Due to our residents having a wide range of clinical interests, we have designed our program to create maximum flexibility to allow residents to achieve their unique future goals:
Quarterly Career & Fellowship Meetings with Program Director: meetings are divided into individual subspecialties (i.e. Sports, Pain, Interventional Spine, Neurorehab). Meetings involve discussing extra-curricular opportunities, updates in fellowship / job application process, CV building, coordination of research, mentorship, etc
Mentorship: Residents are encourage to have both a “life mentor” (i.e. gives guidance on work-life balance, wellness, etc) and a “career mentor” (i.e. someone to guide to match into a Fellowship). Residents are given freedom to chose their own mentor regardless of location, discipline in medicine, etc. They are required meet with at least one of their mentors twice a year (spring and fall). Mentors are easy to find for our residents due to our approachable faculty, expansive Alumni network including multiple alumni working in the Chicagoland area, and our location within a large metropolitan area
Flexible 3rd Year Schedule: Residents are given three months electives to be able to complete Audition Electives in anticipation of applying to Fellowship.
Opportunity for Extracurricular Activities: due to our proximity to a large metropolitan area, our residents have opportunities exposed to a variety of experiences that can help shape their future career including:
We keep an active Alumni Network who continue to provide mentorship well after their graduation. Residents can meet Alumni via our Annual Alumni event at the AAPM&R and/or via introduction by the Program as they demonstrate interest in a career path shared with a former alumnus.
| Name | Program | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Lane Lagattuta, DO | MacNeal Sports Medicine Fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center (Chicago, IL) | 2022 |
| Kevin Baidoo, MD | MacNeal Sports Medicine Fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center (Chicago, IL) | 2020 |
| Chris Hicks, MD | University of Virginia | 2018 |
| Luis Soliz, MD | 2019 | |
| Alex Behar, MD | University of Illinois (Chicago, IL) | 2017 |
| Sam Dona, MD | Atlantic Sports Health (NJ) | 2017 |
| Yogen Patel, DO | Cleveland Clinic | 2017 |
| Jason Lee, DO | University of Michigan | 2012 |
| Amika Bhat, MD | Cleveland Clinic | 2010 |
| Sherri Kuchinskas, MD | University of Illinois (Chicago, IL) | 2006 |
| Name | Program | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Jon VandenBerg, DO | Baylor UT Health | 2019 |
| James Spendley, DO | Shirley Ryan Ability Lab | 2014 |
| Daun Chung, DO | Shirley Ryan Ability Lab | 2013 |
| Matthew Brown, DO | Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital | 2008 |
| Name | Program | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ehab Yasin, DO | Desert Sports and Spine Physicians in Arizona (NASS Recognized) | 2020 |
| Minh Nguyen, DO | OrthoCarolina Interventional Spine & Sports | 2019 |
| Tasso Papagiannapolos, MD | Desert Sports and Spine Physicians in Arizona (NASS Recognized) | 2019 |
| Sanjay Digamber, DO | OSS Health Interventional Spine & Sports (Pennsylvania) | 2019 |
| Chirag D Shah, MD | Mount Sinai (New York) | 2017 |
| John Furrey, MD | Performance Spine & Sports (Lawrenceville, NJ) | 2016 |
| Craig Best, DO | Beth Isreal Deaconnes Medical Center (Boston, MA) | 2015 |
| Brandon Tolman, DO | Kahan Center of Pain (Annapolis, MD) | 2015 |
| Stephanie Kim, DO | Evergreen Health Sports & Spine (Kirkland, WA) | 2015 |
| Robin Matias, DO | Sports and Spine with Dr. Frank | 2012 |
| Earnie Cheng, DO | Interventional Pain Management at Rehabilitative Consultations (Emeryville, CA) | 2007 |
| Paul Singh, MD | The Penn Spine Center / Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania | 2007 |
| Hoang (Wayne) Vu, DO | LAGS Spine / Pain | 2006 |
| Kevin Sigua, MD | MSU Sports and Spine | 2004 |
| Name | Program | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Moses-Hampton | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | 2022 |
| Ryan Jacobs, MD | Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center | 2020 |
| Luis Soliz, MD | Northwestern Medical Center | 2018 |
| Kashif Saeed, MD | Medical College of Wisconsin | 2015 |
| Erik Marsiglia, DO | OSHU (Oregon) | 2009 |
| Qamar Khan, MD | UC Davis | 2008 |
| Jafar Siddiqui, MD | Spinal and Skeletal Pain Medicine | 2007 |
| Xuong Tang, DO | 2006 |
| Name | Program | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Desiree Roge, MD | University of Kansas | 2007 |
| Name | Program | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Obada Obaisi, MD | MD Anderson | 2021 |
| Name | Program | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tony West | Ed Stiles and Laura Griffin At Pikeville Medical Center | 2012 |