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Steven Gitelis, MD

Endowed Professor and Director Musculoskeletal Oncology Rush Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Section of Orthopedic Oncology, RUSH Medical College
Director, Section of Orthopedic Oncology
Surgeon in Chief
Education

BS, University of Illinois
MD, Rush Medical College

Research Areas

My areas of research include bone repair with allografts and bone graft substitutes, the use of radiation in soft tissue sarcoma, limb salvage outcomes with allograft and modular implants, and the molecular biological basis of chemotherapeutic resistance in osteosarcoma.

Contact Info:
1611 W. Harrison St.
Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 432-2397
Fax: (312) 563-2371
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Biography

Married with 5 children, 3 whom are physicians. Entire career at Rush University starting in 1980 with a focus on Orthopaedic Oncology. Served in the United States Navy during the Persian Gulf war. Director of the Tissue Bank of Illinois. Past president of the medical staff Rush University. Served as president of the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, and the Illinois Orthopaedic Society. Currently the associate Dean for surgery and Chief of Surgery at Rush University along with the Rush Medical College Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Oncology.

Honors and Activities

Distinguished alumnus Rush Medical College, President and distinguished alumnus of the Rush Surgical Society, recognized by US News and World report, Chicago magazine.