Sergio D. Ilic, MD
Sergio Ilic was born in Santiago, Chile, and obtained his medical degree from the University of Chile. He immigrated to the US in 1972 and became a citizen in 1984. His medical career includes posts in both countries including the National Health Service of Chile; Morrison Knudson, a US construction company that developed the Saladillo Copper Mine in Chile; Hospital del Trabajador (Worker’s Hospital), in Santiago; and an internship at Mercy Hospital in Denver, CO. He completed his orthopedic residency at University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, and worked in private practice in New Mexico. Dr. Ilic was an orthopedic surgeon at Valley Medical Center (former county hospital) and was Chief of Orthopedics there from 1986 to 1989. He served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery for UCSF Fresno and has been an orthopedic surgeon at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Fresno when he closed his private practice from 2015 to present. He has volunteered with the Doctors Academy for nearly 20 years, giving lectures on health fields at Sunnyside, Selma, and Caruthers High Schools. He was named Doctor of the Year in 2011, presented by Latino Center for Medical Education and Research and The Doctors Academy. Certified through the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons, Dr. Ilic is currently “semi-retired,” assisting in surgeries as needed. Dr. Ilic holds a patent for developing a special scalpel to perform minimally invasive Carpal Tunnel Release and is developing a Trapezio-Metacarpal Prosthesis for the base of the thumb osteoarthritis. He was the President of the Fresno Madera Medical Society in 2012.