Meet Our Team of Administrators

Lisa Stracks co-founded Cormendi Health with Dr. Stracks and manages marketing, finance, and human resources. In a previous career, she was an editor, which reinforced her strong interest in education and excellence, and she uses that experience to continually refine Cormendi’s connection with all our stakeholders. She is committed to creating a place where both clients and staff are able to reach their full potential in life.

Lisa enjoys spending time with her husband, Dr. Stracks, and their two teenagers. When not working, you can find her with a book in her hand, out walking, in the garden, or on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Nirali Bhatt serves as the Practice Manager for the office of Cormendi Health. She is a medical school graduate, with a primary focus on healthcare management and administration. Nirali was born in London, England, and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She has a strong background in healthcare management, including managing, opening, and growing clinics. Prior to joining the team at Cormendi Health, she gained experience at home healthcare agencies and a psychiatry and therapy clinic. Nirali has a passion for helping others, which reflects in her belief that everyone is deserving of equal and impeccable healthcare service.

In her free time, Nirali enjoys reading, traveling, and swimming.

Alexandra is our New Patient Coordinator and Marketing Assistant. Originally from California, she now lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband and two young sons. Alexandra loves being the first point of contact with all of our new patients and cultivating the Seasonal Eats section of our monthly newsletter.

Natalie has practiced as a clinical massage therapist, a phlebotomist, and now as a medical assistant to be able to broaden her knowledge of hands-on medical care while also incorporating the holistic approaches she learned as a CMT. Natalie coordinates client care, including assisting clients with questions, scheduling, lab orders, and follow-up. 

When she is not studying medicine, Natalie loves to study astronomy and does kickboxing as a stress reliever. 

After graduating college, Caroline worked in medical video production and P.R. Working with various healthcare professionals, she realized she’d rather be doing what they’re doing than what she was doing, so after taking some time off to raise her 2 sons, she returned to school to become a Medical Assistant. Caroline met Dr. Stracks when they worked together at Northwestern, and she joined Cormendi in January 2018. She and Delores share one full-time Medical Assistant position, coordinating client care.

Caroline and her husband divide their time between Canada and Chicago.

Lexi grew up in Minnesota and went to college at the University of Wisconsin - Madison where she studied neurobiology. After graduation, she did a year of service with the National Health Corps in Pittsburgh. She has been with Dr. Stracks’ office for almost a year and facilitates client communications about appointments, billing, and follow-up information. In her non-Cormendi time, Lexi also works as an Emergency Room Technician at the University of Chicago.