Sports Medicine, Cartilage Restoration
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology; Section Head, Cartilage Restoration Center at Rush, Rush University Medical Center
Dr. Cole is a professor in the Department of Orthopaedics with a conjoint appointment in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. He is the section head of the Cartilage Research Program at Rush University Medical Center and the Cartilage Restoration Center at Rush, a multidisciplinary program specializing in the restoration of articular cartilage and meniscal deficiency. He also serves as the head of the Orthopaedic Master's Program and trains residents and fellows in sports medicine.
Dr. Cole received his MD and MBA from the University of Chicago in 1990, completed his residency at The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York in 1996, and his sports medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh in 1997. He specializes in arthroscopic shoulder, elbow and knee surgery. He has a specific interest in arthroscopic reconstruction of athlete's shoulder (rotator cuff, instability and arthritis), elbow and knee. He is the principal investigator for numerous FDA clinical trials and regularly performs basic science research.
He has authored and edited several hundred peer-reviewed publications, including highly recognized orthopaedic textbooks on arthroscopy, sports medicine and cartilage transplantation. His publications also include nearly one thousand book chapters, technique papers, and presentations describing the techniques and results of shoulder, elbow and knee surgery. Dr. Cole lectures and teaches the techniques of cartilage restoration and shoulder arthroscopy on a national and international level. Dr. Cole is a member of numerous national societies and serves on the Board of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and assumes many high-level positions on society organizing committees.
Dr. Cole was chosen as one of the "Best Doctors in America" each year since 2004 and as a "Top Doctor" in the Chicago Metro area each year since 2003. In 2006 he was featured as "Chicago's Top Doctor" and placed on the cover of Chicago Magazine. Dr. Cole is the team physician for the Chicago Bulls NBA Basketball team and was named "NBA Team Physician of the Year" in 2009. Dr. Cole is also co-team physician for the Chicago White Sox Major League Baseball team and DePaul University in Chicago.
| Practice Emphasis: | Sports Medicine Cartilage Transplantation Arthroscopy Shoulder, Elbow, and Knee Surgery |
| Medical School: | University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine |
| Residency: | Hospital for Special Surgery - Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY - Orthopaedics |
| Fellowship: | University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA - Sports Medicine |
| Board Certification: | Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Special Procedures: | Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
Arthroscopic shoulder stabilization Meniscal allograft transplantation Cartilage cell transplantation Fresh osteochondral allograft transplantation Shoulder replacement |
| Research Interests: | Cartilage transplantation Rotator cuff healing Shoulder instability |
| Second Language: | Spanish |
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Curriculum VitaeClincial Support Staff
Dr. Cole has office hours at the following locations:
Rush Oak Park Hospital
Orthopedic Building at Rush
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In the News
MOR Surgeons Top Becker's Top Specialists Lists
Chicago Bulls forward makes strong recovery from forearm fracture
Chicago Magazine's 2010 Top Doctors
Chicago Magazine: Peak Performance
NBC Chicago Report: Docs Said I Would Never Run Again
WGN 9 Medical Watch: Dr. Cole and Patient Climb Mountain
MOR Surgeons Operate on Bulls' Hinrich
Team Physicians for the Chicago White Sox
Chicago Magazine's 2009 Top Doctors
