OAD HISTORY
OAD Orthopaedics, often affectionately referred to by
its patients and staff as "OAD," had its origins
in 1981 as a solo practice founded by Douglas
B. Mains, M.D. Dr. Mains founded not only the
medical practice, but in 1972 he established Mona Kea
Medical Park that previously housed OAD's main facility.
Dr. Mains was a pioneer in joint replacement surgery and
retired from OAD in 1999.
In 1986, Dr. Mains was joined by David
K. Chang, M.D., a graduate of the University of Michigan
Medical School and the Orthopaedic Residency Program of
Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Chang is
an orthopaedic surgeon with special interest and expertise
in arthroscopic surgery of the knee and hip, sports medicine,
and total joint replacement for arthritis.
Stephen E. Heim, M.D.
joined the practice in 1988 after serving as a U.S. Navy
staff physician and as orthopaedic consultant for the
Naval Aerospace Medical Institute in Pensacola. Dr. Heim
graduated from Northwestern University Medical School
and remained at Northwestern for his orthopaedic surgery
residency followed by a spine fellowship at the Midwest
Regional Spine Trauma Center. Dr. Heim's practice is limited
to patients with back and neck disorders.
The threesome became a foursome in January 1990, with
the addition of David
H. Watt, M.D. Dr. Watt is a graduate of Wheaton College,
Northwestern University Medical School, and the University
of Illinois Orthopaedic Residency Program. Subsequently,
he entered private practice in partnership with Paul Jordan,
M.D., where he remained for five years before joining
OAD. Dr. Watt is an orthopaedic surgeon with special interest
and training in arthroscopic surgery of the knee and shoulder.
Other orthopaedic interests include sports medicine, joint
replacement and reconstruction, and the management of
fractures.
Nine months later, in September 1990, our second spine
surgeon, Jerome L.
Kolavo, M.D., became a part of the organization. Dr.
Kolavo is a graduate of Purdue University and the University
of Illinois College of Medicine. His orthopaedic residency
was completed at Northwestern Memorial Hospital followed
by a spine fellowship at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's
Medical Center. Dr. Kolavo specializes in the treatment
of pediatric and adult disorders of the spine, including
scoliosis.
Lenard W. LaBelle,
M.D. became the sixth OAD physician in August 1991,
coming to us after a three-year partnership with Dr. Gerald
Jabaay in Carol Stream. Dr. LaBelle graduated from the
University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago.
He then completed a five-year Grand Rapids Orthopaedic
Residency Program in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. LaBelle
is an orthopaedic surgeon with special interest in sports
medicine, advanced arthroscopy, knee and shoulder surgery,
and joint replacement. Fall football Saturdays find him
covering local high school teams as team physician.
Two years later in September 1993, David
M. Mochel, M.D. joined OAD Orthopaedics after graduating
from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in
Rockford. He completed his postgraduate training in the
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program in Grand Rapids,
Michigan. Dr. Mochel is an orthopaedic surgeon with special
interest in arthroscopic surgery, total joint replacement,
reconstruction and revision, and fracture care.
In 1994, OAD enhanced its scope of services with the
addition of its first physiatrist, Mary
T. Norek, M.D. Dr. Norek is a graduate of the University
of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, and completed
an internship and residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
at St. Francis Medical Center in Pittsburgh. Dr. Norek
specializes in nonsurgical evaluation and the conservative
management of patients with pain and disease of the musculoskeletal
system. She also conducts EMG and NCV testing and administers
trigger point injections.
On September 1, 1996, a merger was consummated between
OAD Orthopaedics, Ltd. and Hand Care Associates--the practice
of John F. Showalter,
M.D. and Richard
K. Thomas, M.D.
John F. Showalter, M.D., founder of Hand Care Associates, earned his M.D. at Loyola University’s Stritch School of Medicine, interned at the State University of Iowa Hospitals, and completed a pathology fellowship at the Veterans Administration Hospital of Iowa City. After his orthopaedic surgery residency at the Indiana University Affiliated Hospitals, Dr. Showalter completed a hand and microsurgery fellowship at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis. In 1978, he began his specialized practice devoted solely to the unique care of the hand and upper extremity, in addition to performing DuPage County’s first successful microsurgical/hand replantation. After a 30-year orthopaedic career, Dr. Showalter retired on August 31, 2007.
Richard K. Thomas,
M.D. joined Dr. Showalter and Hand Care Associates
in 1991. He earned his medical degree from Indiana University
School of Medicine in Indianapolis, completed a transitional
year residency at Memorial Hospital of South Bend. Dr.
Thomas then entered a research fellowship in orthopaedic
oncology at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center,
followed by an orthopaedic surgery residency at the University
of Missouri, Kansas City and a hand and microsurgery fellowship
at the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery
in Louisville, Kentucky.
