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Press Releases April, 2007 Dr. Cornwell is featured in the cover article of the UIC Alumni Magazine.
July, 2006 Illinois finest members and friends honored at the annual meeting of the Illinois Academy of Family Physicians (iafp.com) NAPERVILLE, Illinois - The Illinois Academy of Family Physicians honored some of its finest family physicians at a special luncheon July 15 as part of the 2006 annual meeting. Family Physician of the Year – Dale W. Blaise, MD of Murphysboro Distinguished Service Award – Thomas Cornwell, MD of Wheaton Family Medicine Teacher of the Year – Margaret Kirkegaard, MD, MPH of Downers Grove Media Award – Judith Graham, Chicago Tribune President’s Award (2) – Catherine Counard, MD, MPH and Statewide Medical Alliance for the Survival of Healthcare (S*M*A*S*H) Thomas Cornwell, MD
Dr. Cornwell has taken a
passion for the elderly and disabled and created an entire practice
dedicated to home visits. Not only has he served the Chicago metro
area, he has helped others nationwide duplicate his model to serve
their communities. Dr. Cornwell combines modern medical technology with good old-fashioned family medicine to bring a much needed avenue of care. His practice, HomeCare Physicians, is entirely home visits to elderly and disabled patients who often cannot get to a physician’s office on their own without great difficulty. His system relies on a good set of wheels, a wireless laptop, portable equipment and a very organized support staff. He is working on behalf of home-based care nationally, serving on the Home-based Primary Care Quality Initiative, with the goal of creating quality indicators for house call medicine. He’s been doing home visits for over twelve years and has personally done over 19,000 home visits, caring for more than 3,000 homebound patients. He’s been honored as a National House Call Doctor of the Year and with the AMA’s Pride in the Profession Award. But it wasn’t easy building this mission from the ground up. “There was a time in 1996 when I was making no money and being supported by my wife,” recalls Dr. Cornwell. “I am thankful He [God] led me to Central DuPage Health who agreed to support a house call program. It has been exciting to see it grow and become a national leader in house calls.” Dr. Cornwell graduated from University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago in 1986. During his fourth year of medical he fell in love with family medicine during a rotation in the family medicine department at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. As a result, he completed his residency training at Lutheran General. While working at Central DuPage Hospital’s Convenient Care Centers, he first discovered his desire to help the elderly and home-bound through his community service while volunteering at a Christian health center on Chicago’s west side. Dr. Cornwell and his wife, Leslie are the proud parents of two children, Nathan and Angie. The Distinguished Service Award is given at the discretion of the IAFP Awards and Promotions Committee to honor an IAFP member with outstanding service to patients over a career. “Family physicians are extremely dedicated physicians by their very nature,” said committee member Dr. John Sage, who presented the award. “But when you learn about a physician who takes the mission of serving some of our most fragile patients and provides such unmatched care, that doctor should be honored and celebrated.” The award was last presented in 2005 to James Lang, MD of Chicago.
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