Sites
University of Illinois Hospital
Trauma: Level II
Beds: 495
Percent of Training: 40%
Description:
The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System is dedicated to
the mission of Health Equity. By combining our unique combination of clinical care, education, and research to provide high‐value personalized healthcare and improve the overall health of the communities we serve, UI Health promotes healthier communities for a healthier city.
Faculty
| Edward Abraham, MD Professor Residency: University of Illinois Fellowship: University of Sheffield, UK Specialty: Pediatric Surgery Farid Amirouche, PhD. Samuel Chmell, MD Amir El Shami, MD Benjamin Goldberg, MD Meldoy Hrubes, MD Yasser Farid, MD, Phd Mark Gonzalez, MD, PhD |
Mark Hutchinson, MD Professor Residency: Michigan State University ‐ Kalamazoo Fellowship: Kentucky Sports Medicine Specialty: Sports Medicine Alan League, MD Matthew Marcus, MD Alfonso Mejia, MD, MPH Terry Nicola, MD Krzysztof Sieminow, MD Maria Siemionow, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. |
Advocate Lutheran General
Trauma: Level I
Beds: 638
Percent of Training: 25%
Description:
Lutheran General has been recognized 13 times as one of the 100 Top Hospitals and 15 top major teaching hospitals in the country by Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks Study. Lutheran General has been rated by US News & World Report as being one of America’s Best Hospitals, and received ‘top 50 in the nation’ rankings for medical excellence and advanced capabilities in many specialties.
Faculty
| Arif Ali, MD Residency: University of Chicago Fellowship: The Sports Clinic ‐ Laguna Hills Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery Specialty: Sports Medicine & Trauma Taizoon Baxamusa, MD Avi Bernstein, MD James Bresch, MD Rajeev Garapati, MD Thomas Gleason, MD Jeffrey Goldstein, MD |
Wayne Goldstein, MD Residency: University of Illinois Fellowship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University Specialty: Adult Reconstruction Alex Gordon, MD Albert Knuth, MD Andrea Kramer, MD Matthew Jimenez, MD John H. Lyon, MD |
Steven Mardjetko, MD Residency: University of Illinois Fellowship: Rush University Medical Center – Adult & Pediatric Specialty: Adult / Pediatric Spine Ronak Patel, MD Todd Simmons, MD Ritesh Shah, MD David Rabb, MD Jeffrey Visotsky, MD |
Advocate Christ Hospital
Trauma: Level I
Beds: 695
Percent of Training: 15%
Description:
Advocate Christ Medical Center is one of the busiest Level I trauma centers in Illinois. In both 2012 and 2013, the medical center was named to the Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals®, while U.S. News & World Report ranked the medical center among the nation’s leading providers for cardiology and heart surgery and for geriatric medicine and ranked it fourth overall among hospitals in the state of Illinois. The hospital is also recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a Magnet Center.
Faculty
| George Branovacki, MD Residency: University of Illinois Fellowship: Scripps Clinic Specialty: Adult Reconstruction Paul Defrino, MD Prasad Gourineni, MD Richard Lim, MD |
Anis Mekhail, MD Residency: University of Illinois Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation Specialty: Spine James Moravek, MD Luis Redondo, MD Daniel Troy, MD Michael Weisburger, MD |
Weiss Memorial Hospital
Trauma: Level II
Beds: 236
Percent of Training: 15%
Description:
Weiss Memorial Hospital is a 236‐bed healthcare facility located along Chicago’s Lakefront. Weiss Memorial Hospital has been recognized as a 2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. The Chicago Center for Orthopedics located at Weiss Memorial Hospital was recently named the Blue Distinction Center® for knee and hip replacement.
Faculty
| James Cohen, MD Residency: Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center Fellowship: Rothman Institute – Thomas Jefferson Specialty: Sports Medicine / Adult Reconstruction Yasser Farid, MD, Phd Henry Finn, MD Benjamin Goldberg, MD |
Mark Gonzalez, MD, PhD Residency: University of Illinois Fellowship: Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship: Ohio State University Specialty Specialty: Hand / Adult Reconstruction Prunendu Gupta, MD Ari Kaz, MD Alfonso Mejia, MD, MPH |
Shriners Hospital for Children
Trauma: Level III
Beds: 60
Percent of Training: 5%
Description:
Shriners Hospitals for Children — Chicago is one of the busiest hospitals in the Shriners health system. Here, children with a host of orthopaedic and neuro‐musculoskeletal conditions, spinal cord injuries, as well as cleft lip and palate are treated. Seventy percent of the hospital’s patient population is drawn from the Midwest. Approximately, 30% of admissions are from overseas and the hospital
serves a large population of children with osteogenesis imperfecta.
Faculty
| Jefferey Ackman, MD Residency: Rush University Medical Center Fellowship: Texas Scottish Rite Hospital Specialty: Pediatric / Spine Haluk Altiok, MD Prunendu Gupta, MD |
Kim Hammerberg, MD Residency: Rush University Medical Center Fellowship: Rush University Medical Center Travelling Spine Fellowships: Deutches Skoliosezentrum, Bad Wildengun, Germany Travelling Spine Fellowship: Institut Calot, Berck‐Plage, France Specialty: Pediatric Spine Terry Light, MD Peter Smith, MD |