![]() We estimate the Level 1 Trauma Center will add about 900 orthopaedic surgeries annually - a roughly 20 percent increase from our current yearly surgical volume. ![]() “Caring for injured patients, whether from a car crash or a sports injury or any other cause, is at the heart of orthopaedic practice and is an integral part of what we have always done. Here’s what some of our clinical leaders say about the impact of the new trauma center on their area and in the community: Physician leaders across UChicago Medicine are involved in discussions and preparations as their clinical staff and trainees prepare to provide high-quality, high-touch trauma care to patients when the Level 1 adult trauma center opens next May (pending IDPH approval). “Trauma is not a place or people, it embodies everything we do, and more.” “Operating a Level 1 trauma center takes a village,” said Selwyn Rogers, Jr., MD, MPH, Director, Trauma Center. In reality, one physician can’t do it all in a busy urban trauma center. ![]() ![]() ![]() Doug Ross (played by George Clooney on the TV series ER) read his own scans, cared for both adults and children, and performed procedures outside of his specialty. ![]()
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