UW Health SwedishAmerican
James Cole, DO, FACS, is a highly experienced medical professional specializing in trauma surgery and leadership roles in healthcare. Currently serving as Chief Medical Officer and Surgeon-in-Chief at UW Health SwedishAmerican since August 2020, James also holds a position as Clinical Faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. With a robust background that includes a stint as Trauma Surgeon at Advocate Health Care and significant military medical leadership, including roles such as Force Surgeon in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, and JSOC Surgeon during their time with the US Army, James has a diverse and impactful career in both civilian and military medicine. James earned a medical degree from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame.
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UW Health SwedishAmerican
SwedishAmerican is now UW Health. At UW Health, our commitment is to serve through medical innovation and unparalleled compassion. We provide expertise and quality care to patients and families throughout Wisconsin, Northern Illinois and beyond. In 2015, SwedishAmerican, a community health system based in Rockford, Ill., with a proud 100-year legacy, became part of UW Health. In 2021, the UW Health brand was introduced at SwedishAmerican’s 2 hospitals and 30 primary care and multi-specialty clinic locations across Northern Illinois. Through this partnership, Northern Illinois patients and families have the best of both worlds – a familiar, convenient network of primary and specialty care locations combined with easy access to UW Health experts for highly complex situations, especially for patients with cancer or heart disease. Moreover, mothers and babies – most of whom are cared for at the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Rockford – also have easy access to neonatology experts at American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison, in situations when a higher level of care is needed.