Dr. Kevin Bethke, MD Lynn Sage Breast Center
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About Dr. Bethke

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
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​   Awards
    "Top Doctors: Chicago" Castle Connolly Guide
    "People's Choice" Award
    "Best Doctor's Most Compassionate Doctor Award" 2012-2020
    Named to Northwestern Department of Surgery Teaching Hall of Fame, 2005
    Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine Annual Outstanding Teaching Award,        
        2003-2019
   Professional Organizations
   Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
   Society of Surgical Oncology
   American Society of Breast Surgeons
   Chicago Surgical Society
   Past President Downtown Chicago Board of the American Cancer Society
   St Olaf College, Board of Regents, Executive Committee, 2006-2019       
Administrative positions
Chief of Staff, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 2018-2020
Associate Director of Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center

Undergraduate Education
   St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
   Oxford University, England, Biomedical Ethics
Medical Education
   Univ. of Minnesota Medical School, Mpls, 1983
Surgery Residency
   Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, 1989
Surgical Oncology Fellowship
   Medical College of Virginia, 1991
Academic Appointments
   Associate Clinical Director, Lynn Sage Breast Center
   Director of Regional Surgical Breast Cancer Care for Northwestern Medicine
   Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
   Northwestern Univ. Feinberg School of Medicine
Board Certification
   Surgery, since 1990
Affiliations
   Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery:
   Northwestern Univ. Feinberg School of Medicine
   Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Cowboy Boots Wednesday

Northwestern is a teaching hospital with breast surgery Fellows, surgical residents and medical students, all working together to help you while "keeping me on my toes".  I enjoy my role as mentor and I think you will find them a welcome and refreshing addition to your team.  They are always eager to help.

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​HOBBIES​
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Adventure Travel: Each year I take off for some far corner of the world. I’ve climbed Kilimanjaro, been on safari in the Serengeti, Botswana and Namibia, trekked in Tibet and Bhutan, biked Northern Thailand and also from Hanoi to Saigon, tracked mountain gorillas in Rwanda and Uganda, sea-kayaked in Papua New Guinea, white-water rafted in southern Chili’s Patagonia region on the Futaleufu river and more. I love to explore new areas and cultures and I take thousands of photos.

Photography: You can view some of my adventure travel photos on my Flickr webpage: 
http://flickr.com/kbethke/albums



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