Elmhurst Clinic News
Elmhurst Clinic Begins Proactive Patient Outreach
Have you ever forgotten to schedule your annual physical? If you're diabetic, have you ever fallen behind on getting your glucose levels checked? With vaccinations, immunizations and health screenings to track, the task of keeping up with recommended appointments can be overwhelming.
The Elmhurst Clinic understands. It's easy to simply forget to schedule follow-up appointments or check-ups because of your busy life. We now have a dedicated system that identifies patients who are overdue for preventive and chronic disease services. The system will automatically contact you, and let you know that you should call the office to schedule an appointment.
This is just another way we’re making healthcare fit your life.
Wood Dale and Addison Locations Offer Same Day Visits
As a premier multispecialty medical group, the Elmhurst Clinic prides itself on providing care that goes above and beyond patient expectations. One of the ways the Clinic exceeds expectations is through same-day appointment availability. Whenever possible, patients who are sick will be seen by Clinic physicians the same day they call for an appointment.
The Wood Dale office is open Tuesday and Thursday evenings until 8 p.m., every Saturday until noon and two Saturdays a month until 4 p.m.
Elmhurst Clinic Wood Dale
236C East Irving Park Road
Wood Dale, Illinois
Phone 630.860.1622
The Open Access program has been so successful in Wood Dale that the Elmhurst Clinic is offering a similar program in Addison.
The Addison office is open Monday -Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
Elmhurst Clinic Addison
303 W. Lake St., Suite 202
Addison, IL 60101
630.832.0000
Learn more about the open access program be visiting www.elmhurstquick.com
Hospitalist Program
Your primary care physician has elected to separate inpatient (hospital)
care from outpatient (office) care. While you are hospitalized at Elmhurst
Memorial Hospital, one of the Elmhurst Clinic inpatient internists (or
hospitalists) will attend to your medical care. The hospitalists are in constant
communication with your primary care physician and have access to all of your
medical records.
What is a hospitalist?
Hospitalists are physicians whose primary professional focus is the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Their day consists of admitting, rounding, managing, discharging and consulting for hospitalized patients of the Elmhurst Clinic physicians. They have a consistent presence in the hospital, allowing other Clinic physicians to spend more time seeing patients in their office.
What are the benefits of a hospitalist?
By focusing his/ her practice on the care of hospitalized patients, a hospitalist can gain a great deal of experience in the unique aspects of your needs during your hospital stay. Hospitalists typically spend most or all of their day in the hospital, and are more readily available to you.
Who are the Elmhurst Clinic Hospitalists?
Dr. Ada Rahn, Director of Hospital Care for the Elmhurst Clinic, is board-certified in internal medicine and geriatrics. A Fellow of the American College of Medicine, Dr. Rahn has been in practice for more than20 years and speaks Spanish.
Dr. Feras Bankosly is board-certified in internal medicine and has been in practice for more than 10 years.
Dr. Leslie Cheng is board-certified in internal medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. She speaks Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese.
Dr. Christine R. Jankowski is board-certified in internal medicine and critical care medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years.
Dr. Barbara E. Potaczek is board-certified in internal medicine and has been in practice for more than 10 years. She speaks Polish and Russian.
Dr. Nooshig L. Salvador is board-certified in internal medicine and has been in practice for more than 10 years and speaks Spanish and Armenian.
Dr. Linas Smulkstys is board-certified in internal medicine and has been in practice for more than 15 years and speaks Lithuanian.
If you have questions about the Elmhurst Clinic’s hospitalist program, please call John Benages, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, at (630) 758-9939.