
Hesham A Hassaballa MD FCCP, FAASM
Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine
Associate Regional Medical Director
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800 W. Central Rd.ICU DepartmentArlington Heights, IL 60005
Phone+1 847-618-7301
Fax+1 847-618-7319
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Education & Training
Rush University Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2002 - 2005
Rush University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2002
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical CenterClass of 1999
Certifications & Licensure
NM State Medical License 2025 - 2028
DE State Medical License 2013 - 2027
TX State Medical License 2021 - 2027
SC State Medical License 2023 - 2027
MT State Medical License 2022 - 2026
WV State Medical License 2022 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Sleep Medicine- Join now to see all
 
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Runner Up, Quality Award Sound Physicians, 2015
 - ED/ICU Team Award Rush-Copley Medical Center, 2014
 - Julius S. Newman, M.D. Education Award Rush-Copley Medical Staff, 2013
 
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Hedge Language Is Also Used Because We Clinicians Are Asked the Unknowable.Hesham A Hassaballa
Critical Care Medicine. 2023-12-01 - 94 citationsImpact of adherence with positive airway pressure therapy on hypercapnia in obstructive sleep apnea.Babak Mokhlesi, Aiman Tulaimat, Arthur T. Evans, Yue Wang, Abed-Alrahman Itani
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2006-01-15 - 8 citationsMetal fume fever presenting as aseptic meningitis with pericarditis, pleuritis and pneumonitis.Hesham A. Hassaballa, Omar Lateef, Julian Bell, Eileen H. Kim, Larry Casey
Occupational Medicine. 2005-12-01 
Press Mentions
When Death Comes to the IntensivistApril 27th, 2025
The Long, Slow Death of the AutopsySeptember 23rd, 2020
Coping with Grief and GuiltMay 21st, 2018
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