“Two thumbs up” for Dr. Della Valle and staff after partial knee replacement

When Charles Rupert, 56, of Champaign decided to do something about his nagging knee pain, he assumed a total knee replacement was in his future. With two knee surgeries already under his belt, he was willing to do whatever it might take to be comfortable standing at work and fully active again.

“I’m a big workout guy, usually in the gym three to four days a week,” he explains. “But for years, I’ve only been able to work out my upper body because of my knee pain. I just knew it was time.”

Willing to travel for the best care, he researched joint replacement physicians in Chicago and found highly rated Dr. Craig Della Valle of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, also Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Chief of the Adult Reconstruction Service at Rush University Medical Center. Within days he had an appointment. “I wanted to be treated by the best in Chicago,” he says.

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