OrthoIllinois Surgeons named among Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctors for 2020

ROCKFORD, IL … March 03, 2020 Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd., America’s trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Rockford’s Hand Surgery specialists Dr. Brian Bear, Dr. Brian Foster, and Dr. Kenneth Korcek, and Orthopedic Sports Medicine specialist Dr. Scott Trenhaile of OrthoIllinois for inclusion in its highly selective list of Castle Connolly Top Doctors for 2020. Only four to five percent of doctors in America earn this prestigious honor.

Castle Connolly Top DoctorsR are selected by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. after being nominated by peer physicians in an online nomination process. Nominations are open to all board certified MDs and DOs. Honorees are selected from the nominees by the Castle Connolly physician-led research team based on criteria including their medical education, training, hospital appointments, disciplinary histories and more.

As a Board-Certified surgeons, Drs. Bear, Foster and Korcek’s practices at OrthoIllinois are focused on elbow, hand, microvascular, traumatic, and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Trenhaile’s practice is focused on the arthroscopic surgery of the knee and shoulder. Both Dr. Trenhaile and Dr. Bear perform shoulder replacement surgery. Each of these surgeons are Clinical Associate Professors of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Rockford, are actively involved in clinical research, and have published numerous journal articles.

Rockford Orthopedic Associates, Ltd. D/B/A OrthoIllinois serves the Northern Illinois region in multi-specialty orthopedics from offices in Rockford, Algonquin, and Elgin, Illinois and offers a full range of bone and joint care including the specialties of neurosurgery, podiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, occupational health and rheumatology. OrthoIllinois offers the ancillary services of physical therapy, MRI, custom orthotics, and an out-patient surgery center. #