Ruzanna Nalbandyan, MD, Program Director

  • Medical School: Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi
  • Residency: Cook County Health and Hospital System – Anesthesiology
  • Fellowship: Cook County Health - Pain Medicine Fellowship

Desiree Aird, MD, Core Faculty

  • Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
  • Internship: University of Arizona College of Medicine - Surgery
  • Residency: Wayne State University School of Medicine - Anesthesiology
  • Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Michigan - Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship

Alexandra Armstrong, MD, Core Faculty

  • Education: Russian State Medical University
  • Medical School: Montserrat University of Science, Art and Technology
  • Residency: John H. Stroger, Jr Hospital of Cook County - Anesthesiology

William Buhrman, MD, Core Faculty

  • Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
  • Internship: Duke Medical Center - Surgery
  • Residency: Duke Medical Center - Surgery/Anesthesiology
  • Fellowship: Duke University - Adult/Pediatric Cardiac and TEE Fellowship

Laymon Farmer, DO, Core Faculty

  • Medical School: West Virginia of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Internship: Medical University of South Carolina
  • Residency: Medical University of South Carolina – Anesthesiology
  • Certificate in Respiratory Therapy

Maria Gorneva, MD, Core Faculty

  • Medical School: Pavlov State Medical University of Saint-Petersburg
  • Residency: Cook County Health and Hospitals System – Anesthesiology/ Pain Management
  • Fellowship: Oregan Health & Science University- Critical Care/ Adult Cardiothoracic

Andrew Criser, MD, Core Faculty

  • Medical School: West Virginia University School of Medicine
  • Residency: West Virigina University School of Medicine – Anesthesiology
  • Board Certified- Anesthesiology/ Pediatric Anesthesiology

Nishankkumar Patel Nooli, MD, Faculty

  • Medical School: Osmania Medical College
  • Internship: Westchester Medical Center
  • Residency: Wayne State University School of Medicine -Anesthesiology
  • Board Certified- Anesthesiology/ Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology