Eligibility 

Candidates for joint preservation may have any of the following conditions: 

• Acetabular dysplasia
• Arthritis
• Articular cartilage injuries of the knee
• Articular carilage injuries of the hip
• Cam impingement
• Femoroacetabular impingement 
• Gluteus Medius Tear
• Hip abductor tendon tear 
• Hip impingement
• Hip instability 
• Hip pain 
• Knee cartilage defects 
• Knee pain
• Labral hip tear
• Loose bodies in the hip
• Osteoarthritis
• Osteochondral dissecans
• Patellar instability
• Persistent pain after previous hip arthroscopy
• Pincer Impingement
• Snapping hip
• Trochanteric bursitis
• Valgus malalignment
• Varus malalaign 

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Treatments

Meet the Team

Physicians at the Northwestern Medicine Hip and Knee Joint Preservation Center at Central DuPage Hospital specialize in surgical and nonsurgical options for preserving deteriorating hip and knee joints. 

Make an appointment. 630.933.5352

There’s Nothing Like the Original

Northwestern Medicine Hip and Knee Joint Preservation Center delivers better care to help you keep the joints you were born with. As one of the first of its kind in the Midwest, the center offers nonsurgical and minimally invasive surgical options to help adults and adolescents delay or avoid joint replacement surgery. We use orthobiologics, hip arthroscopy, cartilage restoration, periacetabular osteotomy and other emerging treatments to protect cartilage in patients with pre-arthritic conditions. And we’re anchored by Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, which is nationally ranked* for orthopaedic care. 

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Northwestern Medicine Hip and Knee Joint Preservation Center at Central DuPage Hospital Alternative to Joint Replacement

Orthopaedic programs treating hip and knee conditions have traditionally emphasized surgical care for two distinct groups:

• Older adults with end-stage arthritis of the hip and knee
• Young athletes with acute sports-related ACL or Meniscus injuries of the knee

Patients and athletes between the ages of 16 and 45 may have hip and knee conditions that can lead to joint pain and accelerated cartilage wear at a young age. Frequently these patients don't get the medical attention they need early enough due to misdiagnosis. Unfortunately, when these patients do seek care, sometimes they need total joint replacement sooner in life than desired, leading to additional orthopaedic issues later in life including a less active lifestyle. 

That’s why Northwestern Medicine Orthopaedics has established the Hip and Knee Joint Preservation Center at Central DuPage Hospital. Our multidisciplinary team of specialists offers joint preservation techniques that can help keep adults, athletes and adolescents with pre-arthritic conditions as functionally normal and active as possible. And we’re anchored by Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, which is nationally ranked* for orthopaedic care.

The Hip and Knee Joint Preservation Center offers surgical and nonsurgical options for preserving a deteriorating joint to delay or avoid joint replacement surgery. 

Joint Preservation Pioneer

The center is among the first of its kind in the Midwest to blend a dedicated, multidisciplinary approach to hip and knee preservation with targeted and collaborative research and education efforts.

Innovations in Orthopaedics

Research is an important aspect of our work, and so we contribute to studies and trials related to:

• Leading-edge arthroscopic treatments 
• Arthroscopic hip labral reconstruction and repair
• Meniscus and cartilage repair techniques 
• Optimal timing for hip arthroscopy and treatment of cartilage defects 
• Pelvic and knee osteotomy techniques to preserve cartilage

Our experts collaborate with other multidisciplinary comprehensive joint preservation centers around the country. We strive to improve patient outcomes at Northwestern Medicine and beyond through evidence-based research and education.  

• Arthroscopic debridement 
• Cartilage restoration 
• Ganz osteotomy 
• Gluteus medius repair 
• Hip arthroscopy 
• Knee osteotomy techniques 
• Labral reconstruction 
• Labral repair 
• Lower extremity osteotomy techniques 
• Matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation 
• Microfracture 
• Orthobiologics
• Osteochondral allograft transplantation 
• Osteochondral autograft transfer
• Pelvic osteotomy techniques 
• Periacetabular ostetotomy (PAO) 
• Platelet rich plasma (PRP) injections 
• Revision hip arthroscopy 
• Synovial chondomatosis 

Sanjeev Bhatia, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery

Brian Chilelli, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery

Michael Stover, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery

Locations

Northwestern Medicine Orthopaedics 
351 Delnor Drive, Suite 410 
Geneva, IL 60134 

Northwestern Medicine Orthopaedics
101 East 75th Street, Suite 100
Naperville, IL 60565 

Northwestern Medicine Orthopaedics 
27650 Ferry Road 
Warrenville, IL 60555 

Northwestern Medicine offers world-class care in your neighborhood, including nationally and locally ranked hospitals.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital
Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Woodstock Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital