Fourteen New Physicians Join DuPage Medical Group Across Nine Departments

August 24, 2020

DOWN­ERS GROVE, Ill. — DuPage Med­ical Group (DMG) – the largest inde­pen­dent, mul­ti-spe­cial­ty physi­cian group in Illi­nois – has wel­comed 14 new physi­cians across its behav­ioral & men­tal health/​IPD, der­ma­tol­ogy, fam­i­ly med­i­cine, gas­troen­terol­o­gy, imme­di­ate care, inter­nal med­i­cine, mater­nal fetal med­i­cine, ortho­pe­dics and radi­ol­o­gy departments.

Behav­ioral & Men­tal Health/​IPD:

  • Dr. Jes­si­ca Adams is a PsyD, clin­i­cal psy­chol­o­gist who spe­cial­izes in a vari­ety of con­di­tions includ­ing anx­i­ety, depres­sion, grief, mood dis­or­ders, PTSD, stress and women’s issues. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psy­chol­o­gy from North Cen­tral Col­lege and her doc­tor­ate in clin­i­cal psy­chol­o­gy from Mid­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty. Dr. Adams sees adult and pedi­atric patients at 640 South Wash­ing­ton Street in Naperville and 1239 Wind­ham Park­way in Romeoville. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment by call­ing 815−943−6323.
  • Dr. Nicole Thompson-Wilson is a PsyD, clin­i­cal psy­chol­o­gist who spe­cial­izes in a vari­ety of con­di­tions includ­ing ADHD, anx­i­ety, behav­ioral issues, depres­sion, fam­i­ly con­flict, mood dis­or­ders, PTSD, stress, trau­ma and women’s issues. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psy­chol­o­gy from West­ern Illi­nois Uni­ver­si­ty and her doc­tor­ate in clin­i­cal psy­chol­o­gy from Argosy Uni­ver­si­ty. Dr. Thomp­son-Wil­son sees adult and pedi­atric patients at 3033 West Jef­fer­son Street, Suite 201 in Joli­et. Patients can sched­ule and appoint­ment by call­ing 815−942−6323.

Der­ma­tol­ogy:

  • Dr. Shee­tal Mehta is a board cer­ti­fied der­ma­tol­o­gist spe­cial­iz­ing in Mohs micro­graph­ic surgery. She earned her med­ical degree from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Illi­nois. She com­plet­ed her res­i­den­cy in der­ma­tol­ogy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Min­neso­ta and her fel­low­ship train­ing in Mohs micro­graph­ic surgery and recon­struc­tion at The Cen­ter of Sur­gi­cal Der­ma­tol­ogy in Colum­bus, Ohio. Dr. Mehta sees adult patients at 2155 City­Gate Lane, Suite 225 in Naperville. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment with her online or by call­ing 630−547−5040.

Fam­i­ly Medicine:

  • Dr. Amit Shar­ma is board-cer­ti­fied in fam­i­ly med­i­cine. He earned his med­ical degree from St. George’s Uni­ver­si­ty School of Med­i­cine and com­plet­ed his res­i­den­cy in fam­i­ly med­i­cine at St. Joseph’s Hos­pi­tal and Med­ical Cen­ter. Dr. Shar­ma sees adult and pedi­atric patients at 801 N. Cass Avenue, Suite 300 in West­mont. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing 630−963−6565.
  • Dr. Bini­ta Chan­dran earned her med­ical degree from Gauhati Med­ical Col­lege and com­plet­ed her res­i­den­cy in fam­i­ly med­i­cine at Swedish Covenant Hos­pi­tal. Dr. Chan­dran sees adult and pedi­atric patients at 110 S. 17th Street in St. Charles. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing 630−377−2800.

Gas­troen­terol­o­gy:

  • Dr. Ashish Arora is board-cer­ti­fied in gas­troen­terol­o­gy. He earned his med­ical degree from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Nebras­ka Med­ical Cen­ter. He com­plet­ed his res­i­den­cy in inter­nal med­i­cine as well as his fel­low­ship train­ing in gas­troen­terol­o­gy and hepa­tol­ogy at Loy­ola Uni­ver­si­ty Med­ical Cen­ter. Dr. Aro­ra sees adult patients at 133 E. Brush Hill Road, Suite 110 in Elmhurst, 40 S. Clay Street, East Build­ing, Suite 130 in Hins­dale, 430 War­renville Road, Suite 310 in Lisle and 2 TransAm Plaza Dri­ve, Suite 100 in Oak­brook Ter­race. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing 630−717−2600.
    • Dr. Lau­ra Hamad earned her doc­tor­ate of osteo­path­ic med­i­cine from Mid­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty, Chica­go Col­lege of Osteo­path­ic Med­i­cine. She com­plet­ed her res­i­den­cy in inter­nal med­i­cine as well as her fel­low­ship train­ing in gas­troen­terol­o­gy at Fran­cis­can Health. Dr. Hamad sees adult patients at 3743 High­land Avenue, Suite 1002 in Down­ers Grove, 133 E. Brush Hill Road, Suite 110 in Elmhurst, 40 S. Clay Street, East Build­ing, Suite 130 in Hins­dale, 430 War­renville Road, Suite 310 in Lisle and 2 TransAm Plaza Dri­ve, Suite 100 in Oak­brook Ter­race. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing 630−717−2600.
      • Dr. Dan­ish Sha­hab earned his med­ical degree from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Illi­nois at Chica­go. He com­plet­ed his res­i­den­cy in inter­nal med­i­cine as well as his fel­low­ship train­ing in gas­troen­terol­o­gy at State Uni­ver­si­ty of New York. Dr. Sha­hab sees adult patients at 220 Spring­field Dri­ve, Suite 320 in Bloom­ing­dale, 430 War­renville Road, Suite 310 in Lisle, 3310 W. Main Street, Suite 100 in St. Charles, 4575 Weaver Park­way, Suite 200 in War­renville and 25 North Win­field Road, Suite 300 in Win­field. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing 630−717−2600

      Imme­di­ate Care:

      • Dr. John Dymows­ki is board-cer­ti­fied in emer­gency med­i­cine. He earned his med­ical degree from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Illi­nois at Chica­go where he also com­plet­ed his res­i­den­cy in emer­gency med­i­cine. Dr. Dymows­ki sees adult and pedi­atric patients in DMG’s Imme­di­ate Care Cen­ters at 2100 Glen­wood Avenue in Joli­et and 17495 S. La Grange Road in Tin­ley Park. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment by call­ing 888−693−6437.

      Inter­nal Medicine:

      • Dr. Latha Arla is board-cer­ti­fied in inter­nal med­i­cine. She earned her med­ical degree from Des Moines Uni­ver­si­ty and com­plet­ed her res­i­den­cy in inter­nal med­i­cine at New Jer­sey Med­ical School. Dr. Arla sees adult patients at 2000 Glen­wood Avenue, Suite 107 in Joli­et. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing 815−741−4445.

      Mater­nal Fetal Medicine:

      • Dr. Rox­ane Holt is board-cer­ti­fied in mater­nal fetal med­i­cine. She earned her med­ical degree from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Texas South­west­ern where she also com­plet­ed her res­i­den­cy in obstet­rics and gyne­col­o­gy as well as her fel­low­ship train­ing in mater­nal fetal med­i­cine. Dr. Holt sees adult patients at 430 Penn­syl­va­nia Avenue, Suite 340 in Glen Ellyn and 100 Spald­ing Dri­ve, Suite 112 in Naperville. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment in Glen Ellyn by call­ing 630−545−3612 and in Naperville by call­ing 630−527−3278.

      Ortho­pe­dics:

      • Dr. Diego Vil­lacis is a board-cer­ti­fied orthopaedic sur­geon spe­cial­iz­ing in hand and upper extrem­i­ty and sports med­i­cine. He earned his med­ical degree from North­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty Fein­berg School of Med­i­cine, com­plet­ed his res­i­den­cy in orthopaedic surgery at the Uni­ver­si­ty of South­ern Cal­i­for­nia and com­plet­ed his fel­low­ship train­ing in shoul­der, elbow and sports med­i­cine at Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty Med­ical Cen­ter. Dr. Vil­lacis sees adult patients at 220 Spring­field Dri­ve, Suite 310 in Bloom­ing­dale, 430 Penn­syl­va­nia Avenue, Suite 240 in Glen Ellyn and 25 North Win­field Road, Suite 405 in Win­field. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing 630−790−1872.

      Radi­ol­o­gy:

      • Dr. Ajeet Mehta is a board-cer­ti­fied spe­cial­ist in radi­ol­o­gy. He earned his med­ical degree from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Pitts­burgh School of Med­i­cine, com­plet­ed his res­i­den­cy in radi­ol­o­gy at Emory Uni­ver­si­ty and com­plet­ed his fel­low­ship train­ing in neu­ro­ra­di­ol­o­gy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Pitts­burgh Med­ical Cen­ter. Dr. Mehta sees adult and pedi­atric patients.

      We are pleased to wel­come these physi­cians across a wide-range of spe­cial­ties to DMG,” said Don­na Coop­er, DMG Chief Oper­at­ing Offi­cer. Their diverse skillsets will enhance our abil­i­ty to con­tin­ue pro­vid­ing high qual­i­ty, cost-effec­tive health­care and deliv­er­ing excel­lent expe­ri­ences for our patients.”

      To learn more about these physi­cians or for more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.DuPageMed​ical​Group​.com.


      About DuPage Med­ical Group 

      DuPage Med­ical Group (DMG) is the largest inde­pen­dent, mul­ti-spe­cial­ty physi­cian group in Illi­nois with more than 750 pri­ma­ry care and spe­cial­ty care physi­cians in over 100 sub­ur­ban Chica­go loca­tions. For more than 20 years, DMG has focused on mak­ing health­care bet­ter for its patients and com­mu­ni­ties by offer­ing high qual­i­ty, com­pas­sion­ate health­care. As a physi­cian-led orga­ni­za­tion, DMG’s physi­cians work togeth­er – uti­liz­ing lead­ing-edge tech­nol­o­gy and inno­v­a­tive treat­ment options – to ensure that each patient receives acces­si­ble and effi­cient health­care. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.duly​healthand​care​.com.