Dr. Monica Rho is a Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine where she serves as the Director of Residency Training for the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is also the Chief of Musculoskeletal Medicine for the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. She is board-certified in Sports Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R). She is the head team physician for the US Women’s National Soccer Team, where she has been a part of the 2019 Women’s World Cup Championship Team in France; the 2021 Bronze Medal team at the Tokyo Olympics; and the most recent team at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. She is the former head team physician for the US Men’s Paralympic Soccer National Team and accompanied them to the Rio 2016 Paralympics. She is the 2015 recipient of the “Best Teachers of Feinberg Award” at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She has also been awarded “Outstanding Teacher of the Year” in 2012 and 2014 and “Mentor of the Year” in 2013, 2015, and 2016 by the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. In 2019, she was named an IF/THEN Ambassador, charged with promoting women in STEM fields to inspire young girls across the country. As a part of this initiative, a life-sized 3D printed statue of Dr. Rho was on display at the Smithsonian Institute in March, 2022 with all of the IF/THEN Ambassador statues.  In 2020, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation named her for the PASSOR Legacy Award and Lectureship.