gupta

Fellow-In-Training Representatives

Marysa Leya

Fellow-In-Training Representatives

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Saagar Sanghvi

Fellow-In-Training Representatives

Galter Medical Pavilion

Cathleen Biga

Practice Management Representative

Beth Quick-Andrews

Chapter Executive

Illinois Chapter of ACC