UChicago Faculty Physician
Anthony N. Gentile, MD, PhD
Anthony N. Gentile, MD, PhD
UChicago Faculty Physician
Clinical Associate of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Specialties
- Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN)
- Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
Locations
- Flossmoor
- Crown Point, IN - Virginia Street
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[MUSIC PLAYING] My name is Anthony Gentile, I'm an obstetrician gynecologist. I do general health care for women. That includes pelvic exams, breast exams, abdominal exams. I'd like to help people. And I enjoy making people better. And I enjoy helping women. I love my mom. And I love making people, especially people that are hurting and really have bad problems. I like to be able to do that and make them better. And if I can do this with these little incisions if they need surgery.
A lot of them don't need surgery and we treat them other ways. But those that do, I emphasize doing this, a minimally invasive approach. And that's the division that I'm in, the MIGS division, minimally invasive gynecology surgery. It's one of the top centers in the region and not the world. And we have an amazing set of gynecologists that work here, including the people in my MIGS group. They are just wonderful surgeons and people with a large expertise.
One of the things that we're going to be doing more of in my new office is making it a menopause center for people that have all kinds of menopausal problems. A large part of our population is getting older. And those women need help dealing with menopause and all the symptoms. As I mentioned, minimally invasive surgery is the division that I'm in. And that is basically doing surgeries through small little incisions, pinky-sized incisions, removing big fibroids through these small little holes so people don't have to have big incisions.
And they don't have to stay in the hospital very long at all. Some of them go home on the day of surgery. So laparoscopy, especially for endometriosis fibroid uteruses, robotic laparoscopy, I do a lot of that. And then, surgeries for treating pelvic-- or for treating heavy bleeding menstrual problems, the [INAUDIBLE] all that sort of surgery. Treating endometriosis is a lot of what I do too.
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A lot of them don't need surgery and we treat them other ways. But those that do, I emphasize doing this, a minimally invasive approach. And that's the division that I'm in, the MIGS division, minimally invasive gynecology surgery. It's one of the top centers in the region and not the world. And we have an amazing set of gynecologists that work here, including the people in my MIGS group. They are just wonderful surgeons and people with a large expertise.
One of the things that we're going to be doing more of in my new office is making it a menopause center for people that have all kinds of menopausal problems. A large part of our population is getting older. And those women need help dealing with menopause and all the symptoms. As I mentioned, minimally invasive surgery is the division that I'm in. And that is basically doing surgeries through small little incisions, pinky-sized incisions, removing big fibroids through these small little holes so people don't have to have big incisions.
And they don't have to stay in the hospital very long at all. Some of them go home on the day of surgery. So laparoscopy, especially for endometriosis fibroid uteruses, robotic laparoscopy, I do a lot of that. And then, surgeries for treating pelvic-- or for treating heavy bleeding menstrual problems, the [INAUDIBLE] all that sort of surgery. Treating endometriosis is a lot of what I do too.
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Anthony Gentile, MD, PhD, has over 30 years of experience treating women with a wide range of reproductive conditions. Dr. Gentile’s expertise spans everything from general women’s care and pregnancy, including pre-pregnancy counseling and infertility, to menopause and endometriosis. Additionally, with highly skilled minimally invasive techniques, Dr. Gentile performs:
- Robotic Gynecologic Surgery
- Laparoscopic Surgery
- Endometrial Ablation
- Hysteroscopy
- Treatment of Uterine Fibroids
- Treatment of Endometriosis
- Management of Menopause
Dr. Gentile’s approach to medicine begins by partnering with his patients so that they feel comfortable and knowledgeable enough to not only be a part of the decision making, but to take a greater role in their own healthcare. By maximize his time with his patient individually, Dr. Gentile is able to understand their healthcare goals, which allow him to emphasize education and preventive care as important tools for long-term success.
Along with his commitment to his patients, Dr. Gentile is also devoted to teaching and mentoring medical students, nurse practitioners and physician assistant students as they take critical steps towards their medical career.
Areas of Expertise
- Abnormal Colposcopy
- Absent Periods
- Adnexal Surgery
- Adnexal Tumor/Adnexal Mass
- Annual Exams
- Bartholin's Cyst Drainage
- Birth Control (Contraception)
- Birth Control (Contraception) Counseling
- Bleeding After Menopause (Postmenopausal Bleeding)
- Complex Contraception (Birth Control)
- Complex Open Gynecologic Surgery
- Complex Pelvic Surgery
- Endometrial Biopsy
- Endometrial Polyps
- Gynecologic Cancer Prevention
- Menopause
Practicing Since
- 1991
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- Far Eastern University
Internship
- St. Vincent Hospital
Residency
- Danbury Hospital
Memberships & Medical Societies
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- North American Menopause Society
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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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.