MAYWOOD, Ill. – Alexander Dzakovic, MD, brings his expertise in pediatric and transplant surgery to Loyola University Health System. He also is an assistant professor in the Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
His medical specialties include laparoscopy, minimally invasive surgery, pediatric hepatobiliary surgery, pediatric pancreatic surgery, pediatric surgery and pediatric transplant surgery.
Dzakovic has an extensive list of articles that have been published in peer-reviewed journals. He is a sought-after speaker, having presented at symposiums and pediatric professional organizational meetings around the world.
He earned his medical degree from the University of Heidelberg School of Medicine in Germany. He spent part of his general and pediatric surgery residency at Boston University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital, where he also completed a fellowship in surgical critical care. He finished his general surgery residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital prior to a fellowship in pediatric surgery at what used to be Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Before joining Loyola, Dzakovic completed a fellowship in solid organ transplantation at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Dzakovic sees patients at the Loyola Center for Children’s Health at Oakbrook Terrace at 1S260 Summit Ave, Loyola Center for Health at Homer Glen at 15750 Marian Drive and the main medical center campus in Maywood.
To make an appointment, please call 888.LUHS.888 or visit loyolamedicine.org.
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