BRIJ B. JAMNADAS, M.D., F.A.C.P.
 

PRESENT MEDICAL PRACTICE

 

The Galesburg Clinic, P.C., 1995-Present

OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg, IL

Galesburg Cottage Hospital, Galesburg, IL

 

LICENSURE Medicine and Surgery:  Illinois

 

EDUCATION

Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 1992-1995, Rush-Westlake Internal Medicine Residency Program and Residency in Internal Medicine

Lautoka General Hospital, Lautoka, Fiji Islands, 1976-1977, Rotating Internship

Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Bombay, India, 1975, Rural Internship

Grant Medical College, Bombay University, Bombay, India, 1970-1975, Degree:  Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

Bombay University Premed Program, Bombay, India, 1967-1969

 

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1999

 

CERTIFICATIONS

Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (L.M.C.C.), 1995 Certificate #160791

F.L.E.X., 1993

Advance Cardiac Life Support Certification, 1992-Present

National Medical Board, Part I, 1991

National Medical Board, Part II, 1989

E.C.F.M.G. Certification, 1992

M.B.B.S., 1978

 

 MEMBERSHIPS American College of Physicians, 1996-Present

Fellow American College of Physicians and American Society of Internal Medicine, 2002

Fiji Medical Association, 1976-Present

Fiji Heart Association, 1976-Present

India Medical Association of Chicago, 1992-1995

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Member, Board of Directors, Galesburg Clinic, P.C., 2004-Present

President, Medical Staff, OSF St. Mary Medical Center, 2003-2005

Director, Prompt Care Urgent Care Campus of Galesburg Clinic, P.C., 2000-2003

Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, 2001-Present

Director, Lean on Me Program, Obesity Management Clinic, Galesburg Clinic, P.C., 1999-Present

Infectious Disease Committee, Galesburg Cottage Hospital and OSF St. Mary Medical Center, 1995-2003

Independent Medical Consultant Tutorial Programs for Merck & Co., 1999-Present

Pre-Med Internship Program, Knox College Career Service, 1996-Present

In-service Tutorials for Nursing Staff, Galesburg Clinic, P.C. & Prompt Care, 1995-Present

 

INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

 

Fiji Medical Association 29th Annual Seminar Lautoka General Hospital, Fiji "Risk Factors and Prevention of Heart Disease in Fiji", 1986

Fiji Medical Association 39th Annual Seminar Chairperson for the following Presentations: "Peptic Ulcer Disease in Fiji", "Radiological Diagnosis of Peptic Ulcer Disease", "Trends in the Management of Peptic Ulcer Disease", 1986

KOMITI for the Advancement of Nutrition and Agriculture, "Problems of Anemia in the Women in Fiji", 1985

 

INTRAMURAL PRESENTATIONS

 

"Complications and Current Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea", "Value of Biopsy in Treatment of Temporal Arteries", Rush-Westlake Internal Medicine Residency Program, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 1994

"Gout:  Pathophysiology and Clinical Presentation", "Hemoglobinopathies:  Genetics and Pathophysiology", "Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases", "Obesity:  Problems and Treatment", Lautoka General Hospital, Fiji, 1976-1977

 

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Knox County Public Health Clinic, Free Service for Low Income Families, 1999-Present

Community Health Programs Annual Obesity Awareness Seminar, 1999-Present; Voluntary Education of Students and Staff, C.U.S.D #205, "Quitting Smoking", 1999; Hypertension Awareness, 1997

Lions Club of Galesburg, Guest Speaker "Diabetes Awareness and Complications", 1999

 

AWARDS AND HONORS Research Award, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center Grant/Westlake Internal Medicine Residency Program, 1995

National Cricket Team Member, Fiji Islands, 1976-1990

First Prize, Northern Club Open Doubles Tennis Tournament, B Division, 1986

Runners-up Shield, Western Open Table Tennis Championship, 1986

Vice Captain, Fiji National Cricket Team, Fiji vs. England, 1984

Grant Medical College First X1 Cricket Team Member, Bombay, India, 1970-1975

Team Captain, Grant Medical College Cricket Team, Bombay, India, 1974

All Rounders Award, All India Inter-Medical Cricket Tournament, 1971

Table Tennis Champion, International Students House, Bombay, India, 1967-1971