Silver Cross medical staff elects new officers
NEW LENOX - Silver Cross Hospital's Medical Staff has elected new officers to serve from Oct. 1, 2017 to Sept. 30, 2019.
Abdul Sankari, MD, FACC, FCCP, interventional cardiologist, will serve as Chief of Staff for Silver Cross Hospital. Over the next two years, Dr. Sankari will represent the more than 800-member Silver Cross medical staff, working side by side with the hospital's board of directors, leadership team, employees, volunteers and his physician colleagues to deliver the very best care in the safest manner by the friendliest people.
Dr. 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. Dr. Sankari 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.
Dr. Sankari 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. Dr. Sankari's research is published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.
"We are fortunate that highly competent physicians like Dr. Sankari are committed to making Silver Cross a better place to receive care," said Paul Pawlak, President and CEO of Silver Cross Hospital. "Under his leadership, patients will have access to new treatments and therapies delivered by medical professionals with patient safety as their number one priority."
Silver Cross Hospital's new panel of medical staff officers include David Cziperle, M.D., chief of staff - elect; Amar Garapati, M.D., secretary/treasurer; and Corinne Nawrocki, D.O., immediate past chief of staff.
The other members of the Silver Cross Medical Executive Committee are:
• Husam Marsheh, M.D., Chair, Department of OB/GYN
• Mark Danielson, M.D., Member at Large
• Julie Limon, D.O., Chair, Department of Family Practice
• Samer Dola, M.D., Chair, Department of Pathology
• Christopher Joyce, M.D., Chair, Department of Surgery
• Darius Keblinskas, M.D., Chair, Department of Radiology
• Michael Meister, M.D., Chair, Department of Anesthesia
• Anne McCall, M.D., Chair, Improving Organizational Performance Committee
• David Mikolajczak, D.O., Chair, Credentials Committee
• Silvio Morales, Jr., M.D. Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
• Dan Co, M.D., Chair, Department of Medicine
• Jose Penaherrera, M.D., Chair, Continuing Medical Education Committee
• Brooke Phillips, M.D., Member at Large
• Joseph Stella, D.O., Member at Large
• Asta Astrauskas, M.D., Chair, Department of Pediatrics