At a recent meeting, the lllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's Medical Licensing Board approved several three-year medical programs.
Below are the minutes from this meeting, as provided by the board.
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Division of Professional Regulation
Illinois Medical Licensing Board
Meeting Date: June 8, 2016
Meeting convened: 8:00 a.m.
Meeting Adjourned: 11:00 a.m.
Meeting Location: IDFPR Chicago Office
100 West Randolph Street, 9th Floor
Board Members Present: Jeffrey L. Apfelbaum, M.D., Chair
Craig Niederberger, M.D., Vice Chair
Philip Dray, M.D.
Maria Laporta, M.D.
Constance A. Marks, M.D.
Nicholas G. Parise, D.O.
Division Staff Present: Laura Forester, Chief of Medical Prosecutions
Daniel Kelber, Associate General Counsel
Azeema Akram, Assistant General Counsel
Todd Robertson, Board Liaison
ITEM ACTION
Closed Session
It was moved (Niederberger) and seconded (Dray) to close the meeting pursuant to Sections 2(c)(4) and 2(c)(15) of the Open Meetings Act. A roll call vote was taken: Yes- Apfelbaum, Niederberger, Dray, Laporta, Marks, Parise; No- None; Abstain- None. The motion passed and the session closed at 8:01 a.m.
File Review
Neuro-Oncology Fellowship
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern Univ
Program Director: Priya Kumthekar, M.D.
Recommendation
68 Ill. Adm. Code 1285.40; It was moved (Apfelbaum) and seconded (Niederberger) to approve the program for a period of 3 years. The motion passed by unanimous vote. The recommendation was recorded on action sheet 161107.
File Review
Neurosurgical Anesthesiology Fellowship
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern Univ
Program Director: Antoun Koht, M.D.
Recommendation
68 Ill. Adm. Code 1285.40; It was moved (Niederberger) and seconded (Laporta) to approve the program for a period of 3 years. The motion passed by unanimous vote. The recommendation was recorded on action sheet 161106.
File Review
Uma Maduekwe, M.D.
Physician Licensure
Recommendation
68 Ill. Adm. Code 1285.70 (a)(7); It was moved (Parise) and seconded (Niederberger) to grant a variance of the seven year USMLE requirement. The motion passed by majority vote: Yes- Apfelbaum, Niederberger, Laporta, Marks, Parise; No- Dray; Abstain- None. The recommendation was recorded on action sheet 161108.
File Review
Felipe Barbosa, M.D.
Physician Licensure
Recommendation
68 Ill. Adm. Code 1285.20 (i); It was moved (Parise) and seconded (Marks) to grant a variance of the 4-week core clerkship requirement for Psychiatry. The motion passed by majority vote: Yes- Dray, Laporta, Marks, Parise; NoApfelbaum, Niederberger; Abstain- None. The recommendation was recorded on action sheet 161109.
Interview University of Illinois College of Medicine
Recommendation
68 Ill. Adm. Code 1285.90; It was moved (Apfelbaum) and seconded (Marks) to grant Hannah Nam, M.D. credit for her period of practice from 7/1/15 to 10/20/15 and to grant Abed Namavari, M.D. credit for his period of practice from 7/1/15 to 11/19/15. The motion passed by majority vote: Yes- Apfelbaum, Dray, Laporta, Marks, Parise; NoNone; Abstain- Niederberger. The recommendations were recorded on action sheet 161110 and action sheet 161111.
Open Session
It was moved (Marks) and seconded (Laporta) to open the meeting. The motion passed by unanimous vote and the meeting returned to open session at 9:08 a.m.
Interview
Cardiothoracic Transplantation Surgery
University of Chicago Medical Center
Program Director: Valluvan Jeevanandam, M.D
Recommendation
68 Ill. Adm. Code 1285.40; It was moved (Niederberger) and seconded (Laporta) to approve the program for a period of 3 years. The motion passed by majority vote: YesNiederberger, Dray, Laporta, Marks, Parise; No- None; Abstain- Apfelbaum. The recommendation was recorded on action sheet 161112.
Regional Adult and Pediatric Anesthesiology
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern Univ
Program Director: Antoun Nader, M.D.
68 Ill. Adm. Code 1285.40; It was moved (Dray) and seconded (Laporta) to approve the program for a period of 3 years. The motion passed by unanimous vote. The recommendation was recorded on action sheet 161113.
Advanced Cardiac Electrophysiology
University of Chicago Medical Center
Program Director: Hemal Nayak, M.D.
68 Ill. Adm. Code 1285.40; It was moved (Dray) and seconded (Marks) to approve the program for a period of 3 years. The motion passed by majority vote: YesNiederberger, Dray, Laporta, Marks, Parise; No- None; Abstain- Apfelbaum. The recommendation was recorded on action sheet 161114.
Pediatric Neurocritical Care
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern Univ
Program Director: Mark Wainwright
68 Ill. Adm. Code 1285.40; It was moved (Marks) and seconded (Niederberger) to approve the program for a period of 3 years. The motion passed by unanimous vote. The recommendation was recorded on action sheet 161115.
Closed Session
It was moved (Niederberger) and seconded (Dray) to close the meeting pursuant to Sections 2(c)(4) and 2(c)(15) of the Open Meetings Act. A roll call vote was taken: Yes- Apfelbaum, Niederberger, Dray, Laporta, Marks, Parise; No- None; Abstain- None. The motion passed and the session closed at 10:26 a.m.
Deliberation
Agreement of Care, Counseling and Treatment
Recommendation
It was moved (Laporta) and seconded (Niederberger) to approve the agreement of care, counseling and treatment. The motion passed by unanimous vote Case Closure Memorandum
It was moved (Laporta) and seconded (Niederberger) to approve the case closure memorandum. The motion passed by unanimous vote.
Deliberation
Consent Order
Recommendation
It was moved (Apfelbaum) and seconded (Niederberger) to approve the consent order. The motion passed by unanimous vote.
Open Session
It was moved (Niederberger) and seconded (Dray) to open the meeting. The motion passed by unanimous vote and the meeting returned to open session at 10:35 a.m.
Recommendations
It was moved (Niederberger) and seconded (Laporta) to approve the recommendations made in the closed sessions.
The motion passed by unanimous vote.
Interview
Infectious Disease Advanced Training/Research
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern Univ
Program Director: John Flaherty, M.D.
Recommendation
68 Ill. Adm. Code 1285.40; It was moved (Marks) and seconded (Niederberger) to approve the program for a period of 3 years. The motion passed by unanimous vote.
The recommendation was recorded on action sheet 161116.
FSMB Annual Meeting
Dr. Dray gave a report on his attendance at the FSMB 104th Annual Meeting in April 2016. Topics included: the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, medical marijuana regulation, team-based care regulation, telemedicine, ethics, USMLE, Uniform Application, closed residency files. There were resolutions on advocacy efforts for antitrust concerns for state medical boards, the compounding of medications by physicians and impaired physicians. There were reports on ethics issues such as practice drift, the duty to report incidents of adverse actions, and sale of goods by physicians and physician advertising. Dr. Dray noted that he also spoke to a number of vendors dealing with physician reentry and physician retraining. He obtained a lot of useful information from several organizations regarding services provided.
Adjournment
It was moved (Marks) and seconded (Niederberger) to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed by unanimous vote. The meeting adjourned at 11:00 a.m.
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