Stavros Ionides, MD

Dr. Stavros P. Ionides is a Board Certified Neonatologist. He received his MD degree from the National University in Athens, Greece. He subsequently completed his training in the United States with a Pediatric Residency at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and his Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Ionides was subsequently recruited to join the neonatal program at Carle Clinic in Urbana, Illinois following which he became medical director of the level III unit which he was instrumental in developing. He later took a position in the Level III NICU at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois.

In 1993, Dr. Ionides was one of two cofounders of Dupage Neonatology Associates. He is the Medical Director of the Adventist Hinsdale Hospital Level III NICU; and, a long-time member of its Neonatal Morbidity-Mortality Committee.

Dr. Ionides is also the hospital based instructor for the Neonatal Resuscitation Program in the Adventist Hinsdale, La Grange and Bolingbrook Hospitals. He teaches family practice residents and nurses within those venues.

Education:
     Fellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Georgetown University Washington, DC
     Residency, Pediatrics, Mercy Hospital. Baltimore, MD
     MD, National University, Athens Greece

Board Certification
     Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
     Pediatrics

Professional Memberships
     Hospital Based Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor

Current Offices/Appointments
     Director of Level 3 NICU, Amita Adventist Hinsdale Hospital
     Member, Perinatal Morbidity & Mortality committee
     Member, hospital physician leader, Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative

Research/Interests
     Sepsis
     Neonatal Post – Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus