
Ivankovich, MD
Orthopaedic Surgeon in Chicago, IL
Speaks English, Croatian, Serbian, Polish, and Spanish
About Dr. Daniel Ivankovich
During his 20-year career, Dr. Daniel Ivankovich has focused on providing state-of-the-art spine, joint and fracture care to Chicagoans from all walks of life. Dr. Dan understands the crippling pain of arthritis that his patients suffer, having personally undergone thirteen knee surgeries himself.
He's overseen 100,000+ patient visits and provides specialty care for twisted spines, degenerated joints, sports injuries and broken bones. Having performed over ten thousand surgical procedures (which include spine and joint reconstruction, open reduction & internal fixation, arthroscopy and pain management), there are few surgical challenges that he can't handle.
Additionally, Dr. Dan is a well-known public figure and humanitarian who's helped establish orthopedic outreach and patient education programs at virtually all of Chicago's safety-net hospitals. He's raised $2,500,000+ in committed grants and donations to help expand health care services in some of the poorest and most underserved communities in America.
With all of his variable expertise, there is a connecting thread. When wielding a scalpel with skill and precision squeezing, preaching on the day's relevant social issues or squeezing a blue note out of his six-string, integrity rules his reality. Dan Ivankovich delivers the goods with a street-savvy hipness and honesty that's nearly extinct in today's climate of inequitable health care policies, greed, corruption, and injustice.
An award-winning physician that’s part bluesman, healer, philosopher & shaman, and, as Rock & Roll Hall-Of-Famer Bo Diddley said about Ivankovich, "He ain't from this planet."

Services Offered

Spinal Cord
Injuries

Total Joint Replacement

Minimally Invasive Joint Replacement

Orthopaedic Traumatology

Complex Spine Surgery
Qualifications & Experience
Education & Training
Northwestern University Hospitals
Fellowship, Adult Spine Trauma & Reconstruction, 2001 - 2002

Rush University Medical Center
Fellowship, Adult Joint Reconstruction, 2000 - 2001

Rush University Medical Center
Residency, Orthopedic Surgery, 1995 - 2000

Northwestern University Feinberg
Class of 1995

Medical Licenses
IL State Medical License
2001 - 2020

IL State Medical License
1995 - 2017

Hospital Affiliations
Community First Medical Center
Current Affiliation - Chicago, IL

Methodist Hospital of Chicago
Current Affiliation - Chicago, IL

AMITA Health Saints Mary & Elizabeth Medical Center
Current Affiliation - Chicago, IL

South Shore Hospital
Current Affiliation - Chicago, IL

AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center
Current Affiliation - Chicago, IL

Loretto Hospital
Current Affiliation - Chicago, IL

Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center
Current Affiliation - Chicago, IL

Kindred Hospital Chicago
Current Affiliation - Northlake, IL
Kindred Chicago-Central Hospital
Current Affiliation - Chicago, IL


Westlake Hospital
Current Affiliation - Chicago, IL

Awards
CNN Hero
CNN, 2015

Chicagoan Of The Year
Chicago Magazine

Harvey's Hero
Steve Harvey Show, 2017

Community Impact Hero
American Red Cross, 2016

Patient's Choice Award
Healthgrades

Inspiration Award
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation

Community Builders Award
Illinois Masonic Family Foundation

Citizen Of The Year (Illinois)
National Association Of Social Workers

Most Compassionate Doctor
American Registry

Top MD
Consumers Checkbook







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