• Graduate class 2015 • Back to back Illinois High School Association State 5A Champions in2014 and 2015 Josh Santi, Nazareth High School, #34

• Lyons Township High School place kicker class of 2013 • University of Memphis, All American and All-Academic Team place kicker class of 2017 • Cincinnati Bengals 5th Round 2017 NFL Draft selection, 153rd overall draft pick, first place kicker chosen • Signed with Philadelphia Eagles in 2017, key contributor in 2018Super Bowl win against […]

• Class of 2019 • Center for Mustang varsity Nicholas Sostak, Downers Grove South High School, #66

Class of 2017 recruit Signed with Oklahoma City University, No. 2 wrestling program in 2016 Kerr earned five all-American honors, including placing seventh at 172 pounds in the Junior Folkstyle Girls Nationals at Abe Lemons Arena as a sophomore Three-time Fargo Nationals all-American McKyla Kerr, Downers Grove South High School

              Committed to Tufts University for football and played freshman through sophmore years. Named LTHS football team MVP, two-time All Conference & Team Defensive MVP. Two-time US Lacrosse All-American, three-time All Conference, and Team Captain. Tufts lacrosse defenseman winning repeat NESCAC Championships and NCAA quarter finals appearances. Jack Walton, […]

Committed to University of Michigan in 2014 2015-16 Academic All-Big Ten Four years as tight end for University of Michigan and one year at University of California as a graduate transfer Undrafted rookie free agent for the Chicago Bears in 2019 Picked up in October 2019 by Indianapolis Colts for the practice squad Ian Bunting, […]

Four-star high school recruit class of 2015-No. 6 prospect in Illinois and among the nation’s top 30 offensive high school tackles-Committed to Michigan in 2013, recruited in 2016 class-Recommitted to University of Oklahoma after Michigan release in early 2016-Senior, 2019 #77 on Offensive Line. Erik Swenson, Downers Grove South High School, #77

Committed to Lehigh University and recruited in 2016 class Senior 2019, #79 OL guard College of Business and Economics Taylor Curlin, Lyons Township High School, #73  

“Dr. Chudik, Thank you. I was able to finish a memorable high school lacrosse season, scrimmage against the USA U19 Women’s National Team and start at Marquette.”       Graduated in 2019 and committed to Marquette University Lacrosse All State 2016-2019, second in LTHS history with 244 goals. LTHS career: 6 assists, 427 draw […]

Imagine slamming into a tree going more than 20 miles per hour with only the protection of a helmet. Imagine that same scenario, but as a petite downhill skier getting hit so hard by a snowboarder that you are lifted off the snow and thrust into a pine tree becoming a human airbag. According to […]

Emmanuel Morris was anxious for his sophomore year at Hinsdale South High School to begin. After all, he earned Most Valuable Player and All-Conference baseball honors his freshman year so his future appeared to be on track to achieve his dream of playing Division I college ball and maybe even in the pros. He also […]

Returning home after a vacation is never fun. For Susan Swanson, though, leaving her Michigan vacation with friends changed the next year of her life. Leaving the hotel lobby, Swanson slipped on the hotel atrium floor and crumpled to the ground with her left leg bent backwards at 180 degrees. From the immediate and excruciating […]

After sitting at a desk all day managing insurance investments, Scott Edwards looks forward to his recreational activities of running and playing hockey. However, Edwards is not just a casual participant. He plays on several hockey clubs, as well as pick-up games when teams need a strong forward. During a fast-paced club game, Edwards raced […]

Steve Quirk admits he hasn’t always been a model patient. Like the time he was running within days of his first knee surgery because he had less than one month to prepare for the New York Marathon. Just so happened he ran past the home of Dr. Steven Chudik who had performed Quirk’s knee surgery […]

If you ask Greg Beggs, patent lawyer, gardener, golfer, former Downers Grove Village Zoning Board and Plan Commission member, Downers Grove Chamber of Commerce enthusiast and grandfather of 10, success throughout his life came because he was in the right place at the right time. His legal career began in a modest way.

No good deed goes unpunished according to the adage. Unfortunately, Robert Kmoch experienced the maxim firsthand when he and fellow fishing club members were setting a pier as part of their fishing club’s membership obligation. Kmoch slipped while carrying a shovel and landed awkwardly on his left arm. He knew instantly he’d hurt his shoulder […]

You may know a little girl who always wanted a pony, or maybe you were that girl. Sarah Lewensohn was. At a young age, she took lessons and participated in local competitions, but that is as far as her riding went. However, she carried her love of horses and dream of competitive showing through college, […]

Since 2008, participation in hiking and backpacking in the United States has increased 62 percent to more than 47 million people. Mark Frantz is one of them having backpacked since the early 1990s among the beauty of the Rockies, Sierras and Teton mountains, as well as the Grand Canyon, Mount Rainier, and many others. According […]

Next time you take an escalator, think of Jim Dombro. He rides one at least twice a day in Chicago’s Union Station on his way to and from work. However, one rainy October day on his way home Dombro was walking, not riding, down the escalator when his foot slipped and he fell backward on […]

Kathy Irwin’s weekends are filled with swimming and gymnastic meets, and basketball, soccer, hockey and baseball games. However, they weren’t before Dr. Steven Chudik with the Steven Chudik MD Shoulder, Knee and Sports Medicine Injury Clinic replaced her two arthritic knees. Just the thought of walking across acres of soccer fields over uneven ground, or […]