History

Circle Medical Management opened its doors in 1988. We started with a 10 station incenter program and a home peritoneal dialysis program. Since that time we have grown to 28 stations and added new services and technology.

In the mid 1990's we began providing onsite home dialysis services to residents of skilled nursing facilities. In 2005 we became the first provided in Illinois to offer daily home hemodialysis using the NxStage technology. We have also been the provider of inpatient dialysis therapies to Rush University Medical Center since 1988, providing bed side dialysis using the most advanced technologies.

Dr. Edmund J. Lewis is the founder and President of Circle Medical Management and the Director of the Section of Nephrology and Professor of Medicine at Rush University Medical Center. He is a world-renowned nephrologist whose integrity and commitment to the advancement of the treatment is well recognized.

He has played an important roles on the development of dialysis services in the US and has conducted some of the most relevant kidney disease research in the world, including therapeutic advancements that led to slowing the progression to end stage renal disease in patients with diabetic kidney disease.

Dr. Lewis is the recipient of the National Kidney Foundation Gift of Life Award and the America Society of Nephrology's Scribner Award for his outstanding contributions in clinical practice and clinical care.