Dr. Sam G. Pappas, MD | Oak Lawn, IL | Surgery

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Dr. Sam Pappas is a board-certified surgeon with 28 years of experience providing comprehensive surgical care. He completed his medical degree at Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center and went on to complete his residency training at Northwestern University. Dr. Pappas is fluent in Polish, Spanish, and English.

Dr. Pappas practices at Rush Oak Lawn in Oak Lawn, Illinois, and maintains hospital privileges at Loyola University Medical Center. He specializes in treating conditions such as high blood pressure and hypertensive emergencies. His surgical expertise includes performing infusion therapy, intravenous chemotherapy, and other chemotherapy treatments for patients. Patients rate Dr. Pappas 4.4 out of 5 stars for his care.

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accepting new patients
4.3

20 Ratings
28 years of experience
21 insurance plans accepted
speaks Polish, Spanish, English
Northwestern University
7 written reviews
2 specialties
7 areas of expertise
3 board certifications
1 hospital affiliation
2 office locations
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Dr Pappas is smart. I felt secure in his decision making and everything he predicted was correct. I love rush. We were happy going there for care. One negative of Dr Pappas was if you’re one of those patients that likes to stay informed he probably isn’t the doctor for you. I am in the medical field and had a lot of questions. Being an informed patient is important to me especially because I had a tumor. He would end up trying to avoid meeting me or sending a resident to answer questions for me. He would tell me “question”time is over and walk out abduptly. He didn’t make the time for me and was quickly in and out. The resident doctor did at one point misinform me which was even more confusing. After surgery, he didn’t go tell my family all was well. When the resident doctor saw my family and recognized them, he informed them all was ok. Dr Pappas should have done that, not the resident. All in all happy surgery went well and I’m ok.

December 24th, 2020

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Dr.Sam Pappas saved my life by performing a liver resection and gall bladder removal for cancer that began in the colon then metastasized to my liver ( the tumors were on both the left and right sides of the liver)... Dr. Pappas saved my life ( and has given me more time to live on this beautiful earth)! He is an incredibly intelligent Dr. who is so very CONFIDENT... I would REFER DR PAPPAS every time ... He set my mind at ease and gave me HOPE for a complete recovery. ??????????

January 29th, 2020

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He is smart, won’t take that away from him but he needs work with how he works with patients. He wasn’t willing to sit longer to answer questions. After surgery, he never came to give info to my family and it was a 4 hour surgery so they were worried something happened. We ended up getting more information from his head resident, which isn’t fair because he wasn’t as knowledgeable. If he saw my family was in my room, he would avoid coming in. He was cocky as well. He did help me, and I a grateful but the process of getting information was hard.

September 17th, 2019

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He is smart, won’t take that away from him but he needs work with how he works with patients. He wasn’t willing to sit longer to answer questions. After surgery, he never came to give info to my family and it was a 4 hour surgery so they were worried something happened. We ended up getting more information from his head resident, which isn’t fair because he wasn’t as knowledgeable. If he saw my family was in my room, he would avoid coming in. He was cocky as well. He did help me, and I a grateful but the process of getting information was hard.

September 17th, 2019

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Without elaborating and what a complicated case I am ... Dr. Pappas saved my life

January 7th, 2019

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Dr pappas is an amazing person! He gave my family hope when no one else did. I’m so thankful and blessed!

April 21st, 2018

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February 2nd, 2017

Rush Oak Lawn

5851 W 95th St Ste 810Oak Lawn, IL 60453

Tel: (708) 660-2364

Mon8:00 am - 5:30 pm

Tue8:00 am - 5:30 pm

Wed8:00 am - 5:30 pm

Thu8:00 am - 5:30 pm

Fri8:00 am - 5:30 pm

SatClosed

SunClosed

Rush Surgical Oncology - Rubschlager Building

1520 W Harrison St # 11Chicago, IL 60607

Tel: (312) 942-5500


Dr. Sam G. Pappas, MD	Dr. Zaid Abdelsattar, MD	Dr. Priya Shirish Bhakta, MD	Dr. Gerard J Abood, MD
Surgery	Surgery	Surgery	Surgery
Accepts New Patients	Accepts New Patients	Accepts New Patients	Accepts New Patients
4.3 (20 Ratings)	0 (0 Ratings)	0 (0 Ratings)	5 (7 Ratings)
28 Years of Experience
Virtual Visit Available	No Virtual Visit Option	No Virtual Visit Option	No Virtual Visit Option
Speaks Polish, Spanish, English			Speaks Spanish, Polish, English
Oak Lawn , IL	Maywood , IL	Maywood , IL	Maywood , IL
Med School: Rush Medical College Of Rush University Medical Center
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Where is Dr. Sam Pappas's office located?: Dr. Sam Pappas's office is located at 5851 W 95th St Ste 810, Oak Lawn, IL, 60453.
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Which hospitals is Dr. Sam Pappas affiliated with?: Dr. Sam Pappas is affiliated with Loyola University Medical Center.
What languages does Dr. Sam Pappas speak?: Dr. Sam Pappas speaks Polish, Spanish, and English.

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