Meet our Faculty & Staff
Michael Schneck, MD
Professor
Program Director, Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program
Education
B.A., Biochemical Sciences, Harvard University
M.D., Cornell University Medical College
Clinical Training
Residency, Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship, Vascular Neurology, Yale University
Scholarly Activity
- Factors Influencing the Management of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Gillani, R. L.; Podraza, K. M.; Luthra, N.; Origitano, T. C.; Schneck, M. J., Cureus
- The use of stent retrievers in acute ischemic stroke Gill, R.; Schneck, M. J., Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
- Biopsy Proven Tumefactive Multiple Sclerosis with Concomitant Glioma: Case Report and Review of the Literature Golombievski, E. E.; McCoyd, M. A.; Lee, J. M.; Schneck, M. J., Frontiers in neurology
Sean Ruland, DO
Professor
Medical Director, Neurosciences ICU (2-ICU)
Quality Medical Director, Neurosciences
Education
B.A., North Central College
D.O., Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University
Clinical Training
Residency in Neurology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurological Critical Care Fellowship, RUSH Presbyterian – St. Luke's Medical Center
Scholarly Activity
- Leucine-Rich Glioma Inactivated-1 and Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Autoimmune Encephalitis Associated with Ischemic Stroke: A Case Report McGinley, M.; Morales-Vidal, S.; Ruland, S., Frontiers in Neurology
- Neurologic Complications in the Intensive Care Unit Rubinos, C.; Ruland, S., Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports
- Teaching NeuroImages: Aphasia after infarction of the left pulvinar nucleus Bruzzone, M. J.; Gill, R.; Ruland, S., Neurology
Sarkis Morales Vidal, MD
Associate Professor
Education
B.A., Biochemical Sciences, Harvard University
M.D., Universidad Central Del Este, San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
Clinical Training
Residency, Neurology, Loyola University Medical Center
Fellowship, Vascular Neurology, Loyola University Medical Center
Scholarly Activity
- Platelet antiaggregants in stroke prevention Morales Vidal, S. G.; Ruland, S., Neurologic clinics
- Central and extrapontine myelinolysis affecting the brain and spinal cord. An unusual presentation of pancreatic encephalopathy Hornik, A.; Rodriguez Porcel, F. J.; Agha, C.; Flaster, M.; Morales Vidal, S.; Schneck, M. J.; Lee, J.; Biller, J., Frontiers in neurology
- Cocaine induced hippocampi infarction Morales Vidal, S. G.; Hornik, A.; Morgan, C., BMJ case reports
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José Biller, MD
Professor
Department Chairperson, Neurology
Director, Stroke Program
Education
Bachelor Degree in Medicine, A. V. Acevedo Institute, Montevideo, Uruguay
M.D., School of Medicine, University of Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay
Clinical Training
Internship, Internal Medicine, Columbus Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Residency, Neurology, Henry Ford Hospital
Residency, Neurology, Loyola University and Hines VA Hospital
Chief Resident, Neurology, Loyola University and Hines VA Hospital
Cerebrovascular Research Fellow, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University
Scholarly Activity
- Development and Validation of a Bilingual Stroke Preparedness Assessment Instrument Skolarus, L. E.; Mazor, K. M.; Sanchez, B. N.; Dome, M.; Biller, J.; Morgenstern, L. B., Stroke
- Intracranial Arterial Dolichoectasia Del Brutto, V. J.; Ortiz, J. G.; Biller, J., Frontiers in neurology
- Neuroimaging Predictors of Clinical Outcome in Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion Garg, R.; Biller, J., Frontiers in neurology
Rick Gill, MD
Assistant Professor
Education
M.D., Saint James School of Medicine
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Science
Clinical Training
Residency, Neurology, Resident Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Chief Residency, Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Neurocritical Care Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Scholarly Activity
- Bruzzone MJ, Gill R, Ruland S. Teaching NeuroImages: Aphasia after infarction of the left pulvinar nucleus. Neurology. 2016 Aug 23;87(8):e82. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003003
- Gill R, Schneck MJ. The use of stent retrievers in acute ischemic stroke. Expert Rev Neurother. 2016 Aug;16(8):969-81. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2016.1193007
- Gill, R., McGinley, M., Ruland, S. Potential Harm to Physician and the Patient. Salardini A, Biller J. The Hospital Neurology Book. McGraw-Hill Education; 2016.
- Neurocritical Care Society Annual Meeting 2017, Big Island, Hawaii. Outcomes and Disease Severity in Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome with Atypical Imaging Findings. Gill, R., Ellis, C., McClelland, A., Mohan, S., Balu, R.