Dr. William (Bill) Kobak has been appointed Division Director of the newly established Division of Urogynecology and Reconstruction Pelvic Surgery (URPS) in the Department of OBGYN at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
Recognizing the key role of URPS in our society, our OBGYN department made significant investments to meet the needs of the aging patient population. As a result, the establishment of the URPS division was a natural progression of a continuously improving OBGYN Department. During the last academic year, Dr. Shilpa Iyer and Dr. Alec Szlachta-McGinn, a rising star in the specialty, were recruited.
The Kobak family’s dedication to medicine warrants recognition. Dr. Kobak carries on his family’s surgical legacy as a 3rd generation surgeon. Following the completion of medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine, Bill changed scenery and moved to Los Angeles, CA where he completed his OBGYN residency at the LA County/University of Southern California Medical Center. His URPS fellowship was finalized at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Nearly two decades ago, we were fortunate to recruit Bill who rose through the academic ranks to reach the level of Professor, an academic title he currently holds.
Dr. William Kobak represents the best of our UIC-URPS surgical care and academic training. Under his leadership, the success of our URPS Division will be taken to new heights. Dr. William Kobak will be assisted by Dr. Lopa Pandya who will assume the role of Associate Division Director for the UPRS Division. We are confident that Dr. Shilpa Iyer and Dr. Alec Szlachta-McGinn will significantly improve the strength of our academic and research UPRS pursuits