Dr. Koen Van Besien, MD



Internal Medicine   -  Illinois,  Chicago

 Overview

Dr. Koen Van Besien, MD works in Chicago, Illinois is a specialist in Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and graduated University Leuven in 1987. Dr. Besien is affiliated with University of Chicago Hospitals, University of Illinois Hospital and practicing for 39 years

 Specialties

  • Internal Medicine
  • Hematology
  • Oncology

 Conditions

• Actinic Cheilitis
• Aphasia
• Arterial Revascularization
• Bilateral Cataracts
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Chronic Pain Management
• Correction of Protruding Ears
• Demyelinating Disorders
• Diseases Contagious from Safe Sex
  ...
• External Ear Disorders
• Food Allergy - Codfish
• Food Allergy - Fruit
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Herbal Agent Adverse Reaction - Echinacea
• Hypertensive Encephalopathy
• Hyposmolality and Hyponatremia
• Knee Pain
• Lumbar Decompression Therapy
• Memory Disorders
• Mental Retardation, X-Linked Recessive - Macrocephaly - Ciliary Dysfunction
• Metabolic Rate Testing
• Microscopic Ulcerative Colitis
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Muscle Hypotonia
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
• Optic Ataxia
• Outpatient and inpatient dialysis supervision and management [More]
• Plasmapheresis
• Post-Dysenteric Arthropathy
• Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Prolactinoma
• Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
• Rathke's Cleft Cyst
• Retinoschisis, Autosomal Dominant
• Salivary Gland Stones
• Severe Chronic Pain
• Sexual Disorders
• Skin Lesion
• Stitches
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
• The provision of follow-up treatment for patients who have undergone kidney transplants
• The provision of nutritional information for patients with kidney disease
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Venous Thromboembolic Disease
• Wound Infection
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 Procedures

• Acute Leukemia
• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anemia
• Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
• Bone Marrow Biopsy
• Bone Marrow Transplant
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Breast Cancer
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
• Coagulation Disorders (incl. Hemophilia)
  ...
• Colorectal Cancer
• Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• ENT Cancer
• Esophageal Cancer
• Graft vs Host Disease
• Hodgkin's Disease
• HPC Transplantation (Stem Cell Transplant)
• Hypercoagulable State
• Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
• Leukocytosis
• Liver Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Lymphoma
• Lymphoma, Large Cell, Anaplastic
• Lymphosarcoma
• Macroglobulinemia (incl. Waldenstrom's )
• Mantle Cell Lymphoma
• Mycosis Fungoides
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Myeloma
• Myeloproliferative Disorders
• Neutropenia
• Nodular Lymphoma
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Oral Cancer
• Osteosarcoma
• Ovarian Cancer
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Pancytopenia
• Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
• Polycythemia Rubra Vera
• Prostate Cancer
• Secondary Malignancies
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Skin Cancer
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach Cancer
• Testicular Cancer
• Thoracentesis
• Thrombocytosis
• Thymomas
• Venous Embolism and Thrombosis
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 Board Certifications

  • Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine

 Years Since Graduation

  • 39

 Education & Training

Residency Hospital

University Leuven

Belgium
Year completed: 1987

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 Office Locations


Primary location

 Office Address
5758 South Maryland Avenue
Illinois (IL)
Chicago
60637

Accepting New Patients

  • No
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 Map & Directions



Office Address, 5758 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois (IL), 60637




 Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)

  • Aetna
  • Aetna HMO
  • Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
  • Blue Card PPO
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Choice Plus POS
  • Choice Plus POS II
  • Cigna
  • Cigna HMO
  • Cigna PPO
  • Commercial Insurance Company
  • Connecticare
  • Emblem Health
  • EmblemHealth
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
  • Freedom Plan
  • GHI PPO
  • Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
  • Health Net
  • HealthFirst
  • Humana
  • Locals (any local)
  • MagnaCare
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Medicare Advantage PFFS
  • Medicare MCR
  • MVP Health Care
  • Navigate HMO
  • Navigate POS
  • Neighborhood Health Providers
  • Open Access Plus
  • Options PPO
  • Oxford Health Plans
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Pathway Enhanced Guided Access
  • POMCO Group
  • Prism Blue Priority EPO
  • United Healthcare
  • UnitedHealthCare

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 Affiliated Hospitals


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University of Chicago Hospitals

5841 South Maryland Avenue Illinois IL, Chicago, 60637

University of Chicago Hospitals is a hospital located in Chicago, IL. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 4 of 14 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 3 of 14 procedures.



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University of Illinois Hospital

1740 West Taylor Street Suite 1400 Illinois IL, Chicago, 60612

University of Illinois Hospital is a State owned hospital located in Chicago, IL. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 4 of 9 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 2 of 9 procedures.



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