Russell M. Petrak, M.D.
Specialty: Infectious Disease
Dr. Russell M. Petrak is a board-certified infectious disease specialist practicing in the Chicago area. He is one of the founding members and managing partner of Metro Infectious Disease Consultants.
Office: 901 McClintock Drive, Suite 201, Burr Ridge, IL 60527-0844 | P: (888) 220-6432 • F: (630) 654-4253
Dr. Russell M. Petrak is a board-certified infectious disease specialist practicing in the Chicago area.
He is one of the founding members and managing partner of Metro Infectious Disease Consultants, L.L.C. (MIDC), a 100 member fully integrated ID group servicing 100 hospitals and 20 offices. Founded in 1994, MIDC provides comprehensive infectious disease services including inpatient and outpatient consultation, traveler’s immunizations, and outpatient antibiotic therapy throughout Northern Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Michigan.
Dr. Petrak was trained at Rush Medical College and completed his internship, residency, and fellowship in infectious disease at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago. His first six years of practice were spent as teaching faculty at a Westside Chicago hospital before being appointed Academic Director of Medicine. As such, he served as program director for several residency programs, and directly supervised the subspecialty departments of internal medicine.
In 1997, he became a member of the Clinical Affairs Committee of IDSA and served as Chairman from 2000-2003. He remains an active member of the IDSA Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Task Force, and was recently the lead author of an article entitled “The Value of an Infectious Disease Specialist.”
College, Residency & Experience
Rush University Medical Center
Residency, Internal Medicine
Rush University Medical Center
Fellowship, Infectious Disease
Rush Medical College
Medical School
Certifications & Licensure
American Board of Internal Medicine
Certified in Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
Certified in Infectious Disease
Amita Health Adventist La Grange Medical Center
La Grange, IL
Amita Health Adventist Medical Center-Hinsdale
Hinsdale, IL
Elmhurst Hospital
Elmhurst, IL
Holy Cross Hospital-Chicago
Chicago, IL
Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers
Evergreen Park, IL
MetroSouth Medical Center
Blue Island, IL
Amita Health Adventist Medical Center GlenOaks
Glendale Heights, IL
Franciscan Health Olympia Fields
Olympia Fields, IL
Common carriers are listed below. Check with your insurance carrier about coverage for specialized care or treatment. Or call 877-IVDOC to speak to an MIDC representative.
Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
Anthem Blue Access PPO
Anthem Blue Preferred HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS Illinois BlueChoice Select
BCBS Illinois PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Cofinity PPO
Coventry Health Care PPO Platinum
Coventry Missouri – HMO/POS
First Health PPO
Great West PPO
Health Alliance PPO
HealthLink PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
Sagamore Health Plus
United Healthcare – Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare – Direct Options PPO
Wellmark Alliance Select
Outpatient antibiotic therapy in long-term care facilities.
Petrak, R. M.
Findings of the 1998 Infectious Diseases Society of America membership survey.
Slama, T. G., Sexton, D. J., Ingram, C. W., Petrak, R. M., Joseph, W. P.
Primary care of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
Sexton, D. J., Band, J., Berman, S., Bradley, J., Dalovisio, J. R., Ingram, C., Joseph, W. P., Petrak, R. M., Slama, T. G., Wade, B. H.
2018 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy.
Norris, A. H., Shrestha, N. K., Allison, G. M., Keller, S. C., Bhavan, K. P., Zurlo, J. J., Hersh, A. L., Gorski, L. A., Bosso, J. A., Rathore, M. H., Arrieta, A., Petrak, R. M., Shah, A., Brown, R. B., Knight, S. L., Umscheid, C. A.
2018 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy.
Norris, A. H., Shrestha, N. K., Allison, G. M., Keller, S. C., Bhavan, K. P., Zurlo, J. J., Hersh, A. L., Gorski, L. A., Bosso, J. A., Rathore, M. H., Arrieta, A., Petrak, R. M., Shah, A., Brown, R. B., Knight, S. L., Umscheid, C. A.
Value and Clinical Impact of an Infectious Disease-Supervised Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy Program.
Petrak, R. M., Skorodin, N. C., Fliegelman, R. M., Hines, D. W., Chundi, V. V., Harting, B. P.
Business aspects of infectious diseases.
Tenenbaum, M. J., Petrak, R. M.