Webinar - 4/15/2026 Spring Medical Seminar

Dr. Alpert is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon who completed his sports medicine fellowship at Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital. He currently cares for student athletes at Judson University, Larkin, Elgin, and Dundee Crown High Schools, as well as the Chicago Inferno Soccer Club. Castle Connolly named Dr. Alpert Top Doctor for five years running, and Top Orthopedic Doctor last year.

Dr. Alpert’s primary focus is on getting his patients back to their activities quickly, whether using non-invasive treatments such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and stem cell therapies or minimally invasive surgical techniques. When conservative care has been unsuccessful, he performs knee arthroscopy (in the case of meniscus or ACL tears) and shoulder arthroscopy (for rotator cuff or labral tears), as well as shoulder replacements for arthritis.

In addition to treating sports injuries, Dr. Alpert commonly sees patients with work-related injuries and performs independent medical examinations and impairment ratings.
A lifelong athlete, he understands his patients’ desire to return to work, school, life, and sports not only healed but better than before their injury.

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Dr. Bryant S. Ho received comprehensive training in the operative and non-operative management of adolescent and adult foot and ankle disorders. Dr. Ho completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, followed by a foot and ankle fellowship at University of Rochester in New York. He is highly active in both clinical and biomechanical research and has published numerous articles and book chapters on orthopaedic foot and ankle care. His research has been presented globally across North America, Europe and Asia. Dr. Ho’s research interests include orthopaedic functional outcome scores, which he believes to be an important tool that can help improve patient care. Dr. Ho places a strong emphasis on customizing his care for each patient to ensure successful outcomes. He provides all treatment options including preventative care, conservative management and operative intervention. He embraces new evidence-based technologies and treatments and is an expert on minimally invasive surgery techniques. He treats all disorders of the foot and ankle including arthritis, tendon ruptures, deformities, acute trauma and fractures, repair of non-unions, total ankle replacements and repair of cartilage lesions.

Dr. Lubenow is an internationally recognized expert in complex pain disorders such as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and is regarded as one of the nation’s foremost authorities on minimally invasive neuromodulation techniques, including spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation.

Dr. Lubenow trained and devoted his entire academic and clinical career at Rush University Medical Center, where he completed his internship, residency, and fellowship in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Following his fellowship, he joined the Department of Anesthesiology as faculty and went on to serve in multiple leadership roles over nearly four decades, including:

• Professor of Anesthesiology at Rush Medical College (2004–2025)
• Chair of the Section of Pain Medicine (1993–2025)
• Program Director of the Pain Medicine Fellowship (1987–2024)
• Medical Director of the Rush Pain Center (1993–2025)
• Director of Postoperative Analgesia Services (1986–2015)

During his tenure at Rush, Dr. Lubenow trained hundreds of anesthesiology residents, nurse anesthetists, and more than 180 pain fellows, many of whom have gone on to become leaders in the field. His pioneering work in acute and chronic pain management has helped shape modern pain medicine practice, including the development of clinical guidelines and advanced neuromodulation training programs used across the country.

He has published extensively in top medical journals and contributed to over 50 book chapters, including in Wall & Melzack’s Textbook of Pain and Clinical Anesthesia. He also served on multiple national task forces and consensus panels, including the development of the Budapest Criteria for CRPS diagnosis and the Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC) guidelines for spinal cord and DRG stimulation.

Throughout his career, Dr. Lubenow has received numerous honors, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in Interventional Pain Medicine and Anesthesia from Rush University Medical Center (2025), Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (2023), and recognition as one of Chicago’s Top Doctors in Chicago Magazine and Castle Connolly Guide over multiple years.

After 38 years of academic service at Rush, Dr. Lubenow is excited to bring his expertise to Midwest Anesthesia & Pain Specialists (MAPS), where he continues his lifelong mission of advancing the field of pain medicine and improving the lives of patients living with chronic pain.

Lindsey Strom received her Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communications from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 2004. In 2008, Lindsey graduated from DePaul University School of Law, and was admitted to the Illinois bar. During law school, Lindsey worked at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in the Juvenile Justice Bureau. She obtained her 711 license and successfully prosecuted juveniles in narcotics and domestic violence cases. Before working at Strom & Associates, Ltd., Lindsey practiced workers’ compensation as an insurance defense attorney. Her experience in working for the insurance companies has provided a wealth of knowledge and has made her better equipped to help those injured workers’ in need.

In 2013, Lindsey was selected by Super Lawyers & Chicago Magazine to the prestigious Rising Stars List as one of the top up and coming attorneys in Illinois. This is an honor received by only 2.5 percent of attorneys in Illinois each year. Lindsey was recognized by Leading Lawyers as an Emerging Lawyer since 2015, which are comprised of the top 2% of lawyers under 40 years old or practicing for less than 10 years, and as a Leading Lawyer since 2019, as one of the nation’s top lawyers based upon a survey of her peers.