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MAYWOOD, IL – Loyola Medicine has named Mary K. Mulcahey, MD, FAOA, FAAOS, the division director of sports medicine in the department of orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation at Loyola Medicine and Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Mulcahey is a sports medicine surgeon who comes to Loyola from Tulane University School of Medicine where she served as director of the women's sports medicine program since 2017 and assistant dean of faculty affairs since 2022. As director of the women's sports medicine program, she was instrumental in the leadership, design and development of a comprehensive approach to the care of active women.

"We are excited to have Dr. Mulcahey join the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Loyola Medicine," said Alexander Ghanayem, MD, chair of orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation at Loyola Medicine. "She is an internationally recognized expert in sports medicine caring for the professional athlete and those of us who simply want to stay active in sports at any age. She is especially attuned into the unique needs of women athletes. The greater Chicago community will benefit from her expertise."

Dr. Mulcahey received her BA from Dartmouth College and her medical degree from University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She completed her orthopaedic surgery residency and a fellowship in orthopaedic trauma at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, followed by a sports medicine fellowship at San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine. Dr. Mulcahey was one of only four orthopaedic surgeons to be selected for the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) Advanced Arthroscopy Traveling Fellowship.

Loyola's sports medicine and sports injury program provides comprehensive, integrated orthopaedic and sports medicine care that stresses accurate diagnosis and early, individualized treatments designed to return patients to physical activity. Loyola’s multispecialty fellowship-trained sports medicine doctors, orthopaedic surgeons, primary care doctors, athletic trainers and physical therapists provide services to prevent injuries, maintain physical health and optimize performance. Loyola’s surgeons have extensive experience with the latest minimally invasive and advanced surgical techniques that allow patients to return to their sport, activity or job with minimal downtime.

About Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke centertransplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.   

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About Trinity Health

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).