BJC Medical Group

BJC Medical Group is a dynamic, multidisciplinary group with locations across the St. Louis metropolitan and outlying areas. The physicians, providers and staff of BJC Medical Group provide the highest level of care to thousands of patients every day.

We are affiliated with BJC HealthCare, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States.

Visit any of our locations around St. Louis, Farmington, Sullivan and Columbia, Missouri, or Alton, Illinois.

	Physician Offers Videos and Twitter Chat on Diabetes Aunita Hill, MD, internal medicine, practices at Sunset Hills Adult Medicine. It was her mother’s strength and attitude toward her diabetes and disability that helped motivate and inspire Dr. Hill throughout medical school and life. Learn more >
	House Call -- Raising Hope: The Future of Multiple Sclerosis  Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated disease that affects the brain, nerves that connect the eyes to the brain, and spinal cord but 2011 was a remarkable year in MS discoveries. See a glimpse at some of the latest discoveries outlined by BJC Medical Group physician, Mark Tullman, MD. Learn more >
	Meng Zhao, MD Meng Zhao, MD, internal medicine, Overland Medical Group, talks about her background in Chinese. She also discusses health issues facing Chinese-Americans in both Chinese and English. Watch her videos >
	First in St. Louis to Treat A-Fib with New “Freezing” Technology  BJC Medical Group provider and director of the Arrhythmia Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, Karthik Ramaswamy, MD, performed the region’s first CryoAblation Balloon Catheter procedure Wednesday, December 21, 2011, to treat a 53-year old male patient with recurrent atrial fibrillation. The patient had suffered with this condition for many years, and multiple drug therapies had failed to control the symptoms. Learn more >
	Breastfeeding Reduces Breast Cancer Risk with Rosanna Gray-Swain, MD Rosanna Gray-Swain, MD, is an obstetrician and gynecologist who works at West End Ob/Gyn, a part of BJC Medical Group. In this video she talks about modifiable and unmodifiable risk factors associated with breast cancer, and how breastfeeding can help reduce the risk. Watch the video >
	Sports Injuries and Children with Aaron Omotola, MD Aaron Omotola, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon who works at the Alton Orthopedic Clinic, a part of BJC Medical Group. Many of the patients he sees are young athletes. Watch the video >
	The Importance of a Good Doctor-Patient Relationship  Today, doctors and patients move around more often. Patients aren’t getting to know their doctors as well, and in most areas have a long list of options to choose from. Patients also are able to access a lot of medical information online, allowing them to get an idea of what may be wrong with them before they ever set foot in a doctor’s office. The patient-doctor dynamic has changed. The need for a good relationship between the two has not. Learn more >
	Vinay Kamat, MD, Talks About His Other Passion, Acting  Vinay Kamat, MD, internal medicine, is a storyteller at heart. The new internist with Barnes West Medical Consultants, uses that ability every day in his medical practice. Those speaking and writing skills also come in handy when he is acting, or creating one of his novels, poems or screenplays. Kamat, his wife and son star in "Bedlam Street" filmed in St. Louis. Learn more >
	BJC Medical Group Names Hospitalist Medical Director  Vikram Patney, MD, internal medicine, is regional medical director of hospitalist medicine for the BJC Medical Group. In his new role, Dr. Patney will have administrative and operational responsibility for the BJC Medical Group hospitalist programs at: Alton Memorial Hospital Christian Hospital  Missouri Baptist Medical Center Parkland Health Center Learn more >
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