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Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD

(Dr. Ray Sawaqed, MD)

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Specializes in: Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery

1500 SOUTH FAIRFIELD AVENUE
CHICAGO, IL 60608

(773) 542-2000

Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD is a cardiothoracic surgeon in CHICAGO, IL specializing in cardiothoracic surgery and vascular surgery. Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD is affiliated with Cook County Health and Sinai Chicago.

Office Locations

1500 SOUTH FAIRFIELD AVENUE
CHICAGO, IL 60608

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in CHICAGO, IL during 2012 were inpatient care, hospital care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and open surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	34
cardiac procedures	68
catheterization	17
doctor visit	160
endarterectomy	20
hospital care	152
inpatient care	152
minimally invasive procedures	21
neck surgery	20
open surgery	87
pleural drainage	21
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	87
thoracostomy	40
vascular procedures	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in CHICAGO, IL during 2013 were inpatient care, hospital care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and open surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	18
cardiac procedures	36
catheterization	21
doctor visit	101
endarterectomy	16
hospital care	107
inpatient care	107
minimally invasive procedures	15
neck surgery	16
open surgery	47
pleural drainage	15
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	47
thoracostomy	26
vascular procedures	16

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD.

**Gender**
Male	125
Female	121

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	120
Black	112
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	91
From 75 to 84	67
85 and over	29
Less than 65	59

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	17
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	55
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	62
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	51
Diabetes	50
Dementia	15
Cancer	23

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in CHICAGO, IL during 2014 were inpatient care, hospital care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and open surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	29
cardiac procedures	58
catheterization	13
doctor visit	94
endarterectomy	19
hospital care	123
inpatient care	123
minimally invasive procedures	12
neck surgery	19
open surgery	73
pleural drainage	12
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	73
thoracostomy	27
vascular procedures	19

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD.

**Gender**
Male	135
Female	117

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	115
Black	124
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	93
From 75 to 84	74
85 and over	32
Less than 65	53

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	73
Stroke	25
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	17
Chronic Kidney Disease	55
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	23
Heart Failure	61
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	51
Diabetes	52
Dementia	17
Cancer	23

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in CHICAGO, IL during 2015 were inpatient care, hospital care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and open surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	23
cardiac procedures	46
catheterization	14
doctor visit	128
endarterectomy	15
hospital care	103
inpatient care	103
minimally invasive procedures	13
neck surgery	15
open surgery	46
pleural drainage	13
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	46
thoracostomy	13
vascular procedures	15

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD.

**Gender**
Male	234
Female	226

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	222
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	230
From 75 to 84	116
85 and over	48
Less than 65	66

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	18
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	14
Chronic Kidney Disease	59
Asthma	26
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	69
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	48
Diabetes	54
Dementia	20
Cancer	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in CHICAGO, IL during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and open surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	21
cardiac procedures	42
doctor visit	113
endarterectomy	21
hospital care	93
inpatient care	93
neck surgery	21
open surgery	42
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	42
vascular procedures	21

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD.

**Gender**
Male	123
Female	101

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	108
Black	105
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	92
From 75 to 84	64
85 and over	27
Less than 65	41

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	19
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	61
Asthma	54
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	23
Heart Failure	60
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	57
Diabetes	50
Dementia	20
Cancer	27

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in CHICAGO, IL during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and open surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	23
cardiac procedures	46
doctor visit	91
endarterectomy	18
hospital care	65
inpatient care	65
neck surgery	18
open surgery	46
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	46
vascular procedures	18

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD.

**Gender**
Male	95
Female	89

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	92
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	80
From 75 to 84	51
85 and over	17
Less than 65	36

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	19
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	67
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	43
Diabetes	61
Dementia	21
Cancer	24

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD.

**Gender**
Male	31
Female	13

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	21
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	23
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	55
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	55
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in CHICAGO, IL during 2019 were thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery, cardiac procedures and bypass surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	14
cardiac procedures	28
doctor visit	16
open surgery	28
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	28

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD.

**Gender**
Male	36
Female	21

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	34
Hispanic	12
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	26
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	16

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	61
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	49
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	60
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	70
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	74
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	74
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	74
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in CHICAGO, IL were inpatient care, hospital care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and open surgery.

bypass surgery	23
cardiac procedures	46
catheterization	16
doctor visit	100
endarterectomy	18
hospital care	107
inpatient care	107
minimally invasive procedures	15
neck surgery	18
open surgery	52
pleural drainage	15
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	52
thoracostomy	26
vascular procedures	18

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD.

**Gender**
Male	70
Female	62

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	64
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	31
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	1
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	33
85 and over	13
Less than 65	24
65 to 74	57

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	61
Depression	8
Chronic Kidney Disease	53
Asthma	10
Osteoporosis	3
Heart Failure	52
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	41
Atrial Fibrillation	9
Dementia	8
Cancer	10

Education & Training

He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and has a state license in Illinois.

Board Certification: American Board of Surgery

Licensed In: Illinois

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Cook County Health

Sinai Chicago

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.	$3,577 Tri-Ad $1,899	CoreValve Evolut $1,348	3F $238	Heart Valves $56	Mosaic $37
Endologix, Inc.	$1,488 AFX $1,102	OVATION $326	$60
Medtronic, Inc.	$503 COREVALVE EVOLUT R $207	Avalus $169	CoreValve Evolut $127
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$471 EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) $216	INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve $135	Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve $75	SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA $45
Amgen Inc.	$275 Repatha $169	Otezla $106
Other	$1,183 ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER $197	Structural Heart $159	Impella $148	RELAY THORACIC STENT-GRAFT WITH PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM $133	LifeSPARC $122	Other $423

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$4,370
Travel and Lodging	$3,094
Education	$33

Biography

Dr. Ray Sawaqed specializes in vascular surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. His hospital/clinic affiliations include Cook County Health and Sinai Chicago. He has a closed panel according to Doctor.com.