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Dr. Basilio Padilla
Dr. Basilio Padilla is a physician who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago. He was in private practice for more than ...view moreDr. Basilio Padilla is a physician who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago. He was in private practice for more than fifteen years in the Peru–La Salle area (state of Illinois) from 1983 through 2000. He was an assistant professor at Rush University Medical Center. He was also a gynecologist for the Heart City Health Center in the city of Elkhart, Indiana, for three years in association with Elkhart General Hospital. During all these years, he was a community lecturer and writer of numerous articles on public relations, politics, and medicine. He has traveled to many Latin-American countries and learned much from his experiences overseas. In the Peru–La Salle area, he was medical director of St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley, Illinois, chief of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department for fourteen years, and chief of surgery at Illinois Valley Community Hospital. He has done multiple medical missions to help the poor and writes for several newspapers.view less