Specialty: Neurological Surgery

June 2, 2023

Russell P. Nockels

Dr. Russ P. Nockels is a board-certified neurological surgeon, who specializes in spine surgery, and serves as Vice Chairman for the Department of Neurosciences and Chief of Spine Surgery at NorthShore Neurological Institute (NNI) at Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH). He is located at the NCH Spine and Pain Center in Arlington Heights. For more than […]

June 28, 2022

Julian E. Bailes Jr.

April 28, 2022

Amin Kassam

Dr. Amin Kassam leads the NorthShore Neurological Institute (NNI) at Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH). Building on the current offerings of NNI, Dr. Kassam brings novel and innovative procedures that he has pioneered over the past two decades, such as the Expanded Endonasal Approach (Transnasal) Brain Surgery, conscious surgery, and new technologies in brain mapping and […]

January 21, 2022

Andrew S. Zelby

June 12, 2021

Ricky H. Wong

Dr. Wong’s philosophy of care: I treat each patient as if they were a member of my family. I walk each patient through their diagnosis, imaging, and management options – whether they are surgical or not. If something requires surgery, I aim for the least invasive and safest option.

January 26, 2020

Shakeel A. Chowdhry

January 26, 2020

William Joseph Ares