Community Healthcare System welcomes new practitioners to Community Care Network

Community Healthcare System welcomes new practitioners to Community Care Network

Community Healthcare System recently welcomed four doctors to the Community Care Network, Inc. (CCNI) team of physicians. Specialties these providers represent include general surgery, intervention cardiology, family medicine and orthopedic surgery. CCNI physicians are closely affiliated with Community Healthcare System’s hospitals: Community Hospital in Munster, St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago, St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart and Community Stroke & Rehabilitation Center in Crown Point. 

Surgeon Nico Del Piccolo, MD, has joined the staff at St. Mary Medical Center and Community Hospital. He completed his residency at Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education in Jacksonville, Florida. He received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He is accepting new patients at his offices in Hobart and Valparaiso. Call 219-947-6690 to make an appointment or for more information.

Family medicine physician David Lynch Jr., DO, has joined the staff at Community Hospital in Munster. He completed his residency at Mercy Health Muskegon in Michigan. He received his medical degree from A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Missouri. He is accepting new patients at his office in Schererville. Call 219-322-3311 to make an appointment or for more information.

Interventional cardiologist Omar Obaid, DO, has joined the staff at St. Mary Medical Center and Community Stroke & Rehabilitation Center. He completed an interventional cardiology fellowship at Largo Medical Center in Florida and a cardiovascular disease fellowship at Genesys Regional Medical Center in Michigan. He completed his internal medicine residency at Allegheny General Hospital in Pennsylvania. He received his medical degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Pennsylvania. He is accepting new patients at his offices in Crown Point, Hobart, Portage and Valparaiso. Call 219-796-0400 to make an appointment or for more information. 

Orthopedic spine surgeon James St. Clair, MD, PhD, has joined the staff at Community Hospital and St. Mary Medical Center. He completed his Harvard Combined Spine Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He completed his residency at the University of Chicago. He is accepting new patients at his office in Hobart and Valparaiso. Call 219-947-6009 to make an appointment or for more information.

To find a CCNI physician near you, visit COMHS.org/physicians or call the physician referral line toll-free at 866-836-3477.