CHICAGO — Healing comes in many forms.

The Chicago’s Blues Doctor does it both with a scalpel and slide guitar.

There is nothing demure about orthopedic bone surgeon Dr. Dan Ivanovich. From his towering 6’8 frame, all black scrubs to the skull bone piercings lining his head.

Dr. Dan is the leader of the bone squad in every way.

“I like to fix broken stuff,” he said.

On stage, he becomes another kind of surgeon, sliding fingers along the scarred electric guitar and playing keys that heal the soul.

"I have a very deep connection with Chicago because of the people I mean...it's just a wonderful meting pot. I mean, it's where I came from,” he said.

He says he has seen way too many Chicagoans suffer because of the street they live on.

"Roseland, Inglewood, Austin, North Lawndale, Humbol

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