Downers Grove, Ill – Chicago Magazine has named 80 Advocate Health Care physicians among Chicago’s Top Doctors. Approximately one quarter of all pediatric and family medicine specialists named to the list were affiliated with Advocate Health Care.
The list, featured in the magazine’s January 2018 edition, recognizes exceptional physicians across Chicagoland who were nominated by their peers considering factors such as clinical excellence, bedside manner, education and board certification.
Advocate Health Care physicians named to the list include:
Dr.Nusrath Akhtar, Pediatrics
Dr.Barry Altshuler, Pediatrics
Dr. Hassan Alzein, Pediatrics
Dr.Jorge Balandrin, Internal Medicine
Dr.Robert Bastion, Otolaryngology
Dr.John Beckerman, Pediatrics
Dr.James Berman, Pediatric Gastronenterology
Dr.Ojash Bhagwakar, Internal Medicine
Dr.Jacob Bitran, Cancer/Medical Oncology
Dr.Ronald Bosh, Internal Medicine
Dr.Brenda Brak, Family Medicine
Dr.William Brander, Family Medicine
Dr.Charles Braverman, Pediatrics
Dr.John J. Brems, Surgery
Dr.John Cabana, Pediatrics
Dr.Bruce Carlson, Internal Medicine
Dr.Wayne Carlson, Family Medicine
Dr.Paul Chemello, Family Medicine
Dr.Brian Chicoine, Family Medicine
Dr.Brian Chudik, Family Medicine
Dr.Darryl Colen, Pediatrics
Dr.Mary Collins, Pediatrics
Dr.John Cueva, Pediatrics
Dr.Anthony Delach, Pediatrics
Dr.Erin Dominiak, Family Medicine
Dr.Lorene Eckberg, Pediatrics
Dr.Melinda Einfalt, Internal Medicine
Dr.Philip Favia, Family Medicine
Dr.Joseph Fojtik, Internal Medicine
Dr.Steven Fox, Internal Medicine
Dr.Michael Friedman, Otolaryngology
Dr.Gordon Gluckman, Urology
Dr.Wayne Goldstein, Orthopedic Surgery
Dr.Maureen Grossdidier, Family Medicine
Dr.Catherine Grotelueschen, Internal Medicine
Dr.TS Gunasekaran, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Dr.Howard Halpern, Cancer/Radiation Oncology
Dr.Wafaa Hanna, Pediatrics
Dr.Emelie Ilarde, Family Medicine
Dr.Michel Ilbawi, Surgery
Dr.Thomas John, Ophthalmology
Dr.Jonathan Kaufman, Pediatrics
Dr.Greg Kirschner, Family Medicine
Dr.Thomas Klarquist, Internal Medicine
Dr.Lloyd Klein, Heart & Blood
Dr.Richard Krouse, Internal Medicine
Dr.Jaroslav Leszczak, Internal Medicine
Dr.Gerald Lewis, Internal Medicine
Dr.Linda Lopata, Pediatrics
Dr.Daniel Lynch, Family Medicine
Dr.Gopal Madhav, Internal Medicine
Dr.Brijmohan Malani, Internal Medicine
Dr.Robert Malloy, Pediatrics
Dr.Richarchito Manera, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Dr.Birlinder Marwah, Geriatric Medicine
Dr.Robert Miller, Pediatric Otolaryngology
Dr.Dennis Murphy, Pediatrics
Dr.Paul Omastiak, Family Medicine
Dr.Lisa Peck-Rosen, Internal Medicine
Dr.Richard Pervos, Pediatrics
Dr.Catherine Plonka, Family Medicine
Dr.Dorothea Poulos, Family Medicine
Dr.William Rhoades, Geriatric Medicine
Dr.Jon M. Richards, Cancer/Medical Oncology
Dr.Paul Ringel, Internal Medicine
Dr.John Ruge, Neurologic Surgery
Dr.Luis Salazar, Family Medicine
Dr.Reena Shah, Internal Medicine
Dr.Dov Shapiro, Pediatrics
Dr.Jeffrey Sroka, Pediatrics
Dr.Margaret Stefani, Pediatrics
Dr.Patricia Strzembosz, Pediatrics
Dr.Gary Stuck, Family Medicine
Dr.Madhupa Sud, Pediatrics
Dr.Natverlal Surati, Pediatrics
Dr.Heidi Swanson, Pediatrics
Dr.Julie Taylor, Family Medicine
Dr.Prentiss Taylor, Internal Medicine
Dr.David Wechter, Internal Medicine
Dr.Charlene Weisberg, Pediatrics
Dr.Wendell Wheeler, Pediatrics
Dr.Lexi Wistenberg, Internal Medicine
Dr.Peter Yoon, Internal Medicine
Dr.Gerhard Ziemer, Pediatric Cardiology
Dr.Robert Zimmanck, Internal Medicine
Dr.Marilyn Zwirn, Pediatrics
The Advocate physicians who made the 2018 list are affiliated with every Chicagoland Advocate hospital including: Advocate Children’s Hospital with campuses in Park Ridge and Oak Lawn, Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and Advocate Trinity Hospital, both in Chicago.
Chicago Magazine partners with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a New York City-based health care research company, to survey, screen and select the list of outstanding physicians in Chicago’s six-county area.
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