Solomon J Sager, MDCardiac Electrophysiology in Oak Park, IL

Solomon Joey Sager, MD, is an independent cardiac electrophysiologist at Ascension Illinois in Oak Park near Chicago, IL. Dr. Sager specializes in diagnosing and treating atrial fibrillation (AFib), a type of arrhythmia in which your heartbeat is irregular, either too fast or too slow. Other symptoms may include chest pain, sweating, fatigue, shortness of breath, and weakness. He starts by listening to understand you and uses diagnostic testing to help determine the cause of your irregular heartbeat. Then, Dr. Sager delivers non-surgical treatments to correct arrhythmias, irregular heart rhythms, and help prevent stroke.

Whether you have new symptoms or want to talk to a heart doctor about a heart rhythm diagnosis, Dr. Sager is here for you. He performs minimally invasive cardiac ablation procedures, such as cardiac resynchronization technology, cardioversion, electrical cardioversion, maze procedure, pacemakers, radiofrequency ablation, or catheter ablation, and implants heart devices, such as WATCHMAN™ to help restore a normal heartbeat.

Dr. Sager is a partner of Chicago Cardiology Institute (CCI) and Director of Electrophysiology Division. After graduating from Cornell University, Dr. Sager attended medical school at Rush University and completed internal medicine residency at University of Illinois, where he was appointed Chief Resident.

Dr. Sager completed Cardiology and advanced Electrophysiology (EP) training under the mentorship of multiple international leaders at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University of Miami in Florida, where he also served as Chief Cardiology Fellow.

Dr. Sager trained in complex catheter ablation, including atrial fibrillation ablation, ventricular tachycardia ablation, and percutaneous epicardial ablation. He also trained in advanced cardiac device management, including laser lead extraction under the mentorship of international expert Dr. Roger Carrillo.

Dr. Sager brought his expertise back to Chicago and joined Chicago Cardiology Institute in 2014. He was the first in the area to perform multiple hospital-based and office-based EP procedures. He became a partner at CCI in 2017 and leads the EP division.

Entrepreneurial by nature, Dr. Sager’s passion is offering his patients leading edge care in the comfort of a local, accessible practice.

Dr. Sager is proficient in Spanish and Hebrew.

When not caring for patients, Dr. Sager enjoys chopping wood, skiing, playing music, and being with his family.

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