Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, operates a comprehensive emergency department open 24 hours a day for patients who require immediate medical attention. Rush and John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County (formerly Cook County Hospital) have a combined Emergency Medicine Department under the direction of Dino Rumoro, DO, acting chairman, and Julio Silva, MD, associate clinical chairman for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rush.

In addition to treating the full range of adult problems, special services are available for the evaluation and treatment of emergencies involving infants and children. In October 2002, Rush and Stroger Hospital were named bioterrorism preparedness Centers of Excellence by the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH).

Dino Rumoro, DO

Dino Rumoro, DO, is acting chairperson in the Department of Emergency Medicine in Rush Medical College. Dr. Rumoro is an assistant professor in the department, and has served in the role of clinical chairman, directing all clinical activities in the emergency department since 2001. In addition, Dr. Rumoro works as a clinical transformation officer in the Office of Transformation, a post he has held since 2005.

Dr. Rumoro completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Cook County Hospital, and also served as chief resident. Prior to coming to Rush, he was associate residency director for the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Resurrection Medical Center. At Rush, he has been a leader in the development of our bioterrorism and emergency preparedness activities, and has been central to the development of the plans for the new emergency room to be located on the first floor of the new East Tower Hospital building. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians since 2002, rising to the position of president-elect.

Dr. Rumoro is assistant professor and clinical chairperson of emergency medical services. Dr. Rumoro received his medical degree from Midwestern University’s Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his emergency medicine residency at Stroger Hospital, where he was chief resident from 1993 to 1994. He has served as assistant clinical professor of emergency medicine on the affiliate faculty of the University of Illinois and on the emergency staffs at Central DuPage Hospital, Edward Hospital and Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center, as well as in Stroger Hospital’s employee health department. His areas of expertise include emergency medicine, heat emergencies and bioterrorism.

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