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Midwest Orthopaedics at RUSH Volume 1, Issue 1 Fall/Winter 2005 IT’S HOW SPORTS MEDICINE SHOULD BE! G ROUND BREAKING NEWS Sports Medicine Physicians: Bernard R. Bach, Jr., M.D.— Hard to believe that I am in my ence…many fellows will attend at our first basic science sports medicine Division Director 20th year in practice…I thought it least four courses in Rosemont. We researcher. would be fun to initiate a newslet- currently send our fellows to the Charles A. Bush-Joseph, M.D. 2005 marks the second year that ter directed to our former fellows to annual AANA and AOSSM meetings our “team” functioned as the team Brian J. Cole, M.D., MBA keep you updated with our pro- as well as an articular cartilage physicians for the Chicago White Sox Gregory P. Nicholson, M.D. gram and hopefully to build bridges course in California. and Chicago Bulls. Dr. Bush-Joseph Trish Palmer, M.D. for those of you who have been Many of you may recall bouncing functions as the “go to” doc for the Sox out in practice for a while. The Anthony A. Romeo, M.D. from desk to desk and not having a while Dr. Cole functions similarly for the sports medicine fellowship at “home”. We now have since 2003 a Bulls. Dr. Weber provides much of the Nikhil Verma, M.D. RUSH was started in 1988. As our fellow’s office with a library, lockers, medical care for the athletes. Dr. We- Kathleen Weber, M.D. section grew to become a division desks, computers, and a dry motor ber is also the team physician for the so has our fellowship program. skills lab (knot tying boards and an Chicago Bandits the local professional Currently we have six sports medi- Alex shoulder model). Our media women’s fast pitch softball team. Dr. Research Staff: cine fellowship trained orthopae- library continues to grow and we Cole is the orthopaedic consultant for Robert Beck, Ph.D. dists within Midwest Orthopaedics have over 100 gigabytes of images, the Rush arena football team. The Eileen D'Ambrogio, R.N., BSN at RUSH and two primary care power point presentations, radio- Joliet Steel semipro hockey coverage sports specialists. Our fellowship Jennifer Hayden, R.N., MSN graphs, and video stored for fellow is a highlight for our fellows. has grown to four fellows per year. access. The academic productivity Vincent Wang, Ph.D. This year marks the 34th-38th fel- This capsular summary highlights of our fellows has for the past five many of the changes that have oc- lows that have been trained in our years been consistently excellent. program (please refer to the chro- curred here at RUSH. Browse through Physician Support: Many of our fellows are exceeding the newsletter. I encourage you to nologic listing of our fellows). The our expectations for 12 publications John Bojchuk, MS, ATCL fellowship has matured and is update us on your practice, your family, for the fellowship year! new additions, etc. Happy holidays! Susan Gilpin, MS, PA-C, ATC recognized as one of the premier programs nationally. Despite the As the program has grown so has Kyle Pilz, MMS, PA-C our support staff. John Bojchuk, growth we continue to maintain the Sheri Shindelar, MS, PA-C mentorship, open door policy, ATCL continues to anchor the prac- Stacy Twigg, MS, PA-C, ATC balanced surgical training, and tices of Drs. Bach and Bush-Joseph. gentlemanly hours that highlighted Many of the “docs’ now have PA’s working with the team. Kyle Pilz, Sue the early years. Academic Secretarial Support: Gilpin, Stacy Twigg, and Sheri Shin- Although the foundation is Valencia Robinson-Jordan delar are the PA’s who help make similar much has changed. Our things go. Jennifer Hayden, a re- Phyllis Velez educational program has been search nurse has been with us now expanded. Our core lectures are for six years (and two children) and INSIDE THIS ISSUE: now on Monday evenings followed recently Eileen D’Ambrogio joined by the residents’ core lectures. Jennifer. Phyllis Velez continues to Tuesday afternoon the fellow on Ground Breaking News 1 anchor the sports medicine secretar- Dr. Bach’s service coordinates a ial responsibilities and coordinate the Trish Palmer, M.D. 2 lecture/presentation that is fel- fellowship application process. She Quarterly Workshops 2 lows/residents directed. Every has been joined by Valencia Robin- other Tuesday, Dr. Weber coordi- son-Jordan who wears a hybrid Bernard R. Bach, Jr., M.D. Items of Note 2 nates a primary care lecture series “clinical/academic” hat. Robert Beck, The Claude N. Lambert - “Team” Sports Medi‐ 3 that has been well received. This Ph.D. has joined our educational past July we initiated a quarterly staff coordinating and troubleshoot- Helen S. Thomson Professor Good News! 4 motor skills course in the Rush ing in the Surgicenter, and coordinat- Director, Division of Sports Medicine Surgicenter. This course is di- “Team” Research 4 ing the motor-skills courses. He has rected by an attending and all been invaluable and has provided an Where Are They Now 5 fellows are responsible for a room open door opportunity to the anat- Do You Remember 6 with the education directed to- omy lab for our fellows, residents, wards our residents. The Learning Did You Know? 6 and medical students interested in Resource Center in Rosemont orthopedics. Vincent Wang, Ph.D. continues to play a major role in joined us in October 2005 to become the fellows’ educational experi- Page 2 Volume 1, Issue 1 Graduating Fellow Class T RISH PALMER, M.D.