DuPage Medical Group Announces Acquisition of the Institute for Personal Development (IPD)

DOWN­ERS GROVE, Ill. — Rec­og­niz­ing the grow­ing need for behav­ioral and men­tal health ser­vices among its patient com­mu­ni­ty, DuPage Med­ical Group qui­et­ly acquired the Insti­tute for Per­son­al Devel­op­ment (IPD) in May 2019.

IPD is a pro­gres­sive and thriv­ing prac­tice that pro­vides psy­cho­log­i­cal, psy­chi­atric and inte­gra­tive med­i­cine ser­vices. As a mem­ber of DMG, IPD has a team of more than 50 clin­i­cians across ten Chicagoland loca­tions (Auro­ra, Chica­go, Down­ers Grove, Joli­et, Lisle, Mor­ris, Naperville, Orland Park, Ottawa and Romeoville).

“We are excit­ed to be a part of DMG and pro­vide expand­ed behav­ioral health ser­vices to the broad­er sub­ur­ban com­mu­ni­ties that DMG has served for more than 20 years,” said Ronald Wuest, MD, founder and med­ical direc­tor of IPD. ​“DMG’s team-ori­ent­ed and inte­grat­ed care mod­el allows us to pro­vide behav­ioral health­care for more patients who may be in need of these services.”

IPD’s team of clin­i­cians take a nur­tur­ing, patient-cen­tered approach using a vari­ety of tra­di­tion­al and non-tra­di­tion­al ther­a­pies, emerg­ing meth­ods and tech­nolo­gies to help indi­vid­u­als achieve long-last­ing men­tal, emo­tion­al and phys­i­cal well-being.

“We are pleased to wel­come IPD to our fam­i­ly of ser­vices and look for­ward to con­tin­u­ing to build on the foun­da­tion they have estab­lished for behav­ioral and men­tal health ser­vices,” said Mike Pacetti, CFO and Co-CEO of DMG. ​“IPD’s exper­tise and long-stand­ing rep­u­ta­tion in behav­ioral health aligns with our strat­e­gy of pro­vid­ing inte­grat­ed, high qual­i­ty and holis­tic patient care.”

DMG and IPD real­ize that mem­bers of their patient com­mu­ni­ty may be expe­ri­enc­ing increased lev­els of stress and anx­i­ety dur­ing the evolv­ing COVID-19 pan­dem­ic. Giv­en social dis­tanc­ing guide­lines and stay-at-home man­dates, IPD is now offer­ing tele­health video vis­its. To learn more or to sched­ule a vir­tu­al appoint­ment, vis­it duly​healthand​care​.com/IPD or call (815) 942‑6323.

About DuPage Med­ical Group
DuPage Med­ical Group (DMG) is the largest inde­pen­dent, mul­ti-spe­cial­ty physi­cian group in Illi­nois with more than 750 pri­ma­ry care and spe­cial­ty care physi­cians in over 100 sub­ur­ban Chica­go loca­tions. For 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 work togeth­er — uti­liz­ing lead­ing-edge tech­nol­o­gy and inno­v­a­tive treat­ment options — to ensure that each patient receives acces­si­ble and effi­cient health­care. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it duly​healthand​care​.com.

About the Insti­tute for Per­son­al Devel­op­ment
Found­ed in 1991 by Dr. Ronald Wuest who had pas­sion to pro­vide excel­lence in care, the Insti­tute for Per­son­al Devel­op­ment (IPD) has since grown to become one of the largest and most pro­gres­sive pri­vate men­tal and behav­ioral health clin­ics in the coun­try. With more than 50 prac­ti­tion­ers in ten Chicagoland loca­tions, IPD spe­cial­izes in pro­vid­ing psy­cho­log­i­cal, psy­chi­atric and inte­gra­tive med­i­cine ser­vices. IPD strives to apply the lat­est sci­ence-based diag­nos­tics and assign the most appro­pri­ate clin­i­cians with the lat­est advance­ments in psy­chol­o­gy, psy­chi­a­try, brain sci­ence and alter­na­tive and inte­gra­tive med­i­cine. For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.ipdhealth​.com.