Specialization
Diagnosis and treatment of surgical and nonsurgical conditions affecting muscles, joints, nerves and bones using the latest medical techniques and technologies.
Personal Style of Treatment
Interactive and educational. Providing a partnership between the physician, patient and treatment process.
Goals
Strongly committed to continuing education and dedicated to insuring that his patients receive compassionate and quality medical orthopedic care.
Certifications
American Board of Orthopedic Surgery – Re-certified through the year 2018.
Experience
Over 30 years of experience as an orthopedic surgeon and more than 5,000 surgical procedures.
Medical Degree
University of Illinois Medical School – Graduated 1979 – Alpha-Omega-Alpha – Honors Medical Society inducted 1978
Specialty Training
One year of surgical internship and a four year residency from the Department of Orthopedics, University of Illinois at Chicago
Fellowship
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons – 1990
Accomplishments
- Winner of multiple AMA Physician Recognition Awards
- Orthopedic Education Treatment Program
- Chairman of Department of Orthopedic Surgery for Northwest Community Hospital from 1996 through 1998
- Current Chairman of the Quality Improvement Committee for the Department of Orthopedics at Northwest Community Hospital from 1998 through the present.
Additional Language Spoken
Greek