Adam C. Young, MD
Alan C. League, MD
Albert Knuth, MD
Alejandra Rodriguez-Paez, MD
Alexander E. Michalow, MD
Alexander Gordon, MD
Alexander J. Tauchen, MD
Alexander M. Crespo, MD
Alfonso Bello, MD
Ami Kothari, MD
Amy Jo Ptaszek, MD
Anand Vora, MD
Andrea S. Kramer, MD
Andrew J. Riff, MD
Angela R. Crowley, MD
Angelo Savino, MD
Anthony Savino, MD
Anuj S. Puppala, MD
Ari Kaz, MD
Ashraf H. Darwish, MD
Ashraf Hasan, MD
Bradley Dworsky, MD
Brian Clay, MD
Brian J. Burgess, DPM
Brian R. McCall, MD
Brian Schwartz, MD
Brian Weatherford, MD
Brooke Vanderby, MD
Bruce E. Noxon, DPM, FACFAS, FAPWCA
Bruce Summerville, MD
Bryan Waxman, MD
Bryant S. Ho, MD
Carey E. Ellis, MD
Carla Gamez, DPM
Cary R. Templin, MD
Charles L. Lettvin, MD
Charles M. Lieder, DO
Chinyoung Park, MD
Christ Pavlatos, MD
Christian Skjong, MD
Christopher C. Mahr, MD
Christopher J. Bergin, MD
Craig Cummins, MD
Craig Phillips, MD
Craig S. Williams, MD
Craig Westin, MD
Daniel M. Dean, MD
David Beigler, MD
David Guelich, MD
David H. Garelick, MD
David Hamming, MD
David Hoffman, MD
David M. Anderson, MD
David Raab, MD
David Schneider, DO
Djuro Petkovic, MD
Douglas Diekevers, DPM
Douglas Solway, DPM
E. Quinn Regan, MD
Eddie Jones Jr., MD
Edward J. Logue, MD
Ellis K. Nam, MD
Eric Chehab, MD
Eric L. Lee, MD
Evan A. Dougherty, MD
Garo Emerzian, DPM
Gary Shapiro, MD
Giridhar Burra, MD
Gregory Brebach, MD
Gregory J. Fahrenbach, MD
Gregory Portland, MD
Harpreet S. Basran, MD
Holly L. Brockman, MD
Inbar Kirson, MD, FACOG, Diplomate ABOM
Jacob M. Babu, MD, MHA
Jalaal Shah, DO
James M. Hill, MD
James R. Bresch, MD
Jason G. Hurbanek, MD
Jason Ghodasra, MD
Jason J. Shrouder-Henry, MD
Jeffrey Ackerman, MD
Jeffrey Goldstein, MD
Jeffrey Staron, MD
Jeffrey Visotsky, MD
Jeremy Oryhon, MD
Jing Liang, MD
John H. Lyon, MD
Jonathan Erulkar, MD
Jordan L. Goldstein, MD
Josephine H. Mo, MD
Juan Santiago-Palma, MD
Justin Gent, MD
Justin M. LaReau, MD
Kellie Gates, MD
Kermit Muhammad, MD
Kevin Chen, MD
Kris Alden MD, PhD
Leah R. Urbanosky, MD
Leigh-Anne Tu, MD
Leon Benson, MD
Lori Siegel, MD
Lynn Gettleman Chehab, MD, MPH, Diplomate ABOM
Marc Angerame, MD
Marc Breslow, MD
Marc R. Fajardo, MD
Marie Kirincic, MD
Mark Gonzalez, MD
Mark Gross, MD
Mark Hamming, MD
Mark Mikhael, MD
Matthew L. Jimenez, MD
Mehul H. Garala, MD
Michael C. Durkin, MD
Michael Chiu, MD
Michael J. Corcoran, MD
Michael O'Rourke, MD
Nathan G. Wetters, MD
Nikhil K. Chokshi, MD
Paul L. Goodman, DPM, FACFAS, FAPWCA
Peter Hoepfner, MD
Peter Thadani, MD
Phillip Ludkowski, MD
Priyesh Patel, MD
Rajeev D. Puri, MD
Rhutav Parikh, MD
Richard J. Hayek, MD
Richard Noren, MD
Richard Sherman, MD
Ritesh Shah, MD
Robert J. Thorsness, MD
Roger Chams, MD
Ronak M. Patel, MD
Scott Jacobsen, DPM
Sean A. Sutphen, DO
Serafin DeLeon, MD
Shivani Batra, DO
Stanford Tack, MD
Steven C. Chudik, MD
Steven Gross, MD
Steven J. Fineberg, MD
Steven Jasonowicz, DPM
Steven M. Mardjetko, MD
Steven S. Louis, MD
Steven W. Miller, DPM
Surbhi Panchal, MD
T. Andrew Ehmke, DO
Taizoon Baxamusa, MD
Teresa Sosenko, MD
Theodore Fisher, MD
Thomas Gleason, MD
Timothy J. Friedrich, DPM
Todd R. Rimington, MD
Todd Simmons, MD
Tom Antkowiak, MD, MS
Tomas Nemickas, MD
Van Stamos, MD
Wayne M. Goldstein, MD
Wesley E. Choy, MD
William P. Mosenthal, MD
William Vitello, MD

