Specialties:
Transplant Hepatology, Pediatric Transplant Hepatology
Address:
UIC Surgery Outpatient Care
1801 W Taylor St SUITE 3F, Chicago 60612
(312) 355-4300 (Phone)
Outpatient Care Center
1801 W Taylor St SUITE 3F, Chicago 60612
1855 W Taylor St, Chicago 60612
(312) 996-6771 (Phone), (312) 413-3483 (Fax)
Procedures:
Appendectomy, Open, Biliary Drainage, Bowel Resection, da Vinci® Robotic Surgery, Dressing and/or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy), Embolectomy, Thrombectomy, or Vessel Exploration, Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open), Excision of Tumor of Stomach, Gallbladder Removal, Laparoscopic, Incisional Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic, Incisional/Ventral Hernia Repair, Open, Laparoscopic Kidney Surgery, Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy, Laparoscopic Nephrectomy, Liver Transplant, Pancreas Transplant, Pancreatectomy (incl. Pancreas Transplant & Whipple Procedure), Pancreatic Surgery, Peripheral Artery Catheterization, Port Placements or Replacements, Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy), Renal (Kidney) Failure - Hemodialysis Access, Renal Transplant, Renal Transplant and Nephrectomy, Small Bowel Resection, Small Bowel Surgery, Splenectomy, Splenectomy and Splenorrhaphy, Surgery, Robotic Assisted, Thoracentesis, Tracheal Surgery, Trigger Point Injections
Conditions:
Appendicitis, Biliary Atresia, Cancer, Cholecystitis and Gallstones, Colorectal Cancer, Diaphragmatic/Hiatal Hernia, Disorder of Kidney, Esophageal Varices, Gallbladder & Biliary Tract Cancer, Hemorrhoids, Hyperparathyroidism, Incisional Hernia, Intestinal Obstruction, Kidney Failure, Liver Cancer, Liver Disease (Except Cancer, Hepatitis & Cirrhosis), Liver Diseases, Liver Diseases & Disorders (incl. Hepatitis & Cirrhosis), Liver Enlargement, Liver Failure, Liver Fibrosis, Liver Problems, Liver Tumor, Liver Vein Outflow Obstruction, Parathyroid (Gland) Disease, Peripheral Arterial Aneurysm and Dissection, Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD, PVD), Phlebitis and Thrombophlebitis, Secondary Malignancies, Short Bowel Syndrome, Umbilical Hernia, Varicose Veins, Ventral Hernia
Certifications:
General Surgery, 1994
Awards:
Healthgrades Honor Roll, Castle Connolly Americas Top Doctor in Chicago, 2009, Castle Connolly Americas Top Doctor, 2011, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Humanitarian of the Year Award, 2009, Castle Connolly Americas Top Doctors, 2007, Castle Connolly Americas Top Doctors, 2010, Castle Connolly Top Doctor in Chicago, 2009, Best Docs, 2009, Best Docs, 2010, Castle Connolly Chicago Top Doctors, 2008, Castle Connolly Patients Choice Award, 2010, Castle Connolly Chicago Metro Area Top Doctor, 2003, Totally Robotic Right Hepatectomy: Surgical Technique and Outcomes, 2011, Segmental Intestinal Autotransplantation After Extensive Enterectomy for Removal of Large Intra-Abdominal Desmoid Tumors of the Mesentery Root: Initial Experience, 2011, Robotic Transabdominal Kidney Transplantation in a Morbidly Obese Patient, 2010
Languages:
English, Italian, Spanish
Hospitals:
UIC Surgery Outpatient Care
1801 W Taylor St SUITE 3F, Chicago 60612
1855 W Taylor St, Chicago 60612
Outpatient Care Center
1801 W Taylor St SUITE 3F, Chicago 60612
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Science System
1740 West Taylor St, Chicago 60612
Philosophy:
Treat all patients with care, dignity, and respect. Advance medical and surgical knowledge through original clinical and laboratory research. Measure, monitor and continously strive to improve the quality of servies provided by and through its faculty and staff.
Education:
Medical School
University Florence
Graduated: 1985
Graduated: 1986
Graduated: 1989
University Of Illinois
Graduated: 1993
University Of Minnesota
Graduated: 1994