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James P. Sur, M.D., F.A.C.C. |
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Having grown up with a father who has suffered with cardiac disease since a young age, I have always had a personal perspective on the impact it has on one’s life and the life of those they love. I try to treat every patient I meet as a member of my own family. Using the life lessons I have received in conjunction with the training I have experienced, I strive every day to provide quality medical care and be the best physician I can be. My sincere hope is that every patient I have the honor of caring for, will not see me just as his or her doctor, but also as a trusted friend... |
Dr. James P. Sur graduated
Cum Laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1998. He then received his M.D. from Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine graduating Cum Laude in 2002. At Loyola he was awarded the Loyola Auxiliary Senior Scholarship, was inducted into the Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society as well as the Alpha Omega Alpha Academic Honor Society. Dr. Sur was also awarded the Ralph P. Leischner Memorial Scholarship given to the single senior student who exemplifies “Compassion, Integrity, Enthusiasm and Commitment to Life Long Learning,”
After medical school, Dr. Sur completed his Internal Medicine Internship and Residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals. While a resident at the U of C., he was awarded the Norris L. Brookens award by the Illinois Chapter of the American College of Physicians recognizing “The State’s Outstanding Resident in Internal Medicine for His Exemplary Dedication to the Medical Profession. |
| Dr. Sur started his general cardiology fellowship at the University of Chicago Hospitals. He then completed his general cardiology fellowship and his interventional cardiology fellowship at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, MI. |
| Dr. Sur specializes in both coronary and peripheral vascular interventions. He has experience with the use of adjunctive interventional techniques like intravascular ultrasound, fractional flow reserve, orbital and excisional atherectomy, as well as cryotherapy. He is also trained in the performance and interpretation of
both transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, stress testing, and holter monitoring. |
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Dr. Sur, while in his training has also done research and worked closely with experts in the field of pulmonary arterial hypertension and congestive heart failure and heart transplantation. |
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Dr. Sur is Board
Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional
Cardiology and Nuclear Cardiology. |
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Dr. Sur joined Heart Care Centers of Illinois in 2009. |
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