The Sports Medicine team of Vanguard Chicago Center for Orthopedics consists of experienced, prominent and board-certified and fellowship-trained orthopedic specialists from both university and private practice settings. This combination brings together the medical and surgical expertise of sports medicine experts from highly regarded academic medical institutions—the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois and Loyola University Chicago—as well as prominent community-based private practitioners.
Danielle Bass, M.D., is a physician at Vanguard Chicago Center for Orthopedics. An athlete since her youth, Dr. Bass has turned her love of sports into a career as a general medicine physician with a focus on sports medicine. Dr. Bass evaluates sports injuries and works with children and adults to help them return to their sport. View Doctor Bio
John Cherf, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon with an expertise in sports medicine and disorders of the knee. He is a surgeon at Vanguard Chicago Center for Orthopedics and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. View Doctor Bio
James Cohen, M.D., is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon with an expertise in arthroscopic technique and joint replacement. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Weiss. Dr. Cohen is a surgeon at Vanguard Chicago Center for Orthopedics and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. View Doctor Bio
Benjamin Domb, M.D., is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, hip and knee. Dr. Domb is a fellowship-trained expert in sports medicine, including repair and reconstruction of ligaments, cartilage and tendons. He is a surgeon at Vanguard Chicago Center for Orthopedics and a Clinical Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Loyola University in Chicago. View Doctor Bio
Ari J. Kaz, M.D., is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon who specializes in foot and ankle conditions and sports medicine with a special interest in arthroscopy and minimally invasive surgery. He is a surgeon at Vanguard Chicago Center for Orthopedics and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. View Doctor Bio
Craig Westin, M.D., is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon with an expertise in sports medicine and the treatment of knee and shoulder injuries. Dr. Westin is actively involved in the treatment of professional and Olympic athletes. He is a surgeon at Vanguard Chicago Center for Orthopedics, the medical director of Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet and a team physician with the U.S. Figure Skating Team. View Doctor Bio
Preston Wolin, M.D., is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine, knee preservation and the upper extremity (shoulder and elbow). He is a surgeon at Vanguard Chicago Center for Orthopedics and is the director and founder of the Center for Athletic Medicine. View Doctor Bio
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