Effingham, IL -(Effingham Radio)- HSHS Medical Group Internal Medicine – Effingham has moved from 901 Medical Park Dr. to 900 W. Temple Ave., Suite 1500, and joined HSHS Medical Group Family & Internal Medicine – Effingham.
Internal medicine’s Elene Awad, MD, PhD, and Lauren Lustig, APRN, now see patients at the new office. As internal medicine providers, Dr. Awad and Lauren care for patients ages 18 and older. Their scope of practice includes disease prevention; wellness; substance abuse; mental health; and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs.
Dr. Awad earned her medical degree at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. She completed an internal medicine and pediatrics residency at Manchet El Bakry Hospital in Heliopolis, Egypt. She also performed an internal medicine residency at St. Luke’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.
Lauren received her Master of Science in Nursing from Maryville University in St. Louis, Missouri, and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from St. John’s College, Department of Nursing, in Springfield, Illinois.
Dr. Awad and Lauren join Michele Hartke, APRN, and Amanda Stroud, APRN, of family medicine. To schedule an appointment with one of these providers, please call 217-347-0458.
About HSHS Medical Group
HSHS Medical Group is the physician organization of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS). Launched in 2009, HSHS Medical Group is a critical component of the HSHS Care Integration strategy, which focuses on bringing physicians, technology and patients together to improve the overall health of our communities. Today, HSHS Medical Group is comprised of over 1,300 colleagues in locations throughout Central and Southern Illinois. HSHS Medical Group is powered by the Franciscan history of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, and our faith-based identity led us to the single most important tenet of the HSHS Medical Group philosophy — patient-first care. For more information about HSHS Medical Group, visit HSHSMedicalGroup.org.
About Hospital Sisters Health System
Hospital Sisters Health System’s (HSHS) mission is to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through our high quality, Franciscan health care ministry. HSHS provides state-of-the-art health care to our patients and is dedicated to serving all people, especially the most vulnerable, at each of our 14 Local Systems and physician practices in Illinois (Belleville, Breese, Decatur, Effingham, Greenville, Highland, Litchfield and Springfield) and Wisconsin (Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Oconto Falls, Sheboygan and two in Green Bay). HSHS is sponsored by Hospital Sisters Ministries, and Hospital Sisters of St. Francis is the founding institute. For more information about HSHS, visit www.hshs.org. For more information about Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, visit www.hospitalsisters.org.
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