ThinkFirst Illinois

There are ten ThinkFirst Chapters in Illinois.  All ten chapters share the common goal of educating our communities on the importance of preventing brain and spinal cord injuries. Please reach out to any of the directors listed below to schedule programming or ask questions.

• Southern Illinois University School of Medicine- Springfield
  • thinkfirst@siumed.edu

• McHenry County Department of Health- Crystal Lake
  • Bridget Hoffmann- BMHoffmann@mchenrycountyil.gov

• Northwestern Medicine- Winfield
  • Katie Benjamin- katie.benjamin@nm.org

• OSF Saint Francis Medical Center- Peoria
  • Lisa Maynard- lisa.m.maynard@osfhealthcare.org

• Brain Injury Association of Illinois- Palos Heights
  • Philicia Deckard- pdeckard@biail.org

• Carle Neuroscience Institute- Urbana
  • Rachel Nodine- Rachel.nodine@carle.com

• NeuroRestorative- Carbondale
  • Cori Maynor- cori.maynor@sevitahealth.com

• Advocate Children’s Hospital- Park Ridge
  • Alix McNulty- alix.mcnulty@advocatehealth.org

• University of Chicago- Chicago
  • Matt Louzon- matthew.louzon@uchospitals.edu

• Kishwaukee Hospital- DeKalb
  • Marci Millburg- marci.millburg@nm.org