Newswise — Seven Loyola University Health System doctors have been named to the 2015 Negocios Now Who’s Who in Hispanic Chicago list.

Negocios Now, a national award-winning publication, develops a list each year of the most prominent Hispanics in the Chicago area. Nominees come from a variety of sectors, including business, healthcare, media, nonprofit, education, culture and politics.

Loyola physicians on the list include:

Jorge Asconapé, MD – NeurologyJose Biller, MD – NeurologyMarcelo DaSilva, MD – Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryDiego di Sabato, MD – SurgeryMary Lou Gutierrez, MD – Child and Adolescent PsychiatryJoseph Leija, MD – AllergyTulio Rodriguez, MD – Hematology/Oncology Awardees will be honored at a gala on Friday, June 12, at the Chicago Cultural Center. They also will be named in a special edition of Negocios Now, which will be unveiled at the gala and made available to subscribers and Hispanic communities across the Chicago area.

About Negocios NowNegocios Now was founded in 2007 and is published by Nicado Publishing Company. The national award-winning publication is the Midwest's most dynamic news source for growing Hispanic businesses, focusing primarily on business owners, entrepreneurs and economic development in the Latino community. In 2011, Negocios Now received the "Outstanding Business Publication" and "Outstanding Business Article" awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications. In May 2012, The Chicago Headline Club, a leading association of local professional journalists, awarded Negocios Now the Peter Lisagor Award for General Excellence, a first for a Hispanic newspaper in Chicago. Publisher Clemente Nicado, is the author of "Así lo hicieron", a 2012 book featuring profiles of outstanding Hispanic businesspeople in the Chicago area. Negocios Now received two additional national awards in 2013.

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