Nitesh Thakker, MBBS, MD, MHA

Hospitalist

Practices In: Joliet, Naperville, New Lenox, Tinley Park
Patients Seen: Adults

I believe in uti­liz­ing a com­pre­hen­sive, con­tin­u­ous and com­pas­sion­ate health care approach and in pro­mot­ing healthy lifestyle and dis­ease pre­ven­tion when treat­ing my patients.

Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
Languages
English, Urdu, Hindi, Spanish, Gujarati, Marathi
Awards & Accolades
Pi Alpha Alpha: National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration 2000
Clinical Interests

Inter­nal Med­i­cine, Hos­pi­tal Medicine,Acute Care, Nephrol­o­gy, Geri­atrics, Chron­ic Kid­ney Dis­ease, Renal Trans­plants, Age-relat­ed Decline

Personal Interests

Med­ical Infor­mat­ics, Telemedicine/​Inter­net Med­i­cine, Elec­tron­ic Med­ical Records & Elec­tron­ic Health Records

Memberships
Society of Hospital Medicine American College of Physicians American Society of Nephrology
Ascension Saint Joseph Hospital, Joliet
333 Madison Street Joliet, Illinois 60435 815-725-7133 Get Directions
Edward Hospital
801 S. Washington St. Naperville, Illinois 60540 630-527-3000 Get Directions
Palos Community Hospital
12251 South 80th Avenue, Brook Lane Palos Heights, Illinois 60463 708-923-4000 Get Directions
Silver Cross Hospital
1900 Silver Cross Boulevard New Lenox, Illinois 60451 815-300-1100 Get Directions
School
University of Bombay Graduation Date: 1999 Degree: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
Provider’s Research
Controlled study to investigate the safety and efficacy of ZS in subjects with Hyperkalemia Saywell, RM, Ohara, Zollinger, Thakker NR "Experience with Geriatric patients in a family medicine clerkship" published in Gerontology and Geriatrics Education 2003:19-37