Meet our Team

The Adult Down Syndrome Center is fortunate to have a multidisciplinary team that includes physicians, an occupational therapist, a licensed clinical social worker, a nurse, certified medical assistants, patient/family advocates, patient service representatives, a project manager for research and education, a practice manager, and an administrative supervisor.

Click the headers below to learn more about the team at the Adult Down Syndrome Center!

Brian Chicoine, MD

Dr. Chicoine is a family physician and the medical director of the Center. He co-founded the Center in January 1992. He is on the faculty of Family Medicine at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. Dr. Chicoine received his medical degree from Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and completed his Family Medicine residency at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. He has provided medical care for adults with intellectual disabilities for over 30 years and has presented and written extensively on caring for adults with Down syndrome.

Erin Dominiak, MD

Dr. Dominiak is a family physician who joined the team in September 2007. She is on the faculty of Family Medicine at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. Dr. Dominiak received her medical degree from Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and completed her Family Medicine residency at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, during which she trained at the Adult Down Syndrome Center.

Hannah Graham, MD

Dr. Graham is a family physician who joined the team in September 2021. She is on the faculty of Family Medicine at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. Dr. Graham received her medical degree from Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and completed her Family Medicine residency at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, during which she trained at the Adult Down Syndrome Center. After completing her residency in 2017, she practiced general family medicine in the Chicagoland area.

Farah Chaus, MD

Dr. Chaus is a family physician who joined the team in January 2024. She is on the faculty of Family Medicine at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. Dr. Chaus received her medical degree from Chicago Medical School and completed her Family Medicine residency at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.

Shelly Verma, DO

Dr. Verma is a family physician who joined the team in February 2025. She is on the faculty of Family Medicine at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. Dr. Verma received her medical degree from Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her Family Medicine residency at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.

Katie Frank, PhD, OTR/L

Dr. Frank is an occupational therapist who joined the team in August 2016. She received her degree in occupational therapy from Saint Louis University and her PhD in disability studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Frank has been in the field of occupational therapy since 2001. She has worked with individuals with Down syndrome of all ages.