John F Sarwark

John F. Sarwark earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School (now Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine) and is an alumnus member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwestern University Affiliated Hospitals and completed training as a clinical fellow in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware. He is a recognized leader in the...See more

John F. Sarwark earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School (now Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine) and is an alumnus member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwestern University Affiliated Hospitals and completed training as a clinical fellow in pediatric orthopaedic surgery at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware. He is a recognized leader in the evaluation, management, and research of scoliosis in children and in medical education. Dr. Sarwark is active in numerous leadership activities and committees at Lurie Children's Hospital and NUFSM, including Research Strategic Planning LC; the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine and its Education and Residency Selection Committee, past Medical Faculty Senate Council Member and National Alumni Board Member. He is past President, Nathan Smith Davis (Alumni) Club of NUFSM. Dr. Sarwark is past Medical Director of the Motion Analysis Center at Children's Memorial Hospital. In 2004, he received the Pathways Awareness Foundation's first Pioneer Award for his work in the early detection of mobility problems in infants. In 2014, Dr. Sarwark received the prestigious Arnold Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); the Foundation Award 'honors a medical school faculty physician who exemplifies the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students to emphasize, reinforce and enhance the importance of humanistic qualities among medical students and faculty.' Dr. Sarwark received the Distinguished Service Award, AAP Section on Orthopaedics, in 2015. Dr. Sarwark has served two terms as Chairman, Executive Committee/Section of Orthopaedics of the AAP as well as the Surgical Advisory Panel of the AAP. He served two terms on the AAP National Conference and Exhibition and Planning Group; he is a member of the Section on Sports Medicine and Fitness (SOSMF) of the AAP. Dr. Sarwark is an active member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA), on which he has twice served as a member of its Board of Directors and as Ex Officio member. He has served as Chair of POSNA's Liaison Committee with OKO of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). Dr. Sarwark has chaired and contributes to numerous specialty society meetings and courses. He has served as a faculty member of the AAOS Basic Course for Orthopaedic Educators for 25 years. He has chaired the AAOS Committee on Patient Education and has served as a member of its Steering Committee on Collaboration Among Providers Involved with Musculoskeletal Care, among others. Dr. Sarwark is active in the Scoliosis Research Society and has served on its Education Committee, chaired the Fellowship Committee, Co-Chaired the Committee on Non-operative Management and is a past member of the SRS Worldwide Course Committee. He is a member of the American Orthopaedic Association, 20th Century Orthopaedic Association, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida, and the American Society of Biomechanics, among others. Dr. Sarwark is recognized around the world as a surgeon leader and educator in his field. Dr. Sarwark has also mentored numerous fellows, residents, and students in the various facets of medical education and surgical training. See less