Frank A. Maldonado, MD

Dr. Frank Maldonado was appointed Executive Chair of the Clinical Science Department at Chicago Medical School (CMS) at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in 2021. In this role, he oversees the clinical clerkship program for third-year medical students, which includes rotations in Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emergency Medicine, Neurology, and Internal Medicine.

In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Dr. Maldonado oversees educational performance of on-campus and off-campus faculty members who provide clinical education to medical students. He also delivers pulmonary lectures to first- and second-year students. He has held the rank of Professor of Medicine at CMS since 2005.

Before his current appointment, Dr. Maldonado served as Chief Medical Executive for the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) in 2016. Prior to that, he was appointed Associate Chief Medical Executive for Clinical Affairs and Chief of Medicine.

Before joining FHCC, Dr. Maldonado worked with the National Health Service Corps in Internal Medicine at Community Health of South Dade in Homestead, Florida. He also served as an Associate Intensivist in the Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Maldonado earned his medical degree from the University of Central del Caribe in Cayey, Puerto Rico, in 1982. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C., in 1986, followed by fellowships in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Additionally, he completed the AMIA 10×10 VA Health Informatics Certificate Program in November 2013.

Dr. Maldonado is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. He has authored numerous research publications and abstracts and has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including:

• Henry Christian Award for Excellence in Research
• DuPont Pharmaceuticals/ACCP Young Investigator Award
• Max Harry Weil, MD Clinical Educator Award
• Vice Presidential Hammer Award for Reinventing Government (1994, 1997)
• Compensation & Pension Joint Claims Team Award
• Clinical Health Champion Award, presented at the DoD/VA iEHR and HIE Summit in Washington, D.C., on September 30, 2013

Dr. Maldonado was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He and his wife currently reside in Libertyville, Illinois.