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8 doctors join Silver Cross Medical Staff

Matheena Akhtar, M.D., board certified pediatrics physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Akhtar completed a pediatrics residency at Columbus Hospital in Chicago. Her office is located with Meridian Medical Associates, 2100 Glenwood, Joliet. To schedule an appointment, call (815) 725-2121.

 

Theodore Bechrakis, M.D., board certified pediatrics physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Bechrakis completed a pediatrics residency at Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago. His office is located with Meridian Medical Associates, 2100 Glenwood, Joliet. To schedule an appointment, call (815) 725-2121.

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Erik Borncamp, M.D., board certified general surgery physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Borncamp attended medical school at Rosalind Franklin University in North Chicago. He completed a general surgery residency at Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center in Chicago. His office is located with Progressive Surgical Associates at 1890 Silver Cross Blvd., Suite 410, New Lenox. To schedule an appointment, call (815) 717-8730.

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Joyce Lo, M.D., board certified pediatrics physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Lo attended medical school at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.  She completed a pediatrics residency at Children’s National Medical Center at NW Washington DC. Her office is located with Meridian Medical Associates, 2100 Glenwood, Joliet. To schedule an appointment, call (815) 725-2121.

 

Ronald Myint, M.D., hematology/oncology and board certified internal medicine physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Myint attended medical school at Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, MA. He completed an internal medicine residency at Rush University in Chicago; and a hematology/oncology fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. His office is located with Affiliated Oncologists, LLC, 19060 Everett Blvd., Mokena. To schedule an appointment, call (708) 478-4306.

 

Nicole Pretet-Falco, D.O., pediatrics physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Pretet-Falco attended medical school at Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Downers Grove. She completed a pediatrics residency at Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Her office is located with George Skarpathiotis, MD, SC, 420 Nelson Road, New Lenox. To schedule an appointment, call (708) 923-6300.

 

Amber Seba, M.D., hematology/oncology and board certified internal medicine physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Seba attended medical school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City, KS. She completed an internal medicine residency at Rush University in Chicago; and a hematology and oncology fellowship at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System in Chicago. Her office is located with Affiliated Oncologists, LLC, 19060 Everett Blvd., Mokena. To schedule an appointment, call (708) 478-4306.

 

Nirav Thakkar, M.D., otolaryngology surgery physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Thakkar attended medical school at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed an otolaryngology residency at the University of Illinois. His office is located with Century Ear, Nose & Throat – Head & Neck Surgery at 16001 South 108th Ave., Orland Park. To schedule an appointment, call (708) 460-0007.

 

For more information about these physicians, visit www.silvercross.org or call the Silver Cross Physician Referral Service at 1-888-660-HEAL (4325).  Physicians on Silver Cross Hospital’s Medical Staff have expertise in their areas of practice to meet the needs of patients seeking their care.  These physicians are independent practitioners on the Medical Staff and are not the agents or employees of Silver Cross Hospital. They treat patients based upon their independent medical judgment and they bill patients separately for their services.

 

About Silver Cross Hospital

Silver Cross Hospital is a not-for-profit health care provider serving Will County and southwest suburban communities since 1895. Silver Cross has been recognized as a Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals National Award winner for seven consecutive years and as a Hospital of Choice by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers. With over 3,500 employees, physicians and volunteers, Silver Cross operates a new 289-bed acute care hospital at I-355 and Route 6 in New Lenox and 9 satellite facilities providing outpatient services and physician offices. To learn more about Silver Cross Hospital or a referral to a physician on staff, visit www.silvercross.org or call 1-888-660-HEAL (4325).  

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