Local Surgeon Named Top Doctor by Consumers’ Checkbook
Joliet, IL (May 17, 2007)—To find out who the top doctors are around the country, Consumers Checkbook asked roughly 260,000 physicians to tell them which specialists they would want to care for a loved one. Of the over 20,000 doctors mentioned most often, Dr. Christopher Joyce was the only general surgeon in Will and Grundy counties listed as a Top Doctor for 2007.
Christopher D. Joyce, M.D., F.A.C.S., is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. He received his medical degree in 1986 from Loyola University Medical Center. Dr. Joyce completed a general surgery residency at Loyola University Medical Center where he was both Intern of the Year and Outstanding Chief Resident.
He has served as a Clinical Instructor at Loyola University, Assistant Professor of Surgery at University of Chicago, and Academic Director of Surgery and Chief Academic Officer at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn. Dr. Joyce also served as the Assistant Dean for University of Chicago’s Biological Science Division and Pritzker School of Medicine at MacNeal Hospital.
As an experienced member of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, Dr. Joyce specializes in weight loss surgery. He performed the first open, laparoscopic and LAP-BAND™ gastric bypass surgeries at Silver Cross Hospital and in Will and Grundy Counties. And, he founded and developed BMI-Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Silver Cross Hospital, which has been recognized as a Bariatric Center of Excellence® by the American Society of Bariartric Surgery as well as a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery℠ by Blue Cross Blue Shield. Together with his partner, Dr. Brian Lahmann, Dr. Joyce has performed over 1,500 surgeries helping patients win their personal battles with obesity and enjoy happier, healthier, longer lives.
In addition to being named a Top Doctor in Consumers’ Checkbook, Dr. Joyce has been recognized for several years as a “Top Doc” for outstanding patient satisfaction by Silver Cross Hospital. His office is located with Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Specialty Care Pavilion, on the Silver Cross Hospital campus, 1300 Copperfield Ave., Suite 1080, Joliet. To schedule an appointment, call (815) 723-8571.
Consumers’ Checkbook, which is similar to the nationally renowned Consumers’ Reports, is a non-profit consumer information and resource service that lists the best and worst businesses in the Chicago metropolitan area as well as throughout the country. The first local issue was published in 2003 and listed Silver Cross as the best hospital in the Chicago area customer service quality according to its patients. Since then, Silver Cross has been named one of America’s Most Customer Friendly Hospitals by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers and a Solucient 100 Top Hospitals National Award winner for three consecutive years. For more information about Silver Cross, visit www.silvercross.org. For more information about Consumers’ Checkbook or a complete list of Top Doctors, visit www.checkbook.org.