Wilmette Doctor Disciplined, License Again Put On Indefinite Probation

WILMETTE, IL — State medical regulators recently disciplined a Wilmette doctor for the second time in less than two years.

Dr. Stephen Bundra, who has been a licensed doctor in Illinois since 1984, has been the subject of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation disciplinary action three times in the past decade.

The first incident was based upon allegations that Bundra failed to tell a patient about an abnormal lesion on their kidney, which had been turned up incidentally on a CT scan of the patient's chest.

This led to a full nephrectomy — removal of the kidney, according to state regulators.

Officials from Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, or IDFPR, opened a disciplinary case against Bundra over the incident in 2015 and reprimanded him in June 2018.

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The same year as the reprimand was issued, IDFPR opened another case against Bundra.

In May 2022, IDFPR placed Bundra's license on indefinite probation for a minimum of one year and fined him $1,000 for his failure "to properly assess the abnormal laboratory test results of a patient, resulting in a delayed diagnosis and treatment of liver bile duct cancer."

Regulators also required Bundra to have his practice monitored and complete 50 hours of continuing medical education.

On the same day that probation ended, May 18, Bundra's license was placed on probation again for a minimum of a year.

IDFPR officials placed multiple conditions on his license, including a practice monitor, "due to improper controlled substance prescribing to a patient" in connection with a case opened in 2022.

Bundra is associated with Endeavor Health NorthShore Hospitals and has expertise in the treatment of several dozen conditions, according to U.S. News and World Report.

"I'm doing fine and my practice is fine," Bundra told Patch when asked about the disciplinary action. "I can't comment on that."