Dr. John Natale

Executive Medical Director , Medical Practice

Hello I´m Dr. John Natale. I´m a retired Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon who was blessed to have practiced for 32 wonderful years. In the last year

Dr. John Natale's Bio:

CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. John Natale , M.S., M.D. PERSONAL: Date of Birth: December 17, 1948 Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois Marital Status: Married – Wife, Cissy 6 Children NPI: 1083627897 AMA Education: #01606750991 EDUCATION: Undergraduate: LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Chicago, Illinois Degree: B.S. – Cum Laude, June 1971 Honors: Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society (National) Loyola University Academic Scholarship Winner, 1967 Professional: NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL SCHOOL, Chicago, IL Degree: M.D. – June 1975 Honors: Stritch Scholarship winner, 1971 Loyola Medical School Northwestern Medical School Scholarship Winner, 1971 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISDegree: M.S. Surgical Science – June 1 Special interest – Vascular Surgery Thesis: Renomedullary Prostaglandins in Coarctation of the Aorta Postgraduate: RUSH-PRESBYTERIAN-ST. LUKE’S MEDICAL CENTER July 1975- June 1976 Residency – Surgical July 1976 - June 1980 Peripheral Vascular Surgery Fellowship June 1980 – June 1981 Thoracic Surgery Fellowship June 1981 – June 1982 Cardiovascular – Thoracic Fellowship June 1982 – June 1983 STATE LICENSURES: Illinois # 036-054686 BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of General Surgery – 1982 #27951 American Board of Thoracic Surgery – 1985 #4294 American Board of Thoracic Surgery Recertification- 1997 American Board of Thoracic Surgery Recertification- 2005 Certified in Wound Care Delivery – Diversified Institute 2006 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: Member, American Medical Society Member, Illinois Medical Society Member, Kane County Medical Society Member, Montgomery County Medical Society, Dayton, Ohio Member, International Society of Cardiovascular Surgeons Member, American Heart Association Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians Fellow, Illinois Thoracic Surgery Society Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1987 Fellow, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 1989 HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: Adjunct Attending Surgeon Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois June 1980-June 1983 Attending Surgeon Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Ohio Kettering Memorial, Dayton, Ohio St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio June 1983-July 1985 Attending Surgeon Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL August 1985 - February 2005 Attending Surgeon Sherman Hospital, Elgin, Illinois August 1985- 1990 Attending Surgeon Delnor Community Hospital, St. Charles, Illinois August 1985- 1990 Attending Surgeon Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, Illinois August 1985 -1990 Attending Surgeon Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village, IL August 1985- 1998 Attending Surgeon St. Alexius Medical Center, Hoffman Estates, Illinois August 1985- 1998 Attending Surgeon Swedish Covenant Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois May 2006 to 2012 ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS: Clinical Instructor Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois June 1980 – June 1983 Clinical Instructor and Assistant Professor of Surgery Wright State Medical School, Dayton, Ohio June 1984 – June 1985 Member of the Academy of Medicine Wright State Medical School, Dayton Ohio (Membership is bestowed on those faculty members that have excelled in “Education, Research, and the Preservation of High Ethical Principles”.) PUBLICATIONS/SURGICAL RESEARCH/CME: 1. Master of Surgical Sciences, University of Illinois; June 1977 – June 1978 Master’s Thesis: The Role of Plasma and Renomendullary Prostaglandins in Experimental Coarctation of the Aorta in the Dog. 2. The Role of Plasma and Renomendullary Prostaglandins in Essential Hypertension. Published in the Journal of Rush Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 1981. 3. The Safety of Epinephrine in the Acute Asthmatic Attack. Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1975. Published in the Journal of Pulmonary Medicine, 1976. 4. Film: Left Upper Lobe Sleeve Lobectomy for Bronchogenic Carcinoma. Authors: John J. Natale, M.D. and L. Penfield Faber, M.D. This film has been accepted into the library of the American College of Surgeons. I presented this film at the following societies: Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 19th Annual Meeting in San Francisco California, January 1983 American College of Chest Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, May 1983 American College of Surgeons, 69th Annual Clinical Congress, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1983 5. “Technical Considerations in Extirpating a Hypernephroma from the Inferior Vena Cava and the Right Atrium.” Authors: John H. Natale, M.D. Marshall Goldin, M.D. Paper not accepted at this time. 6. I recently resected a double aortic arch in a 24 year old female whose symptoms were dysphagia and bronchial asthma. I plan to submit this as a reportable case to a major thoracic journal. 7. Case Report: Extragonadal germ cell tumor presenting with a spontaneous pneumothorax. Accepted for publication in British Journal of Urology (1977) 79,000-000. Publications/Surgical Experience/CME contd: 8. Sherman Hospital Centennial Symposium, May 1990; presented film “The Surgical Treatment of Cardiac Myxoma.” The film was produced by me. 9. Alexian Brother’s Medical Center Cardiovascular Symposium, spring 1989; presented paper, “The New Techniques in Cardiovascular Surgery”. 10. The Midwest Chapter of the American Association of Trauma Nurses - Clinical Seminar in Cardiac and Thoracic Trauma, March 1992 and March 1993; Guest Speaker. Paper: “Blunt Trauma to the Thorax”. POSITIONS HELD: 1. Secretary-Treasurer of Medical Staff, Northwest Community Hospital 1995-1996 2. Vice-President of Medical Staff, Northwest Community Hospital 1996-1997 3. President of Medical Staff, Northwest Community Hospital 1997-1998 4. Board of Directors, Northwest Community Hospital 1995-1999 5. Vice-Chief C V Section, Department of Surgery, Northwest Community Hospital 2003-2005 6. Member of the Surgical Audit Committee, Northwest Community Hospital 1989-2004 7. Member of the Credentials Committee, Swedish Covenant Hospital, May 2007-May 2008 OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 1. Instrumental in setting up Pacemaker Clinic, Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, Illinois, 1998 2. One of the five cardiovascular-thoracic surgeons that started the Surgical Heart Unit, Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, Illinois, August 1991 3. Founded Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit for volume reduction surgery and COPD patients, Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, Illinois 4. “America’s Top Surgeons” in Cardiothoracic and Vascular award by Consumers’ Research Council of America 2003-2004, 2004-2005. 5. Credentialed at Cleveland Clinic, University of Chicago and Northwestern University for Endovascular Surgery, 2000. Set-up Endovascular Surgery lab at Northwest Community Hospital, May of 2000. Among the first Vascular Surgeons to perform Endovascular Surgery in a Community Hospital in the Chicagoland area. 6. At Swedish Covenant Hospital set up Endovascular lab in 2006, for the treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Iliac Aneurysms. 7. January 2009, at Swedish Covenant Hospital set up the Endovenous lab to treat Varicose Veins and chronic Venous Ulcers. Credentialed to do laser and radio-frequency vein ablation. 8. March 9, 2012 selected as Top Cardiologists in Chicago, IL by the International Association of Cardiologists. I will be included in the renowned publication, “The Leading Physicians of the World” for 2012. This organization highlights the top 1-2% of physicians in their specialty.

Dr. John Natale's Experience:

Executive Medical Director at Caduceus Media
August 2013 - Present | Chicago, IL
www.caduceusmedia.net

Dr. John Natale's Education:

NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL SCHOOL
1973 – 1975
M.D.
Concentration: Surgical Science

Dr. John Natale's Interests & Activities:

Painting and spending my free time with my grand kids.