About Us
Medical Record Reviews and/or Patient Evaluations
Dr. Michael Treister is a highly experienced articulate orthopaedic surgeon with additional fellowship training in hand surgery. He is board certified in general orthopaedics and in hand surgery. Dr. Treister has been providing medical-legal services for many years. Our work is evenly divided between plaintiff and defendant sources
Over 40 years of Clinical Conservative and Surgical Experience
Our office has treated over 75,000 orthopaedic patients just during the last 25 years as documented in our electronic medical record system. Dr. Treister has managed complex poly-trauma cases, and performed countless arthroscopic surgeries, joint replacements, as well as spine, hand, and fracture surgeries
Reasonable Charges for Services
All evaluation activities including medical record reviews, patient examinations, and report preparations are billed at the same reasonable hourly fee. Depositions and/or court appearances are very competitively priced. A full detailed explanation of our charges and office procedures as well as an updated curriculum vitae are available on request
Dr. Treister's Backgound
Dr. Treister has active medical licenses in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, and Ohio. He graduated from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1967. His undergraduate bachelor's degree is from Franklin and Marshall College with a major in American History. Dr. Treister completed his orthopaedic residency and hand surgery fellowship at Northwestern University in December of 1971, was on active duty practicing orthopaedic surgery in the United States Air Force during 1972 and 1973 (and in the reserves long thereafter), and had a busy active orthopaedic practice in Chicago from 1974 through July of 2014 when he sold his surgical practice. Since 7/1/14 Dr. Treister has limited his medical activities to performing medical-legal patient evaluations and or record reviews in personal injury, workers compensation, and disability cases. He was chief of orthopaedic surgery at the Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center for many years, and has long been active in organized medicine -- still serving as a Trustee of the Chicago Medical Society