Tad Gerlinger, M.D. Joins Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush

Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush (MOR) is announcing that Tad Gerlinger, M.D. has come on board. Dr. Gerlinger is a board-certified joint replacement surgeon who served for many years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, during which he received the Bronze Star Award and completed tours in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. He is excited to return to the MOR physician group and Rush University Medical Center, where he completed his fellowship in adult joint replacement.

Following his graduation with a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, he attended medical school at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland. He completed a Transitional Internship at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, and an Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, Washington.

In addition to the Bronze Star, which is awarded for meritorious acts of service in a combat zone, Dr. Gerlinger’s military decorations include the Air Medal; Meritorious Service Medal; Joint Service Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster); Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster); Army Achievement Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters); Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal; Kosovo Campaign Medal; Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal; Iraq Campaign Medal and the Joint Meritorious Unit Award. He has also been awarded the Combat Medical Badge (twice); Expert Field Medical Badge; Senior Parachutist Badge; Air Assault badge; and Australian, Romanian and Egyptian Parachutist Badges.

Dr. Gerlinger is a past president of the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons and is the program director for the SOMOS/AAOS/OTA Disaster Response Course. He has served as a representative, Board of Specialty Societies, and on the Education Committee for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He currently is a consultant on the International Committee Disaster Preparedness Project Team and serves on the Central Instructional Course Committee for the AAOS.

Dr. Gerlinger told OTW, “I am exceptionally fortunate and honored to return to Rush as an attending. The fellowship training that I received at MOR well prepared me to care for this nation’s warriors and military retirees and I look forward to returning to the remarkable orthopaedic group at MOR. I am honored to have served and now look forward to caring for the orthopaedic needs of Chicagoans.”