- Dr. Afzal Ahmad, MD
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Dr. Afzal Ahmad, MD
Ophthalmology - Illinois, Calumet City
Overview
Dr. Afzal Ahmad, MD works in Calumet City, Illinois is a specialist in Ophthalmology and graduated Mass Ee Infirm Harvard in 1974. Dr. Ahmad is affiliated with Advocate Trinity Hospital and practicing for 56 years
Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Conditions
• Abscess• Aneurysm Embolization
• Anorectal Abscess and Fistula
• Argon Laser Treatment
• Astigmatism
• Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
• Beta Thalassemia Intermedia
• Bile Duct Cancer
• Blepharitis
• Botulinum Toxin Injection
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• Bowel Strangulation
• Cataract, Congenital, With Microcornea or Slight Microphthalmia
• Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type 1
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Chronic Infections
• Colpopexy
• Conjunctival Hemorrhage
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
• Dependence
• Diverticulitis
• Drug-Induced Mental Disorders
• Dystonia 15, Myoclonic
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita
• Estrogen Replacement Therapy
• Extra-Articular Fracture
• Eyebrows, Duplication of, With Stretchable Skin and Syndactyly
• Fat Reduction Procedure
• Fecal Impaction Removal
• Feeding Assessment
• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
• Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
• Glaucoma 1, Open Angle, J
• Glaucoma Associated With Systemic Abnormalities
• Hallucinogen Dependence
• Hepatitis A
• Heroin Dependence
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Hypercholesterolemia Due to LDL Receptor Deficiency
• Influenza (Flu)
• Inner Ear Repair
• Kidney Cryosurgery
• Leg Fracture Above Knee (incl. Hip)
• Lung Cancer
• Lymphocytosis
• Maxillofacial
• Motor Neuron Disease
• Multiple Miscarriages
• Nail and Nail Bed Infection
• Negative Rheumatoid Factor Polyarthritis
• Neuropathy, Distal Hereditary Motor, Jerash Type
• Nickel Contact Allergy
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Surgery
• Obstetric Procedures
• Ocular Prosthetics
• Pancreas Disorders
• Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 3
• Radial Keratotomy
• Radiation Proctitis
• Radiation-Related Neoplasm
• Radical Hysterectomies for Cervical Cancer
• Rectovaginal Repair
• Renal Artery Arteriosclerotic Disease
• Ritalin Abuse
• Robotic Heller Myotomy for the Treatment of Achalasia
• Salivary Gland Surgery
• Salpingo-Oophorectomy With Robotic Assistance
• Schizophreniform and Schizoaffective Disorder
• Severe Asthma
• Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Stereotactic Lesions
• Stripping of Varicose Veins
• Thinning of Skin
• Thrombolytic Therapy
• Tilia Tree Pollen Allergy
• Tomosynthesis-Guided Breast Biopsy
• Tonsillectomy
• Torsion Dystonia
• Transoral Laser Microsurgery
• Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
• Vaginal Candidiasis
• White Coat Hypertension
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Procedures
• Acquired Coloboma• Acute Endophthalmitis
• Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• Anisocoria
• Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
• Anterior Vitrectomy
• Aphakia and Other Disorders of Lens
• Astigmatism
• Bell's Palsy
• Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
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• Benign Neoplasm of Eye
• Blepharitis
• Blepharoplasty
• Blind Hypertensive Eye
• Blind Hypotensive Eye
• Blindness
• Blocked Tear Duct
• Cataract
• Cataract Removal Surgery
• Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
• Chalazion
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Conjunctival Hemorrhage
• Contact Lens Services
• Corneal Abrasion or Laceration
• Corneal Erosion
• Corneal Ulcer
• Cyclocryotherapy
• Dacryocystostomy or Dacryocystotomy
• Destruction of Lesion of Retina and Choroid
• Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Diplopia
• Drainage of Conjunctival Cyst
• Drooping Eyelids (Ptosis)
• Drusen
• Dry Eyes
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Endophthalmitis
• Entropion
• Esotropia
• Excision of Chalazion
• Exophoria
• Exotropia
• Extraocular Muscle Surgery
• Eyelid Reconstruction Surgery
• Eyelid Spasm
• Eyelid Surgery
• Farsightedness
• Floaters
• Focal Chorioretinitis and Focal Retinochoroiditis
• Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy
• Giant Cell Arteritis
• Glaucoma
• Glaucoma Surgery
• Headache
• Herpetic Keratitis
• Heterophoria
• Hypertropia
• Hyphema
• Hypopyon
• Hypotony of Eye
• Keratitis
• Keratoconus
• Lazy Eye
• Macular Edema
• Macular Hole
• Malignant Neoplasm of Eye
• Migraine
• Nearsightedness
• Non-Cosmetic Chemodenervation
• Nystagmus
• Ocular Hypertension
• Orbital Cellulitis
• Paracentesis of Anterior Eye
• Parasitic Endophthalmitis
• Pars Planitis
• Pigment Dispersion Syndrome
• Pinguecula
• Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
• Presbyopia
• Pterygium
• Pterygium Excision
• Purulent Endophthalmitis
• Removal of Foreign Body from External Eye
• Repair of Brow Ptosis and Blepharoptosis
• Repair of Entropion or Ectropion
• Repair of Retinal Detachment or Retinal Tear
• Retained Intraocular Foreign Body, Magnetic
• Retinal Detachment and Retinal Tear
• Retinal Dystrophy
• Retinal Hemorrhage
• Retinal Neovascularization
• Retinal Vascular Occlusion
• Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)
• Retinoschisis
• Sarcoidosis
• Scleral Reinforcement Surgery
• Senile Cataracts
• Sjögren's Syndrome
• Stye
• Trichiasis
• Uveitis and Iridocyclitis
• Visual Field Defects
• Vitrectomy (incl. Macular Hole Repair)
• Vitreous Hemorrhage
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology
Years Since Graduation
- 56
State License
- Illinois
Education & Training
Fellowship Hospital
Mass Ee Infirm Harvard
Boston, MA, USA
Year completed: 1974
Boston, MA, USA
Year completed: 1974
Residency Hospital
Michael Reese Med Center
Chicago, IL, USA
Year completed: 1972
Chicago, IL, USA
Year completed: 1972
Awards
1 AAO
2 ACS
3 AMA
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Office Locations
Primary location
Midwest Eye Center
1700 East West Road
Illinois (IL)
Calumet City
60409
Phone:(708) 891-3330
Other Office Locations
Chicago Eye Specialists
18425 West Creek Drive Suite East
Illinois (IL)
Calumet City
60477
Phone:(773) 873-0052
Midwest Eye Center
2315 East 93rd Street Suite 400
Illinois (IL)
Calumet City
60617
Phone:(773) 374-1144
Accepting New Patients
- No
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Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Cofinity
- Cofinity PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Illinois
- Coventry Health Care of Illinois PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Missouri
- Coventry Health Care of Missouri PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Health and Life PPO
- HealthLink
- HealthLink PPO
- Humana
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Platinum PPO
- UnitedHealthCare
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