Ellen Kroin, MD

Ellen Kroin, MD

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Primary Specialty

Hand Surgery

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Practice Focus Areas

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Reasons to Schedule a Visit

This medical professional may be a good choice for you if you are looking for care for any of the following:

  • Bicep or Tricep Rupture
  • Cyst on hand
  • Elbow Pain
  • Finger Dislocation
  • Hand cut, laceration (deep cut), tendon laceration, puncture wound, amputation
  • Hand pain
  • Hand pain or other issue
  • Surgical Consult
  • Suspected or known elbow fracture or broken bone(s)
  • Suspected or Known hand fracture or broken bone(s)
  • Tendonitis or Tennis Elbow
  • Trigger Finger

Education

Medical Education:
MD, Rush University Medical College - 2014
Residency:
Loyola University Medical Center - 2019
Fellowships:
University of California Davis Health - 2020

Languages Spoken

  • Russian

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery - Orthopaedic Surgery (Certified)
  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery/Surgery of the Hand - Surgery of the Hand (Certified)

Faculty Profile

Clinical Assistant Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine

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Practice Groups and Affiliations

Medical Group:
Northwestern Medical Group
On Medical Staff At:
Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital
Grayslake Ambulatory Surgery Center

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Disclosures

Ellen Kroin, MD reported no external professional relationships for calendar year 2025.

External Professional Relationships

Pharmaceutical, device, and biotechnology companies frequently collaborate with basic scientists and physicians within an academic medical center to help advance science and improve patient care. These relationships are important in achieving scientific breakthroughs and in establishing the effectiveness and safety of promising new therapies. In order to assure objectivity in clinical research and patient care, the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Feinberg), Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, Children's Hospital of Chicago Medical Center, and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab have adopted integrity policies that require research and clinical faculty (in full-time, part-time, and unpaid/voluntary categories) to report compensated and uncompensated external industry relationships. Patients are encouraged to discuss these disclosures with their physician as well as to inquire as to how these relationships are overseen by Feinberg. To learn more about our Disclosure and Professional Integrity Policy, and the conflict of interest policies of our joint affiliate survey partners, please go to our Office for Regulatory Affairs Policies page.

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Adult with long brown hair wearing a white sweater and flexing their wrist, illustrating symptoms of mommy’s thumb or carpal tunnel syndrome, while holding a baby wearing a yellow outfit

Is It Mommy’s Thumb or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Get to the root of your hand and wrist symptoms.

 Overhead view with a light blue background of a person holding a phone in their right hand and using their left pointer finger to scroll.

What Is Smartphone Tendinitis?

Swiping and scrolling can lead to aching.

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