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OB/GYN residency program

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Full-time faculty

Betty J. Amuzu, MD, FACOG
A board-certified physician, Dr. Amuzu cares for routine and complicated gynecology and obstetrics patients and specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pelvic pain. In addition to her patient practice, she serves as medical director of the Nurse Midwifery Program at Aurora Sinai Medical Center.

A strong advocate of treating the whole person, Dr. Amuzu teaches the OB/GYN residents the importance of being sensitive to the unique needs and concerns of patients both physically and emotionally. Understanding the psychological impact of physical health on each patient is important to Dr. Amuzu.

Dr. Amuzu is a caring physician and dedicated teacher. She has received several awards for her work with residents including the National Faculty Award for Excellence in resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Amuzu earned her medical degree and completed her own residency in OB/GYN at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison.

Dr. Amuzu is a life-long resident of Wisconsin. She enjoys outdoor activities with her three children.

LaRyoce F. Chambers, MD, FACOG
A board-certified specialist in obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Chambers offers comprehensive care and treatment to women of all ages. His warmth and sensitivity in obstetrical care naturally extends to all women's health issues. Dr. Chambers spent 26 years in private practice in Milwaukee during which time he held significant leadership roles. Dr. Chambers served as the Associate Chair for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School at Aurora Sinai Medical Center just prior to joining Aurora Medical Group.

Dr. Chambers earned his medical degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. It was during his obstetrics and gynecology rotation that he immediately knew what his chosen specialty would be. After serving in the United State Army as a general medical officer for two years, he resumed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University. In his free time, Dr. Chambers and his wife enjoy family activities with their two sons. He also serves on a number of community boards and has other significant community involvements.

Suseela Budarapu, MD, FACOG
A board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist for more than 20 years, Dr. Budarapu brings a wealth of experience to patients at the Women's Health Center (located at Aurora Sinai Medical Center), which she joined in 2002 after maintaining a private practice in the professional building at Aurora Sinai Medical Center.

Dr. Budarapu received her medical degree in India in 1965 and came to the United States for specialty training in psychiatry from 1978-1979. After completing her OB/GYN residency at Sinai Samaritan Medical Center in 1982, Dr. Budarapu decided to continue to specialize in women's care. She enjoys practicing in the downtown community.

Dr. Budarapu has long enjoyed teaching and is a highly-respected assistant professor in OB/GYN for the University of Wisconsin Medical School Milwaukee Clinical Campus. Since retiring with 30 years of practice, she continues to work with patients, teach residents, and take care of the under privileged.

Luther Gaston, MD
Luther Gaston, MD, is a physician in obstetrics and gynecology. He earned his medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago and completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

Dr. Gaston brings a breadth of experience in both labor and delivery and gynecology for his patients and is committed to teaching. As an instructor at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, Dr. Gaston shared his expertise in women's health with residents and students. He has served as an attending physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago for the last 10 years. Dr. Gaston specializes in minimally invasive techniques to treat menstrual abnormalities and uterine fibroids using hysteroscopy, endometrial ablation and vaginal hysterectomy. Students observed Dr. Gaston perform colposcopies and LEEP procedures to learn from his experience.

Dr. Gaston has delivered several lectures on topics such as breast anatomy, breast cancer and obstetrical trauma. He is a fellow of the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology.

Tina Mason, MD, MPH, FACOG
Tina Mason, MD, is a physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology and Program Director for the Aurora Health Care OB/GYN Residency Program. She earned her medical degree from University of Iowa College of Medicine and completed her internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She then went on to receive a master's in public health from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in New York.

Dr. Mason brings great depth and breadth of experience, expertise and research interest to her practice. With over 20 years of experience, her passion for women's health has led her down many interesting paths of medicine. In addition to serving as a physician in a variety of hospital settings, Dr. Mason has taught in two medical schools, served as associate commissioner for New York City's Department of Health and chaired the departments of obstetrics and gynecology for two medical centers in New York. She is widely known and respected for her work and research in several women's health areas, especially pediatric and adolescent gynecology and public health epidemiology.

Kim Puterbaugh, MD
Kim Puterbaugh, MD, is a physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology. She earned her medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at York Hospital, York, PA.

Dr. Puterbaugh brings a unique perspective to her practice as an OB/GYN. She spent nearly 8 years serving as a physician in rural areas of Tennessee and North Carolina. She established the only OB/GYN practice in a rural Tennessee county and served as program director for HOPE, a pregnancy loss counseling program. In addition to establishing these private practices, Dr. Puterbaugh served as chief of obstetrics and gynecology for a health system in North Carolina. Dr. Puterbaugh received the Special Exemplary Project Award for her work with the Rural Health Association of Tennessee and was awarded outstanding medical student in obstetrics from John Hopkins School of Medicine.

Danish S. Siddiqui, MD.
Dr. Siddiqui offers patients several years experience in general obstetrics and gynecology and a special interest in menopausal medicine and minimally-invasive surgery for benign gynecologic disorders. He has been instrumental in initiating office-based hysteroscopy and hysteroscopic sterilization at the Aurora Sinai Medical Center. He offers women minimally-invasive options for the management of abnormal uterine bleeding.

After graduation from Aga Khan University medical school, Dr. Siddiqui completed his OB/GYN residency from the Aga Khan University Medical Center in Pakistan. At the completion of his residency, he moved to the USA for further training In the United States, Dr Siddiqui graduated from the OB/GYN residency program at the Bridgeport Hospital, Yale New Haven Health System in Bridgeport, Connecticut. During his residency he received “Top Resident Teaching Award” recognition of excellence by his faculty and peers. He joined the department of OB/GYN at Aurora Sinai Medical Center in 2003, with goal to pursue a career in academic medicine.

Dr. Siddqui has received numerous awards for the achievement in teaching both medical students and residents.

Jacquelynn Tillett, ND CNM
Dr. Tillet is a graduate of Rutgers University. She subsequently graduated from Augustana Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago. She received her certification in Nurse-Midwifery and Doctorate in Nursing degree in Community Health Nursing from Rush University. Prior to joining the University of Wisconsin faculty, she was Director of Staff Development and Patient Education at Rush Presbyterian- St. Luke's Medical Center where she also had a nurse-midwifery practice.

Dr. Tillett has been associated with Planned Parenthood and the Chicago Women's Health Center. Her clinical interest include nurse-midwifery care and underserved populations and delivery of prenatal care. Among her research interests are the quality of care provided by nurse-midwives and components of prenatal care. She also serves as clinical faculty in the Marquette University School of Nursing's Nurse-Midwife Program.

Dr. Tillett is chair of the Quality Management Section of the Division of Standards & Practice of the American College of Nurse Midwives and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing.