Cardiac Electrophysiology

Bradley P. Knight

Arrhythmias; atrial fibrillation; pacemakers. Northwestern. 312-926-2148

David J. Wilber

Arrhythmias; atrial fibrillation; heart failure. Loyola. 708-216-2642

Cardiovascular Disease

Robert O. Bonow

Heart valve disease; coronary artery disease; cardiomyopathy. Northwestern. 312-695-4965

Michael Davidson

Preventive cardiology; cholesterol and lipid disorders. Chicago. 773-834-4150

Dan Fintel

Coronary artery disease; cholesterol and lipid disorders; nuclear cardiology. Northwestern. 312-695-2745

Alain L. Heroux

Transplant medicine (heart); heart failure. Loyola. 708-327-2738

Lloyd W. Klein

Coronary artery disease; coronary angiography; angioplasty and stent placement; acute coronary syndrome. Gottlieb. 708-681-7862

James Liao

Cholesterol and lipid disorders; peripheral vascular disease; noninvasive cardiology. Chicago. 773-702-9461

David J. Mehlman

Echocardiography; heart valve disease; coronary artery disease. Northwestern. 312-695-2745

Stuart Rich

Pulmonary hypertension; heart failure; congenital heart disease; clinical trials. Northwestern. 312-695-9979

Matthew Sorrentino

Preventive cardiology; hypertension; hyperlipidemia; coronary artery disease. Chicago. 773-702-9461

Annabelle Santos Volgman

Heart disease in women; arrhythmias; atrial fibrillation; preventive cardiology. Rush. 312-942-5020

Dr. Annabelle Volgman
Photo: Tim Klein

Annabelle Volgman

Cardiologist
Rush University Medical Center

While women now account for one-third of the physicians in the United States, fewer than 10 percent of cardiologists are female, according to a November study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Given that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women—deadlier than all forms of cancer combined—“the woman’s touch” is crucial, says Annabelle Volgman, 58, director of the Rush Heart Center for Women, the first center of its kind in the Chicago area when it opened in 2003. “We have learned so much in 12 years,” she says, explaining that women exhibit different symptoms and types of heart disease than men and require different treatments. Volgman is hopeful: The gap between the number of women and the number of men dying from heart disease has narrowed significantly in the last decade.

Kim A. Williams Sr.

Nuclear cardiology; coronary artery disease. Rush. 312-942-5020

Concerned about his high cholesterol, Kim Williams adopted veganism in 2003 and has preached the health benefits of a plant-based diet to his patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes ever since.

Hematology

Joseph Mandel Baron

Bleeding and coagulation disorders; lymphoma; myeloproliferative disorders; anemia. Chicago. 773-702-6149

Leo I. Gordon

Lymphoma, non-Hodgkin’s, Hodgkin’s lymphoma; stem cell transplant; mantle cell lymphoma. Northwestern. 312-695-0990

Stephanie Ann Gregory

Lymphoma; leukemia; plasma cell disorders; multiple myeloma. Rush. 312-563-2320

Richard Allen Larson

Leukemia; lymphoma; bone marrow transplant; myelodysplastic syndromes. Chicago. 773-702-6149

Sucha Nand

Myelodysplastic syndromes; myeloproliferative disorders; leukemia; lymphoma; non-Hodgkin’s. Loyola. 708-327-3217

Damiano Rondelli

Stem cell transplant; transplant immunology; hematologic malignancies; sickle cell disease. IHHSS. 312-355-1625

Seema Singhal

Multiple myeloma; amyloidosis; plasma cell disorders. Northwestern. 312-695-0990

Patrick Joseph Stiff

Bone marrow transplant; leukemia; ovarian cancer; vaccine therapy. Loyola. 708-327-3148

Wendy Stock

Leukemia; myelodysplastic syndromes; acute lymphoblastic leukemia; chronic myeloid leukemia. Chicago. 773-702-6149

Jane Norma Winter

Lymphoma; non-Hodgkin’s; Hodgkin’s lymphoma; bone marrow transplant; LCH. Northwestern. 312-695-0990

Interventional Cardiology

Ted Eliot Feldman

Patent foramen ovale; structural heart disease. Evanston. 847-663-8410

Fred S. Leya

Aortic aneurysm; heart attack; coronary artery disease; heart valve disease. Loyola. 708-216-4225

John James Lopez

Cardiac catheterization; coronary artery disease; heart valve disease; aortic aneurysm. Loyola. 708-216-4720

Timothy Allen Sanborn

Heart valve disease; carotid artery stent placement; gene therapy. Evanston. 847-570-2250