Meet the RECOVER team

Our team is interdisciplinary, composed of experts across healthcare, education and care delivery science.

Michael Carrithers, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Neurology and Rehabilitation
University Illinois Chicago

Sarah Donohue, PhD

Director, Research Services, Peoria
University Illinois Chicago

John Hafner, MD 

Professor and Director, Emergency Medicine
OSF Healthcare, Peoria

Terry Vanden Hoek, MD

Professor and Head, Emergency Medicine
University Illinois Chicago

Jonathan Klein, MD, MPH

Study Chair
University Illinois Chicago

Jerry A. Krishnan, MD, PhD

Lead Principal Investigator
University Illinois Chicago

Mark McCauley, MD, PhD

Associate Professor and Director, Electrophysiology Program
University Illinois Chicago

Robin Mermelstein, PhD

Professor, Psychology
University Illinois Chicago

Naoko Muramatsu, PhD, MHSA

Professor, Community Health Sciences
University Illinois Chicago

Hugh Musick, MBA

Director, Institute for Healthcare Delivery Design

Richard Novak, MD 

Professor and Head, Division of Infectious Diseases
University Illinois Chicago

Neil Pliskin, PhD

Professor, Clinical Psychiatry and Neurology
University Illinois Chicago

Bellur Prabhakar, PhD

Professor, Microbiology & Immunology.
University Illinois Chicago

Bharathi Prasad, MD, MS

Professor and Director, UI Health Sleep Sciences Center
University Illinois Chicago

Heather M. Prendergast, MD, MS, MPH, MHA

Professor, Emergency Medicine
University of Illinois Chicago

Sarah Stewart de Ramirez, MD, MPH, MSc

Associate Professor, Chief Medical Officer, and Vice President of Clinical Innovation
OSF HealthCare, Peoria

Samer Sader, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Methodist Medical Center, Peoria