Personal Bio

Treatment Philosophy
“The most rewarding thing for me is to run into a patient a year or two later, and they don’t even remember that their shoulder or knee hurt them.” Dr. Gregory Portland is board certified orthopaedic surgeon with an additional certification in sports medicine. He specializes in arthroscopic shoulder and knee surgery, including repair of dislocated shoulders; injuries to the rotator cuff, shoulder tendons, and knee ligaments; and meniscus (knee disk) tears. Depending on what is medically appropriate, he offers patients the most advanced arthroscopic and open incision surgical techniques. He sees his first role in providing care as being to educate patients to make sure they understand their condition and their treatment options. He believes well-educated patients are more likely to do what they need to do to help themselves get well.

Personal Interests
Dr. Portland sustained injuries while playing college rugby, and the pleasure his doctor took in his work and the physician’s ability to repair the injuries and enable him to return to the same level of competitiveness inspired him to become an orthopaedic surgeon himself. Dr. Portland is a clinical associate professor at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine. He is the head team physician for Glenbrook North High School and previously has been a team physician for Northwestern University and a medical consultant for Major League Baseball and the National Football League

CV/Resume gregory-hayden-portland.pdf

Conditions & Procedures

Conditions
Hip Injury, Knee Injury, Ligament Tear, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Injury, Tendonitis

Procedures
ACL Surgery, Arthroscopy, Labral Tear Surgery, Meniscus Tear Surgery, Rotator Cuff Surgery