New Loyola Hepatology Clinic Announced at Golf Outing to Support Peoria-Area Liver Patients

MAYWOOD, IL – At the 9th Jack Felts Memorial Golf Classic on Saturday, May 12, the new Loyola Jack Felts Hepatology Clinic in Peoria will be announced.

Loyola Medicine hepatologists treat Peoria-area patients for liver conditions including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, liver cancer, liver disease, primary biliary cholangitis, hemochromatosis, Wilson disease, autoimmune hepatitis, alcohol-induced liver injury and acute liver failure.

Loyola's liver team, headed by Scott Cotler, MD, travels twice each month to the hepatology clinic in Peoria, which conducts about 750 patient visits per year. The clinic enables Peoria-area patients and their families to receive highly specialized care in their local community. The clinic, located at UnityPoint Health Methodist, 221 NE Glen Oak Ave., is now named in honor of Jack Felts, who died in 2009 from liver cancer.

Mr. Felts' family and friends continued his legacy by creating the Jack Felts Hepatology Patient Fund, which helps families from the Peoria area with housing while their loved ones are being treated at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.

The fund is supported through the annual golf outing, which will be held Saturday, May 12 from noon to 8 pm at the Weaver Ridge Golf Club, 5100 N. WeaverRidge Blvd., Peoria.