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The Illinois Heart Rescue project is hosted at the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System. Team members from several university and healthcare systems collaborate on the goal of improving outcomes for out of hospital cardiac arrest across Illinois.

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808 S. Wood Street, 4th Floor Chicago IL 60612

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Fill out your information below if you are interested in being a trainer or volunteering at various Illinois Heart Rescue events. We are always looking for people to help out with public health education and community outreach. You do not need prior experience or CPR training to be an ILHR volunteer.

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Illinois Heart Rescue Team

Community Sphere

Clare Beidelman, EMT-B

Marina L. Del Rios, MD, MS

  • Health Disparities Research Coordinator
  • Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
  • Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
  • University of Iowa

Data Sphere

Beth Froelich, EMT-P

Joseph M. Weber, MD, FAAEM

  • EMS Medical Director
  • Department of Emergency Medicine
  • John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital

Ruth Pobee, PhD, MSc

  • Senior Research Specialist
  • Department of Emergency Medicine
  • University of Illinois at Chicago

Shaveta Khosla, PhD, MPH

  • Senior Research Specialist
  • Department of Emergency Medicine
  • University of Illinois at Chicago

Hospital Sphere

Katie Tataris, MD, MPH, FAEMS, FACEP

  • EMS Medical Director
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine
  • EMS Fellowship Program Director
  • University of Chicago

Pavitra Kotini-Shah, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
  • NIH Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Scholar
  • University of Illinois at Chicago

Prehospital Sphere

Beth Froelich, EMT-P

Eddie J. Markul, MD

  • EMS Medical Director
  • Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
  • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
  • University of Illinois at Chicago

Joseph M. Weber, MD, FAAEM

  • EMS Medical Director
  • Department of Emergency Medicine
  • John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital

Katie Tataris, MD, MPH, FAEMS, FACEP

  • EMS Medical Director
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine
  • EMS Fellowship Program Director
  • University of Chicago

Matt Strzalka, EMT-P

  • QA/QI Specialist
  • EMS Educator
  • John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital

Tom Gariti, EMT-B, EMD

  • Telecommunications QA/QI Specialist

Team Leaders

Courtney Schwerin

Teri Campbell, MSN, RN, CEN, CFRN, PHRN

  • Senior Advisor, Illinois Heart Rescue
  • [email protected]
  • Flight Nurse
  • University of Chicago

Terry Vanden Hoek, MD, FACEP

  • Professor & Head, Emergency Medicine, UI Health
  • Professor, Physiology & Biophysics
  • Director, Program for Emergency Cardiovascular Care
  • Centers for Cardiovascular Research (CCVR) & Global Health
  • University of Illinois at Chicago

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