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New Fertility Practice in Oak Lawn Brings Decades of Expertise

Business Spotlight: Dr. John Rinehart and the Reproductive Medicine Institute (RMI) on 95th Street.

The Reproductive Medicine Institute, founded in 2009, has opened a new office in Oak Lawn. Dr. John S. Rinehart, MD, PhD, JD, heads up the Oak Lawn office.

Dr. Rinehart has maintained an exclusive practice in infertility and reproductive endocrinology in the Chicago area for 35 years. In 2009, he joined two other doctors in forming RMI. The practice's offices are located in Oak Brook Evanston, Elmhurst, Winfield and Chicago. The Oak Lawn office is at 5716 W. 95th St. Telephone: (630) 221-8131

Where did Dr. Rinehart study medicine?

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He completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and his fellowship in reproductive endocrinology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Since 1985, Dr. Rinehart has been Board Certified in obstetrics/gynecology, and since 1988 in reproductive endocrinology, and re-certified in his subspecialty in 1999.

Dr. Rinehart completed his law degree with a concentration in health law at DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, in 2002.

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Where did his practice begin?

In 1986, Dr. Rinehart helped establish Evanston Hospital's first IVF program, one of the first private-practice based IVF programs in the country.

Outside of his practice, what other contributions to the field has he made?

In  response to the challenges of managed care, Dr. Rinehart helped form the nation's largest infertility physician practice management group, where he served as the IVF Director of one of the nation's largest IVF programs. He continues to devote special efforts to ethics and reproductive care as the Chair of the ENH Ethics Subcommittee on Reproductive Issues and a member of the Ethics Committee at Central DuPage Hospital.

Dr. Rinehart maintains his academic connection as an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at both Northwestern University School of Medicine and the University of Chicago and through frequent lecturing, input to hospital-based ethics committees, and IRB-approved research studies.

Dr. Rinehart is the Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at NorthShore University Healthcare (formerly Evanston-Northwestern Healthcare) and St. Francis Hospital, Evanston.

He regularly works with residents and medical students in clinical settings and classroom lecturing, and is sought after for his expertise in both medical and legal perspectives of fertility management. Dr. Rinehart is also a member of the Society of Reproductive Surgeons, the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and the Society for the Study of Reproduction.

Read Dr. Rinehart's blog posts on RMI's website:


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