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Michael M Sigman, MD

Locations Philosophy Of Care Education & Credentials Insurance Accepted

Specialties:

Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Practice:

Edward-Elmhurst Medical Group

Hospital Affiliations:

Elmhurst Hospital

Clinical Interests:

COPD; Emphysema; Liver Disease; Renal Failure; Cancer Tumors; Heart Failure; Hospice Care/Palliative Medicine; Lung Disease; Malignancies; Stroke

This provider is an employee of one of the Edward-Elmhurst Health System entities.

Locations

Philosophy Of Care

I am a physician trained in surgery and palliative care medicine, but my true profession as I see it, is to be a translator. I want to help patients understand what is happening to their bodies and to help them make sense of their treatments, their symptoms and most importantly, help guide them and their loved ones in making decisions about their care. Our medical technology is so advanced that sometimes it can feel like we are focused on a cell or an organ but lose sight of the whole person those parts make up. In palliative care my job is to embrace the person who we are treating and find out about what is most important for them as an individual. As our treatments have gotten more advanced, unfortunately some of the symptoms experienced by sufferers of disease have too. Our mission in palliative care to is to use all the tools we have to target the symptoms of the disease, not just the disease itself. We believe that relief of suffering should be our highest priority. My conviction is that patients deserve care and attention to these things, not only in the beginning of their disease process, but all throughout, and even in the final stages of life.

Education & Credentials

Education: George Washington University, 2009

Internship: Loyola University Health System, 2010

Residency: Loyola University Health System, 2017

Fellowship: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (Springfield), 2018; University of Chicago, 2020

Certifications

Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Insurance Accepted

Aetna EPO

Aetna NAP

Aetna HMO

All Kids

Aetna Medicare Open Basic

Aetna Medicare Open Standard

Aetna POS

Aetna PPO

AARP Medicare Advantage Complete (UHC) and Compete Assure

AARP Medicare Advantage Complete (UHC) PPO

Tricare

Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO

Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO

Blue Cross Blue Shield POS

Blue Advantage HMO

Blue Advantage PPO

Blue Advantage POS

Blue Choice POS

Blue Choice HMO

Principal Healthcare PPO

PPO Next

Principal Healthcare POS

United Healthcare AARP Medicare Complete

United Healthcare

United Healthcare EPO

United Healthcare HMO

United Healthcare PPO

United Healthcare POS

United Healthcare Secure Horiz

Blue Choice PPO

Blue Precision HMO

Aetna

Beech Street PPO

Coventry Advantra Freedom PFFS

Cigna

Coventry Health Care

Cigna HMO/POS

CIGNA HMO

Cigna Medicare Access

CIGNA PPO

Corvel

Coventry HMO

Coventry POS

Coventry PPO

Corvel POS

Corvel-PPO

Great West HMO

Great West POS

Great West PPO

Great West

HealthLink PPO

Health Financial Network

Humana Gold Choice PFFS

Humana Gold Plus HMO

Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO of Illinois

Humana Choice PPO

Humana EPO

Humana HMO

Humana

Humana PPO

Humana POS

Illinois Health Partners

Interplan Hlth Grp(Preferred)

Medicaid

Medicare

Multi Plan

Multiplan-PHCS-PPO

Principal Healthcare HMO