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



Core Faculty

Wendy Foster, MD

Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program
Attending, Internal Medicine

Medical Training & Education

  • Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Illinois Hospital, 1989
  • MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1986
  • DDS, University of California at Los Angeles School of Dentistry, 1982
  • BA, University of California at Los Angeles, 1977

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