Marina Del Rios, MD, MS

Outreach Liaison

Marina Del Rios, MD, MS is Director of Social Emergency Medicine and Tenured Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Medicine. She has close to 10 years of experience conducting research in resuscitation science, population health, and health disparities and has received competitive funding from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, Medtronic Philanthropy, and the Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation. Dr. Del Rios has a deep commitment to service, spending her time outside of her clinical, research, and teaching responsibilities as a volunteer for multiple health and community service agencies. She is a founding member of the Illinois Heart Rescue Project, a state-wide quality improvement project with the mission to ensure that every victim of out of hospital cardiac arrest receives evidence-based care in the field, in route to, and in the hospital. She serves as the Advocacy Ambassador of the Council of Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation (3CPR) and is a member of the Science Subcommittee of the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee of the American Heart Association. She volunteers with the Illinois Department of Public Health COVID19 Health Equity Task Force and the Restore Illinois Health Justice Workgroup. Dr. Del Rios also serves as Chair of the Health and Policy Committee of Illinois Unidos, a cross-sectoral partnership of elected and appointed officials, health professionals, and leaders of community-based organizations that aims to stop the transmission of COVID-19 and address the pandemic’s devastating public health and economic impact in Latinx communities. She was named by Everyday Health one of the “Top COVID-19 Influencers You Should Be Following on Social Media”. Her advocacy on behalf of the Latinx community during the COVID19 pandemic led to her recognition as one of Negocios Now 2020 Who's Who in Chicago Hispanic Power and as one of Chicago Crain’s Business 2020 Notable Health Care Heroes.