Dr. Neel Pancholi, MD

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Get to know Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Neel Pancholi, who serves patients in Illinois.

Dr. Pancholi is a sports fellowship-trained and board-certified orthopedic surgeon who specializes in injuries and conditions affecting the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee. He sees patients at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital & Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group Orland Park.

Providing orthopedic and general medical care, his practice focus areas include knee arthroscopy, shoulder arthroscopy, cartilage transplantation, distal biceps repair, foot and ankle trauma, fractures, knee replacement surgery, and total joint replacement. 

With 425 licensed beds and more than 600 affiliated physicians, Palos Hospital — located in Palos Heights, Illinois, 22 miles from downtown Chicago — serves the city’s south and southwest suburbs. It offers advanced technology in a scenic, healing environment. Accredited by The Joint Commission, Palos Hospital is continually recognized as a premier healthcare provider by healthcare rating systems.

Orthopedic surgeons at Northwestern Medicine Orland Park offer care for all types of musculoskeletal pain and injuries. They also perform surgery and minimally invasive procedures as needed to help patients return to the activities they enjoy.

Taking an individualistic approach, Dr. Pancholi feels that being able to meet a person when they come in at their most vulnerable state and when they’ve typically been suffering quite a while at this point, and then having the ability to greatly impact their lives and get them back to doing what they enjoy without worrying about pain, either non-surgically or surgically, is a gratifying feeling. His goal when he sees a patient is to approach a treatment plan together, and he values taking the time to really listen to them. He also gets the opportunity to share his expertise with medical students and does speaking engagements where he is usually asked to speak on topics such as athletic injuries, prevention, and recovery to different sports organizations and schools.

In regards to his educational background, Dr. Pancholi graduated with his medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine in 2014. He then went on to perform his residency in orthopedic surgery at SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn in 2019, and his fellowship in orthopedic sports medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 2020.

Trained in cutting edge techniques, he is board-certified in orthopedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (ABOS). The ABOS is an organization with the goal of establishing educational and professional standards for orthopedic residents and surgeons as well as evaluating the qualifications and competence of orthopedic surgeons.

Continuously advancing his efforts, Dr. Pancholi is an active member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.

Orthopedic surgery is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and non-surgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, spine diseases, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital disorders.

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