Rush University Medical Center
Professor and Chairperson, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Dr. Sheila A. Dugan has been at Rush University Medical Center since 2003, previously at Partner’s HealthCare. She is professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and section chief since 2017. She has been director of the Program for Abdominal and Pelvic Health and co-investigator on the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) since 2004. She is chair of the Rush Women’s Leadership Council since 2006. She is a co-investigator on the National Institutes of Health-supported community-based participatory research in health equity. She has served on the Board of the American College of Sports Medicine and Chaired the Strategic Health Initiative for Women, Sports and Physical Activity from 2005 to 2009.