GME - Key Persons


Abra Fant

Job Titles:
  • Director for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Areas of expertise: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement for McGaw Contact me about: Trainee Quality Reports Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) abra.berg@northwestern.edu

Angie Delk

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education
Areas of expertise: Responsible for Sr. Associate Dean's calendar, provides general Graduate Medical Education information, and supports other Graduate Medical Education projects

Brenda Vera

Job Titles:
  • Institutional Licensing and Visa Coordinator
Areas of expertise: Responsible for all aspects of housestaff medical licensure and visa assistance

Clara Schroedl

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Designated Institutional Official Director of Institutional Accreditation
Areas of expertise: Oversees all Graduate Medical Education-related matters Contact me about: Housestaff concerns and grievances Disciplinary issues Establishing a new McGaw program j-goldstein4@northwestern.edu 312-503-0254 Areas of expertise: Graduate Medical Education Contact me about: ACGME Requirements Institutional Policies c-schroedl@northwestern.edu 312-503-5487

Jadrianna Sobczak

Areas of expertise: Responsible for McGaw's elective rotation processing, institutional affiliation agreements, and other ACGME-related issues Contact me about: Elective Rotation forms, processing, and approvals Institutional Affiliation Agreements ACGME program accreditation and reporting jadrianna.sobczak@northwestern.edu 312-503-0652

James W. Schroeder

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Designated Institutional Official Director of Fellowship Accreditation and Review
Areas of expertise: Conducts internal reviews for all McGaw ACGME-accredited fellowships

Jenny Lee

Job Titles:
  • Institutional New Innovations Coordinator
Areas of expertise: Responsible for McGaw's New Innovations-related issues including evaluations, schedules, program setup

Joshua L. Goldstein

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
  • Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Designated Institutional Official
Areas of expertise: Oversees all Graduate Medical Education-related matters Contact me about: Housestaff concerns and grievances Disciplinary issues Establishing a new McGaw program j-goldstein4@northwestern.edu 312-503-0254

Linda I. Suleiman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Assistant Dean of Medical Education
Areas of expertise: Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives Contact me about: Diversity and Inclusion Engagement Diversity and Inclusion Recruitment linda.suleiman@northwestern.edu 312-472-6098

Lisa Rone


Lizzie Flood

Job Titles:
  • Program Assistant
Areas of expertise: Responsible for McGaw DEI support, social media, and general Graduate Medical Education projects and inquiries

Mel Handy

Job Titles:
  • Specialist
Areas of expertise: Responsible for updating and auditing housestaff data and files, correlating program documentation, as well as initial appointment, reappointment, and offboarding

Nancy Parlapiano

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of Graduate Medical Education
Areas of expertise: Responsible for the overall maintenance of McGaw programs, housestaff assistance, and management of the Graduate Medical Education administrative office

Sandra Djordjevic

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager
Areas of expertise: Responsible for developing and maintaining financial analysis and reporting activities for GME office, including financial support and implementation of annual budget; provides support for diversity initiatives

Valerie Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Institutional Compliance Administrator
Areas of expertise: Responsible for McGaw's compliance with ACGME-related issues, ADS, ERAS, and NRMP, as well as program changes, and accreditation