Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at Rush with Danny Luger, MD

Danny Luger, MD, is a cardiologist in the Rush University System for Health and the co-founder of the Rush Metabolic Health Consortium.

He runs the Rush Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease at Rush Oak Park whose goal is to prevent patients from developing cardiac disease. When meeting with patients, Dr. Luger helps them identify their barrier to achieving a healthy lifestyle, whether it is sedentary behavior, multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes. After getting to know his patients, he creates individualized medical plans to help them overcome those factors.

“The model that we're trying to put forth is preventive, where we can engage people in health and wellness well before they develop manifestations of disease. Eighty percent of cardiovascular disease is preventable, so we know this is an effective strategy. It's a matter of changing the way that our system approaches chronic diseases and the way that patients conceptualize seeing a doctor.”