Chadwick C Prodromos, MD
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
Special Interests
- Knee and shoulder disorders
- Athletic injuries
- Mini-incision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- Shoulder arthroscopy, including all-arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
- Articular cartilage transplantation
- Cartilage regeneration
- Meniscal allograft transplantation
- Joint preservation rather than replacement
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 26th, 2006. ACL Repair
Publications
For a full list of Dr Prodromos' published papers, go here.
Recent National and International Conference Presentations
3rd Panhellenic Congress of the Hellenic Association of Arthroscopy Knee Surgery & Sports Injuries
HERSONISSOS, CRETE, June 2009
Podium Presentation: " Controversies in Soft-Tissue Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Grafts, Bundles, Tunnels, Fixation, and Harvest." Chadwick Prodromos MD.
European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, and Arthroscopy Biennial Congress
PORTO, PORTUGAL, May 2008
Podium Presentation: “A Meta-Analysis of the Incidence of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears As a Function of Gender, Sport and Knee Injury Reduction Regimen.” Chadwick Prodromos MD, Yung Han MD, Julie Rogowski BS, Brian Joyce BA, Kelvin Shi MS.
Poster: “Elongation of Simulated Whipstitch Post Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Tibial Fixation After Cyclic Loading.” Chadwick Prodromos MD, Aaron Hecker MD, Brian Joyce BA.
Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Conference
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 2008
Podium Presentation: “The Inside-Out, Minimally Invasive High Tibial Osteotomy Technique.” Chadwick C Prodromos MD, Brian T Joyce BA.
Hellenic Arthroscopy and Sportsmedicine Society Conference
GREECE, 2008
Podium Presentation: “ Clinical and Biomechanical Analysis of Whipstitch-Post Tibial Fixation for Hamstring Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.” Chadwick C Prodromos MD, Aaron Hecker PhD, Brian Joyce BA.
International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Biennial Congress
FLORENCE, ITALY, May 2007.
Poster: A Meta-Analysis of Stability Rates of Autografts Compared to Allografts for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Chadwick Prodromos MD, Brian Joyce BA.
Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, April 2007
Poster: “Experimental and Clinical Stability of Whipstitch-Post Fixation Method in Soft Tissue ACLR.” Chadwick Prodromos MD, Aaron Hecker MD, Brian Joyce BA.
Poster: “A Meta-Analysis of Stability Rates of Autografts Compared to Allografts for ACLR.” Chadwick Prodromos MD, Brian Joyce BA.
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting
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 Biennial Congress
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 Annual Meeting
HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, May 2006
Instructional Course Lecture: “Controversies in Soft Tissues ACL Reconstruction: Allograft vs. Autograft, Double Tunnel vs. Single Tunnel, Cortical vs. Aperture Fixation”
Podium Presentation: “Five-Strand Hamstring ACL Reconstruction: A New Technique With Better Long-Term Stability Than Four-Strand.” Chadwick C Prodromos MD, Brian T Joyce BA.
Poster: “Contralateral Meniscus MRI Better Predicts Needed Meniscal Allograft Size Than Recipient Tibial Xray.” Chadwick C Prodromos MD, Brian Joyce BA, Brett Keller BS.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting
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, and 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