Romero Santiago, MD Class of 2027

Romero Navaranjan Santiago MD, MPH, FAAFP, FACOEM

Board Member Class of 2027

Attending Physician & Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine - Occupational & Environmental Medicine | Employee Health
Carle Health & Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (Dallas, TX)
Residency Program: University of California Davis Health (Sacramento, CA)
Graduated: 2020

Fellowship Program: Yale New Haven Health - Occupational & Environmental Medicine (New Haven, CT) - Graduated: 2022

Additional organizations:
American Medical Association, American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Illinois State Medical Society

IAFP Activities:

• Audit and Tax Committee
• Public Relations Task Force
• Strategic Planning Task Force
   

About your practice or area of expertise:
At Carle Health, I focus on taking care of injured workers and helping optimize the health, safety, and well-being of workers and workplaces of various industries in the East Central Region of Illinois. This enables me to synergize my background in Family & Community Medicine with Occupational & Environmental Medicine on a daily basis. I teach medical students & residents (mainly primary care) in my clinic and serve on the admissions committee for the Carle Illinois College of Medicine.

Something you would like members to know:
I am Sri Lankan American (my parents being from Sri Lanka) and enjoy watching South Asian movies & watching Sri Lanka cricket.