Shriners Hospitals for Children in Oak Park (Ill.) named Purnendu Gupta, MD, chief of staff, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Here are five things to know about Dr. Gupta:
1. Dr. Gupta focuses on complex spinal disorders and has conducted extensive spine research. He published in The Spine Journal and Clinical Biomechanics. He has also served on the editorial boards for multiple professional journals.
2. Throughout his career, Dr. Gupta has volunteered for The Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine in Ghana and the Scoliosis Research Society Global Outreach Program in Bulgaria.
3. In his new role, Dr. Gupta wants to build Chicago Shriners Hospital into a “preeminent pediatric hospital” in Chicago for orthopedics, plastic surgery and spine rehabilitation, according this report.
4. Dr. Gupta earned his medical degree at Northwestern University Medical School and completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. His additional training includes fellowships in complex scoliosis and spinal disorders at Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Shriners Hospital for Children – St. Louis.
5. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Gupta spent more than 20 years in academic medicine at Ohio State University and previously served as Weiss Memorial Hospital’s spine center director. He continues to serve as a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Illinois, Chicago.