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Illinois Sportsmedicine and Orthopaedic Center

Chadwick C. Prodromos, MD

Dr. Prodromos

Training and Education

Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital

Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Fellowship, 1984-1985

Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency, 1980-1984

University of Chicago

Surgical Internship, 1979-1980

Johns Hopkins Medical School

M.D. Degree 1975-1979

Princeton University

Bachelor of Arts, 1971-1975


Appointments

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rush Medical College

Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine

Member of the International Cartilage Repair Society

Member of Arthroscopy Association of North America

Member of International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee  Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports  Medicine

Member of European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, and Arthroscopy

Team Orthopaedic Surgeon, Harper College

Former Medical Director of Arena Football League


Research

Dr. Prodromos is the author of numerous original orthopaedic research papers.
ISMOC maintains an active full-time research staff to help expand the knowledge
base in orthopaedics and sports medicine.

ORTHOPAEDIC TEXTBOOKS

Editor in Chief: The ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT: reconstruction and basic science
Publisher: Elsevier: February 2007
Associate Editors: Freddie Fu, Steve Howell, Don Shelbourne, Lonnie Paulos, Charlie Brown, Tassos Georgulies, Alberto Gobbi, Don Johnson

Contributor: PRACTICAL ORTHOPAEDIC SPORTS MEDICINE AND ARTHROSCOPY
Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins: December 2006
Editor: Donald Johnson
Chapters
1) Posterior Hamstring Harvest Technique
2) The Team Physician

Contributor: THE SHOULDER
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone 1988
Editors: Carter Rowe
Chapter: Shoulder Injuries in Sports

TELEVISION PRESENTATION

WGN Superstation Network: Wednesday April 26 th, 2006. ACL Repair


Selected Recent Bibliography

Prodromos C.C., Joyce B.T.: Hamstring ACL Reconstruction: Technique, Results, Meta-Analysis, and Posterior Graft Harvest Technique. Techniques in Knee Surgery, June 2006

Prodromos C.C., Joyce B.T., Keller B.L., Shi K.: A Meta-Analysis of Stability After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction as a Function of Hamstring versus Patellar-Tendon Graft and Fixation Type. Arthroscopy, Vol. 21; P. 1202.e1-1202.e9, Oct 2005.

Prodromos, C.C., Han, Y.S., Keller, B.L, Bolyard, R.J.: Stability of Hamstring Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction at Two- to Eight-Year Follow-Up. Arthroscopy, 21-2; 138-146, Feb 2005.

Prodromos, C.C., Han, Y.S., Keller, B.L, Bolyard, R.J.: Posterior Mini-Incision Technique for Hamstring Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Graft Harvest. Arthroscopy, 21-2; 130-137, Feb 2005.

Prodromos, C.C.: Low Profile Cortical Screw Tibial Fixation for Hamstring ACL Reconstruction: Surgical Technique and Stability Results. Techniques in Orthopaedics, July 2005.

Prodromos, C.C.: Choosing a Hamstring Graft: Double Semitendinosus/Double Gracilis vs. Quadruple Semitendinosus vs. Triple Semitendinosus. Techniques in Orthopaedics, July 2005.

Prodromos, C.C.: The Posterior Mini-Incision Approach for Hamstring ACL Graft Harvest. Techniques in Orthopaedics, July 2005.

Prodromos, C.C., Joyce, B.T.: Endobutton Femoral Fixation for Hamstring ACL Reconstruction: Surgical Technique and Results. Techniques in Orthopaedics, July 2005.

Prodromos, C.C., Joyce, B.T.: A Review of Stability Rates of Hamstring versus Bone Patellar Tendon Bone Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Techniques in Orthopaedics, July 2005.

Prodromos, C.C., Joyce, B.T.: Tunnel Widening and Hamstring Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Techniques in Orthopaedics, July 2005

 

2005-2006 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

International Cartilage Repair Society

http://posters.webges.com/icrs06/e-poster August 2006.

Prodromos C.C., Joyce B.T., Keller B.T., Murphy B.J. Contralateral Meniscus MRI Better Predicts Needed Mensical Allograft Size than Recipient Tibial Xray.

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine,

HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA , June 2006

Poster: “ MRI Measurement of the Contralateral Normal Meniscus is a Better Method of Determining Meniscal Allograft Size than Measurement of the Recipient Tibial Plateau”

Chadwick Prodromos MD, Brian Joyce BA, Brett Keller BS, BA, Brian T. Murphy MD

European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy

INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA, May 2006

Podium: “ MRI Measurement of the Contralateral Normal Meniscus is a Better Method of Determining Meniscal Allograft Size than Measurement of the Recipient Tibial Plateau”

Chadwick Prodromos MD

Arthroscopy Association of North America

HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, May 2006

Instructional Course Lecture

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, March 2006

SYMPOSIUM MODERATOR: “Controversies in Soft Tissues ACL Reconstruction: Allograft vs. Autograft, Double Tunnel vs. Single Tunnel, Cortical vs. Aperture Fixation”

Panelists: Stephen Howell, Freddie Fu, Lonnie Paulos, Donald Johnson

Podium: Meniscal Study Group

“ MRI Measurement of the Contralateral Normal Meniscus is a Better Method of Determining Meniscal Allograft Size than Measurement of the Recipient Tibial Plateau”

Chadwick Prodromos

Poster: “ MRI Measurement of the Contralateral Normal Meniscus is a Better Method of Determining Meniscal Allograft Size than Measurement of the Recipient Tibial Plateau”

Chadwick Prodromos MD, Brian Joyce BA, Brett Keller BS/BA, Brian T. Murphy MD

Hellenic Arthroscopy and Sportsmedicine Society

ATHENS, GREECE, June 2005

“Posterior mini-incision approach for hamstring ACL Reconstruction”

Chadwick Prodromos MD

Arthroscopy Association of North America

VANCOUVER, CANADA, May 2005

“Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Instructional Course Lecture: Meta-Analysis of ACLR reconstruction stability results and a new hamstring harvest technique”

Chadwick Prodromos MD

Mid-America Orthopaedic Society

AMELIA ISLAND, FLORIDA, April 2005

1) “Meta-Analysis of ACL reconstruction stability results”

2) “Posterior Mini-incision hamstring harvest approach”

3) “2-8 year follow-up results after quadruple hamstring ACL reconstruction”

Chadwick Prodromos MD

ISAKOS: International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic SportsMedicine

HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, April 2005:

“A Meta-Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Stability Rates as a Function of Hamstring Versus Bone-Patellar-Tendon-Bone Graft Selection and Fixation Type”

Chadwick Prodromos MD and Brett Keller BS, BA

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting (Smith and Nephew)

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 2005

1) Posterior Mini-Incision Hamstring Graft Harvest Technique for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: dvd re-presented from 2004 as “best selling dvd”

2) “ACL Reconstruction Stability Rates as a Function of Graft and Fixation Type”

Chadwick Prodromos MD, Brett Keller BS, BA and Brian Joyce BA


Special Interests