Spine surgery in the Illinois Medical District.
My main Chicago clinic is on the Rush campus in the Illinois Medical District. New consultations, second opinions, and follow-up visits are all seen here, with immediate access to hospital-based imaging, subspecialty colleagues, and the operating rooms where complex cases are performed.
A first visit built around the diagnosis.
Appointments typically run long enough to review the story behind the MRI, not just the report. Bring outside imaging if you have it, a short list of prior treatment, and the questions you have been carrying around. We will go through the films together and talk about what actually matches your symptoms.
Many Chicago patients arrive assuming surgery is inevitable. Often it is not. When an operation is the right recommendation, the conversation centers on the smallest intervention that solves the problem, preserves motion when possible, and fits the demands of your work, family, and commute.
Hospital access for complex and outpatient surgery.
Chicago patients usually have surgery at Rush University Medical Center across the street from the clinic. That matters for patients with multilevel disease, deformity, prior surgery, or medical complexity, because the entire perioperative team is already in place.
When the pathology and recovery plan support an outpatient setting, cases may instead be scheduled at Rush Oak Brook Surgery Center. Robotic and navigation-assisted workflows are available when they improve screw accuracy, implant planning, or overall efficiency.
Map and wayfinding.
If you are coming from downtown or the western suburbs, it is usually easiest to enter the campus from Harrison Street and use the visitor garage nearest the clinic building.
- By car: patient and visitor garages sit along Harrison and Paulina, with valet service at the main hospital entrance during daytime clinic hours.
- CTA: the Illinois Medical District Blue Line stop is a short walk away, and the #7 Harrison plus #157 Streeterville or Taylor routes stop near campus.
- Metra and rideshare: Union Station is roughly ten minutes away by car, which makes the clinic manageable for patients coming in from the suburbs or Northwest Indiana.
- Accessibility: step-free entry, elevators throughout the building, and ADA-accessible exam rooms are available.
Planning the right operation, if any.
Closer to where you live.
If Chicago is not the easiest fit, in-person visits are also available in Oak Brook , Naperville and Elmhurst . Virtual visits are available for patients outside the Chicago area and for select out-of-state second opinions.