Mark K. Bowen, MD

Mark K. Bowen, MD, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, concentrating on sports-related and traumatic injuries to the knee and shoulder. His areas of special interest are arthroscopy, ACL reconstruction, treatment of meniscal tears, rotator cuff injuries, shoulder instability, and labral tears.

Named by Woodward/White as one of the best doctors in America and a top orthopaedic surgeon by Chicago Magazine, he is on staff at NorthShore University HealthSystem, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and River North Same Day Surgical Center. Dr. Bowen has served as a team physician for the Chicago Bears for 20 years, and has acted as team physician to the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants, and the Big Ten Conference.

Dr. Bowen is an associate professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine where he has received the James K. Stack Teaching Award in recognition of his academic and research activities. In addition, he is a frequent instructor for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Board of Medical Examiners, member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, and author of numerous publications on the repair of the knee, shoulder, and elbow.

Dr. Bowen earned his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and completed his residency and a fellowship in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Reconstruction at The Hospital for Special Surgery. During this time, he was given the Philip D. Wilson Award for Outstanding Research.