Meet our team below. For verification inquiries, please contact us via email or phone at 312-926-2016 or fax at 312-926-7404.
Mary Schuller
Administrative Manager
Mary joined the Department of Surgery in February 2008. She is responsible for managing surgical education. She collaborates with surgery faculty members to efficaciously integrate educational technologies into their teaching of surgery residents and clerkship students. Prior to joining the department, she worked at Northwestern University Information Technology and served as the manager of faculty support services where she was responsible for the support and training of Northwestern University faculty members in the use of a variety of web-based and desktop educational technologies. Mary holds a MSEd from Northwestern University and a BS from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Jaclyn McMillin
Housestaff Coordinator
Jaclyn joined the surgical education team in June 2017. Jaclyn oversees our ACGME-accredited general surgery residency program, including recruitment, orientation, graduation and rotation scheduling. Prior to joining the department, Jaclyn worked as the GME administrator for The University of Chicago and as the student and resident manager for the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians. Jaclyn holds an MS in public service management with a concentration in healthcare administration from DePaul University and a BS in healthcare administration from Western Illinois University.
Christina Oberrieder
Assistant Housestaff Coordinator
Christina joined the surgical education team as the assistant housestaff coordinator in September 2014. Christina coordinates resident conferences, organizes evaluations of residents and performs verifications for graduates of our residency program. Christina completed her BA in political science and sociology and anthropology from DePauw University.
Jason Burke
Clerkship Coordinator
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Jason joined the department as clerkship coordinator in September 2017. Jason supports the surgical education team by organizing the clerkship for the third-year medical students and the sub-internship for the fourth-year medical students. He also assists with visiting students who enroll in surgery electives. Prior to joining the department, Jason worked for the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health as a university services program associate for curriculum transformation. Jason graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a BS in literature and education.
Michael Rooney
Faculty Engagement Coordinator
Mike joined the Surgical Education Team in November 2019, and he will be working alongside the Vice Chair of Education on faculty development efforts. Mike comes to us from NU's School of Communication in Evanston where he worked on admissions, financials, faculty support, and event planning for the past 3 years; he graduated from DePaul University in 2014 with a BA in Political Science.