Eric L Chehab, MD
Evanston, IL

I am a 1991 graduate of Harvard University. I taught high school science for 4 years in the US and Europe, and then attended Stanford University School of Medicine beginning in 1995. Upon graduation from medical school in 2000, I completed my general surgery internship at UCSF in San Francisco, and continued my training in orthopedics at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. After graduation from residency in 2005, I received fellowship training at Hospital for Special Surgery with the Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service from 2005-2006.

During fellowship, I had the opportunity to help care for professional athletes with the medical staff of the NY Giants. My research efforts during fellowship focused on motion analysis in the elbow and shoulder; and orthopedic injury history and its relation to career longevity in professional football players. I am currently in practice with the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute in Glenview, IL and Wilmette IL, where I specialize in sports medicine.

In addition to my career in orthopedics, I have a long standing interest in TV and film. After graduating from Harvard, I produced an amateur documentary video in New York entitled, "Behind the Healines: Inside Thomas Jefferson High School." The video depicts a day in the life of the school after 2 students were shot and killed there in 1992. I also was a production consultant and participant in an education video entitled, "Thinking Together: Collaborative Learning in Science" produced by Harvard University.

I believe my interest in TV and film, my experience as a teacher, and my expertise as an orthopedist, would allow me to make a strong contribution as an AAOS media spokesperson. TV and film are powerful mediums for public health. "ER," CNN's "Paging Sanjay Gupta," "The Today Show" -- all of these are examples of TV providing valuable public health information to large audiences. I believe there is a growing need for public health education in orthopedics. There is a growing population of older, active athletes, with injuries that are unique to them. There is an explosion in youth sports and early specialization, which exposes young kids to lifelong injuries. Trauma remains a leading cause of death. These orthopedic public health issues, among others, can be effectively addressed through TV and film, and I would like to participate as an AAOS spokesperson.

Areas of specialty

Active lifestyle

• Active lifestyle
• Boomeritis
• Weekend warrior

Bone and joint decade

• Bone and joint decade

Bone health/fractures

• Bone density
• Bone graft substitutes

Complementary and alternative medicine

• Yoga

Diseases

• Arthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Viscosupplementation treatment for arthritis

Geriatric orthopaedics

• Geriatric orthopaedics

Health policy

• Children's access to health care

Knees

• Arthroscopy
• Articular cartilage
• Implants
• Knee ligament injuries
• Kneecap bursitis
• New techniques
• Osgood schlatter disease (knee pain)
• Osteotomy
• Patella dislocation
• Preventing acl injuries in women
• Unstable kneecap

Medical educator

• Medical educator

Miscellaneous

• Alograft tissue
• Cartilage replacement
• Deep vein thrombosis
• Meniscal transplantation
• Pcl tears
• Physical therapy and rehabilitation
• Smoking and musculoskeletal health

Orthopaedic education

• Orthopaedic education

Patient centered care

• Patient centered care

Patient safety

• Patient safety

Pediatric

• Adolescent anterior knee pain
• Knee
• Shoulder
• Sports medicine
• Trauma

Shoulder – elbow - upper extremeties

• Arthroscopic shoulder injury; thermal capsulorrhaphy
• Baseball finger
• Biceps tendinitis
• Dislocated shoulder
• Elbow fractures
• Fracture of the scapula
• Frozen shoulder
• Glenoid labrum tears
• Olecranon fracture
• Radial head fractures
• Rotator cuff
• Rupture of biceps tendon
• Shoulder
• Shoulder impingement (bursitis, tendonitis)
• Tennis elbow

Sports medicine

• Sports medicine

Sports: injury prevention

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Biking/mountain biking
• Cycling
• Football
• Golf
• Gymnastics
• Hockey
• In-line skating
• Pitching
• Playgrounds
• Rowing
• Scooters/skateboards - unpowered
• Shin splints
• Skiing
• Snowboarding
• Soccer
• Steroids
• Surfing
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Track and field
• Trampoline safety
• Weight lifting
• Wrestling

Total joint replacement

• Knee
• Shoulder

Workplace injuries

• Tendonitis

If you would like to set up an interview with Eric L Chehab, MD, please contact us.

Kristina Findlay Manager, Media Relations 847-384-4034 findlay@aaos.org

Lauren Pearson Media Relations Specialist 847-384-4031 lpearson@aaos.org

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