Our office has always practiced universal precautions, which means that we have practiced infection control as though COVID-19 has always been present.  Our infection control standards use barriers, disinfection, disposables, and sterilization for controlling all diseases.  I am on staff at Northshore University HealthSystem and I have been receiving daily updates on COVID-19 from the CDC, to which our office has complied with government recommendations.  More recently, Governor Pritzker and Dr. Ngozi Ezike, Illinois Director of Public Health, have made specific recommendations.  In response to their recommendations,  I have decided to close the office.  This is a small role the office can play in managing this outbreak to the community and to the country.  The office will be closed beginning the afternoon of March 16- April 7, 2020.  The office will restrict treatment to emergency care only.  Thank you for your understanding, trust, and confidence. For most current dates, please purge your computer’s cache by holding the CTRL key and pressing f5.