UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Irene Ma, MD
Irene Ma, MD
UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Specialties
- Hematology and Oncology (Cancer)
Locations
- New Lenox - Cancer Center at Silver Cross Hospital
- Orland Park - Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver Cross
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
Irene Ma, MD, is a medical oncologist who specializes in breast, colon and lung cancers. She works with patients to make sure they understand their diagnosis and discuss treatment options that are right for their type and stage of cancer.
Dr. Ma supports patients through each stage of cancer treatment, helping them understand what to expect and feel prepared for the road ahead. She pays close attention to how patients are feeling and how well their treatment is working, making changes when needed to provide the best possible care.
A cancer diagnosis can bring a lot of information and decisions all at once, so Dr. Ma takes time to answer questions and explain each step of care clearly. She wants her patients to have confidence in the care they receive.
Dr. Ma supports patients through each stage of cancer treatment, helping them understand what to expect and feel prepared for the road ahead. She pays close attention to how patients are feeling and how well their treatment is working, making changes when needed to provide the best possible care.
A cancer diagnosis can bring a lot of information and decisions all at once, so Dr. Ma takes time to answer questions and explain each step of care clearly. She wants her patients to have confidence in the care they receive.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
UChicago Medicine Cancer Care at Silver Cross Hospital - New Lenox1850 Silver Cross Blvd. Carolyn J. Czerkies Pavilion, New Lenox IL 604511-855-826-1400
UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver Cross Orland Park17047 S. La Grange Rd. Suite 203, Orland Park IL 60487773-795-0050
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Internship
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Residency
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Fellowship
- University of Illinois at Chicago
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.