Margarita Guarin, MD
Margarita Guarin, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Specialties
- Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
Locations
- Chicago - Comer Children's Hospital
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
My name is Margarita Guarin, and, I'm a pediatric pulmonologist, which means that, I take care of the lungs of children. And, I belong to the Department of Allergy and Immunology. When I was 17, and I'm from Colombia, and we have to decide to choose a career. So, my father had taught me how to take blood pressures at home.
And one day he said, well, do you want to come to the nursing home, and help me. And, we were supposed to do that, as part of service to the community. So, I went, and I helped him taking blood pressures, and giving the medications to the elderly in the nursing home. And I felt, that at that moment, that, that's what I wanted to be, serve people, and take care of their health.
Well, I love Chicago. It's the first city that I lived in, when I moved from Colombia. And, I always thought that was the city that I wanted to live forever. So, my two children came to the University of Chicago as students, and I was living in Denver, and I was ready to move to be near my kids into Chicago. So, this is a prestigious and emblematic institution. And, I was working in Peoria, and the opportunity to be here came, and, it was a dream come true.
Medicine is an art, and a science, so, I'm a little bit artistic. So, I feel like when I encounter a patient, number one, I want to know the story that they can tell me. But, every patient is different. And, I try to help them, through their problem, and do it in a very individualized way, almost like an artist that puts some special care on each patient. So, that's very important for me.
Also, the educational part of practicing medicine with patients, with the parents of the kids, even the kids, teenagers, for me is crucial. Rather than just giving prescription for a medication, and explaining why do you take that medication. Always also, give them an outlook of, if it's a chronic disease, how is it going to be in the future. So, creating a partnership with the patients.
And I think, lastly, is showing them that I care. I'm a mother, and that has been the most important thing in my life. And I try to project that with the patients, caring for each of them, like my own kids.
Specialties
Board Certifications
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Pediatrics
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- The Industrial University of Santander
Internship
- The Industrial University of Santander
Residency
- Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
Fellowship
- Medical College of Wisconsin; University of Utah. Primary Children's Hospital
News & Research
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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