Dr. Scott J. Kolbaba, MD

Credentials & Honors

• United States Marine Corps Reserves — completed a tour of service before medical school
• Graduated with honors from the University of Illinois College of Medicine
• Rewarded membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society — the national honor society recognizing the top medical students in academic achievement
• Residency at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) — one of the most competitive training programs in the country
• Named one of the Top Doctors in the Chicagoland area by Chicago Magazine
• Castle Connolly Top Doctor (2004, 2014) — peer-nominated national recognition
• Over 40 years of clinical practice at Northwestern Medicine, Wheaton, Illinois

The Story Behind the Book

The idea for Physicians' Untold Stories began when a colleague shared an experience he had never told anyone — a moment in the ICU that defied every medical explanation. Dr. Kolbaba discovered that nearly every physician he spoke to had a similar story, locked away, unshared.

Over three years, he collected these stories — dreams that foretold future events, apparitions at bedsides, patients who recovered against impossible odds — and gave physicians a safe space to finally share what they had witnessed.

The result is a book that Kirkus Reviews calls “a feel-good book of hope and wonder” and that readers describe as “a reminder that there are forces beyond what medicine can measure.”

Physicians' Untold Stories

Amazon bestseller by Dr. Scott Kolbaba — 4.5★ from 1,018 ratings

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Beyond Medicine

Dr. Kolbaba's friends accuse him of specializing in “big.” An only child, he now has a family of seven children. His other passions include his Newfoundland puppy (already 130 pounds), flying kites (“only the big ones” — at sixteen square meters, his kiteboarding kite once pulled him and his neighbor off the ground), and growing Atlantic Giant pumpkins. He is the proud winner of the Sycamore, Illinois pumpkin-growing contest two years running.

Dr. Kolbaba's family supports an orphanage in Romania through REMM (Romanian Evangelical Medical Mission), where they adopted two of their children. His goal is to provide enough support to help many more orphans and street children.

What People Are Saying

Media & Speaking

Dr. Kolbaba is now bringing his message of spiritual love and hope to thousands through his many speaking engagements, radio and podcast interviews. Producers and entertainment hosts enjoy working with Dr. Kolbaba because of his passion, authenticity, and captivating personality.

Meant to awe, instruct, and inspire, his talks will convince even the harshest skeptic that there are things beyond the physical world and sometimes all we need to do is believe.

Featured Podcast & Radio Appearances

• Provocative Enlightenment Radio
• Mission Evolution Podcast
• Transpersonal Radio (Episode 66)
• In The Fray Radio
• The Higher Side Chats
• Paranormal UK Radio
• ParaTalkRadio
• Various AM/FM radio shows across the United States
• …and many more