PARK RIDGE, IL – Loyola Medicine Park Ridge has recently welcomed two new primary care physicians and has expanded its services to include kidney transplant care.

Mary Barsanti-Sekhar, MD, who has expertise in internal medicine, pediatrics, preventive medicine and infectious diseases, joined the Park Ridge team in September, 2017.

"Building a relationship with each patient is one of the primary reasons we're here as physicians," Dr. Barsanti-Sekhar said. "As doctors, we want to get to know the patient, learn what's going to make them as healthy as possible and help them live their most fulfilling life."

Ramona Zak, MD, also recently joined the Park Ridge center. As a family physician, Dr. Zak sees patients of all ages. Her clinical expertise includes women's health and preventive medicine.

Drs. Barsanti-Sekhar and Zak join primary care physician Milton Legrand, MD, internal medicine.

Loyola Medicine Park Ridge, 1030 W. Higgins Road, offers primary care and specialty care with a patient-centered focus. Physicians and other members of the healthcare team work collaboratively for the best results.

Among the specialty services offered at Park Ridge are cardiology (including interventional cardiology, pediatric cardiology, electrophysiology, heart failure and heart transplant), hepatology (liver problems and liver transplant), urology, otolaryngology (ENT), audiology, neurology (including pediatric neurology) and kidney transplant.

Loyola Medicine Park Ridge provides patients with convenient access to an array of diagnostic tools, such as cardiac stress testing, echocardiograms, ultrasounds, lab work and X-rays.

About Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke centertransplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.   

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About Trinity Health

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).