K. W. Hammerberg, M.D.
Spinal Surgery

Assistant Professor, Rush University Medical Center

A cum laude graduate from Yale University, Dr. Hammerberg completed his medical degree at the University of Illinois, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine in 1977. He served his residency and internship at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center and completed a Chicago Spine Fellowship at Rush, the University of Illinois, and Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children. His diverse academic experience also includes a traveling spine fellowship in Deutches Skoliosezentrum, West Germany, and Institut Calot, France.

For the past 22 years, Dr. Hammerberg has served as the Chief Spine Surgeon at Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children. He is also a long time Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Rush Medical College and was codirector of the Chicago Spine Fellowship. Dr. Hammerberg has published extensively and lectured on the subject of spinal deformities including scoliosis.

Dr. Hammerberg, his wife Lucy Hammerberg, M.D., and their three children reside in Bannockburn.

Practice Emphasis:	Spine Surgery Scoliosis
Medical School:	University of Illinois, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine
Residency:	Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, including Christ Hospital Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, Chicago, IL
Fellowship:	Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, Chicago, IL University of Illinois Deutches Skoliosezentrum, West Germany Institut Calot, Berck Plage, France
Board Certification:	Orthopaedic Surgery
Special Procedures:	Non-fusion surgical techniques for pediatric spinal deformity
Research Interests:	Pediatric and adult scoliosis

Curriculum Vitae

Clincial Support Staff

Dorothy Pietrowski
Mary Rodts

Dr. Hammerberg has office hours at the following location:

Rush University Medical Center

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