Practice Locations
Affiliated Hospitals
- Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
- Skokie Hospital - NorthShore University Health System
Areas of Expertise
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Osteoporosis/Osteopenia
- Osteoarthritis
- Gout/Pseudogout
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Lupus and Autoimmune Disorders
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Sjogren’s Syndrome
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Dermatomyositis/Polymyositis
- Vasculitis
- Scleroderma
- Joint Pain
Biography
Dr. Chinyoung Park is a rheumatologist who is dual board-certified in rheumatology and internal medicine. Dr. Park has extensive experience treating patients with arthritis and other inflammatory, autoimmune, and pain-related disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus, psoriatic arthritis, and osteoarthritis. She has special training in treating vasculitis and osteoporosis.
Dr. Park has lived in the Chicago area since the age of 10 when her family arrived in the United States from Korea. As far back as she can remember, she always wanted to become a doctor. Dr. Park earned her undergraduate degree in biology at the University of Illinois, volunteering at local hospitals during summer breaks. She completed her medical degree at Loyola University Medical Center and then an internal medicine residency at Michael Reese Hospital, where she first became fascinated with the field of rheumatology. Dr. Park then went on to complete rheumatology fellowships at both the University of Chicago and Cleveland Clinic.
Committed to patient-centered care, Dr. Park enjoys collaborating with patients and specialists to develop personalized treatment plans addressing the complexities of autoimmune diseases. She resides in Chicago’s northern suburbs with her husband, who is also a physician. They have three grown sons. Outside of medicine, Dr. Park enjoys working with stained glass, swimming, and reading.
The doctor/patient relationship has to be a partnership. Iwant to give my patients as much information as I can to helpthem make informed decisions about care plans that willwork for them.”
Chinyoung Park, MDEducation
Medical School
Loyola University Chicago
Residency
Michael Reese Hospital - Internal Medicine
Fellowship
University of Chicago - Rheumatology
Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Rheumatology
- Examination of phosphoprotein contents of lymphocytes from lupus patients to assess possible derangements in tyrosine kinase transcription pathways involved in T cell activation, 1991-92.
- Park C, Lashner BA, Dozer D, Albert DA: Arthritis of Inflammatory Bowel disease: Analysis of a Large Data Base. Poster presentation at National Meeting, American College of Rheumatology, November 1992. Arthritis & Rheumatism 36:9 (Suppl), Sept 1993.
- Sweiss NJ, Ellman MH, Curran JJ, Utset TO, Park CY: TNF inhibition as a Novel Treatment for Refractory Sarcoidosis. Poster presentation at National Meeting, American College of Rheumatology, November 2001. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 44:S121 ( Suppl), September 2001.
- Sweiss NJ, Ellman MH, Curran JJ, Park CY: TNF-inhibition as a Novel Treatment for Refractory Sarcoidosis. Poster Presentation at National Meeting, American College of Rheumatology, October 2002. Arthritis & Rheumatism 46:S324 (Suppl), Sept 2002
- Castle Connelly Top Doctor – 10 Years
- Exceptional Women In Medicine: 2020-2025
- Chicago Magazine "Top Doctors" for 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
- Letter of appreciation from Lake County Health Department for providing rheumatology care to uninsured residents of Lake County
- Practice in Rheumatology, Illinois Bone and Joint Institute, 1/1/2016-
- Private practice in Rheumatology, Park Rheumatology, LLC. 7/1/2005-12/31/2015
- Private practice in Rheumatology, Deerpath Physicians Group, 7/2002- 6/30/2005.
- Assistant Professor of Rheumatology, University of Chicago Hospitals, 9/98-6/2002.
- Staff Rheumatologist, University Mednet (Cleveland), 1994-1998 – Rheumatology (80%) and Internal Medicine (20%)
- Senior Clinical Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine, Case Western University School of Medicine, 1994-1998.
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