Members of the sports medicine team at Rush

Rush University Medical Center is proud to be the preferred hospital of the Chicago White Sox and home to their team physicians.

Charles A. Bush-Joseph, MD, a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, is the lead team physician for the Chicago White Sox. Colleagues Bernard R. Bach, Jr., MD, Gregory P. Nicholson, MD, Kathleen M. Weber, MD, Brian J. Cole, MD, and Anthony A. Romeo, MD, serve as primary team physicians. All are members of the practice group Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, and are on the faculty of Rush Medical College.

"We began a search to find the best possible medical team to serve our organization and baseball team starting with spring training for the 2004 season," according to Herm Schneider, head trainer for the Chicago White Sox. "My research indicated that the Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush program had the doctors whom I felt were the most experienced in the field of evaluating, diagnosing and treating baseball-specific injuries. I wanted our players, staff and front office personnel to have the best medical expertise available.

"In addition, I wanted the team to have access to a full-service academic medical center like Rush, just minutes away from U.S. Cellular Field, that offers our players a broad array of medical experts and specialty diagnostics if needed," he said.

Bush-Joseph agreed. "We’re there to work with Herm Schneider to make sure the White Sox players are in optimal condition, and that if an injury does occur, we can provide an accurate, rapid diagnosis and initial care to minimize time off the field," he said.

An orthopedics specialist and an internal medicine specialist attend each of the White Sox home games. The team physicians also provide care for visiting team players, coaches and umpires.

Kathleen M. Weber, MD, is the team’s primary internal medicine physician, and one of Major League Baseball’s few female team physicians. With her combined training in sports medicine, internal medicine and exercise physiology, she is uniquely qualified to address both orthopedic injuries and the medical aspects of sports medicine, such as heat illness, head injuries, allergies, viral infections, high blood pressure and diabetes. Three other Rush internal medicine specialists, Dragan Djordjevic, MD, Joseph J. Hennessy, MD, and Jisu Kim, MD, help Weber staff the White Sox home games

Ranked among the very best orthopedic programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report, Rush is home to nationally respected physicians and researchers who are on the leading edge of sports medicine.

To make an appointment with a physician at Rush, call toll free (888) 352-RUSH.