Physicians

BRETT VASSALLO, MD

Originally from the Northeast, Dr. Vassallo obtained his BA in English Literature at Georgetown University. He graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and then remained at the University of Chicago Hospitals for his obstetrics and gynecology residency. He then completed a three year fellowship in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive pelvic surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital/University of Cincinnati. After fellowship he returned to the University of Chicago, as a faculty member, where he practiced for several years prior to being recruited to join Illinois Urogynecology, LTD.

He has published extensively on outcomes from incontinence and pelvic reconstructive surgery, in additional to writing several book chapters in the leading urogynecologic textbooks both in the United States and abroad. He is currently a clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Lecturer at Rosalind Franklin University.

Dr. Vassallo provides clinical & surgical services at Lutheran General Hospital, Rush North Shore, Central DuPage Hospital, Edward Hospital and Rush-Copley Hospital.

In addition, to maintaining a busy clinical practice, Dr. Vassallo loves spending time with his wife and 3 young sons in the northern suburbs.