UChicago Faculty Physician
Alex Lois, MD, MS
Alex Lois, MD, MS
UChicago Faculty Physician
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Specialties
- General Surgery
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- Orland Park
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
Alex Lois, MD, MS, is an advanced minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgeon who specializes in esophageal and gastric disorders. He has skill and experience in the surgical management of esophageal motility disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease and paraesophageal hernia. Dr. Lois also has specific clinical expertise in the treating hernias of the abdominal wall and groin, which includes performing complex abdominal wall reconstruction.
Dr. Lois’ approach to care uses a combination of advanced laparoscopic, robotic-assisted and open techniques to address gastrointestinal disorders and abdominal wall reconstruction. He works closely with members of a multidisciplinary team, including gastroenterology, nutrition and plastic surgery in treating his patients. He strives to provide compassionate and data-driven care, while engaging patients in thoughtful shared decision-making to ensure treatment decisions align with his patients’ goals and values.
Along with to his clinical practice, Dr. Lois is active in his field, serving on several committees of national professional societies and contributing research to advance the care of patients with quality-of-life limiting foregut diseases and hernias. With his background in health services research, Dr. Lois’ work also aims to identify and diminish barriers to high quality surgical care in the region and beyond.
Dr. Lois’ approach to care uses a combination of advanced laparoscopic, robotic-assisted and open techniques to address gastrointestinal disorders and abdominal wall reconstruction. He works closely with members of a multidisciplinary team, including gastroenterology, nutrition and plastic surgery in treating his patients. He strives to provide compassionate and data-driven care, while engaging patients in thoughtful shared decision-making to ensure treatment decisions align with his patients’ goals and values.
Along with to his clinical practice, Dr. Lois is active in his field, serving on several committees of national professional societies and contributing research to advance the care of patients with quality-of-life limiting foregut diseases and hernias. With his background in health services research, Dr. Lois’ work also aims to identify and diminish barriers to high quality surgical care in the region and beyond.
Specialties
UChicago Medicine Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine - Hyde Park5758 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago IL 606371-888-824-0200
Board Certifications
- Surgery
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Internship
- University of Washington Medical Center; University of Washington
Residency
- University of Washington
Fellowship
- University of Washington
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.