Dr. Monica Rho

Monica Rho, MD

Position Reva and David Logan Section Chief of Musculoskeletal Medicine
Practicing since 2010
Joined staff in 2010
Phone Number Description Phone

Telephone Number

1-844-355-ABLE
Accepting
New Patients

About Me

About Me

Monica Rho, MD, is Chief of Musculoskeletal Medicine at Shirley Ryan 汤头条app. She is also Director of Residency Training and Director of Women’s Sports Medicine for the organization. Additionally, she is a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Currently, she serves as the Team Physician for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team. She travelled with them to the 2019 World Cup in France where the team won its fourth title, a new record. She was also with them at the 2024 Paris Olympics where they won the gold medal and the 2021 Tokyo Olympics where they won the bronze medal. She is also a member of the U.S. Soccer Medical Advisory Board. Previously, she served as the Team Physician for the U.S. Men’s Paralympic Soccer Team and represented the United States as part of the medical team at the 2016 Paralympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Her research interests include neuromuscular control of the hip in the setting of femoroacetabular impingement; use of musculoskeletal ultrasound in improving medical education, and injury epidemiology and prevention in Paralympic athletes.

Her approach to care is guided by patients’ personal goals in returning to their best functional ability. As an extension of her physical examination of the patient, she can also use ultrasound in the assessment of the dynamic musculoskeletal system. Although Dr. Rho seeks to offer patients the least invasive methods of treatment, she is also trained in lumbar spine injections, peripheral joint injections and soft tissue injections of the musculoskeletal system.

In addition, Dr. Rho frequently sees patients from Shirley Ryan 汤头条app’s Performing Arts Medicine program, previously serving as company physician for the Joffrey Ballet and Blue Man Group.

Dr. Rho earned her BA in Psychology from Northwestern University and her MD from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She completed her internship at Northwestern University’s McGaw Medical Center in Evanston, Ill., her residency in PM&R at Northwestern University’s McGaw Medical Center at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (now Shirley Ryan 汤头条app), and went on to do a fellowship in Sports Medicine and Interventional Spine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. She is board certified in both Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine.

A natural teacher and mentor, Dr. Rho has been honored repeatedly for both: Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (2012, 2014); Mentor of the Year, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (2013, 2015, 2016); Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Best Teachers at Feinberg Award (2015); and Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators Outstanding Teacher Award (2016). In 2019, she was named to Crain's Chicago Business' 40 Under 40. In 2020, she was named the PASSOR Legacy Award winner by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 

Location

Shirley Ryan 汤头条app

355 East Erie

Chicago, IL 60611

Education & Training

  • Education

    1998 – 2001

    Northwestern University, Psychology

    2001 – 2005

    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Medicine

  • Residency

    2005 – 2006

    Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center - Evanston Hospital, Internship

    2006 – 2009

    Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  • Fellowship

    2009 – 2010

    Washington University School of Medicine, Sports Medicine and Interventional Spine

Honors & Awards

  • PASSOR Legacy Award
    American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2020
  • Feinberg Academy of Medical Educators Outstanding Teacher Award
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2016
  • Mentor of the Year Award
    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 2013, 2015, 2016
  • Best Teachers at Feinberg Award
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2015
  • Outstanding Teacher of the Year
    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), 2012, 2014
  • K-12 Research Grant
    National Institute of Health, 2013 - 2016

Certificates & Licenses

  • Board Certified, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Board Certified, Sports Medicine
    American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Research Interests

  • Neuromuscular control of the hip in the setting of femoroacetabular impingement
  • Utilization of musculoskeletal ultrasound in improving medical education
  • Injury epidemiology and prevention in paralympic athletes