Maria I. Granadillo Castellon, MD

Versatile and hardworking professional with extensive training in diverse areas of medicine and special interest in geriatrics, sport medicine, in-office procedures, urgent care, hospital medicine, and women's health. Excellent assessment, examination and intake skills. Develops customized treatment plans to address both symptoms and underlying causes of diverse conditions. Devoted to providing compassionate care, and forming a strong team environment for the better care of the patients.

• Basic Life Support (BLS), 2022
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), 2022
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), 2022
• Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO), since 2020
• Contraception insertion and removal of Mirena, Kyleena, Skyla, Liletta, Paragard, Nexplanon

• Longitudinal chief resident for academic year 2022-2023
• Cultural and linguistic committee, Northwestern Family Medicine Humboldt Park (2020-present)
• Promotions committee, Northwestern Family Medicine Humboldt Park (2020-2022)
• UCCSOM LCME full accreditation survey preparation. Chosen by the school administration to participate in the preparation for the LCME full accreditation survey that took place in March, 2019 (2017-2019)
• UCCSOM Student Member of the Curriculum Committee. Elected by the students to be in the student government body, and participate as a student member (2015-2020)
• UCCSOM Community intervention program Group Leader. Elected to be a group leader to mediate between participating communities and the class. Interviewed community leaders and designed community needs and assessment plan (2016-2020)

In my free time I enjoy practicing karate, which I have been doing for several years in a competitive level. Karate has helped me improve my mental discipline, increased my focus, and agility. It has also been an outlet for my competitive spirit, and it has been a way to challenge myself to be better in all aspects of my life. I have been able to assist in the children’s classes for years now, and I love the opportunity to see them grow, and to be a role model for them both on and off the tatami.

I also love watersports; I used to surf, wakeboard, and kiteboard. I enjoy watching all sports, and am a big Manchester United fan (I even named my dogs after some of their players). On my down time I also enjoy cooking and hosting gatherings for my family and friends.