Academic/University Program
Northwestern Medicine Concussion and Sports Neurology Program
📍 Chicago
Headache/MigraineBehavioral/Mental HealthRehabilitation/Brain Injury
Concussion specialist
Holly Benjamin MD
📍 Chicago, Illinois · ✓ Listing verified 2026-07-11
About
Holly Benjamin, MD is a Pediatric Primary Care Sports Medicine specialist in Chicago, Illinois, with a subspecialty focus in Concussion / Sports Injury. They see patients at UChicago Medicine Comer Children's Pediatric Sports Medicine, part of UChicago Medicine. Their role there is Director of Primary Care Sports Medicine.
Concussion work here covers pediatric sports medicine and return to play. In this directory the listing sits under Return to Play/Learn.
The practice sees athletes and children and teenagers.
Comer Children's pediatric sports medicine team cares for young athletes of all levels, from seasonal players to elite competitors, treating concussions along with sprains, overuse injuries, and other sports-related conditions. Care is led by Holly Benjamin, MD, a nationally recognized primary care pediatric sports medicine specialist. Services range from pre-participation physicals to nonsurgical injury treatment, with rehabilitation that includes bracing, injury-prevention education, guidance on safe return to play, and physical therapy.
Services
Return to Play/Learn
Clinical focus areas
pediatric sports medicineconcussionreturn to play
Details
Provider typePhysician - Sports Medicine
SpecialtyPediatric Primary Care Sports Medicine
PracticeUChicago Medicine Comer Children's Pediatric Sports Medicine
Health systemUChicago Medicine
RoleDirector of Primary Care Sports Medicine
ServesAthletes/Sports, Pediatric/Youth
Before your first appointment
Patients who contact Holly Benjamin in Chicago usually want to be clear on a few things first:
- the graduated return-to-sport steps — The standard stepwise protocol athletic trainers and team physicians follow.
- concussion signs in babies, toddlers and kids — What to watch for in a child too young to tell you what hurts.
- testing for a concussion at home — The danger signs that mean the ER tonight, and why no home test rules a concussion out.
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