Nathalie Azar, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus Service
Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus Fellowship Program
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
FLUENT LANGUAGES
English, French, Arabic
Education
BS—American University of Beirut, Lebanon
MD—Boston University School of Medicine
Residency— George Washington University, Washington, DC
Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus —Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Selected Awards
2011-2018 Castle Connolly American’s Top Doctors Award
2014-2018 Chicago Magazines Top Doctors Award
Selected Departmental Teaching Activities
2016-Present Program Director, Illinois Eye Review – Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
2010-Present Course Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology for the Non-Ophthalmologist Symposium
2008-Present OKAP Strabismus Review – Ophthalmology Residents and Fellows, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
2008-2015 Program Co-Director, Illinois Eye Review – Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Activities
Principle Investigator –Pediatric Cataract Surgery Outcomes Registry (C02) (PEDIG) -. Jaeb Center for Health Research (JCHR) – 2016 - Present
Principle Investigator – Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG). Jaeb Center for Health Research (JCHR) – 2016 to Present
A Non-Human Primate Model for Intraconal Approach to Eye Transplantation – A Pilot Study. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL. June 2007 to June 2008
Postcycloplegic Strabismus Measurements. Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Section, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL. March 2007 to March 2008
Selected Publications
Ali MH, Azar NF, Aakalu V, Chau FY, Abbasian J, Setabutr P, Maumenee IH. Congenital cavitary optic disc anomaly and Axenfeld's anomaly in Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome: A case report and review of the literature. Ophthalmic Genet. 2018 Apr;39(2):271-274.
Kinori M, Wehrli S, Kassem IS, Azar NF, Maumenee IH, Mets MB. Biometry Characteristics in Adults and Children With Marfan Syndrome: From the Marfan Eye Consortium of Chicago. Am J Ophthalmol. 2017 May;177:144-149.
Frenkel S, Gaitonde SS, Azar N, Wood MG, Schmidt ML. Conjunctival MarginalZone B-Cell Lymphoma in a 13-Year-Old Child. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2010 Feb 8:1-4.
Albè E, Chang JH, Azar NF, Ivanov AR, Azar DT. Proteomic analysis of the hyaloid vascular system regression during ocular development. J Proteome Res. 2008 Nov;7(11):4904-13.
Mocan MC, Ament C, Azar NF. The characteristics and surgical outcomes of medial rectus recessions in Graves’ Ophthalmopathy. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2007 Mar-Apr;44(2):93-100; quiz 118-9..
Ahuja R, Azar NF. Orbital dermoids in children. Semin Ophthalmol. 2006 Jul-Sep;21(3):207-11. Review.
Tocyap ML, Azar N, Chen T, Wiggs J. Clinical and molecular characterization of a patient with an interstitial deletion of chromosome 12q15-q23 and peripheral corneal abnormalities. Am J Ophthalmol. 2006 Mar;141(3):566-567.