Distinguished Surgeon Joins Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center is pleased to announce that Barry Rosen, MD, FACS, has joined the organization as Chairman of the Department of Surgery.

Previously, Dr. Rosen served as Vice President of Medical Management at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital (AGSH), in Barrington, as well as a being a practicing surgeon in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Dr. Rosen’s administrative responsibilities at AGSH included oversight of patient safety and quality. He also served as the co-medical director of AGSH’s breast center.

In addition, Dr. Rosen will continue his surgical practice at Advocate Illinois Masonic’s Creticos Cancer Center, expanding his expertise in breast surgery and use of advanced treatments into the Lakeview-area.

His clinical practice is focused on oncoplastic surgery, which incorporates minimally-invasive plastic surgical principles to cancer surgery to attain the best aesthetic results without compromising on cancer care. He has lectured on this extensively and is on the faculty for the American Society of Breast Surgeons and the School of Oncoplastic Surgery.

As an outgrowth of oncoplastics, Dr. Rosen and his colleague from radiation oncology, Dr. James Ruffer, have been leaders in the use of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT). With IORT patients who meet criteria may receive their entire radiation therapy during breast surgery, avoiding 4-7 weeks of postoperative treatment. To date, Drs. Rosen and Ruffer have treated more than 250 patients and will bring IORT to Advocate Illinois Masonic. Dr. Rosen is a founding board member of the Targit Collaborative Group (TCG), a national group of breast surgeons and radiation oncologists dedicated to raise awareness of IORT; he is the 2018 program director for their annual international meeting.

In addition to his administrative and clinical work, Dr. Rosen has lectured extensively on the topic of health care reform and breast cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment. Dr. Rosen currently serves as the Co-chair of National Quality Measures for Breast Centers for the National Consortium of Breast Centers, where he also is a member of the Planning Committee for their annual conference.

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About Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center is a 397-bed non-profit teaching hospital located in the Lake View neighborhood on Chicago's North Side. The medical center has a Level I Trauma Center and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the highest designations awarded by the state of Illinois, and offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care, including cardiovascular, oncology, digestive health and neurosciences services. A recipient of numerous awards for quality and clinical excellence, Advocate Illinois Masonic has achieved Magnet designation for excellence in nursing services from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The medical center has also been named a Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign's Healthcare Equality Index. Advocate Illinois Masonic is part of Advocate Health Care, the largest fully integrated health system in Illinois. For more information, visit www.advocatehealth.com/masonic.