Faculty & Staff

LUHS

Alexander Ghanayem, MD

Education

• Undergraduate
  Illinois Benedictine College
  BS 1985
• Medical
  Northwestern University Medical School
  MD 1989
• Residency
  Case Western Reserve University
  Orthopaedic Surgery 1994
• Fellowship
  University of Wisconsin
  Fellow in Spine Surgery 1995

Board Certification and Focus

Certifying Body
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Year: 1997

Scope of Practice
Specialist within orthopaedic surgery (75% or more of practice committed to an area of specialty interest)

Type of Practice
Academic

Practice Focus

• Adult Spine
• Neck and back problems

Affiliations

Hospitals

• Loyola University Health System
  Maywood, Illinois
• Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital
  Hines, Illinois

Academic

• Loyola University Chicago
  Stritch School of Medicine

Memberships

• State Society Memberships
• State Orthopaedic Society

Specialty Society Memberships

• Cervical Spine Research Society
• North American Spine Society
• Orthopaedic Research Society

Additional Society Memberships

• Mid America Orthopaedic Association
• International Society for the Study of Lumbar Spine
• Diplomat - National Board of Medical Examiners

Professional Achievements, Awards, and Interests:

• Resident and Fellow Educational Committee
  Loyola University Health System
• Medical Director - Orthopaedic Specialty Clinics
  Loyola University Health System
• Service Excellence Steering Committee
  Loyola University Health System
• Fee & Coding Committee
  Loyola University Physicians' Foundation
• Committee on Admissions
  Loyola University Chicago

Patient Educational Information [ return to top ]

• Injury, Disease and Syndromes
• Fracture of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
• Herniated Disk
• Low Back Pain
• Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
• Sciatica
• Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
• Treatments
• Low Back Pain Exercise Guide
• Spinal Fusion
• Wellness
• Low Back Pain Exercise Guide
• Stay Active: Safe at Any Age
• Staying Active As You Age

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Faculty By Name

• Michael Bednar, MD
• Paul Belich, MD
• Randy Bindra, MD
• John Callaci, PhD
• Douglas Evans, MD
• Alexander Ghanayem, MD
• Edwin Harris, DPM
• William Hopkinson, MD
• Terry Light, MD
• Guido Marra, MD
• Coleen Napolitano, DPM
• Patrick O'Leary, MD
• Avinash Patwardhan, PhD
• Michael Pinzur, MD
• Harold Rees, MD
• Francis Rottier, DPM
• Timothy Rapp, MD
• Ronald Sage, DPM
• Michael Stover, MD
• Hobie Summers, MD
• Rodney Stuck, DPM
• Pietro Tonino, MD
• Frederick Wezeman, PhD
• Karen Wu, MD