Advocate Christ Medical Center Accolades
- US News & World Report recognizes ACMC nationally for achieving high performance in:
- Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery
- Critical Care Medicine: Medical, Cardiac, and Surgical ICU
- Healthgrades recognizes ACMC nationally for:
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award™ (2020, 2019, 2018)
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care Award™ (2020)
- Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™ (2020, 2018)
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award™ (2020, 2019, 2018)
Faculty Accolades
General Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Gastroenterology
Endocrinology
Nephrology
- Dr Amar Chadaga (Senior Associate Program Director) and the multi-generational Chadaga Internist Family featured in ACP
- Dr Amar Chadaga (Senior Associate Program Director) studies the prevalence of bullying in medical education
- Dr Amar Chadaga (Senior Associate Program Director) featured as a Top Doc in 2016 by ACP
- Dr Amar Chadaga (Senior Associate Program Director) featured as a 2020 Notable Healthcare Hero by Crain's Chicago Business News
- Dr Jacqueline Ivey-Brown (Associate Program Director) discusses Flu Vaccination on Advocate Aurora Living Well Community Conversation
- Dr Jacqueline Ivey-Brown (Associate Program Director) discusses COVID-19 community concerns live on NBC5 News
- Dr Jacqueline Ivey-Brown (Associate Program Director) featured on WGN TV's Living Healthy segment
Cardiology
- Numerous ACMC cardiologists named to Top Doctors 2020 list by Chicago Magazine
- Dr Pierrot Abi-Mansour (General Cardiology)
- Dr Greg Macaluso (Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology)
- Dr William Cotts (Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology)
- Dr Nouri Al-Khaled (Interventional Cardiology)
- Dr Adarsh Bhan (Electrophysiology)
- Dr Thomas Bump (Electrophysiology)
- Dr Martin C Burke (Electrophysiology)
- Numerous ACMC cardiologists named to Top COVID-19 Doctors list by Chicago Magazine
- Dr Pierrot Abi-Mansour (General Cardiology)
- Dr Greg Macaluso (Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology)
- Dr William Cotts (Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology)
Gastroenterology
- Dr Hareth Raddawi
- Member of the 2008 Standards of Practice Committee for the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Preparation and publication of 16 national guideline papers dealing with different aspects of GI Endoscopy from credentialing to indications to special situations such as anti-coagulation and preparation.
- 2011 Exemplary Performing Physician awarded by Advocate Physician Partners
- APEX Award 2013 for excellence in teaching and education
- Member of the 2008 Standards of Practice Committee for the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Endocrinology
- Dr Armand Krikorian
- Dr Joumana Chaiban
- Sits on the Board of Directors for the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)
- Serves on the ABIM Item- Writing Task Force for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Served as the Chair of the Midwestern Section of the American Federation of Medical Research from April 2019 - May 2020
Nephrology
- Dr Edgar Lerma
- Serves on the ABIM Item- Writing Task Force for Nephrology