Job Title: Physical Therapist Assistant

Justin Gerkin, PTA

Justin has been practicing for over 9 years in the outpatient Physical Therapy setting. Justin graduated from Elmhurst College with a Bachelors degree in Kinesiology in 2010 while playing football. He went on to study at Fox College and earned his degree as a Physical Therapist Assistant in 2013. Justin has focused his continuing education on […]

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Laura Hamilton, PTA

Laura Hamilton, PTA, received her Physical Therapist Assistant degree at Harper College in Palatine. Prior to her physical therapy education, Laura graduated from Carroll University in Waukesha, WI with a bachelor’s degree in Health and Physical Education. She has previously worked with various orthopedic populations and provided empathetic and evidence based care to a variety […]

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Wesley Martinez, PTA

Wesley graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago then continued on to complete his Physical Therapist Assistant degree at Fox College. Both his coursework and hobbies revolve around a strength and conditioning exercise based approach to optimize function and recovery. During his education Wesley […]

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Shannon Ducat, PTA

I graduated from Kankakee Community College in 2021 and began my career as a physical therapist assistant at Illinois Bone and Joint in September of 2021. I enjoy working with all patients, the variations and uniqueness between each person has always been one of my favorite parts in this field. I thoroughly enjoy helping patients […]

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Maritza Flores, PTA

Maritza Flores, PTA, has been a part of the IBJI team since May of 2015 at the Chicago-Avondale location while studying at North Park University where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Science with an emphasis in Exercise Science. Shortly after, Maritza attended Oakton Community College to pursue her Physical Therapist Assistant degree. Maritza is […]

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Ashley Fitzpatrick, PTA

Ashley has been practicing as a Physical Therapist Assistant since 2018 in an outpatient setting with additional experience as a technician prior to beginning her PTA career.  She graduated from College of DuPage in 2018 with an Associate in Applied Sciences for Physical Therapist Assistant. In addition to being a practicing clinician, Ashley has extensive […]

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Diane Brikha, PTA

Diane is a Physical Therapist Assistant at the Wilmette clinic and has practiced outpatient orthopedics since graduating from Oakton Community College in 2020. Diane’s journey with Illinois Bone and Joint Institute started back in 2016 as a rehab technician in Wilmette after graduating from University of Illinois in Chicago to receive her Bachelor of Science […]

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Thomas Cook, PTA, MPH

Thomas Cook, PTA MPH has been practicing since 2018 but has been working in physical therapy clinics for more than 10 years. He completed his BS in Kinesiology at Elmhurst University before going back to school to do his PTA degree. While completing the PTA degree at Elgin Community College, Thom did his Master’s in […]

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