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About Dr. Duchon: HLS health, is a female led business and was founded by Dr. Duchon, MD, FACP board certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, and Obesity Medicine. Dr. Duchon, completed her fellowship in Endocrinology at the University of Chicago.

Dr. Duchon’s extensive training and years of treatment of various patients challenges allows Dr. Duchon to provide top-quality treatment at every visit. Dr. Duchon’s believes being a physician is a humbling profession, and believes treating patients is a privilege. As an endocrinologist, Dr. Duchon aims to deliver not only excellent care, but also a wide range of treatment options where possibilities exist. Dr. Duchon, prefers a patient centered approach, allowing a patient to decide which option is their best course of action.

Dr. Duchon is most passionate about treatment of diabetes, obesity and obesity-related conditions, and Weight loss. Her patients have continuously recognized her for her hands-on style and compassionate treatment of their disease. Dr. Duchon specializes in diabetes, thyroid disease, calcium disorders and parathyroid disease, PCOS, pituitary disease, metabolism and weight loss, as well as other hormone-related diseases.

Experience and Education: Dr. Duchon completed her internal medicine training in Milwaukee, went on to practice hospital medicine in northwest Illinois where her passion for endocrinology grew as she saw the devastation and often unreversible damage caused by poor lifestyle choices and suboptimal management of chronic conditions, especially Diabetes. She then decided to make a change and instead of trying to repair the consequences try to look for answers and opportunities to prevent them.  

Dr. Duchon’s endocrinology training was completed at University of Chicago at the time of COVID pandemic, during which she was actively engaged in diabetes management, taking on the opportunities to improve care in hospitalized patients with diabetes as well as research in genetic thyroid diseases.  

After completion of fellowship Dr. Duchon joined Northwestern medicine and returned to practice endocrinology at Crystal Lake/Huntley location, now moved closer to home and family in Mundelein.  

 

 

Education:  

  • Bukovina State Medical University (Ukraine)  – medical school 

  • Aurora Health hospitals in Milwaukee – Internal Medicine residency 

  • University of Chicago –  Endocrinology and Metabolism Fellowship  

 Board Certifications:  

  • Internal Medicine 

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism  

  • Obesity Medicine 

Achievements:  

  • Passion for teaching was rewarded by assistant professor title as a part of Rosalind Franklin Residency program at McHenry hospital, where she dedicated many years to teaching medical students and residents.  

Membership: 

  • American College of Physicians, where she is recognized as a fellow: ACP Fellows are distinguished doctors dedicated to internal medicine. They are recognized by their peers for their excellence in medical practice, teaching, or research 

  • Endocrine Society  

  • American Thyroid Association  

  • Ukranian Medical Association of North America

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