Family Medicine Residency
Welcome from the Program Director
Welcome to the website for the Family Medicine Residency at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (ALGH) in Park Ridge, Illinois. Go ahead and explore our program, so you can better understand the opportunities our residency provides.
We have a great team serving and learning together in a great hospital and health system. Our program remains one of the oldest and most highly regarded family medicine residencies in the Chicago area, attracting a diverse group of energetic residents to our 9-9-9 program. Our residents work in a real-life setting that balances education and service. As they graduate, they launch into many different careers, including solo or group outpatient practice, immediate care, academic medicine, hospital work, and fellowships.
Our faculty is just as diverse and energetic with 14 board certified family physicians and a doctoral level clinical social worker who teach and practice alongside our residents. We have special expertise in Adult Down Syndrome, Geriatrics, Lifestyle Medicine, Sports Medicine, Women’s Health and International Medicine. And we are eager to share that expertise and grow in new areas. A fellowship in Sports Medicine is available.
We have a clinically strong curriculum, both in the inpatient and the outpatient settings. We are focused on excelling in the care we provide for our patients, as well as excelling in providing a supportive environment for our residents, our faculty and our staff. Our strength is the respect we have for each other and our belief in our Family Medicine LGH family.
Please look around our page and get to know our team. I look forward to meeting you
Take a video tour of the Family Medicine Residency Program
Inna Gutman, MD, FAAFP
- Title:
- Program Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- Additional Information:
Inna Gutman, MD is the Family Medicine Program Director and is an ALGH Family Medicine residency graduate.
Undergraduate: Montclair State University
Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School
Residency: Advocate Lutheran General Hospital- Reason I chose Advocate Lutheran General Family Medicine: Originally, I chose LGH Family Medicine for the strong reputation it had in the community both as a training program and as an institution. Many years later, I am still honored to be a part of this family. The faculty, residents, and staff continue to astound me in the supportive, caring, and inquisitive environment they create.
- Hobbies/Interests: running after my children, and, sometimes, just running
- Favorite Books: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, and Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Welcome from the Department Chair
Welcome to AAH Lutheran General Hospital (ALGH) and the ALGH Family Medicine Residency!
As a Top 100 Hospital, AAH Lutheran General Hospital, has been a pillar in Northwest Chicagoland. It is a 645-bed teaching, research, tertiary care, referral hospital, and a Level I trauma center. It serves over 30,000 inpatients, 50,000 emergency patients and over 180,000 outpatients each year. ALGH is also home of Advocate Medical Group, one of the largest multispecialty medical practices in the country.
The ALGH Family Medicine Department is a cornerstone for the hospital by creating an expansive primary care patient base. Over 100 family physicians, many of whom trained in the residency program, serve the community in all stages of the patient’s life. The services offered also include Sports Medicine, Palliative Care, and care for adult Down Syndrome patients.
Family Medicine and AAH Lutheran General Hospital work closely together to provide high quality, compassionate care for a diverse community of patients. We look forward to working with you as you purse your goal of becoming an exceptional Family Physician.
Jose F. Elizondo, MD
- Title:
- Chair, Department of Family Medicine, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital