- Gender:
- Female
- Year began practicing:
- 2010
- Year joined staff:
- 2010
- Year began practicing in specialty:
- 2010
Areas of Interest
Non-surgical orthopedics. Hip pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, low back pain, neck pain, foot/ankle pain. Women's Sports Medicine throughout all ages. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound. Fluoroscopically-guided injections.
Education, Residency and Internship
Education
- 2001
- Northwestern University, BA, Psychology
- 2005
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, MD
Residency
- 2006-2009
- RIC/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, PM&R
Internship
- 2005
- Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Fellowship
- 2009
- Washington University School of Medicine, Sports Medicine and Interventional Spine
Teaching or Professional Positions
- Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of PM&R
- American College of Sports Medicine
- Association of Academic Physiatrists
- North American Spine Society
Honors & Awards
- 2013-2016: K-12 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Grant to Investigate the Neuromuscular Control of Femoroacetabular
- 2012: Outstanting Teacher of the Year, RIC
- 2012: Richard F. Materson New Investigator Award
- 2009: Sarah Baskin Award for Excellence in Research, Second Prize, RIC
- 2009: The Scholl Recognition Award for Rehabilitation Research, RIC
- 2008: Walter E. Heller Award, RIC
- 2007: Essentials of Pain Management Scholarship Award, American Academy of Pain Medicine
- 2006: Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Ambassador Award, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Publications
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Other Publications/Presentations
Rho ME. Introduction to Musculoskeletal Ultrasound. Keynote speaker at the Central Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Meeting 2010. St. Louis, MO
Rho ME, Tang CT. Efficacy of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections. Phys Med Rehabil Clin
N Am. (awaiting publication)
Tang CT, Rho ME. Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections: Techniques, Risks,
and Contraindications. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. (awaiting publication)
Rho ME. Cervical Radiculopathy. In: McLean Course in Electrodiagnostics (First Edition).
Visco CJ, Chimes GP. Demos Medical Publishing, New York, 2011
Roberts, ST, Willick SE, Rho ME, Rittenberg JD. Efficacy of Lumbosacral Transforaminal
Epidural Steroid Injections: A Systematic Review. PM&R. 2009 Jul 1:657-668.
Rho ME, Spiztnagle T, Van Dillen L, Oza S, Prather H. Gender differences in ultrasound
imaging of lateral abdominal muscle thickness in asymptomatic adults. 7th
Interdisciplinary World Congress of Low Back and Pelvic Pain, Los Angeles, CA.
November 2010
Rho ME, Press J. Traumatic Soccer Injury: Bipartite Patella. Selected for oral presentation
at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. May 28, 2009
Hunt D, Rho ME, Yemm T, Fong K, Prather H. Hip findings in elite female soccer athletes
differ by level of experience. Selected for podium presentation at the American Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Feb 19, 2010.
Spitznagle T, Rho ME, Van Dillen L, Oza S, Prather H. Clinical measurements of chest
wall motion and lateral abdominal muscle thickness in asymptomatic adults. 7th
Interdisciplinary World Congress of Low Back and Pelvic Pain, Los Angeles, CA.
November 2010
Prather H, Rho ME, Pollock K, Hunt D, Brophy R, Hoch A. Energy deficits in female
professional soccer players. American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual
Meeting, Cancun, Mexico. April 2010
Rho ME, Casey EK, Marciniak C. Foot Drop in a Soccer Player: A Case Report of Unusual
Electromyographic Findings in Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome. Annual
Meeting of the Association of Academic Physiatrists, Colorado Springs, CO. April 2009.
Research Interests
- Femoroacetabular impingement
- Musculoskeletal ultrasound of the lateral abdominal wall muscles
Certifications & Licenses
- Sports Medicine Board Certified
- PM&R
Biography
Dr. Monica Rho, MD, is the Co-Director of the Women’s Sports Medicine Program at RIC, an assistant professor at RIC/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and is an attending physician in the RIC Sports and Spine Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Rho was awarded “Outstanding Teacher of the Year” by the RIC Residency Program for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Dr. Rho earned her medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 2005. She completed her residency training in PM&R at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC)/Northwestern University in 2009, where she served as Chief Resident from 2008-2009. In 2009-2010, she went on to pursue an ACGME-accredited fellowship at Washington University in Sports Medicine. She joined the faculty at RIC/Northwestern University in 2010.
Her research interest focuses on the neuromuscular control of the hip in the setting of bony abnormalities, specifically femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Dr. Rho’s ultimate goal is to determine conservative treatment paradigms for FAI based on observed neuromuscular control deficiencies of the hip.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Monica E. Rho, MD please call 800-354-7342 or use our online form.
