- Gender:
- Male
- Year began practicing:
- 1988
- Year joined staff:
- 1988
- Year began practicing in specialty:
- 1988
Education, Residency and Internship
Education
- 1980-1984
- University of Illinois School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine
Residency
- 1984-1985
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Intern
- 1985-1988
- RIC/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Teaching or Professional Positions
- 2009: Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- 2002-2009: Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Medical School
- 1995-1997: Chief of Staff, RIC
- 1994-present: Medical Director, Spine and Sports Rehabilitation Center, RIC
- 1989-present: Founder and Director, Sports Rehabilitation Program, RIC
- 1988-2002: Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Medical School
- 1987: Chief Resident, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, RIC/Northwestern University Medical School 1987: Assistant Chief Resident, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, RIC/Northwestern University Medical School
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
- American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
- American College of Sports Medicine, Fellow 1999
- Association of Academic Physiatrists
- American Medical Association
- Chicago Medical Society
- Chicago Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Illinois Medical Society
- Illinois Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- International Spinal Injection Society
- North American Spine Society
- Physiatric Association for Spine, Sports, and Occupational Rehabilitation
Honors & Awards
- 2013: Singapore Ministry of Health Honorary Visiting Expert in Rehabilitation Medicine ( Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation)
- 2011: Patricia C. Gregory, MD Memorial Lecture in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of North Carolina, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- 2009: Dr. Michael DeSilva Memorial Lecture. Medical Association of Jamaica
- 2009: Lambert Lecture, American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
- 2008: John McCulloch Memorial Lecturer, Denver Spine Institute
- 2007: Top Doctor in Chicago, Chicago Magazine
- 2007: Visiting Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- 2006: Guest Visiting Professor, English Institute of Sport. Bath, Loughborough, Leeds and London, England
- 2006: Mike Hage Musculoskeletal Team Building Lecturer, RIC
- 2006: 26th Sidney Licht Lectureship, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ohio State University
- 2005: 3rd Annual William Blocker Distinguished Lectureship, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas- Houston, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- 2005: Visiting Professor, National Seoul University Hospital, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 2004: Visiting Professor, Case Western Reserve, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department
- 2003: 12th Annual Jerome W. Gersten, MD. Lectureship. University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
- 2001: Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation and Proctor & Gamble Excellence Award in Clinical Research
- 2001: 14th Annual Bernard L. Mass Foundation Lectureship in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University- Detroit Medical Center Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
- 2000: Justus Lehman Day Visiting Lecturer, University of Washington, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- 2000: Lewis A. Leavitt, MD Memorial Lectureship, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the University of Texas-Houston Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- 1997: 17th Annual Richard F. Baer Visiting Lectureship, Ohio State University, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- 1997: Howard J. Rusk Lecturer, University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- 1995: The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Publications
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Research Interests
musculoskeletal injury prevention and rehabilitation
Certifications & Licenses
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Parts I and II
- American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
