Professor John W. Polley, M.D.
Professor
John W. Polley graduated in medicine from the Northwestern University
Medical School Chicago, Illinois in 1983. He did his general surgery
residency at Michigan State University/Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids,
Michigan (Dick Dean, M.D., Director) and plastic and reconstructive surgery
residency at Grand Rapids Area Medical Education Center, Michigan State
University, Grand Rapids, Michigan (John Beernick, M.D. Director). His
postgraduate training included fellowships in craniomaxillofacial surgery
July 1988-June 1989. Dr. Samual Noordhoff, Director, Plastic and
Craniofacial Surgery, and Dr. Yu Ray Chen, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital,
Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, pediatric Craniomaxillofacial surgery
July 1989-January 1990. Dr. Jeffrey Posnick, Director, Craniofacial
Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and
aesthetic and breast reconstruction January 1990-June 1990. Dr. G. Patrick
Maxwell, Director and Dr. Jack Fisher, The Institute for Aesthetic and
Reconstructive Surgery, Nashville, Tennessee. Since 1999 he is Professor and
Chairman, Dept. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Rush University Medical
Center, holding the John A. Curtin Chair.
He is a member of several professional societies including the International Society of Craniofacial Surgeons (ISCS), American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS), American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASMS), Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons (MAPS), Chicago Society of Plastic Surgery (CSPS), American Cleft Palate- Craniofacial Association (ACPA), Plastic Surgery Research Council (PSRC), American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPRS), Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation (PSEF), Chicago Committee on Trauma, Illinois State Medical Society, Chicago Medical Society, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation. Dr. Polley has received numerous distinguished awards including:
1. Phi Beta Kappa – Northwestern University-1997.
2. Marcy Scholar, Northwestern University-1978.
3. First Prize, Resident Competition, (The Role of Alloplasts in Orbital Reconstruction). Grand Rapids Area Medical Education Center Research Day, May 1987.
4. First Place Scientific Exhibit. (Primary Veloplasty: Long-term Results on Maxillary Morphology). Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, and American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990.
5. First Place, Senior Research Competition. (Rigid Fixation in the Developing Craniofacial Skeleton). Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons, 32nd Annual Meeting, Bismark, North Dakota, 1992.
6. "Class Act" Outstanding Service Award. University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, Chicago, Illinois, August 1992.
7. First Place, Senior Research Competition. (Longitudinal Analysis of Mandibular Asymmetry in Hemifacial Microsomia). Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons, 33rd Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, June 1993.
8. “Caught in the Act" Excellent Service Award, The University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, Chicago, Illinois, September 1993.
9. Outstanding Teacher Award. The Osler Institute, Plastic Surgery Board Review Course. Chicago, Illinois, November 1993.
10. Second Place, Senior Research Competition. (Primary Veloplasty vs. Primary Palatoplasty: The Long-Term Results). Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons, 34th Annual Meeting. Peoria, Illinois. May 1994.
11. Here’s 2 you. Columbia Broadcasting System. CBS Chicago Achievement Award. February 13th, 1998.
12. “Best Publication of the Year”, The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery for “Management of Severe Maxillary Deficiency in Childhood and Adolescence through Distraction Osteogenesis with an external, Rigid, Distraction Device”. Awarded October 1998.
13. "Top Doctor Chicago Metro Area" Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd, Third Edition. Awarded 2002.
14. "Top Doctor in the Chicago Metro Area", Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd. Third Edition. Awarded 2003.
15. "America's Top Physician” Consumer Research Council of America. Awarded 2003.
16. "Best Doctor in America” Best Doctor Database. Awarded for 2003-2004.
17. "Chicago Top Doctor" as featured in "Chicago Magazine", January 2004.
18. “Chicago Top Doctor” as featured in “Chicago Magazine”, January 2006.
19. “Chicago Top Doctor” as featured in “Chicago Magazine”, January 2007.
He is a recipient of many research grants on craniofacial surgery including distraction osteogenesis and craniorbital surgery. He has served as an Officer and Committee Member in many professional organizations, and serves as a Section Editor in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, and member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery and The Journal of Facial and Somato Prosthetics. He has published more than 100 papers and 120 published abstracts in peer reviewed national and international Journals, and he is the co-author of one book and 10 book chapters. He has delivered 40 teaching courses, 11 scientific exhibits and has presented more than 220 oral abstracts in national and international professional scientific meetings in USA and abroad.
