Morris Hospital, Liberty Medical Center complete affiliation
March 6, 2017, MORRIS, IL – Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers and Liberty Medical Center have finalized an affiliation agreement that merges the practice of Aftab Khan, M.D., and Hassnain Syed, M.D., with Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers. Family Nurse Practitioner Angela Todd is also part of the practice.
The affiliation will allow both physicians more time to focus on patient care, while Morris Hospital oversees the business management responsibilities of the practice. Three of their offices will remain at their current locations, now under Morris Hospital names:
- Coal City Healthcare Center of Morris Hospital, 4 E. North Street, 815-518-5755
- Minooka Healthcare Center of Morris Hospital, 603 W. Mondamin St., 815-521-1010
- Morris Healthcare Center of Morris Hospital, 425 E. U.S. Route 6, Suite A, 815-942-8080
Additionally, in Ottawa, Dr. Syed will relocate from Norris Drive to the Morris Hospital Ottawa Campus:
- Morris Hospital Ottawa Campus, 1306 Gemini Circle, Suite 1, 815-433-9200
Dr. Khan, a board-certified internal medicine physician, has served on the Morris Hospital Medical Staff since 1999. A graduate of the King Edward Medical University in Pakistan, Dr. Khan completed an internal medicine residency at Columbus Hospital. He provides primary care services for adult patients.
Dr. Syed is board certified in family medicine and joined the Morris Hospital Medical Staff in 2010. He is a graduate of Allama Iqbal Medical College in Pakistan and completed a family medicine residency at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Syed provides care for the entire family, from newborns to seniors.
Serving patients at 25 locations in 11 communities, Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers includes the 89-bed Morris Hospital, as well as physician offices in Braidwood, Channahon, Coal City, Dwight, Gardner, Marseilles, Mazon, Minooka, Morris, Newark, Ottawa and Yorkville. Through the services of over 1,900 healthcare professionals, physicians and volunteers, Morris Hospital provides lifesaving cardiac intervention with angioplasty and stents, a radiation therapy center for cancer patients, a state-of-the-art intensive care unit, and immediate care services at three locations. Morris Hospital is a Level II trauma center and a Level II perinatal care provider with an intermediate care nursery. In 2016, Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers was named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health AnalyticsTM and included in the 2016 “100 Great Community Hospitals” list in Becker’s Hospital Review.
