Attending Physician
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Nothwestern McGaw
Dr. Monica Rho is a Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine where she serves as the Director of Residency Training for the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is also the Chief of Musculoskeletal Medicine for the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. She is board-certified in Sports Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R). She is the head team physician for the US Women’s National Soccer Team and was part of the 2019 Women’s World Cup Championship Team in France, the 2021 Bronze Medal team at the Tokyo Olympics, and the 2024 Gold Medal team at the Paris Olympics. She is the former head team physician for the US Men’s Paralympic Soccer National Team and accompanied them to the Rio 2016 Paralympics. She currently serves on the Medical Advisory Board for US Soccer. She received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and completed her medical degree and her residency training at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She did her Sports Medicine fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. She was previously funded by a National Institute of Health K12 grant to study the neuromuscular control of the hip in femoroacetabular impingement. She has presented her research nationally and internationally. She previously served as the company physician for the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago and Blue Man Group. She is the 2015 recipient of the “Best Teachers of Feinberg Award” at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. At the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, she has also been awarded “Outstanding Teacher of the Year” in 2012 and 2014 and “Mentor of the Year” in 2013, 2015, and 2016. In 2019, she was named by Crain’s Chicago Business Magazine Forty Under Forty and an IF/THEN Ambassador, charged with promoting women in STEM fields to inspire young girls across the country.
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