The 20 Best Empyema Doctors Near Me in East Chicago, IN

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The 20 Best Empyema Doctors near East Chicago, IN

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 244 doctor with experience in Empyema near East Chicago, IN. Of these, 204 are Experienced, 33 are Advanced and 7 are Distinguished.

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    Agop Tepeli
    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine

    Advocate Medical Group Pulmonology

    17850 Kedzie Ave, Ste 3250, 
    Hazel Crest, IL 
     (13.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Agop Tepeli is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Hazel Crest, Illinois. Dr. Tepeli is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Lung Nodules, Advanced Bronchoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

    Advanced in Empyema
    Advanced in Empyema

    219 Health Network Inc

    4320 Fir St, Unit 220, 
    East Chicago, IN 
     (0.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kevin Parikh is a Urologist in East Chicago, Indiana. Dr. Parikh is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Enlarged Prostate (BPH), Obstructive Uropathy, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Prostatectomy, and Ureteroscopy.

    Advanced in Empyema
    Advanced in Empyema

    219 Health Network Inc

    100 W Chicago Ave, Suite F, 
    East Chicago, IN 
     (1.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Greek, Spanish
    Accepting New Patients

    Ted Vellos is a Urologist in East Chicago, Indiana. Dr. Vellos is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are UPJ Obstruction, Obstructive Uropathy, Bilateral Hydronephrosis, Ureteroscopy, and Prostatectomy. Dr. Vellos is currently accepting new patients.

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    Advanced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Advanced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine

    Chest Physician Consultants LTD.

    8840 Calumet Ave Ste 203, 
    Munster, IN 
     (6.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Asaad Jandali is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Munster, Indiana. Dr. Jandali is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Pneumonia, Gastrostomy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.

    Distinguished in Empyema
    Distinguished in Empyema

    Office

    900 Ridge Rd Ste D, 
    Munster, IN 
     (6.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Shridhar Ventrapragada is an Otolaryngologist in Munster, Indiana. Dr. Ventrapragada is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Empyema, Sinusitis, Familial Deafness, and Gastrostomy.

    Advanced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Advanced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine

    Office

    8840 Calumet Ave Ste 206, 
    Munster, IN 
     (6.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Wassim Shwaiki is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Munster, Indiana. Dr. Shwaiki is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Pneumonia, Gastrostomy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.

    Marwan Baghdan
    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine

    Advocate Medical Group Primary Care

    3330 W 177th St Ste, Ste 1A, 
    Hazel Crest, IL 
     (12.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Marwan Baghdan is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Hazel Crest, Illinois. Dr. Baghdan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Orthostatic Hypotension, Nephrosclerosis, and Renovascular Hypertension.

    Douglas K. Kyle-Hogarth
    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine | Intensive Care Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine | Intensive Care Medicine

    UChicago Medicine Physicians

    5758 S Maryland Ave, 
    Chicago, IL 
     (13.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    D Kyle Kyle-Hogarth is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Chicago, IL. Dr. Kyle-Hogarth is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Lung Nodules, Emphysema, Sarcoidosis, Endoscopy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Family Medicine

    219 Health Network Inc

    100 W Chicago Ave Ste F, 
    East Chicago, IN 
     (0.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Matthew Libiran is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in East Chicago, Indiana. Dr. Libiran is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Gastritis, Chronic Erosive Gastritis, Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine

    Community Care Network Internal Medicine-East Chicago

    2020 E Columbus Dr # A, 
    East Chicago, IN 
     (0.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Jaime Ruiz is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in East Chicago, Indiana. Dr. Ruiz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia, Xanthoma, Cirrhosis, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Family Medicine

    Kakodkar Family Medical Center

    3700 Main St, 
    East Chicago, IN 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Arvind Kakodkar is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in East Chicago, Indiana. Dr. Kakodkar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Renovascular Hypertension, Tracheitis, Headache, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine

    Chittaranjan A. Patel M.D.

    2075 Indianapolis Blvd, 
    Whiting, IN 
     (3.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Chittaranjan Patel is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Whiting, Indiana. Dr. Patel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Enlarged Liver, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine

    Benchik Medical Health Center PC

    1534 119th St, 
    Whiting, IN 
     (3.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Paula Abrinko is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Whiting, Indiana. Dr. Abrinko is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Gallbladder Disease, Familial Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis, Esophagitis, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Family Medicine

    NorthShore Health Centers

    1828 165th St, 
    Hammond, IN 
     (3.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Aditya Shah is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Hammond, Indiana. Dr. Shah is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Obesity in Children, Food Allergy, Familial Hypertension, and Hypertension.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Family Medicine

    Office

    5500 Hohman Ave Ste 2A, 
    Hammond, IN 
     (4.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Jace Varkey is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Hammond, Indiana. Dr. Varkey is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, and Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine

    Office

    7550 Hohman Ave Ste 600, 
    Munster, IN 
     (6.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Alexander Bozanich is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Munster, Indiana. Dr. Bozanich is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Periodic Limb Movement Disorder, Lung Metastases, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine

    Office

    8840 Calumet Ave Ste 206, 
    Munster, IN 
     (6.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Daniel Martin is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Munster, Indiana. Dr. Martin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion, Pneumonia, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Lung Metastases.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine

    Layous Medical Group

    9711 Valparaiso Dr Ste B, 
    Munster, IN 
     (6.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Fadi Layous is an Internal Medicine provider in Munster, Indiana. Dr. Layous is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Lung Nodules, Lung Metastases, Advanced Bronchoscopy, and Gastrostomy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine

    St. Mary Medical Center

    2241 45th St, 
    Highland, IN 
     (7.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Puneet Sethi is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Highland, Indiana. Dr. Sethi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Pleural Effusion, Pleurisy, and Endoscopy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine

    Franciscan Physician Network Munster Medical Center

    761 45th St, 
    Munster, IN 
     (7.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Tapan Desai is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Munster, Indiana. Dr. Desai is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Atypical Pneumonia, and Gastrostomy.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Empyema?

    Empyema is a collection of pus in the space between the lung and the inner surface of the chest wall (pleural space).

    When should I see an Empyema doctor near East Chicago, IN?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing an Empyema doctor near East Chicago, IN?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Empyema doctors near East Chicago, IN?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Empyema doctors near East Chicago, IN?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with an Empyema doctor near East Chicago, IN?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Empyema doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Empyema doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with an Empyema doctor near East Chicago, IN?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Empyema doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Empyema doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Empyema doctors near East Chicago, IN?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Empyema doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find an Empyema doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Empyema doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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