Ingrid Liu, DO

"Dr. Ingrid Liu is the owner and director of Progressive Health Primary Care, PLLC. She has been practicing primary care family medicine for over 20 years. Dr. Liu earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, her osteopathic medical degree at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed her residency at the West Suburban Hospital, Family Medicine Residency, in Oak Park. Dr. Liu chose family medicine because no other specialty provides the variety of conditions managed, exposure to the complete lives of patients, and exposure to different cultures. Until 2014 she practiced family medicine as a partner in a primary care clinic and as a physician in large multi-specialty organization. While her love of medicine continued, over that time she spent more and more time dealing with regulations and rules of health insurance companies and less time taking care of patients."

"Our goal at Progressive Health Primary Care is to provide comprehensive first line care to help patients stay healthy or for when they get sick. We treat adult patients and children as young as 5 years old. Primary care doctors used to really get to know their patients. Problems were caught and treated earlier. Patients could talk to their doctor immediately when they needed to. Patients were healthier because they got good advice to stay healthy. Traditional family medicine has changed. Traditional family medicine doctors have an average 3,000 patients in their practice. Office visits are rushed and focused on the immediate problem instead of also talking about long term health. Insurance helps pay for primary care, but insurance companies have rules that can influence how the doctor treats the patient, even in little ways. Deductibles and copays are confusing for patients and expensive for many. Handling insurance is also time consuming and expensive for doctors. What sets us apart is that we are a direct primary care practice."