MidAmerica physicians are on staff at several prominent suburban hospitals, we hold faculty positions at numerous universities, we have board certifications in a number of clinical sub-specialties and we serve in various leadership positions that acknowledge our commitment to clinical excellence in patient care.

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MidAmerica Cardiovascular Consultants will be recognized throughout metropolitan Chicago and surrounding areas as leading practitioners in cardiovascular medicine.

We the physicians and staff of MidAmerica Cardiovascular Consultants are always responsive to the needs of our patients, their families and our physician colleagues through our commitment to provide the highest standards of cardiovascular care and exceptional service with compassion and respect for all we serve.

	We maintain the highest quality standards of care for the patients we serve.
	We recognize that people make our organization successful and only through acknowledgment and respect for each person's contributions will we grow.
	We recognize that honesty and integrity are essential in everything we do.
	We continually strive for innovative ways to meet the challenges of the changing environment in our specialty.
	We realize that through the efficient and effective utilization of our resources we will insure our future.

Dr. Allan Zelinger was recently appointed as the President of the Chicago Society of Echocardiography.

Dr. Muhyaldeen Dia was recently appointed to serve as the Associate Program Director for the combined University of Illinois, Chicago/Advocate Christ Medical Center Cardiology Fellowship Program.
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Dr. Ajay Parikh "Preventing disease is important to me"
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	Medical Office Building Boom
	Take precautions when shoveling
	Getting a second chance
	New Stent a Positive for Patients
	Physician of the Year a Cardiology Pioneer
	Cardiologists participate in unique training event in a mobile surgical lab
	Decreasing CAD Mortality
	Advocate Health Care changed it's contract with United Health Care of Illinois
	New heart-failure protocols standardize home-health care

	Angioplasty / Stenting
	Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography
	Congestive Heart Failure
	High Cholesterol
	Hypertension
	Pacemaker / ICD Implantations

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EDUCATION:

Baroda Medical College, M.S. University, Baroda, India, M.B., B.S. (1973-1979)

Baroda Medical College, M.S. University, Baroda, India, M.D. (postgraduate degree in Internal Medicine) (1979-1982)

POST GRADUATE TRAINING:

Fellow in Cardiology, Christ Hospital & Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL (1985-1987)

Resident in Internal Medicine, Christ Hospital & Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL (1982-1985)

Resident, Internal Medicine, Baroda Medical College, M.S. University, Baroda, India (1979-1982)

Rotating Internship, Baroda Medical College, M.S. University, Baroda, India (1978-1979)

CERTIFICATIONS:

ECFMG (1980)

FLEX (1983)

ACLS Certified by Chicago Heart Association (1983)

American Board of Internal Medicine (1986)

American Board of Internal Medicine (1987)

Cardiovascular Disease

Critical Care Medicine (1991-2001)

NASPE Examination of Special Competency Cardiac Paging (1993)

Geriatric Medicine (1994)

LICENSURE:

State of Illinois

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:

MidAmerica Cardiovascular Consultants, Oak Lawn, IL (1999 - present)

Southwest Cardiology Associates, Oak Lawn, IL, (1995-1999)

J & C Arguete S.C., Chicago, IL, (1987-1995)

RESEARCH:

"Utilization of Iron in Malnutrition Chronic Infection & Liver Diseases" A dissertation submitted to M.S. University, Baroda, India (1981)

"Selective Photon Emission Computerized Tomography Thallium 11/4/86 Scan. Stress EKG and Coronary Angiography." A paper presented at the World Congress Of Nuclear Medicine.

Co-Investigator Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center (1987)

Clinical Asst. Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois (1997 - present)

Affiliate Clinical Instructor, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (1989)

AFFILIATIONS:

Fellow of American College of Cardiology

American Medical Association

Chicago Medical Society

Illinois State Medical Society

American Heart Association

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