Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, offers a multispecialty, comprehensive approach to diagnosing and treating a wide range of abdominal and pelvic conditions in women and men of all ages.

The symptoms that people experience in their pelvic or abdominal areas are often rooted in complex problems that can be challenging to diagnose and difficult to treat. These symptoms include:

The complexity of the problems these symptoms can indicate requires a multidisciplinary team of specialists that works closely to provide the proper diagnostic tests and treatment. The abdominal and pelvic health team collaborates to coordinate services, create personalized treatment plans and facilitate communication with referring physicians, to give patients the highest quality care possible.

Our team is on the leading edge of advances in medicine, whether it’s a new minimally invasive technique or a novel drug. Because Rush is an academic medical center, our patients benefit from all of the latest innovations, including some that are unavailable anywhere else in the world. Treatment options we currently offer include:

Some of the disorders treated through the Program for Abdominal and Pelvic Health include:

The specialist team at the Program for Abdominal and Pelvic Health (PAPH) includes, colorectal surgeons, gastroenterologists, gynecologists, physiatrists (rehabilitative and physical medicine specialists), physical therapists, psychologists, radiologists, urogynecologists and urologists.

Co -Directors:

• Marc Brand, MD
• Sheila Dugan, MD

Program for Abdominal and Pelvic Health Team

• Eric Brown, MD, PhD
• Keith Bruninga, MD
• Chris Coogan, MD
• Lev Elterman, MD
• Jerome Hoeksema, MD
• Vonna Karoghlanian, PT
• Ali Keshavarzian, MD
• Kalyan Latchamsetty, MD
• Ece Mutlu, MD
• Carline Quander, MD
• Bruce Rosenzweig, MD
• Theodore Saclarides, MD
• Claire Smith, MD

For more information about PAPH call the program manager, Mary Patricia Kraus, at (312) 942-7274. Our program manager will guide patients through the program and discuss the patients’ symptoms with them to determine the appropriate specialists for each patient.