Jorge Chahla, MD, PhD is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and joint preservation of the knee, hip and shoulder. He is Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center and a partner at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, ranked first in Illinois and Indiana and fifth nationally. He completed his MD and a PhD in knee biomechanics, Summa Cum Laude, at the Catholic University of Argentina, and his orthopedic residency at the Buenos Aires British Hospital. He is triple fellowship-trained at the Steadman Clinic, Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe and Rush University. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery with additional subspecialty certification in orthopaedic sports medicine. Dr. Chahla directs Biomechanical Research and the International Fellowship Program at Rush and performs more than 800 surgeries a year. He serves as team physician for the Chicago Bulls, the Chicago White Sox, US Soccer and the Joffrey Ballet. He has authored more than 800 peer-reviewed publications with over 20,700 citations, along with book chapters and eight edited books, and sits on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, the Journal of ISAKOS and The Knee. He was ranked first in the United States and fourth worldwide for orthopedic surgery research by ScholarGPS in 2024. He is a three-time recipient of the AOSSM Cabaud Memorial Award, received the OREF Clinical Research Award in 2025 and the ORBIT Orthopaedic Research Excellence Award in 2026, and is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2026. He holds a 4.9 out of 5 patient rating across more than 1,000 reviews and received the Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award from 2023 to 2025. He is originally from Tucumán, Argentina.