Eleven New Physicians Join DuPage Medical Group Across Five Departments

May 10, 2021

DOWN­ERS GROVE, Ill. — DuPage Med­ical Group (DMG) – the largest inde­pen­dent, mul­ti-spe­cial­ty physi­cian group in Illi­nois – has wel­comed 11 new physi­cians across its behav­ioral & men­tal health, chi­ro­prac­tic, fam­i­ly med­i­cine, imme­di­ate care and pedi­atrics departments. 

Behav­ioral & Men­tal Health: 

  • Dr. Leonard Spishakoff is board-cer­ti­fied in addic­tion med­i­cine and fam­i­ly med­i­cine. He earned his med­ical degree from the Uni­ver­si­dad Autono­ma de Nue­vo Leon. He com­plet­ed his res­i­den­cy in fam­i­ly med­i­cine and fel­low­ship in addic­tion med­i­cine at the Saints Mary and Eliz­a­beth Med­ical Cen­ter. Dr. Spishakoff sees adult patients at 1239 Wind­ham Park­way in Romeoville. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment by call­ing 815−942−6323.

Chi­ro­prac­tic:

  • Dr. Blake Schaffnit is a cer­ti­fied chi­ro­prac­tic sports physi­cian and acupunc­ture prac­ti­tion­er who earned his chi­ro­prac­tic degree from Logan Col­lege of Chi­ro­prac­tic. Dr. Schaffnit sees adult and pedi­atric patients at 430 Penn­syl­va­nia Ave., Suite 240 in Glen Ellyn. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment by call­ing 630−790−1872.
  • Dr. Jane Alley is a cer­ti­fied acupunc­ture prac­ti­tion­er who earned her chi­ro­prac­tic degree from Nation­al Uni­ver­si­ty of Health Sci­ences. Dr. Alley sees adult and pedi­atric patients at 430 Penn­syl­va­nia Ave., Suite 240 in Glen Ellyn. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment by call­ing 630−790−1872.

Fam­i­ly Medicine:

  • Dr. Eliz­a­beth Giese is board-cer­ti­­fied in fam­i­ly med­i­cine. She earned her med­ical degree from Loma Lin­da Uni­ver­si­ty School of Med­i­cine and com­plet­ed her res­i­den­cy in fam­i­ly med­i­cine at Dewitt Army Com­mu­ni­ty Hospital/​National Cap­i­tal Con­sor­tium. Dr. Giese sees adult and pedi­atric patients at 150 E. Wil­low Avenue, Suite 300 in Wheaton. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing 630−510−6900.

Imme­di­ate Care:

  • Dr. Mag­da Gabriel is board-cer­ti­fied in fam­i­ly med­i­cine. She earned her med­ical degree from Touro Uni­ver­si­ty Med­ical School and com­plet­ed her res­i­den­cy in fam­i­ly med­i­cine at Adven­tist Memo­r­i­al Hos­pi­tal in La Grange. Dr. Gabriel sees adult and pedi­atric patients at our Imme­di­ate Care Cen­ters. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing 888−693−6437.
  • Dr. Karl Kir­by is board-cer­ti­fied in fam­i­ly med­i­cine. She earned her med­ical degree from Ros­alind Franklin Uni­ver­si­ty of Med­i­cine and Sci­ence Chica­go Med­ical School and com­plet­ed her res­i­den­cy in fam­i­ly med­i­cine at Uni­ver­si­ty of Illi­nois at Ravenswood. Dr. Kir­by sees adult and pedi­atric patients at our Imme­di­ate Care Cen­ters. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing 888−693−6437.
  • Dr. Ishrat Mirza is board-cer­ti­fied in fam­i­ly med­i­cine. She earned her med­ical degree from Rawalpin­di Med­ical Col­lege and com­plet­ed her res­i­den­cy in fam­i­ly med­i­cine at Louisiana State Uni­ver­si­ty Health Sci­ences Cen­ter. Dr. Mirza sees adult and pedi­atric patients at our Imme­di­ate Care Cen­ters. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing 888−693−6437.
  • Dr. Thes­sa Robert­son is board-cer­ti­fied in emer­gency med­i­cine. She earned her med­ical degree from Uni­ver­si­ty of Illi­nois at Chica­go, Col­lege of Med­i­cine and com­plet­ed her res­i­den­cy in emer­gency med­i­cine at Advo­cate Christ Med­ical Cen­ter. Dr. Robert­son sees adult and pedi­atric patients at our Imme­di­ate Care Cen­ters. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing 888−693−6437.
  • Dr. Pamela Solows­ki is board-cer­ti­fied in fam­i­ly med­i­cine. She earned her med­ical degree from Jagiel­lon­ian Uni­ver­si­ty Med­ical Col­lege and com­plet­ed her res­i­den­cy in fam­i­ly med­i­cine at Adven­tist Memo­r­i­al Hos­pi­tal in La Grange. Dr. Solows­ki sees adult and pedi­atric patients at our Imme­di­ate Care Cen­ter at 808 Rick­ert Dri­ve, Suite 103 in Naperville. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing 888−693−6437.

Pedi­atrics:

  • Dr. Annais San­ti­a­go is board-cer­ti­­fied in pedi­atrics. She earned her med­ical degree from Uni­ver­si­ty of Illi­nois at Chica­go, Col­lege of Med­i­cine and complet­ed her res­i­den­cy in pedi­atrics at Advo­cate Children’s Hos­pi­tal, Oak Lawn. Dr. San­ti­a­go sees pedi­atric and ado­les­cent patients at 5207 S. Main Street, in Down­ers Grove, 1020 E. Ogden Avenue, Suite 201 in Naperville, and 16519 S. Route 59, Suite B in Plain­field. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment online or by call­ing their pre­ferred location.
  • Dr. Nidi Quraishi is board-cer­ti­fied in pedi­atrics. She earned her med­ical degree from The Aga Khan Uni­ver­si­ty Med­ical Col­lege and com­plet­ed her res­i­den­cy in pedi­atrics at Newark Beth Israel Med­ical Cen­ter. Dr. Quraishi sees pedi­atric patients at 2100 Glen­wood Avenue in Joli­et. Patients can sched­ule an appoint­ment by call­ing 815−514−2040.

“We’re pleased to wel­come these skilled physi­cians to our orga­ni­za­tion,” said Don­na Coop­er, DMG Chief Oper­at­ing Offi­cer. ​“Col­lab­o­ra­tion is at the heart of our mis­sion, and they will only enhance our com­mit­ment to deliv­er­ing acces­si­ble, per­son­al­ized care to patients across the Chicagoland area.”

To learn more about these physi­cians, to sched­ule an appoint­ment online or for more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.DuPageMed​ical​Group​.com.

About DuPage Med­ical Group 

DuPage Med­ical Group (DMG) is the largest inde­pen­dent, mul­ti-spe­cial­ty physi­cian­group 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 work­to­geth­er – 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.