Please contact the PA’s with questions concerning your recovery, rehabilitation and/or work status following your upcoming surgery. We prefer if you would try email first, especially for non-urgent information.
Physician Assistants
Kyle Pilz, MMS, PA-C
Paige Maher, PA-C
Kali Chemelewski, PA-C
Administrative Assistants:
Valerie McKenzie
- Transplant Coordinator
- Prospective patients
- Surgical scheduling & pre/post questions
- Surgical pre-cert questions/issues (WC / primary ins / MVA)
- Surgical shadowing / clinic shadowing / international patients
- Medication prescription renewal questions/issues
- PA questions/inquiries
- Biologic injection questions
Valerie Gamez
- WC related appointments (missing dictation/quick report)
- Missing operative notes
- IME questions/issues (i.e. missing dictation/quick report)
- PA questions/inquiries
- Surgical scheduling & pre/post questions
- Deposition scheduling // Trial scheduling
- Outside Record Review
- Dr Cole schedule (meetings, phone conferences etc)
- Addendum Request or email [javascript protected email address]
Maeghan Vickerstaff
- Surgical scheduling & pre/post questions & Insurances (WC / primary / MVA)
- PA questions/inquiries
- Biologic injection questions
- Medication prescription renewal questions/issues
- Radiology authorization request (MRI)
- Notes to be faxed to referring doc/primary care/ncm &/or adj
- Physical Therapy — missing script/script renewal
- Surgical inquiries relating to pre-op clearance/labs/billing.
- Disability form follow up
**advise the patient to have their pharmacy fax us a refill request (708) 409-5179**
Scheduling:
Sports Medicine Scheduling:
Scheduling Team: [javascript protected email address]
Other Important Numbers:
Billing Questions:
Medical Record Requests:
- Rush Oak Park Hospital Directions
- Rush SurgiCenter Directions
- Gold Coast Surgicenter Directions
- South Suburban Surgical Suites, LLC Directions
- Rush Oak
Brook Surgicenter
520 South Maple Avenue
Oak Park, Illinois 60304
- (708) 383-5673
- www.roph.org
- Driving Directions
Directions
From North or South
I-90/I-94 (Kennedy/Edens/Dan Ryan Expressways)
- Drive toward Chicago Loop
- Exit to I-290 (Eisenhower Expressway) to west suburbs
- Exit at Harlem Avenue north (note: exit from left lane)
- At top of ramp, turn right (north) onto Harlem Avenue
- Turn right (east) on Madison Street
- Turn right (south) on Maple Avenue
I-294 (Tri-State Tollway)
- Follow signs to I-290 east (to Chicago Loop)
- Exit at Harlem Avenue (note: exit from left lane)
- At top of ramp, turn left (north) onto Harlem Avenue
- Turn right (east) on Madison Street
- Turn right (south) on Maple Avenue
From West
- Take I-290 (Eisenhower Expressway) west from downtown Chicago
- Go west toward West Suburbs
- Exit at Harlem Avenue (note: exit from left lane)
- At top of ramp, turn right (north) onto Harlem Avenue
- Turn right (east) on Madison Street
- Turn right (south) on Maple Avenue
Lake Shore Drive
- Drive toward Chicago Loop
- West on Jackson Boulevard one block
- Turn left (south) onto Columbus Drive
- Turn right (west) onto Congress Parkway (becomes I-290)
- Go west on I-290 (Eisenhower Expressway)
- Exit at Harlem Avenue (note: exit from left lane)
- At top of ramp, turn right (north) onto Harlem Avenue
- Turn right (east) on Madison Street
- Turn right (south) on Maple Avenue
Parking
Free parking is available around the building.
Public Transportation
For information call 312.836.7000 or go to www.rtachicago.com. For hearing impaired TDD 312.836.4949.
Rush SurgiCenter
1725 W. Harrison Street
Chicago, IL 60612
Suite 556
elevator 3
Directions
From North or South
I-90/I-94 (Kennedy/Edens/Dan Ryan Expressways)
- Drive toward Chicago Loop
- Exit I-290 west
- Exit at Ashland/Paulina
- At traffic light turn left (south) onto Ashland
- At 2nd traffic light turn right (west) onto Harrison Street
Lake Shore Drive
- Drive toward Chicago Loop
- West on Jackson Boulevard, drive one block
- Turn left (south) onto Columbus Drive
- Right (west) onto Congress Parkway (becomes I-290)
- Exit at Ashland/Paulina
- At traffic light turn left (south) onto Ashland
- At 2nd traffic light turn right (west) onto Harrison Street
From West
I-55 (Stevenson Expressway)
- Drive east toward Chicago Loop
- Follow signs to I-90/I-94
- Exit to I-290 west
- Exit at Ashland/Paulina
- At traffic light turn left (south) onto Ashland
- At 2nd traffic light turn right (west) onto Harrison Street
I-290 (Eisenhower Expressway)
- Drive east toward Chicago Loop
- Exit at Ashland/Paulina
- At 2nd traffic light, turn right (south) onto Ashland
- At next traffic light turn right (west) onto Harrison Street
Public Transportation
For information call (312) 836-7000 or go to www.rtachicago.com. For hearing impaired TDD (312) 836-4949.
845 N. Michigan Ave
Suite 985W
Chicago, IL 60611
- (312) 202-0492
- Driving Directions
Directions
From Northbound on Michigan Avenue
- Turn right at Pearson Avenue
- Turn left at the STOP sign at Mies Van Der Rohe Way
- Turn left at the STOP sign at Chestnut
- Stay to the left and pull into the Water Tower parking garage to park
From Southbound on Michigan Avenue
- Turn left on Pearson Avenue
- Turn left at the STOP sign at Mies Van Der Rohe Way
- Turn left at the STOP sign at Chestnut
- Turn left at the STOP sign at Chestnut
- Stay to the left and pull into the Water Tower parking garage to park
After Parking
- Take the garage elevators to “G”
- Walk to the opposite side of the building to the professional suite elevators next to the Freshii restaurant
- Take it to the 9th floor
- Exit the elevator and walk to the right of the “Gold Coast Surgery Center” sign where the waiting area is located
- Sign in and begin the registration process with the Receptionist
Parking
A one time, one car parking validation is offered for you on the day of surgery in the Water Tower parking garage. A green ticket will be given to you when you register. When exiting the parking garage insert the white ticket and then the green ticket for payment.
Public Transportation
For information call (312) 836-7000 or go to www.rtachicago.com. For hearing impaired TDD (312) 836-4949.
9200 Calumet Ave
Suite E-100
Munster, IN 46321
From 80/94
- Take Exit 1 Calumet Ave South
- Turn right onto Fran Lin Parkway (light intersection between Potbelly and Noodles & Co)
- Turn right at the STOP sign
- Make first left into parking lot
- South Suburban Surgical Suites is towards the back of the building on the right
From the South
- Turn onto Calumet Ave going North
- Turn left onto Fran Lin Parkway (light intersection between Potbelly and Noodles & Co)
- Turn right at the STOP sign
- Make first left into parking lot
- South Suburban Surgical Suites is towards the back of the building on the right
2011 York Road
Suite 3000
Oak Brook, IL 60523
- (630) 472-2448
- www.rush.edu
- Driving Directions