New Lenox hospital staff elects new officers – The Herald-News

NEW LENOX Silver Cross Hospitals Medical Staff has elected new officers to serve from Oct. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2019.

Dr. Abdul Sankari, interventional cardiologist, will serve as chief of staff. Over the next two years, Sankari will represent the Silver Cross medical staff now more than 800 members strong and work side by side with the hospitals board of directors, leadership team, employees, volunteers and physician colleagues.

Sankari is the president of Heartland Cardiovascular Center now part of DuPage Medical Group. Board certified in interventional cardiology, nuclear cardiology, critical care medicine, cardiovascular disease and internal medicine, he received his medical degree from the University of Aleppo, Syria, where he earned the first rank in the graduation exam at the University of Aleppo.

He completed his internship and residency at the University of Illinois, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, where he was the chief medical resident. In addition, Sankari completed a fellowship in cardiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, where he was the Chief Cardiology Fellow.

Sankari also completed a critical care fellowship at Emory University and a masters in business administration from Loyola Universitys Quinlan Business School. He is the recipient of the Maimonides Award for Humanism and the Teacher of the Year Award from Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American College of Chest Physicians and an associate member of the American College of Physicians. He currently serves as the director of the cardiac catheterization Lab at Silver Cross Hospital and is the immediate past president of the Heartland Education and Research Foundation. Sankaris research is published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.

Completing Silver Cross Hospitals new panel of medical staff officers are as follows:

Medical staff officers

Dr Abdul Sankari chief of staff

Dr. David Cziperle chief of staff elect

Dr. Amar Garapati secretary/treasurer

Dr. Corinne Nawrocki immediate past chief of staff

The other members of the Silver Cross Medical Executive Committee are:

Department chairmen

Dr. Husam Marsheh chairman, department of OB/GYN

Dr. Mark Danielson member at large

Dr. Julie Limon chairman, department of family practice

Dr. Samer Dola chairman, department of pathology

Dr. Christopher Joyce chairman, department of surgery

Dr. Darius Keblinskas chairman, department of radiology

Dr. Michael Meister chairman, department of anesthesia

Dr. Anne McCall chairman, improving organizational performance committee

Dr. David Mikolajczak chairman, credentials committee

Dr. Silvio Morales chairman, department of emergency medicine

Dr. Dan Co chairman, department of medicine

Dr. Jose Penaherrera chairman, continuing medical education committee

Dr. Brooke Phillips member at large

Dr. Joseph Stella member at large

Dr. Asta Astrauskas department of pediatrics

For information, visit http://www.silvercross.org.

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