Illinois
The Illinois Heart Rescue (IL Heart) collaborative brings together recognized experts in community engagement, epidemiology, public health, emergency medical services, education, emergency medicine, neurology and cardiology to improve statewide outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Through community participatory strategies and empowerment models IL Heart maximizes community input and participation in all IL Heart activities, particularly from vulnerable, rural, and racial and ethnic minority groups in target geographical areas. IL Heart has developed relationships with key community leaders in both downstate rural and urban Latino and African American communities in Illinois, who will help to promote cultural competency strategies in the proposed community, pre-hospital and hospital activities, and to encourage, expand, and, support community-initiated grassroots efforts aimed at improving Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) survival rates.
With a state population of over 12 million, and the nations third most populous city, IL Heart Rescue strives to make a significant public health impact in our nation and creating a model for improving cardiac arrest outcomes in both rural and large urban centers. The strong commitment of the IL Heart Rescue Project to addressing health disparities in its state is unique. This commitment reflects leadership that is committed to improving cardiovascular health in some of the poorest neighborhoods in our nation.
The IL Heart Rescue leadership team represents an unprecedented partnership across institutions, disciplines and diverse communities that ensures effective implementation of project goals.
Key Strengths
- Illinois-HeartRescue includes a volunteer model of organization with multi disciplines represented (EMS, Cardiology, Neurology, Critical Care)
- A coalition of community based organizations are committed to a strong disparities focus for bystander CPR and risk factor education.
- Simulation training for EMS providers and 911 dispatchers is a key component of the initiative.
- A strong policy focus, with recent legislation passed mandating that students in grades 6-8 receive CPR and AED education.
- Innovative tactics with hospital hypothermia hotline, strong health disparities plan.
- High level of collaboration and support, including the Governor’s Office.
The Team
Team LeadersTeam Leaders
Terry Vanden Hoek, MD
Director, Center for Avanced Resuscitation Medicine
Professor and Chair, Department of Emegency Medicine
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Illinois at Chicago
Eric Beck, DO, NREMT-P
EMS Medical Director, Chicago EMS
Assistant Professor, Assistant Program Director
Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Chicago
Community LiaisonsCommunity Liaisons
Amer Z. Aldeen, MD, FACEP
Co-Director, Chicago Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Education Service (CCARES)
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Northwestern University
Marina L. Del Rios, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Director of Health Disparities Research for Emergency Medicine
Emergency Ultrasound Instructor
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System
Prehospital LiaisonsPrehospital Liaisons
Joseph M. Weber, MD, FAAEM
Medical Director, Chicago EMS
John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook County
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine,
Rush University
Eddie J. Markul, MD
Medical Director, Chicago EMS
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Hospital LiaisonsHospital Liaisons
E. Bradshaw Bunney, MD, FACEP
Director, Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine,
University of Illinois at Chicago
John Hafner, MD MPH
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery,
Community Education Coordinator
Division of Emergency Medicine,
Research Director, University of Illinois Peoria
Melissa Robinson-Wood, MD
Chair of Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee
Director, Electrophysiology Services
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dilip K. Pandey, MBBS, MS, PhD
Director of Neuroepidemiology, Outcome Research &
Clinical Trials, Center for Stroke Research
Associate Professor of Neurology, Rehabilitation, and Epidemiology
University of Illinois at Chicago
Data Sphere LiaisonsData Sphere Liaisons
Martha Daviglus, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Preventative Medicine,
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Daniel Lee, MPH, MBA
Data & Info Management Systems Manager
Illinois Department of Public Health
Mark Kiley, EMT-P
Director, Mobile Report Unit & Emergency Medical Services Data
Chicago Fire Department
Stephen B. Brown, LSW, MSW
Associate Director, Clinical Practice and Business Development
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago
AdvisorsAdvisors
Peter Lazzara, BS, EMT-P
Ambulance Commander
Director, Simulation Training Center
Chicago Fire Department
Jack Fleeharty, RN, EMT-P
Chief, Division of EMS and Highway Safety
Illinois Department of Public Health
Charles Kelly, EMT-P
Chief of Operations
Med-Star EMS, Sparta IL
Leslee Stein-Spencer, RN MS
Manager, Medical Administration & Regulatory Compliance
Chicago Fire Department
Dana Edelson, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
Jason Kern
President
Illinois Chapter of the Association of Public-Safety
Communications Officials International
Thomas P. Bleck, MD, FCCM
Associate Chief Medical Officer for Critical Care
Professor of Neurological Sciences, Neurological Surgery, Medicine, Pulmonary,
Critical Care, and Infectious Disease, and Anesthesiology
Rush University Medical Center
Atman Shah, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Cardiac Care Unit
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
University of Chicago
Ken Pearlman, MD
Medical Director, Chicago EMS
Northwestern University Medical Center
David Beiser, MD
Director, Therapeutic Hypothermia and Resuscitation Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Chicago
George Chiampas, DO
Co-Director, Chicago Cardiac Arrest Education Service
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern University
John Vozenilek, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Simulation Associate Professor,
Emergency Medicine University of Illinois at Peoria OSF St Francis Medical Center
Mike Hansen, EMT-P
Chair, Illinois EMS Advisory Council
EMS Committee Chair, Illinois Fire Chiefs Association
Community CoordinatorsCommunity Coordinators
Cynthia Alee Barnes-Boyd, RN, PhD, FAAN
Director, UIC Neighborhoods Initiative and Healthy City Collaborative
UIC Great Cities Institute, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs
Co-Director, Center of Excellence in Eliminating Disparities
University of Illinois, Midwest Latino Research Center
Co-Director, Program I- Community Engagement
Center for Clinical Translational Science Community Engagement and Research Core
Clinical Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences
Nursing and School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago
Aida L. Maisonet Giachello, PhD
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
IL Heart Rescue Partners
Community / Governmental
Organizations
EMS Systems / Hospitals
