Alexander Doolas, M.D. is a graduate of the University of Illinois Medical School and completed his surgery residency in 1967 at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center. He served as a Captain in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army from 1962 to 1964.

Dr. Doolas is the senior surgeon of University Surgeons, and is well known for his surgical expertise in complicated surgical problems, hepatobiliary surgery, pancreatic surgery, and esophagogastric surgery. He has been Director of Undergraduate Surgical Education here at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center from 1969 to 1992.

He is the Steven G. Economou, M.D. Professor of Surgery, Past Associate Chairman of the Department of General Surgery, Immediate Past Dean of Surgical Services and Sciences of Rush Medical College, and Associate Vice President of Medical Affairs. Dr. Doolas is the Past President of the Chicago Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, and the Past President of the Chicago Surgical Society.

Dr. Doolas has received many honors, including the House Staff Award for being the surgeon of the year on two occasions, and the Phoenix Award for Excellence in Medical Education in 1975 and again in 1986. In 1986, he was elected by the United Hellenic Foundation of America for the distinguished Greek-American Award in the field of Medicine. Dr. Doolas is the Director of the Presidential Suite at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center.

In its 1996 edition on Best Doctors in America, American Health Magazine Dr. Doolas was chosen by his peers as one of the best doctors in American in the field of gastrointestinal surgery. Chicago Magazine named Dr. Doolas as one of the “Top Doctors” in Chicago in its “Chicago’s Best” issue in 2001.

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