Dr. Matthew Churpek M.D., PH.D.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
5841 S Maryland Ave Chicago IL, 60637About
Dr. Matthew Churpek is a critical care surgeon practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Churpek specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Churpek has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
Education and Training
Duke University School of Medicine 2005
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Treatments
- Intensive Care, Lung Problems
Professional Memberships
- Member American Thoracic Society
- Member Am College of Chest Physicians
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