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ACS Fellow Since 1984

Jose Velasco, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Soc of Am Gast End Surgs
  • Midwest Surg Assn
  • Soc for Surg Alim Tract
  • Western Surg Assn
  • Central Surg Assn

Additional Information

Type of Practice

Clinic

General Surgery

1653 W Congress Pkwy

Department Surgery

PB I suite 818

Chicago, IL 60612

United States

Contact Information

Phone:312-563-0737
Website

Biography

Director Surgical Innovation Rush Center for Simulation; Professor of Surgery Rush University Medical Center, Chicago.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Breast Disease/Cancer

  • axillary dissection
  • benign breast disease
  • breast biopsy
  • breast cancer
  • breast ultrasound
  • core needle biopsy
  • duct excision/microdochotomy
  • lumpectomy
  • lymph node biopsy
  • mastectomy
  • radical mastectomy
  • sentinel node

Critical Care

Endocrine (Gland)

  • adrenal cancers/tumors
  • adrenal surgery
  • hyperparathyroidism
  • pancreatic endocrine tumors
  • parathyroid cancer
  • parathyroid surgery
  • pheochromocytoma
  • thyroid nodules/cancer
  • thyroid surgery

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • anti-reflux procedures
  • fundoplication
  • fundoplication - laparoscopic
  • gastric cancer
  • gastroesophageal reflux disease
  • peptic ulcer disease
  • splenectomy

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • bile duct malignancies
  • bile duct surgery
  • cholecystectomy
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • liver surgery
  • pancreatic cancer
  • pancreatic cysts

Hernia Procedures

  • abdominal hernia
  • component separation
  • epigastric hernia
  • femoral hernia
  • inguinal hernia
  • paraesophageal hernia
  • ventral hernia

Minimal Access Surgery

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

  • colectomy
  • colon surgery
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • diverticular disease
  • gastrointestinal cancer
  • laparoscopic colon surgery
  • stomach cancer

Minimally Invasive Procedures

Hospital Appointments

Rush University

Chicago, IL

Retired Staff

Rush University

Chicago, IL

Retired Staff

Rush University

Chicago,

Retired Staff

06/1988—Present

NorthShore University health systems-Skokie Hospital

Skokie, IL

Retired Staff

01/2009—01/2015

Academic Appointments

Rush

Professor