Chicago magazine has named nine Gottlieb Memorial Hospital physicians as the "go-to" doctors in the area for its list of "Chicago's Top Doctors for Women."
Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a health-care research and information company, compiled the list after surveying physicians and the medical leadership of top hospitals to identify "highly skilled, exceptional doctors."
Gottlieb physician Linda Brubaker, MD, who is also a senior associate dean for clinical and translational research at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, appears on the cover. Gottlieb is part of Loyola University Health System.
Dr. Brubaker is an internationally recognized leader in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive pelvic surgery. She also serves as a professor in the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Urology and as director of the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Loyola University Health System.
"Linda’s skills and contributions to the health-care profession make her well-deserving of this prominent feature," said Paul Whelton, MB, MD, MSc, president and CEO of Loyola University Health System. "She is an accomplished surgeon, clinician, researcher and educator who has transformed the way we care for women with pelvic-floor disorders."
"We are proud that nine Gottlieb physicians are noted for their ceaseless commitment to providing advanced care to women, both in treating and preventing disease," said Patricia Cassidy, president of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital and senior vice president, Strategy, Loyola University Health System. "These physicians are representative of the more than 250 physicians on Gottlieb’s medical staff who are focused on providing their patients with the best possible outcomes."
Gottlieb physicians on the Top Doctors for Women list include:
Cardiovascular Disease
- Ivan Pacold, MD, cholesterol lipid disorders; heart disease in the elderly; preventive cardiology; and medical director of Gottlieb Cardiology
- Lou Ivanovic, MD, cardiology
- Lloyd Klein, MD, coronary artery disease; coronary angiography; interventional cardiology; acute coronary syndrome; heart valve disease; congenital heart disease
Family Medicine
- Linda Fisher, MD, geriatric medicine; women's health Gynecologic Oncology
- Ronald Potkul, MD, ovarian, cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancer; robotic surgery
- Donna Smith, MD, cervical cancer; ovarian cancer Maternal and Fetal Medicine
- Richard Besinger, prenatal diagnosis; premature labor; critical care
Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Jaafar Afshar, MD, gynecologic endocrinology; infertility
- Linda Brubaker, MD, urogynecology; pelvic organ prolapse repair
Other Loyola University Health System physicians named to the list include:
- Coronary artery disease; echocardiography; heart failure; nuclear cardiology; heart valve disease: John Barron, MD
- Transplant medicine (heart); heart failure: Alain Heroux, MD
- Heart disease: Thomas McKiernan, MD
- Coronary artery disease; congestive heart failure; cholesterol/lipid disorders: John Moran, MD
- Heart valve disease; coronary artery disease: Ronald Schreiber, MD
- Women's health; addiction/substance abuse: Eva Bading, MD
"We are honored to have so many of our physicians on the Top Doctors for Women list," Dr. Whelton said. "They have earned the esteem of their colleagues by excelling in our three primary missions -- patient care, leading-edge research and medical education."
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