Illinois Heart Specialists

Turn to the Illinois Heart Specialists at Decatur Memorial Hospital for your heart care. The doctors live and work in our community and are members of the DMH Medical Group - the largest medical group in Macon County.

DMH Board Certified Interventional Cardiologists

Tansel Turgut, MD Interventional Cardiologist Illinois Heart Specialists Interventional Cardiology Fellowship University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1999 Cardiology Fellowship Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998 Internal Medicine Residency State University of New York at Buffalo, 1995 Education M.D., Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, 1991 Certifications American Board of Interventional Cardiology - Cardiovascular Diseases - Nuclear Cardiology Memberships American College of Cardiology, Fellow American Heart Association

John Waters, MD Interventional Cardiologist Illinois Heart Specialists Cardiology Fellowship: Hahnemann Hospital and MCP, Philadelphia, 2001 Cardiovascular Fellowship University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, 1983 Internal Medicine Residency University of California, Sacramento, 1981 Education M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, 1978 Certifications American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease - Interventional Cardiology Memberships American College of Cardiology, Fellow

DMH Board Certified Cardiologists

Madhu Jyothinagaram, MD Cardiologist Illinois Heart Specialists Cardiology Fellowship Hahnemann Hospital and MCP, Philadelphia, 2001 Internal Medicine Residency Hahnemann Hospital and MCP, Philadelphia, 1998 Education M.D., Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, India, 1991 Certifications American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology National Board of Echocardiography International Board of Heart Rythum Examiners Certification Board of Cardiac Computed Tomography Memberships American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Fellow, American College of Cardiology Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography American Society of Echocardiography

Nidal Aker, MD Cardiologist Illinois Heart Specialists Cardiology Fellowship University of Illinois, Chicago, 2001 Internal Medicine Residency University of Illinois, Chicago, 1998 Education M.D., Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan, 1992 Certifications American Board of Internal Medicine-Cardiolvascular Disease Memberships American College of Cardiology

DMH Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Marvin Derrick, MD Cardiothoracic Surgeon Illinois Heart Specialists Thoracic Surgery Residency University of California-San Diego, 1989 General Surgery Residency University of California-Davis, Sacramento, California, 1986 Education M.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1981 Military Service United States Air Force Academy Cadet, 1973-1975 Certifications American Board of Surgery, Diplomate American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Diplomate Memberships American College of Surgeons, Fellow American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow Society of Thoracic Surgeons International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery American College of Phlebology