In February 1997, OAD added its second physiatrist, Beth
B. Froese, M.D. Dr. Froese graduated from the East
Carolina University School of Medicine in 1992. She then
completed an internship in family practice at the University
Medical Center of Eastern Carolina in Greenville and a
residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Loyola
University Medical Center. Her special interests are in
the areas of conservative spine care and non-surgical
soft tissue injuries. She also conducts EMG testings,
NCV studies, and administers epidural steroid and trigger
point injections.
Drew Engles, M.D. joined Drs. Showalter and Thomas in
Hand Care Associates in September 1997. A 1996
graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine, he
completed a five-year orthopaedic surgery residency at
Akron General Medical Center and the Children's Hospital
Medical Center of Akron, Ohio. He is
fellowship-trained in hand and upper extremity surgery
from the Indiana Hand Center, Indianapolis. Dr.
Engles has special interest in traumatic and
reconstructive surgery, arthroscopy, tendon transfers and
peripheral nerve injury of the hand and upper
extremity. Family ties drew Dr. Engles back to Ohio
in February 2001.
And, on September 1, 1999, OAD welcomed two additional
physicians into the practice: Mary
Ling, M.D. joined Drs. Showalter, Thomas and Engles
as the fourth hand surgeon in the Hand Care Department;
Jeffrey Senall, M.D.
added his foot, ankle & lower extremity expertise
to that of Drs. Chang, Watt, LaBelle and Mochel in the
General Orthopaedics Department.
Mary Ling, M.D.
graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with
a Bachelor of Science degree in bioengineering as well
as a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering,
and went on to earn her medical degree from Northwestern
University Medical School. She completed a five-year residency
in orthopaedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minnesota in 1998, followed in 1999 by a fellowship in
hand and microvascular surgery at the Indiana Hand Center,
Indianapolis. Dr. Ling has special interest in traumatic
reconstruction of the elbow, wrist and hand, as well as
peripheral nerve surgery, sports injuries and congenital
hand deformities.
Jeffrey A. Senall,
M.D. is an orthopaedic surgeon with special expertise
and training in the treatment of foot and ankle disorders
and problems. Other interests include sports medicine,
total joint replacement, arthroscopic surgery and fracture
care. Dr. Senall did his undergraduate work at Canisius
College in Buffalo, New York, and received his medical
degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Postgraduate training included a five-year residency in
orthopaedic surgery at the Henry Ford Health System in
Detroit, Michigan and a fellowship in foot and ankle surgery
at the Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Thomas W. Kiesler,
M.D. joined OAD in May 2001. He graduated from Purdue
University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science degree in
electrical engineering, and continued at Purdue University
where he achieved his Master of Science degree in physiology
in 1988. Dr. Kiesler went on to earn his medical degree
from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1992, followed
by a five-year residency in orthopaedic surgery at the
Indiana University Medical Center until 1997. He was a
fellow in hand/microvascular and upper extremity surgery
at the Indiana Hand Center until August 1998. Prior to
joining Hand Care Associates, a division of OAD Orthopaedics,
Dr. Kiesler was in private practice as a staff surgeon
with the Indiana Hand Center in Indianapolis from August
1998 to Spring 2001.
Matthew D. Gimre, M.D.,
a board certified family physician, with a Certificate
of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine through the
American Board of Family Practice, joined OAD in August
2001. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in
mechanical engineering. Dr. Gimre earned his medical degree
from the Ohio State University College of Medicine in
1997, completed a three-year residency in family practice
at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, IL, followed by a fellowship
in sports medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation
in 2000. With special interest in treating athletes
at the high school, collegiate and professional levels,
he also focuses on the injuries of physically
active patients of all ages and the return of those patients
to their desired levels of activity. His practice is an
office-based, nonsurgical practice committed to the care
of a broad range of musculoskeletal injuries and conditions.
He is also a member of the American Medical Society for
Sports Medicine and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
John L. Andreshak,
M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon and spine and neck specialist,
joined OAD Orthopaedics in 2002. After serving as staff
physician in the United States Air Force, Dr. Andreshak
served as chief of the orthopaedic spine service and vice
chairman of the department of orthopaedic surgery. Dr.
Andreshak graduated from the United States Air Force Academy
in Colorado and earned his medical degree from the Chicago
Medical School. Dr. Andreshak completed his internship
and orthopaedic residency at Loyola University Medical
Center followed by a fellowship in spine surgery at the
Mayo Clinic combining both orthopaedic and neurosurgical
techniques. Dr. Andreshak specializes in the medical and
surgical treatment of neck and back disorders including
microscopic surgery and reconstructive surgery of the
cervical and lumbar spines.
