Urgent care services at Memorial Care provides fast and affordable healthcare seven days a week with hassle-free walk-in appointments. It is the perfect alternative when your primary care provider is not available or your case doesn't call for a trip to the Emergency Department.

Located in Decatur, Illinois, Decatur Memorial Hospital is a 280-bed, not-for-profit, community hospital that has provided medical care for residents of central Illinois since 1916. DMH is a designated Level II Trauma Center and a Primary Stroke Center. Inpatient services include orthopedics, cardiopulmonary, vascular medicine, gastroenterology, oncology and neurosciences, emergency medicine and laboratory and radiology services. Outpatient services include infusion,... Read More about Decatur Memorial Hospital

Tina Lenardson is an advanced practice registered nurse with a broad range of clinical expertise. She earned a bachelor of science in nursing degree from Lakeview College of Nursing and a master of science in nursing degree from Olivet Nazarene University before completing the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Illinois State University.

Joseph Harbourn, APRN, is an advanced practice provider. he earned master of science in nursing and bachelor of science in nursing degree from St. Francis Medical Center College of Nursing in Peoria. Prior to joining Memorial Care, he worked as a registered nurse in the hospital setting.

Dr. Zahi Nachef completed his pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. He completed his internal medicine residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut and medical school at Saint Joseph University School of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon. Dr. Nachef is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with... Read More about Zahi Nachef, MD

Dr. Ajay Verma completed his pulmonary & critical care fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Detroit, MI. He completed his internal medicine residency at SUNY Health & Science Center, Syracuse, New York. Dr. Verma completed medical school at Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India. Special interest include critical care and interventional bronchoscopy.

Dr. Arnold is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine and sleep medicine. He completed his pulmonary fellowship at the Case Wester Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, his internship and residency at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and medical school at the Pritzker School of Medicine in Chicago. He is a fellow of the American College... Read More about J. Steven Arnold, MD

Dr. Olutola Akiode is a critical care physician. She attended medical school at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. She completed her residency in orthopedic and trauma surgery at the National Orthopedic Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1998. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2012; and a fellowship in pulmonary... Read More about Olutola Akiode, MD

Bharat Neelam Raju, MD, is a critical care physician and nephrologist. He completed his critical care medicine fellowship in the Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. He completed his nephrology fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. He is fluent in English, Hindi, Teluga and Russian and has co-authored... Read More about Bharat Neelam Raju, MD

Our critical care physicians practice in the hospital setting and provide care to patients requiring intensive care. Often referred to as “intensivists,” our critical care physicians collaborate with hospital and specialty teams to treat, diagnose and support patients experiencing and recovering from critical illness, which often includes organ failure or injuries that may be life-threatening. Their focus also extends to... Read More about Memorial Specialty Care Critical Care

Patrick Sylvester, MD, is a pulmonologist and critical care physician. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor of science degree before going on to graduate summa cum laude from The Ohio State University College of Medicine. A member of the American College of Physicians, American College of Emergency Medicine and American College of Chest Physicians,... Read More about Patrick Sylvester, MD

Shalini Chiravuri, MD, specializes in pulmonology and critical care. She earned a medical degree from International University of the Health Sciences, St. Kitts and Nevis. She completed a residency in internal medicine in Pennsylvania and a fellowship in pulmonology and critical care at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.