Dr. Tessa Balach, MD – Chicago, IL

Overview of Dr. Balach

Dr. Tessa Balach is an orthopedic surgeon in Chicago, IL and is affiliated with University of Chicago Medical Center. She received her medical degree from New York Medical College and has been in practice 9 years. She specializes in musculoskeletal oncology/cancer and is experienced in musculoskeletal oncology and hip and knee surgery.

Education & Training

• University of ChicagoFellowship, Musculoskeletal Oncology, 2010 - 2011

• University of ChicagoResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2005 - 2010

• New York Medical CollegeClass of 2005

Certifications & Licensure

• IL State Medical License 2010 - 2026

• CT State Medical License 2011 - 2019

• IN State Medical License 2016 - 2017

• American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

• 5 citations

  Predicting chronic postsurgical pain: current evidence and a novel program to develop predictive biomarker signatures.

  Kathleen A Sluka, Tor D Wager, Stephani P Sutherland, Patricia A Labosky, Tessa Balach, Emine O Bayman, Giovanni Berardi, Chad M Brummett, John Burns, Asokumar Buvanen...> ;Pain. 2023 Sep 1

• OrthoACCESS: Implementing a Sub-Internship Curriculum for MS4s Applying to Orthopaedic Surgery.

  Ye Lin, Thomas Dowd, Harris Slone, Michael Kessler, Adam Levin, Sarah Pierrie, Brian Scannell, Tessa Balach> ;Journal of Surgical Education. 2023 Mar 1

• Qualitative Study of Orthopedic Surgery Milestones 1.0: Burdens and Benefits.

  Tessa Balach, Lisa N Conforti, Sonia Sangha, Laura Edgar, Elizabeth Ames> ;Journal of Surgical Education. 2022 Jun 15
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Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Insurance Accepted

• Aetna Choice POS II
  Aetna HMO
  BCBS Blue Card PPO
  CIGNA HMO
  CIGNA Open Access
  CIGNA PPO
  Connecticare FlexPOS
  First Health PPO
  

  GHI PPO
  Great West PPO
  Multiplan PHCS PPO
  Multiplan PPO
  Oxford Health Freedom
  Oxford Health Liberty
  United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
  United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
  

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