“She is the most concerned and understanding doctor I have ever had in my life. She put me at ease at a very difficult time in my life but made me also understand the seriousness of my condition.”

About

Laurie Bachrach, MD is a board-certified Urologist with expertise in minimally invasive and robotic procedures.  Her areas of interest include kidney masses, kidney stones, prostate enlargement, prostate cancer, and bladder cancer.

Dr. Bachrach did her undergraduate studies at the University of Washington. She worked in bioinformatics for a few years before choosing a career in medicine. She received her MD from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood and completed her Urology residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. In addition to her private practice work at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital and Elmhurst Memorial hospital, she is a Clinical Instructor in the Loyola University Health System.  She previously spent time doing medical work in Mongolia, Bolivia, and Guatemala and is conversant in Spanish.

Dr. Bachrach believes in shared decision-making and is also a compassionate care provider who values her relationships with her patients and fellow physicians.

Awards and Credentials

• Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctors: Since 1st Edition
• Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors; Surgery: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Exceptional Women In Medicine: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Modern Luxury Chicago: 2023

Education and Training

Certification

American Board of Urology
Illinois State Medical License

Societies

Chicago Urological Society
American Urological Society

Hospital Affiliation

Gottlieb Memorial Hospital – Melrose Park, IL
Endeavor Health Elmhurst Hospital – Elmhurst, IL
Rush Oak Park Hospital – Oak Park, IL
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital – Downers Grove, IL
Loyola University Medical Center – Maywood, IL

Publications

Stool-based biomarkers of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome

Braundmeier-Fleming A, Russell NT, Yang W, Nas MY, Yaggie RE, Berry M, Bachrach L, Flury SC, Marko DS, Bushell CB, Welge ME, White BA, Schaeffer AJ, Klumpp DJ. Sci Rep. 2016 May 18;6:26083. doi: 10.1038/srep26083. PMID: 27188581 Free PMC article.

Contemporary surgical trends in the management of upper tract calculi

Oberlin DT, Flum AS, Bachrach L, Matulewicz RS, Flury SC. J Urol. 2015 Mar;193(3):880-4. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.09.006. Epub 2014 Sep 16. PMID: 25219700 Clinical Trial.

The Gender Divide: The Impact of Surgeon Gender on Surgical Practice Patterns in Urology

Oberlin DT, Vo AX, Bachrach L, Flury SC. J Urol. 2016 Nov;196(5):1522-1526. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.05.030. Epub 2016 May 10. PMID: 27177426

National practice patterns of treatment of erectile dysfunction with penile prosthesis implantation

Oberlin DT, Matulewicz RS, Bachrach L, Hofer MD, Brannigan RE, Flury SC. J Urol. 2015 Jun;193(6):2040-4. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.11.095. Epub 2014 Nov 29. PMID: 25457477

Preoperative nuclear renal scan underestimates renal function after radical nephrectomy

Bachrach L, Negron E, Liu JS, Su YK, Paparello JJ, Eggener S, Kundu SD. Urology. 2014 Dec;84(6):1402-6. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.07.061. Epub 2014 Oct 12. PMID: 25312551

Patterns of performance of retroperitoneal lymph node dissections by American urologists: most retroperitoneal lymph node dissections in the United States are performed by low-volume surgeons

Flum AS, Bachrach L, Jovanovic BD, Helenowski IB, Flury SC, Meeks JJ. Urology. 2014 Dec;84(6):1325-8. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.07.054. Epub 2014 Oct 11. PMID: 25306483