Leslie A. McCutcheon, PA-C

Hip | Knee | Shoulder | Sports Medicine

Leslie A. McCutcheon is a physician assistant at Cary Orthopaedics. She attended the University of Kansas for undergrad before receiving a graduate business administration degree from Baker University in Kansas. For medical school, she attended Finch University of Health Science/The Chicago Medical School.

McCutcheon has certifications for the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants and BLS for Healthcare Providers. She is also a member of the Physician Assistant on Orthopaedic Surgery.

Before Cary Orthopaedics, McCutcheon worked as an Orthopaedic Physician Assistant at Illinois Bone and Joint Institute at Morton Grove. She has also been a CT Surgery Physician Assistant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Connecticut and a Hematology Physical Assistant at Rush-Presbyterian at St. Lukes.

  • University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (college)
  • Baker University, Overland Park, KS (graduate business administration)
  • Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL (medical school)
  • National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants
  • BLS for Healthcare Providers
  • Physician Assistant on Orthopaedic Surgery (member)
  • Twentieth Century Investors – Instructor – 1990 – 1994
  • Central Dupage Convenient Care Center – Urgent Care Physician Assistant – 2000
  • Rush-Presbyterian at St. Lukes – Hematology Physician Assistant – 1999 – 2001
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital – Neurosurgery – 2001 – 2004
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital- CT Surgery Physician Assistant – 2004 – 2008
  • Illinois Bone and Joint Institute at Morton Grove – Orthopaedic Physician Assistant – 2008 – 2010
  • Cary Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Specialists – Orthopaedic Physician Assistant – 2013 – Present