Rachel A. Cisko, D.P.M.,
OAD's podiatric physician and surgeon, joined the practice
in September 2004. She received her Bachelor of Science
degree in biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
and Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine degree from the Dr.
William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago
in 2001. Dr. Cisko completed a two-year postgraduate residency
specializing in foot surgery from Loretto Hospital in
Chicago. She provides complete family-oriented medical
and surgical treatment of foot disorders such as diabetic foot care, wound care, orthotic therapy, arthritis,
fractures, and sprains/strains of the foot and ankle.
Dr. Cisko is an Associate of the American College of Foot
and Ankle Surgeons and a member of both the American Podiatric
Medical Association and Illinois Podiatric Medical Association.
In September 2005, hand and upper extremity specialist,
Anup A. Bendre, M.D.,
joined OAD. Dr. Bendre graduated from the University of
Illinois with Bachelor of Science degrees in bioengineering
and psychology. He earned his medical degree from the
University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1999 and
completed a five-year residency in orthopaedic surgery
at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of
Medicine in 2004. Fellowship-trained in hand, upper extremity
and microvascular surgery at the Indiana Hand Center in
Indianapolis, Dr. Bendre is a member of the American Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgeons and a candidate member of the
American Society for Surgery of the Hand. His areas of
specialty include arthroscopy, reconstruction, and replacement
surgery of traumatic and arthritic conditions of the hand,
wrist and elbow, as well as peripheral nerve and vascular
disorders of the upper extremity.
OAD welcomed another sports medicine specialist and
surgeon, Aaron A. Bare,
M.D., in February 2006. A graduate of
Northwestern
University
, Dr. Bare also earned his medical degree from
Northwestern University
Medical School and completed his surgical internship and orthopaedic
residency at Northwestern's
McGaw
Medical
Center. Following a sports medicine fellowship at
Southern California Orthopaedic Institute, he completed a
foot and ankle fellowship in Oakland,
California. Dr. Bare specializes in sports medicine,
shoulder and knee injuries/conditions, with expertise in shoulder, knee, hip and ankle
arthroscopy. On the teaching faculty and
member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America,
Dr. Bare is also a member of the American Orthopaedic
Society for Sports Medicine and the American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Steven E. Mayer, M.D. joined OAD in July 2006 as the
practice's third physiatrist/physical medicine and
rehabilitation specialist. Dr. Mayer earned his
Bachelor of Science in biology with distinction from
Indiana University in 1998 and received his medical degree
in 2002 from Indiana University School of Medicine.
After completing a one-year internship at Michigan State
University-Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies in 2003,
Dr. Mayer served his three-year residency in Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Wisconsin
Hospital and Clinics. He specializes in the
diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of spine and
musculoskeletal disorders, pain management,
electrodiagnostics (EMG/NCV testing), sports and
occupational medicine. In addition, Dr. Mayer
performs fluoroscopically-guided lumbar epidurals, facet
and sacroiliac joint injections as well as peripheral
joint and trigger point injections. He is a member
of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation, the Physiatric Association of Spine,
Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation, the American
Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic
Medicine, the North American Spine Society, and the
American College of Sports Medicine.
In August 2006, OAD welcomed its twentieth physician, William
R. Sterba, M.D., a fellowship-trained sports medicine
specialist and surgeon. Dr. Sterba graduated cum
laude from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of
Science degree, and in 2000 earned his medical degree from
Tulane University School of Medicine in
New Orleans. After completing his internship and orthopaedic
surgery residency at the Henry Ford Health System in
Detroit
in 2005, Dr. Sterba entered a sports medicine fellowship
at the University of Texas-Houston, serving as
Rice
University's team physician and assistant M.D. to the Houston
Rockets. Dr. Sterba's areas of specialty include
sports medicine, shoulder, knee and hip
injuries/conditions. He has expertise in
arthroscopy/advanced arthroscopic procedures; total joint
replacement and reconstruction of the shoulder, hip and
knee; and fracture management. Dr. Sterba is a
member of the
American
Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Arthroscopy Association of
North
America.
Joining OAD in March 2008, hand and upper extremity specialist, Richard L. Makowiec, M.D., has a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology from the University of Michigan. In 1994, he earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in 1999. Fellowship-trained in hand and microvascular surgery at the Indiana Hand Center in Indianapolis, Dr. Makowiec specializes in arthroscopy, microsurgery, fracture care, peripheral nerve and sports injuries and reconstructive surgery for upper extremity traumatic and arthritic conditions. He has served as an orthopaedic hand surgeon in the United States Navy and Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand, Dr. Makowiec is a member of the American Association for Hand Surgery, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, the Chicago Society for Surgery of the Hand and the Mid-America Orthopaedic Association.
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