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Robert Koch, DO, Cardiology, Libertyville, IL

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Cardiology • Libertyville, IL

Echocardiography, Heart Failure & Transplantation, Preventive Cardiology, Cardiac Critical Care

Officer, Medical Executive Committee Advocate Condell Medical Center Director, Heart Failure Program Lake Heart Specialists 

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  • Office

    1870 W Winchester Rd
    Ste 241
    Libertyville, IL 60048
    Phone+1 847-549-0170
    Fax+1 847-549-0172

Summary

  • Dr. Robert Koch is a cardiologist of Lake Heart Specialists in Libertyville & Gurnee,IL and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Advocate Condell Medical Center where he is Chairman of the Dept. of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and cardiology training at Loyola University Medical Center Chicago and Advocate Lutheran General. He has been in practice 26 years. He specializes in Lipidology, Advanced Heart Failure & Preventive cardiology, cardiac pharmacology as well as cardiac critical care. Dr. Koch is specially trained in echocardiography, pacemaker insertion and management, cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography, and stress imaging.

Education & Training

  • Advocate Health Care/Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
    Advocate Health Care/Advocate Lutheran General HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1993 - 1996
  • Loyola University Medical Center
    Loyola University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1993
  • Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University
    Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern UniversityClass of 1990
  • Loyola University Chicago
    Loyola University ChicagoB.S., Biology/Chemistry, 1981 - 1986

Certifications & Licensure

  • IL State Medical License
    IL State License 1990 - 2026
  • NC State Medical License
    NC State License 1995 - 1998
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Cardiac Physiology Research Award Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1987
  • Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

  • Metabolic Actions of Vanadate in Streptozotocin- Diabetic Rats  
    Kopp SJ, Koch RJ, Paulson DJ, Tow JP, FASEB Journal, 3/20/1988

Abstracts/Posters

  • Value of ECG-Gated SPECT Imaging in Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients for Prediction of Cardiac Events.
    RJ Koch, PJ Peller, DH Cooke, JB Lakier, American Heart Association, Scientific Sessions, Circulation, 10/1/1996

Press Mentions

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Committees

  • Chairman, Department of Medicine, Medical Executive Committee 2016 - Present

Professional Memberships

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