The Traumatic Stress Center at Rush University Medical Center offers a multidisciplinary approach to restoring full functioning and control to individuals with stress disorders. Because psychological and physical trauma often occur together, professionals at the Traumatic Stress Center work with experts in other specialties at Rush including cardiology, emergency medicine, gastroenterology, neurology and neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology and rehabilitative medicine. This multidisciplinary approach allows us to evaluate and treat the psychological and medical conditions of patients experiencing traumatic stress.

We also factor in spiritual, family and cultural considerations to help in diagnosing and treating patients. Different cultures impact the needs of patients and their families as well as their reactions to trauma and its effects.

The Traumatic Stress Center provides the following services to help those affected by trauma:

• Cognitive behavioral treatment
• Trauma exposure therapy
• Medication management
• Individual and group psychotherapy
• Family therapy and education
• Neurologic, neurosurgical and other medical consultation
• Coordination with medical services across departments at Rush
• Workplace consultation
• Prevention services
• A medical response team available in the event of a mass casualty
• Evaluation and readiness of first responders and other employees

For more information, download our program brochure (under "Related Topics," at right).

• Stevan E. Hobfoll, PhD, director of the center, is the Judd and Marjorie Weinberg Presidential Professor of Psychology and chairperson of the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Rush. He is an expert in disaster trauma as well as trauma in women, the military and first responders.
• Sheila Dowd, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and an expert in cognitive behavioral therapy. She is associate director of residency training at Rush in the Department of Psychiatry.
• Ivonne H. Hobfoll, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Behavioral Services and a clinical psychologist at Rush with expertise in the treatment of trauma in children and women.
• Sharon Jedel, PsyD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Gastroenterology and a psychologist at Rush with a special interest in anxiety and traumatic stress and its relationship to gastrointestinal disease.
• Daniel E. Levin, MD, medical director of the center, is an expert in trauma among adults and older adolescents. Levin is training director of the psychiatry residency program at Rush and an expert in mass casualty and psychiatric public health.
• Dino Rumoro, DO, is an associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and chairperson of emergency medicine at Rush with expertise in bioterrorism preparedness.
• James A. Young, MD, is an associate professor and chairperson of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and has special expertise in the treatment of traumatic brain injuries and rehabilitation following physical trauma.