- of S PECIALIST IN PRIMARY CARE SPORTS MEDICINE 2004-2005 A graduate of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Dr. Palmer completed her Medical Doctorate at Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois and her residency at MacNeal Family Practice in Berwyn, Illinois. Her fellowship in primary care sports medicine was completed at The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital under the aus- pices of the University of Utah. She then continued teaching in the residency program and caring for patients within the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and attained the position of Assistant Professor. Dr. Palmer joined MOR in July 2005. Dr. Palmer has authored or coauthored articles and presentations concerning eating disorders, muscu- loskeletal issues, and pain. Her articles have been published in journals such as Family Practice Recertification Left to right and the Journal of the American Board of Family Practice, and books such as the Encyclopedia of Public Ronald (Ed) Glenn, M.D. Health, and the Handbook of Primary Care Psychology. She is a member of the American Academy of Family Randall Risinger, M.D. Physicians, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the American Medical Soci- Kyle Flik, M.D. ety of Sports Medicine. Dr. Palmer is the recipient of several honors and awards, in- Pearce McCarty, III, M.D. cluding the Pisacano Scholarship for Leaders in Family Medicine, presented by the Pisacano Leadership Foundation. Dr. Palmer is very interested in women's athletics, serving as a physician commit- The RUSH Sports Medicine Division received tee member of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association. She also provides over 100 completed applications for this year’s applicant pool. Our interview date for 25 medical coverage annually for the Chicago Marathon and was Deputy Venue Medical selected candidates is Thursday, January 12, Officer at Deer Valley for the 2002 Olympic Games. 2006. A reception will be held at the Union League Club Wednesday evening prior to the interviews Q UARTERLY SPORTS MEDICINE Current Fellow Class SURGICAL SKILLS WORKSHOPS of The sports program initiates quarterly sports medicine surgical skills workshops. The first course was 2005-2006 directed by Dr. Bach on knee arthroscopy, ACL reconstruction, and graft harvesting techniques. Fel- lows from the 2004-5 class, Drs. Pearce McCarty, Ed Glenn, Randy Risinger were lab instructors along with Nik Verma, M.D. The second course held October 29, 2005 was directed by Dr. Greg Nicholson on basic shoulder arthroscopy, acromioplasty and rotator cuff minio- pen techniques. Current fellows Drs. Andreas Gomoll, Ammar Anbari, Christian Latterman, and Patrick McCulloch were lab assistants. Dr. Bush-Joseph will coordinate the 3rd course in late January 2006. Educational grant support from Smith & Nephew Endoscopy has finally made this a reality and expands upon our dry lab with the Alex shoulder models that we have in the fellows office. Left to right Christian Latterman, M.D. Patrick McCulloch, M.D. I TEMS OF NOTE Ammar Anbari, M.D. Sports Medicine Team feted by Dr. Kathy Weber named team physi- Dr. Charles Bush-Joseph is Andreas Gomoll, M.D. on the ABOS committee writ- Mr. & Mrs. James Donnelley on cian for Chicago Bandits….continues ing the first sports medicine Tuesday, November 15, 2005 to as medical team physician for Chi- certificate of added qualifica- honor achievements of Dr. Bach and cago White Sox and Bulls. Drs. We- tion (CAQ) board examination the sports medicine program at ber and Bush-Joseph traveled with Rush. Mrs. Nina Donnelley, a pa- the World Champion Chicago White first available for 2007. tient of Dr. Bach, and her husband, Sox during the month October . WELCOME graciously hosted approximately 80 Incoming Fellows for 2006 –2007 friends of Rush including many of our partners, hospital trustees, Matt Busam, M.D. –Vanderbilt Drs. Weber & Bush-Joseph members of Rush philanthropy holding the World Series Cham- Anne Colton, M.D. - Penn department and Dr. Larry Goodman, pion ship trophy. Matt Provencher, M.D. & J.P. Rue, M.D. President of Rush University Medi- cal Center. U.S. Navy Programs It’s how SPORTS MEDICINE should be! Page 3 Drs.