General Information
Staff/Credentials
Julian D. Abraham
Interim Social Work Manager, MSW, LSW
Academy of Certified Social Workers
Registered Clinical Social Worker
Diplomat in Clinical Social Work
Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work
National Association of Social Workers
Emergency Medical Services Social Worker
Rebecca Batiz
MSW, LSW
Evening/Weekend Registry Social Worker
Barry Bennett
MSW, LCSW, ACSW
Loyola University Chicago
Northern Illinois Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing Team
NASW
American Burn Association
Member Disaster Committee – Illinois Chapter NASW
Co-Chair of Psycho Social Interest Group of American Burn Association
Burns; Inpatient/Outpatient; Plastics; HIV Social Worker
Cindy Beyer
BSW, LSW
George Williams
Adult Orthopedics/Rheumatology
Deborah L. Borman
JD, MSW, LSW
University of Chicago
NASW
Evening/Weekend Social Worker
Maudette Carr
MSW, LSW
Loyola University
NASW, NABSW
Social Work Registry: Days
Sandra DaSilva
MSW
Andrews University
Social Work Registry: Days
Thom De Vries
MSW, LSW
George Williams College at Aurora University
NASW
Cancer Center Social Worker
Elizabeth Diesel
MSW, LCSW
UIC – Jane Addams School of Social Work
NASW; AOSW; NHA
Cancer Center Social Worker
Maria Hartleben
MSW, LSW
Certificate in Gerontology
University of Illinois at Chicago
Jane Addams School of Social Work
NASW
UIC Alumni Association; Cal State Los Angeles Alumni
Pediatrics Social Worker
Kate Hensley
MSW, LCSW,
Aurora University
NASW, Society for Transplant Social Workers
Urology/Uro/Gyn/General Surgery Teams 2-3 Social Worker
Mary Komparda
MSW, LSW
Loyola University School of Social Work
Kidney, Pancreas, Renal Transplant/CCU/MICU Social Worker
Susan Long
MSW, LCSW
Loyola University/Chicago School of Social Work
Society of Transplant Social Workers
Liver Transplant/Hepatology/GI Social Worker
Laurie McGaffigan
MSW, LCSW
Barry University, Miami Shores, FL
NKF, ICNSW
Renal Outpatient Dialysis Social Worker
Mary McGillicuddy
MSW, LCSW
Loyola University School of Social Work
NASW
Lung and Heart Transplant Social Worker
Donna McKeague
MSW, LSW
Loyola University School of Social Work
Trauma Social Worker
Laura Morrell
MSW, LCSW
University of Southern California
Social Work Registry: Evenings/Weekends
Eric Mikyska
MSW, LCSW
University of Illinois, Chicago
Jane Addams College of Social Work
CV/PV Surgery Social Worker
Marilyn Myles
MSW, LCSW
University of Illinois
Jane Addams School of Social Work
NASW; Illinois Group Psychotherapy Association (IGPS);
American Association of Gestalt Therapy (AAGT)
Outpatient Heart Transplant Unit/Preventive Cardiology/Heart Failure
Social Worker
Lisa Nice
MSW, LSW
Loyola School of Social Work
NASW, Illinois Society for Clinical Social Workers
Hem/Oncology/ENT, General Surgery Team 1Social Worker
Janice K. Papp
MSW, LSW
Loyola University
Illinois Spina Bifida Association; Illinois Craniofacial Society, NASW
Mulcahy Outpatient Center including All Adult and Pediatric Clinical
Areas Social Worker
Rebecca Pedersen
MSW, LSW
Loyola University Chicago
General Medicine/PPC Social Worker
Jacqueline Perez
MSW, LSW
OB/GYN, Labor/Delivery, APP/Child Abuse
Kathleen Podgorny
MSW, LSW
University of Illinois at Chicago-
Jane Addams College of Social Work
Loyola University Chicago
General Medicine/Floors 2 and 3
Rasa M. Ragas
MSW, LSW
George Williams College
National Association Perinatal Social Workers (NAPSW )
Chicago Perinatal Social Workers (CPSW)
Neonatal/Peds Trauma Social Worker
Marilyn Lees Reinish
MSW, LCSW, ACSW
National College of Education; Loyola University Chicago
NASW; APOSW
President, APOSW; Co-Vice President, Ronald McDonald House near Loyola;
Ronald McDonald Children’s Hospital – Family Advisory Council
Manager Of Social Work
Theresa Siegert
MSW, LSW
Loyola University Chicago; Governor’s State University
NASW
Alexander Graham Bell Association for Deaf
Neurosurgery/Neurology/Ophthalmology Social Worker
Jessica Soos
MSW, LSW
Social Work Registry: Evenings/Weekends
Carolyn Taren
MSW, LSW
Loyola University Chicago
Cardiology/Pulmonary Social Worker
Richard J. Taylor
M.Ed.
Reading, Writing and Recovery School Program
Coordinator and Teacher
North Central College BA
National Louis University M.Ed.
Inpatient/Outpatient/Cancer Center Pediatrics
Frank R. Vozak
MSW, LCSW, BCD, CADC
Social Work Registry
Saint Louis University School of Social Work
Social Workers in Emergency Medicine; NASW; IAODAPCA
President, Social Workers in Emergency Medicine
Thursday Evening Hospital Coverage Social Worker
Kathleen M. Wallensack
M.Ed., CCLS
Child/life Coordinator
Certified Child/Life Specialist Masters in Education
DePaul University/Institute of Psychoanalysts M.Ed.
Child/Life Council
Julia Ziman
CCLS
Child Life Specialist
Northern Illinois University
Child Life Council
Pediatrics
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