Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Physicians Named Top Doctors

Chicago Magazine has named 15 Advocate Lutheran General Hospital physicians among Chicago’s Top Doctors. 80 doctors in total from Advocate Health Care were named to the list. 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 Lutheran General physicians named to the list include:

• Dr. Jacob Bitran, Cancer/Medical Oncology
• Dr. Jon M. Richards, Cancer/Medical Oncology
• Dr. William Brander, Family Medicine
• Dr. Brian Chicoine, Family Medicine
• Dr. Erin Dominiak, Family Medicine
• Dr. Maureen Grossdidier, Family Medicine
• Dr. Greg Kirschner, Family Medicine
• Dr. William Rhoades, Geriatric Medicine
• Dr. Gerald Lewis, Internal Medicine
• Dr. Lexi Wistenberg, Internal Medicine
• Dr. Robert Zimmanck, Internal Medicine
• Dr. Gordon Gluckman, Urology
• Dr. John Ruge, Neurologic Surgery
• Dr. Wayne Goldstein, Orthopedic Surgery
• Dr. Jaroslav Leszczak, Internal Medicine

“We are incredibly proud to have so many physicians featured in this year’s Chicago Magazine Top Doctors issue,” said Dominica Tallarico, President of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. “This honor recognizes our dedicated physicians continued commitment to excellence in patient safety, health outcomes and the well-being of the communities we are proud to serve. The breadth of physicians featured across service lines speaks to the exceptional work being done at our hospital.”

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.