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Professor of Pediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine
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Meet Dr. Benjamin
She is currently chair of the committee on sports medicine and fitness for the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. She serves as director of the Primary Care Sports Medicine Program at the University of Chicago Student Care Center.
Dr. Benjamin has been invited to present dozens of lectures on sports problems in child, adolescent and female athletes. She is a member of the editorial board for the American Academy of Pediatrics' "Sport Shorts" — an educational publication for physicians, coaches, and parents. She is a medical officer for the Chicago Marathon and Chicago Triathlon and is part of the medical team for the WNBA Chicago Sky. In addition, she is head team physician for the University of Chicago Lab School, and a team physician for the varsity athletic program where she specializes in the treatment of medical conditions in the athlete.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Disordered Eating
- Overhead Sports Related Injuries
- Running Injuries
- Overuse Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Sprains, Strains & Tendonitis
- Pediatric Sports Medicine
- Sports Physicals
- Sports Medicine
- Sport Biomechanics
- Concussion & Brain Injury
Medical Education
- Northeast Ohio Medical University
Internship
- University of Chicago Medicine
Residency
- University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital
Fellowship
- Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Memberships & Medical Societies
- Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Sports Medicine
- Aetna POS
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO
- BCBS HMO (HMOI)
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare
- Coventry Health Plan PPO
- Great West PPO
- Illinicare
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice / Choice Plus
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
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