Rush University Medical Center 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 executive chairman Robert Simon, MD. Dino Rumoro, DO, is the clinical chairman for the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rush, and Julio Silva, MD, is the associate clinical chairman.

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).

Robert Simon, MD
Robert Simon, MD, is professor and chairperson of emergency medicine, Rush Medical College, and executive chairperson, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rush University Medical Center and John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. Dr. Simon received his medical degree from Wayne State University in 1970 and, after a surgical internship at Detroit General Hospital, finished his residency training in emergency medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals. From 1975 to 1988, he held several prominent positions at Marquette General Hospital and at the University of California at Los Angeles, in the School of Medicine and in the hospitals and clinics. Since 1988, Simon has been chairman of emergency medicine at Stroger Hospital. He joined the Rush faculty in 1995.

Dino Rumoro, DO
Dino Rumoro, DO, 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.

For information about physicians at Rush specializing in emergency medicine, see the link at left for “Find a Doctor.”