Meet a new doc on Milwaukee Avenue: Erin Malone, MD

Erin Malone, MD, a board certified internist and pediatrician, opened a new Presence Medical Group* Practice at 1658 North Milwaukee Ave. on Aug. 19. Everyone is invited to her open house Sat., Aug. 24, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

The special day will feature fun and educational activities for adults and children alike. And, attendees may ask about any medical-related concerns they have. There will be a healthy snack station, a teddy-bear and doll clinic, and an interactive glow-germ station just for kids.

After her second year as a second-grade teacher in the Chicago Public Schools system, Malone decided that she wanted to pursue a career path that she thought about in high school but didn't follow. That was being a physician. Despite her undergrad degree at Colgate in upper state New York and her Masters in Early Childhood Education from Boston, she had to return to school to do undergrad work for a year. At that point she had earned enough credits in pre-requisite courses for entering medical school. 

"In our third and fourth years at Loyola University's Stritch School of Medicine, we rotated in multiple specialties. While I was sure that I was going to go into pediatrics, I realized that I also liked internal medicine," said our new "doc-in-a-strip mall."  She completed her residency at Rush University Medical Center before joining Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center. 

Focusing on families, Malone has a range of patients facing all phases of life from birth through end-of-life. On the medical staff of Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, she has been with the Presence Medical Group since August 2012. 

While she enjoyed seeing patients in the Medical Center's Ukrainian Village office as well as another office in Norridge, she is looking forward to building a practice on Milwaukee Ave. and hopefully being able to add a second physician.

In consideration of people's life demands, her office hours are:

• Monday and Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Tuesday and Thursday, noon to 8 p.m.
• Every other Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon

Appointments may be booked on line or by calling 773.278.7889. Same day appointments are available.

*Presence Medical Group, a physician-led multi-specialty group with over 100 locations and 300 physicians in Chicago and throughout Illinois.