DuPage Medical Group CEO died by suicide, police say

Michael Kasper, the 46-year-old CEO of DuPage Medical Group, died by suicide May 4, according to Elmhurst police.

He died by suicide at his home, and police did not find a suicide note, according to an Elmhurst police report obtained by the Tribune through a Freedom of Information Act request. At the time of Kasper’s death, DuPage Medical Group leaders declined to say why he died, and his wife declined to talk with a reporter.

The medical group said in a news release shortly after Kasper’s death that it was "shocked and saddened by the tragic passing of our beloved leader and colleague."

Kasper joined DuPage Medical Group in 2010, leading the practice through a period of rapid growth. During Kasper’s time at DuPage, the group grew from a few hundred doctors to more than 700. Under Kasper’s watch, DuPage became the largest independent doctors’ group in Illinois at a time when many small, independent practices are joining larger hospital systems.

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