Dr. Barbara Loris joined the group May 1, 2001, after working three years as an Assistant Professor of surgery at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago.

She was associated with one of Chicago’s most prominent breast surgeons, and was a staff surgeon for the Multidisciplinary Comprehensive Breast Center at Rush, thus she has special expertise in the treatment of breast disease.

Dr. Loris is a native of the Chicagoland area, and began her career in medicine as an ICU nurse at Lutheran General Hospital where she worked for 8 years before entering medical school at Rush University. At Rush she was awarded the Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation for academic excellence.

She received her general surgery training at the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee and spent six months at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital in England.

She is board certified, and is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Women Surgeons, and the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons.

In addition to breast cancer, she has special interest in laparoscopic and gastrointestinal surgery. She also performs minimally invasive varicose vein surgery and spider vein sclerotherapy. She currently lives in Lake Bluff, Illinois.

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois: 1978 - 1981

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing: June 1981

University of Illinois– Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: 1984 - 1987

• Post-Baccalaureate Work in Pre-Medical Studies

Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois: 1989 - 1993

• Doctor of Medicine: May 1993

General Surgery Internship and Residency: 1993 - 1998

• Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, England
  Chief Resident: July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998

• Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery: May 1999
• Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners: July 1994
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons: October 2002
• Licensed Physician & Surgeon, Illinois
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support: December 2003

• Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons: 2002 - Present
• American Society of Breast Surgeons: 2001 - Present
• American College of Surgeons: 1998 - Present (Fellow 2002)
• Association of Women Surgeons: 1997 - Present

• Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation for Academic Excellence: 1993
  Rush Medical College

• Clinical Preceptor, General Surgery: 1999 - Present
  Midwestern University Physicians Assistant Program, Downers Grove, Illinois
• Assistant Professor of Surgery: 1998 - 2001
  Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois

Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, Illinois

• Staff Surgeon: 2005 - Present

Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

• Associate in Surgery: 1998 - Present

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

• Attending Surgeon: 1998 - 2001
• Invasive Procedure Review Committee: 1998 - 2001
• Professional Assistance Committee: 1999 - 2001
• Pain Initiative Committee: 1999 - 2001

Multidisciplinary Breast Center, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center

• Staff Surgeon: 1998 - 2001