The Chicago Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery is committed to laparoscopic surgery for a broad spectrum of procedures for the treatment of ailments of the gastrointestinal tract, solid organs, as well as hernias and morbid obesity.
Dr. Frantzides is the Director of the Chicago Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery; Director of the Laparoscopic Fellowship Program at Saint Francis Hospital and professor of surgery at University of Illinois in Chicago. He is recognized worldwide as an expert in the field of laparoscopic surgery and is a charter member of the United States Laparoscopic Founders’ Society.
His experience in laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery is one of the most extensive in the United States. Dr. Frantzides created the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and was the Director of the center from 1995-1997. Dr. Frantzides has served as the Director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center and professor of surgery at the University of Chicago from 1997 to 2000. He was also the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Weiss Memorial Hospital from 1997-2000. Dr. Frantzides was the Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago and professor of surgery at Rush University from 2000-2003. He was also the Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery (2003-2006) and Director of the Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship program (2003-2008) at Northshore University Health System (previously Evanston Northwestern Healthcare). Under his Directorship and because of his high number of procedures, and excellent outcomes Evanston Northwestern Healthcare was named a Center of Excellence by The American College of Surgeons. In addition Dr. Frantzides was Professor of Surgery at Northwestern University from 2004-2009.
He has traveled internationally to perform and teach laparoscopic operations. In recognition of his efforts in teaching advanced laparoscopic techniques, he was named honorary member of the Brazilian Society of Surgery (Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva), the Hellenic Surgical Association, and the Greek Laparoscopic Society. During the last 19 years, he has organized 31 laparoscopic courses through which 331 surgeons were trained in laparoscopic surgery. He has created the first laparoscopic fellowship program in the United States (1995) for training young surgeons in the art of minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Frantzides is a member of numerous professional societies and has been the recipient of several awards and honors as well as grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and from the surgical industry. Dr. Frantzides has made more than 200 contributions to the medical literature and has written two books on laparoscopic surgery. He was the first to introduce and perform 14 different laparoscopic procedures in the world. He has worked extensively on the laparoscopic management of Gastro- Esophageal Reflux disease and Hiatal Hernia, Hepatobiliary diseases, Incisional Hernia, Esophageal Achalasia, and the laparoscopic treatment of benign and malignant diseases of the colon. He developed a new safer technique for the laparoscopic gastric bypass (“Triple staple technique,” Archives of Surgery, 2003.) He is credited with inventing two surgical instruments used in laparoscopic surgery. Due to his academic activities in laparoscopic surgery as well as his surgical skills he was given the “Achievement award for advanced laparoscopic surgery” by the American Society of General Surgery.
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