The Institute for Public Health and Medicine was pleased to welcome Ngozi O. Ezike, M.D., president and chief executive officer, Sinai Chicago, as the keynote lecturer for its 2024 Population Health Forum.

Dr. Ngozi Ezike began serving as President and CEO of Sinai Chicago, the largest private safety net health system in the state of Illinois, in June 2022. Prior to leading Sinai Chicago, she served as Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, during which time she oversaw the state’s response to the Covid19 pandemic.

Dr. Ezike is a nationally recognized expert in the area of healthcare within the juvenile detention and justice systems. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, she is a Certified Correctional Health Professional and Diplomate of both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Pediatrics.