HIPAA Liaisons

HIPAA Liaisons
Each component of the UofI HIPAA Hybrid Entity has a HIPAA Liaison appointed by their Dean or Department Head. The liaisons are the first point of contact regarding HIPAA Compliance questions and procedures for each of the listed covered entities. The HIPAA Privacy and Security Officer may be contacted for general HIPAA questions and issues regarding HIPAA compliance at the University of Illinois.
UIC
UNIT | NAME | |
College of Applied Health Sciences | Jon Santanni | jons@uic.edu |
College of Dentistry | Susan Rowan | srowan@uic.edu |
College of Medicine-Chicago | Nicole Almiro, Todd Van Neck & Marilu Luna | tvanneck@uic.edu, almiro@uic.edu & luzluna@uic.edu |
College of Medicine-Peoria | Judy Martin | jam@uic.edu |
College of Medicine-Rockford | Carol Schuster | schust@uic.edu |
College of Nursing | Jon Morelos | hmorelos@uic.edu |
College of Pharmacy | Dale Rush | dalerush@uic.edu |
Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC) | Andrew Nichols & Brittani Provost | abn@uic.edu & bprovo2@uic.edu |
Environmental Health & Safety Office | Brian Nathe | bnathe2@uic.edu |
Hospital | Margaret Pajak & Gabriela Iniguez | pajak@uic.edu & garroy3@uic.edu |
Jane Addams College of Social Work (JACSW) | Marty McDermott | martym@uic.edu |
Mile Square Health Center | Kimary Lee | klee42@uic.edu |
Office of Access and Equity | Donald Kamm | donn@uic.edu |
School of Public Health (SPH) | Frank Cervone | fcervone@uic.edu |
Technology Solutions {Formerly Academic Computing and Communications Center (ACCC)} | Ed Zawacki | edz@uic.edu |
The Office of Clinical and Human Subjects Research as part of the UIC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) |
Jonathan Klein Andrew Boyd (Alternate) |
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UIC Innovation Center | Tomoko Kawanaka | tomokok@uic.edu |
Urbana-Champaign
UNIT | NAME | |
College of Applied Health Sciences – Speech and Hearing Sciences | Michael Bohlmann | mikeb@illinois.edu |
Illinois Neuro Behavioral Assessment Laboratory (INBAL) | Kathryn Leskis | kkl@illinois.edu |
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI) | Gillian Snyder | gcooke@illinois.edu |
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) | Alexander Withers | alexw1@illinois.edu |
Occupational Safety & Health Department | Jeremy Neighbors | jneighbo@illinois.edu |
Office of Access and Equity | M.T. Hudson | mthdsn@illinois.edu |
Technology Services | Paul Lucas & Taylor Judd | pblucas@illinois.edu & tjudd@illinois.edu |
The Autism Program Training Center at UIUC | Jeanne Kramer | jjkramer@illinois.edu |
University Administration
UNIT | NAME | |
Administrative Information Technology Services (AITS) | Chris Barton | cpbarton@uillinois.edu |
Office of Medicaid Innovation | Shawn Cole (Interim) | cole3@uis.edu |
Office of University Audits | Gene Fruit | gfruit@uillinois.edu |
Office of University Counsel | Karen Quinlan | kquinlan@uillinois.edu |
Records Information Management (RIM) | William Herrera | wherrera@uillinois.edu |
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Administration | Matthew Rogina | mrogina@uillinois.edu |
University Ethics Office | Donna McNeely | dmcne1@uis.edu |
University Office of Risk Management | Darlene Frazier | DFrazier@UIllinois.edu |
University Payables (UPAY) | James Martinie | martini1@uillinois.edu |
HIPAA Structure @ UofI

] HIPAA Compliance Structure
In November 2013, the Board of Trustees approved policy that called for the formation of an Information Privacy and Security Council (IPSC) with representation from many areas of the university including Legal, IT Governance, IT Security, Faculty, etc. The IPSC serves an advisory role to the Board on information privacy and security issues. The IPSC commissioned a HIPAA Subcommittee to directly work on HIPAA related issues.
The IPSC HIPAA Subcommittee works closely with the University HIPAA Privacy and Security Official to address HIPAA related issues throughout the UofI covered entity.
In addition each component of the covered entity has named a HIPAA Liaison to act as resource to their unit and to work with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Official in all matters related to HIPAA.
IPSC HIPAA Subcommittee
Balgopal, Anita | Institutional Review Board (UIUC) | anitab@illinois.edu |
Barnes, Joe | Technology Services at Illinois, Chief Privacy & Security Officer (UIUC) | jdbarns1@illinois.edu |
Barton, Chris | Administrative Information Technology Services (AITS) | cpbarton@uillinois.edu |
Boyd, Andy | College of Medicine and College of Applied Health Sciences (UIC) | boyda@uic.edu |
Dzado-Swanson, Melissa | Assistant Privacy Officer | dzadoswa@uic.edu |
Fruit, Gene | University Audits | gfruit@uillinois.edu |
Garfinkel, Chaim | UIC Hospital | cgarfin@uic.edu |
Grogan, David | University Ethics & Compliance Office | dgrogran@uillinois.edu |
Riley, Matthew (Chair) | HIPAA Privacy and Security Official | mlriley@uic.edu |
Hoehne, Chuck | Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (UIC) | choehne@uic.edu |
Larrison, Christopher | School of Social Work (UIUC) | larrison@illinois.edu |
Maslanka, Jason | Director, CAS Information Technology (UIC ITGC InfraSec Chair) | jasonm@uic.edu |
Pajak, Margaret | UI Hospital | pajak@uic.edu |
Pfister, Patricia | Office of Research Services (UIC) | pfister@uic.edu |
Power, Lisa | University Counsel | lpower@uillinois.edu |
Reed, Claire | University Counsel | cmreed@uic.edu |
Saxon, Stacy | UI Hospital | ssaxon@uic.edu |
Sharma, Annalee | UI Hospital | aruiz3@uic.edu |
Shipp, Judy | Counseling Center & Student Services (UIS) | jship@uis.edu |
Slagell, Adam | National Supercomputing Applications (NSCA) | slagell@illinois.edu |
Solomon-Strutz, Candice | Administrative Information Technology Services | cnsolomo@uillinois.edu |
Wee, Emily | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Initiative | ewee@illinois.edu |
Zawacki, Ed | Technology Solutions {Formerly Academic Computing and Communications Center}, Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer (UIC) | edz@uic.edu |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is HIPAA?
What is PHI?
- Past, present, or future physical or mental condition of an individual
- Provision of health care to an individual
- Past, present or future payment for the provision of health care to an individual
- Names
- Geographic subdivisions smaller than a state
- Dates (except year) directly related to an individual, including birth date, health care service admission or discharge dates, date of death, and all ages over 89 and all elements of dates (including year) indicative of such age, unless aggregated into a single category of ages over 89
- Telephone numbers
- Fax numbers
- E-mail addresses
- Social security numbers
- Medical record numbers
- Health plan beneficiary numbers
- Account numbers
- Certificate/Driver’s license numbers
- Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers
- Device identifiers and serial numbers
- Web Universal Resource Locators (URLs)
- Internet Protocol (IP) address numbers
- Biometric identifiers, including finger and voice prints
- Full face photographic images and any comparable images
- Any other unique identifying number, characteristic or code