PHYSICIAN PROFILE -
Dr. Keith Pitchford
 Dr.
Pitchford is founder, president and CEO of Great Lakes Orthopedics
& Sports Medicine, P.C. In addition to his private practice
as an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Pitchford is Adjunct Assistant
Professor for Orthopedic Surgery at Midwestern University
and team physician for the Gary SouthShore Railcats and the
Chi-Town Shooters. Dr. Pitchford also serves as the medical
director of the Sports Medicine Institute of St. Anthony Medical
Center, which is currently located at Franciscan Point in
Crown Point, Indiana.
Dr. Pitchford graduated in 1986 from the University
of Illinois, Urbana with a Bachelor of Science Degree in biology.
He received his medical degree from Midwestern University
(formerly Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine), where
he also served his internship and residency in orthopedic
surgery.
He completed a sports medicine fellowship with renowned surgeon
Dr. Bernard Cahill at the University of Illinois, before accepting
a position as staff orthopedic surgeon at Sports Med-Wheaton
Orthopedics, during which time he was orthopedic consultant
to the Illinois High School Association. From there, Dr. Pitchford
returned to the region and began Great Lakes Orthopedics &
Sports Medicine.
In addition to his ongoing orthopedic lectures to residents
at Midwestern University, Dr. Pitchford has written numerous
papers and has been featured speaker at seminars on the topic
of sports medicine, treatments and injury prevention.
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