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About Us

Our Physicians

Chief Medical Officer
Martha L. Twaddle, MD, FACP, FAAHPM

Assistant Medical Director
Alan Smookler, MD, FACP
Certification: Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Geriatrics; Internal Medicine
Affiliations: NorthShore University HealthSystem (formerly ENH); Northwest Community Hospital; Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
Medical Education: Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine (1983)

Associate Medical Directors
Heidi L. Baruch, MD
Certification: Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Internal Medicine
Affiliations: NorthShore University HealthSystem (formerly ENH)
Medical Education: Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine (1991)

Tessa R. Fischer, MD
Certification: Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Family Medicine
Affiliations: NorthShore University HealthSystem (formerly ENH); St. Francis Hospital of Evanston; Swedish Covenant Hospital
Medical Education: Georgetown University School of Medicine (1975)

Lynn S. Katten, MD
Certification: Hospice & Palliative Medicine; Internal Medicine
Affiliations: NorthShore University HealthSystem (formerly ENH); Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
Medical Education: Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School (1996)

Samuel R. Katz, MD
Certification: Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Obstetrics and Gynecology
Affiliations: NorthShore University HealthSystem (formerly ENH)
Medical Education: University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School (1971)

Fauzia W. Lodhi, MD
Certification: Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Internal Medicine
Affiliations: NorthShore University HealthSystem (formerly ENH); Swedish Covenant Hospital; Weiss Memorial Hospital
Medical Education: Fatimah Jinnah Medical College (1989)

Monica C. Malec, MD
Certification: Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Internal Medicine
Affiliations: NorthShore University HealthSystem (formerly ENH)
Medical Education: University of Illinois College of Medicine (1992)

Maureen T. McGilly, MD
Certification: Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Internal Medicine
Affiliations: NorthShore University HealthSystem (formerly ENH); Northwest Community Hospital; Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
Medical Education: Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine (1984)

Gary J. Novak, MD
Certification: Internal Medicine
Affiliations: NorthShore University HealthSystem; St. Francis Hospital
Medical Education: Loyola University (1977)

Nancy L. O'Malley, MD
Certification: Internal Medicine
Affiliations: NorthShore University HealthSystem (formerly ENH); Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital; Northwest Community Hospital
Medical Education: Chicago Medical School (1992)

Jason M. Sobel, MD
Certification: Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Geriatrics; Internal Medicine
Affiliations: NorthShore University HealthSystem (formerly ENH); Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
Medical Education: Boston University School of Medicine (2000)