SamuelKwang-WeiChuMD

Physical Medicine/Rehab • Chicago, IL

Sports Medicine (Non-Surgical)

Attending Physician | Assistant Professor | Sports Medicine Fellowship Program Director

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Office
355 E Erie St
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone+1 312-238-1000
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Education & Training

McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation), 2015 - 2016
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2011 - 2015
Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 2011

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2015 - 2026
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sports Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Fluoroscopy Time During Intraarticular Hip Injection: A Multicenter Cohort Study.
Zachary L McCormick, Meghan Bhave, David T. Lee, Paul M. Scholten, Samuel K. Chu, Ashwin N. Babu, Mary Caldwell, Craig Ziegler, Humaira Ashraf, Ryan Clark, Claire Gros...> ;Pain Physician. 2017 Jan 1
18 citations
Pain Reduction and Repeat Injections After Transforaminal Epidural Injection With Particulate Versus Nonparticulate Steroid for the Treatment of Chronic Painful Lumbos...
Zachary L McCormick, Daniel M. Cushman, Benjamin Marshall, Mary Caldwell, Jaymin Patel, Leda Ghannad, Christine M. Eng, Steven Makovitch, Ashwin N. Babu, Samuel K. Chu...> ;PM & R. 2016 Nov 1
4 citations
Outcomes of Inpatient Rehabilitation in Patients With Simultaneous Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty
Samuel K. Chu, Ashwin N. Babu, Zachary L McCormick, Amy Mathews, Santiago D. Toledo, Matthew C. Oswald> ;PM & R. 2016 Aug 1
7 citations
Is There a Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Fluoroscopy Time During Sacroiliac Joint Injection? A Multicenter Cohort Study.
Zachary L McCormick, Daniel M. Cushman, David T. Lee, Paul M. Scholten, Samuel K. Chu, Ashwin N. Babu, Mary Caldwell, Craig Ziegler, Humaira Ashraf, Bindu Sundar, Ryan...> ;Pain Medicine. 2016 Jul 1
29 citations
Intrathecal Versus Oral Baclofen: A Matched Cohort Study of Spasticity, Pain, Sleep, Fatigue, and Quality of Life
Zachary L McCormick, Samuel K. Chu, Danielle Binler, Daniel Neudorf, Sunjay Mathur, Jongmin Lee, Christina Marciniak> ;PM & R. 2016 Jun 1
42 citations
Hamstring Injuries in the Athlete: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Return to Play.
Samuel K. Chu, Monica Rho> ;Current Sports Medicine Reports. 2016 May 1
90 citations
The Kinetic Chain Revisited: New Concepts on Throwing Mechanics and Injury.
Samuel K. Chu, Prakash Jayabalan, W. Ben Kibler, Joel M. Press> ;PM & R. 2016 Mar 1
14 citations
Does Electrodiagnostic Confirmation of Radiculopathy Predict Pain Reduction after Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection? A Multicenter Study
Zachary L McCormick, Daniel M. Cushman, Mary Caldwell, Benjamin Marshall, Leda Ghannad, Christine M. Eng, Jaymin Patel, Steven Makovitch, Samuel K. Chu, Ashwin N. Babu...> ;Journal of Nature and Science. 2015 Aug 1
An Appropriate Population for Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation? A Case Series of Three Patients With Advanced Heart Failure on Continuous Inotropic Support
Zachary L McCormick, Samuel K. Chu, Daniel A. Goodman, Matthew C. Oswald, Christopher Reger, James A. Sliwa> ;PM & R. 2015 Jun 1
21 citations
Resident Accuracy of Joint Line Palpation Using Ultrasound Verification
Monica Rho, Samuel K. Chu, Aaron J. Yang, Farah Hameed, Cindy Y. Lin, Peter J. Hurh> ;PM & R. 2014 Oct 1
45 citations
Long-term intrathecal baclofen: outcomes after more than 10 years of treatment.
Sunjay Mathur, Samuel K. Chu, Zachary L McCormick, George C. Chang Chien, Christina Marciniak> ;PM & R. 2014 Jun 1
63 citations
Transforaminal versus interlaminar approaches to epidural steroid injections: a systematic review of comparative studies for lumbosacral radicular pain.
George C Chang-Chien, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Zachary L McCormick, Samuel K. Chu, Andrea M. Trescot, Kenneth D. Candido> ;Pain Physician. 2014 Jul 1
15 citations
Outcomes of Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation of Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Samuel K. Chu, Zachary L McCormick, Sarah Hwang, James A. Sliwa, Leslie Rydberg> ;PM & R. 2013 Sep 1
31 citations
Acute Pain Control Challenges with Buprenorphine/Naloxone Therapy in a Patient with Compartment Syndrome Secondary to McArdle's Disease: A Case Report and Review
Zachary L McCormick, Samuel K. Chu, George C Chang-Chien, Petra Joseph> ;Pain Medicine. 2013 Aug 1
Outcomes After Ultrasound-Guided Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections for Chronic Tendinopathy: A Multicenter, Retrospective Review.
Mautner, K.,Colberg, R. E.,Malanga, G.,Borg-Stein, J. P.,Harmon, K. G.,Dharamsi, A. S.,Chu, S.,Homer, P.> ;PM R. 2013 Mar
9 citations
Sonographic Evaluation of Supraspinatus Cross-sectional Area in Collegiate Baseball Players
Gerard A. Malanga, Samuel K. Chu, Jose A. Ramirez – Del Toro, Ronald D. Karnaugh, Richard Dentico, Eugene Komaroff> ;PM & R. 2012 Jul 1
18 citations
Shoulder activity level varies by diagnosis.
Robert H. Brophy, Bruce A. Levy, Samuel K. Chu, Diane L. Dahm, John W. Sperling, Robert G. Marx> ;Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 2009 May 30
31 citations
Indications for Surgery in Clinical Outcome Studies of Rotator Cuff Repair
Robert G. Marx, Panagiotis Koulouvaris, Samuel K. Chu, Bruce A. Levy> ;Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2009 Feb 1
16 citations
Allograft reconstruction for symptomatic chronic complete proximal hamstring tendon avulsion.
Robert G. Marx, Gregory Fives, Samuel K. Chu, Aaron Daluiski, Scott W. Wolfe> ;Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 2009 Jan 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Shirley Ryan AbilityLabChicago, Illinois