Brian M. Babka, MD

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Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group

Primary Specialty

Sports Medicine

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Practice Focus Areas

Concussion Care
Musculoskeletal Medicine
Overuse Injuries
Running Medicine
Sports Medicine
Sports Performance

Education

Medical Education:: MD, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine - 1999
Residency:: Advocate Health Care (Advocate Lutheran General Hospital) - 2002
Fellowships:: Advocate Health Care (Advocate Lutheran General Hospital) - 2003

Board Certifications

American Board of Family Medicine - Family Medicine (Certified)
American Board of Family Medicine - Sports Medicine (Certified)

Faculty Profile

Clinical Assistant Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine

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Practice Groups and Affiliations

Medical Group:: Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group
Alignment Category:: Northwestern Medicine Physician Network
On Medical Staff At:: Central DuPage Hospital

Kishwaukee Hospital

Ratings and Reviews

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4.9

4.9

741 Ratings

Reviews from Patients

52 Reviews

Reviews from Patients

52 Reviews

April 29, 2024

5.0

Dr. Babka is knowledgeable, compassionate, and committed to providing excellent care! He listened to my concerns and made a care plan tailored perfectly for me. I would most definitely recommend Dr. Babka.

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April 26, 2024

5.0

Great guy, with a great bedside manner who truly cares for his patients

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April 22, 2024

5.0

He was very personable, attentive, and provided excellent feedback.

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April 16, 2024

5.0

Upbeat, friendly, thorough, encouraging

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April 16, 2024

5.0

He has a fantastic bedside manner, is personable and knowledgeable, and genuinely cares about our health as a family.

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April 12, 2024

5.0

Dr. Babka listens to and cares about his patients. He builds patient's confidence and gives a sense of hope after injury. He spreads optimism and positivity.

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April 08, 2024

5.0

Very nice and knowledgeable.

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March 22, 2024

5.0

Very personable and knowledgeable.

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March 21, 2024

5.0

Excelente Doctor

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March 15, 2024

5.0

Dr Babka is so real! He truly understands my needs and provides multiple and reasonable options for my recovery

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March 14, 2024

5.0

He is a wonderful man. Really cares about getting athletes healthy and back to their sport

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March 12, 2024

5.0

Similar to the above. I felt like he took time to work with me and explain the next steps to getting the care I need for a knee injury

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March 11, 2024

5.0

Knowledgeable

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March 11, 2024

5.0

Dr. Babka is super personable, and really great and explaining all details.

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March 07, 2024

5.0

He really took the time to listen to me and to what I was needing. So very professional, so friendly and I will always go back. Thank you so much for being so wonderful.

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February 29, 2024

5.0

Doctor was very nice, helpful and explained things well.

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February 25, 2024

5.0

Excellent, professional service with superior bedside manner. Takes the time to explain the issues.

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February 21, 2024

5.0

Fantastic rapport with patients. He is super knowledgeable about runners and their injuries and his recommendations for rehabilitation make sense and work!! He truly is a guru!!

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February 19, 2024

5.0

Prompt, knowledgeable, and seems to care about patient well being and needs

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February 16, 2024

5.0

Very attentive physician

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February 05, 2024

5.0

Dr. Babka was very helpful, put my daughter at ease and reassuring about her ability to continue playing soccer.

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January 18, 2024

5.0

Dr. Babka was very detailed and explained my issues and was very attentive to my health!!

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January 18, 2024

5.0

Dr Babka was so down to earth, related to Hailey on her level, he is so experienced that it seemed he knew the diagnosis even before the X-ray confirmed it! So, so happy he is now on Hailey's team.. her injury appears to have been misdiagnosed for month.

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January 16, 2024

5.0

The communication and compassion shows as he speaks to you and listens and understands the situation. Great and personable gentlman.

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January 12, 2024

5.0

Dr Babka is an excellent doctor

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January 11, 2024

5.0

Down to earth and straight shooter

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December 28, 2023

5.0

He is a wonderful ; great with my son

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December 18, 2023

5.0

Friendly, easy to talk to. Answers questions and explains easily.

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December 11, 2023

5.0

He was very helpful in explaining what was wrong and next steps to take

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December 06, 2023

4.0

Was only there once for a second opinion. Care was excellent but not sure I can form an entire opinion on just 1 visit.

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November 29, 2023

5.0

He can relate to my daughter's teenage concerns and always puts her at ease. He's the only doctor that she doesn't give me a hard time about seeing.

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November 22, 2023

5.0

Dr Babka was so pleasant, engaging, and explained things just righ

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November 20, 2023

5.0

When he say he's gonna make sure that his patient are gonna get better is cause he have faith in his patients n him self

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November 14, 2023

5.0

He knows sports medicine!

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November 09, 2023

5.0

He took his time to explain my daughters condition and included her in all conversations and decision making.

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November 03, 2023

5.0

He is so in tune with my daughters teenage mind. He's understanding but firm about what needs to be done to improve her condition.

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November 02, 2023

5.0

Very knowledgeable very patient

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November 01, 2023

5.0

Dr. Babka has treated every member of my family and we are always pleased with the care we receive.

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November 01, 2023

5.0

Nice guy who takes time to explain things!

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October 19, 2023

5.0

Personable, practical, talked to us in a way we could understand, interacted directly with our child and explained things. Gave us time to ask questions . Excellent experience in his area of care

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October 04, 2023

5.0

Dr. Babka is very knowledgeable in his field. He explains what is going on and what needs to be done for the patient to remain safe and heal. He is very caring and personable. He is a doctor you can trust and he willingly answers any questions.

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October 03, 2023

5.0

Talking directly with our athlete about his concerns as well as ours.

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September 28, 2023

5.0

The doctor was very thourough and he emphasised the least impactful treatments first.

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September 28, 2023

5.0

Fantastic bedside manner

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September 27, 2023

5.0

Great service

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September 26, 2023

5.0

Very nice and straight forward

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September 25, 2023

5.0

He listened to me and I could tell he he cared about my concerns. He gave me options for treatment and supported the one I chose.

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September 21, 2023

5.0

Dr. Babka was pleasant, straightforward, and willing to help me find the problem and work towards a solution.

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September 07, 2023

5.0

He listened to me & what was going on & explained what was going on

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September 05, 2023

5.0

Very knowledgeable and kind patience explaining the process and showed concern about your issue.

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September 05, 2023

5.0

Very professional the doctor

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September 03, 2023

5.0

He really cares about his patients and wants to find a solution. He is really like no other doctor.

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Disclosures

Brian M. Babka, MD reported no external professional relationships for calendar year 2023.

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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