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8 physicians join Silver Cross Medical Staff

Tomasz Antkowiak, M.D., orthopedic surgery physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Antkowiak attended medical school at Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY. He completed an orthopedic surgery residency at the University of California, Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA; and an orthopedic surgery – sports fellowship at Southern California Orthopedic Institute in Van Nuys, CA. His office is located with Oak Orthopedics, 19552 S. Harlem Ave., Frankfort. To schedule an appointment, call (815) 469-3452.

 

Latha Arla-Polavarapu, D.O., board certified internal medicine physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Arla attended medical school at the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in Des Moines, IA. She completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, NJ. Her office is located with Sanitas Medical Group, 1890 Silver Cross Blvd. Pavilion A, Suite 265, New Lenox. To schedule an appointment, call (815) 727-4292.

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Adarsh Bhan, M.D., board certified internal medicine and cardiology physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Bhan completed a cardiology fellowship at Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center in Oak Lawn; and a cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital in Chicago. His office is located with MidAmerica Cardiovascular Consultants, 14741 Ravinia, Orland Park. To schedule an appointment, call (708) 364-1131.

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Richard Burgess, M.D., board certified psychiatry neurology and endovascular surgical neurorardiology physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Burgess attended medical school at Ohio State College of Medicine and Public Health in Columbus, OH. He completed a neurology residency at Washington University/Barnes Jewish University Hospital in St. Louis, MO; a vascular neurology fellowship at the Neurological Institute/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, MD; and an endovascular surgical neuroradiology  fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, OH. His office is located with Cadence Health Group at 1890 Silver Cross Blvd. Suite 450, Pavilion A, New Lenox. To schedule an appointment, call (815) 277-3000.

 

Sangeeta Jain, M.D., board certified allergy & immunology physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Jain attended medical school at Ohio State University School of Medicine in Columbus, OH. She completed an internal medicine residency at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago; and an allergy and immunology fellowship at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, LA. Her office is located with Meridian Medical Associates, 229 N. Hammes, Joliet. To schedule an appointment, call (815) 744-2300.

 

 

Rajeev Puri, M.D., board certified orthopedic surgery physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Puri attended medical school at Ohio State University in Columbus, OH. He completed an orthopedic surgery residency at Ohio State University; a foot and ankle reconstruction fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA; and a hip and knee total revision fellowship at Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. His office is located with Oak Orthopedics, 19552 S. Harlem Ave., Frankfort. To schedule an appointment, call (815) 469-3452.

 

Srinivas Reddy, M.D., board certified internal medicine and cardiology physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Reddy attended medical school at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago.  He completed an internal medicine residency, a cardiology fellowship, and an  interventional cardiology fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago; His office is located with South Suburban Cardiology Associates, LTD., 1890 Silver Cross Blvd., Suite 550, Pavilion A, New Lenox. To schedule an appointment, call (708) 748-9952.

 

Niraj Shah, M.D., board certified internal medicine physician, has joined the Silver Cross Medical Staff. Dr. Shah attended medical school and completed an internal medicine residency at Rush Medical College at Rush University in Chicago. His office is located with Primary Care Joliet, 2025 S. Chicago Street, Joliet. To schedule an appointment, call (815) 726-2200.

 

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 provide care to patients in the southwest suburbs. These specialized and highly trained physicians are not employees of Silver Cross Hospital. They determine independently, based on their training and experience, the appropriate medical care for each patient. Their services are separate from the charges for hospital facilities and support staff and are billed separately by the physician or medical group with which the physician is affiliated. 

 

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 289-bed acute care hospital and 9 satellite facilities providing outpatient services and physician offices. Silver Cross opened a state-of-the-art replacement hospital on February 26, 2012 at I-355 and Route 6 in New Lenox. 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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