PEOPLE
Faculty
Zohair Ahmed, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Biographical Info
Education
Residency: Internal Medicine: University of Illinois
Fellowship: Gastroenterology: University of Illinois
Fellowship: Interventional Gastroenterology: University of Illinois
Clinical Interest
Dr. Ahmed is a practicing Interventional Gastroenterologist with a clinical focus on endoscopic bariatric therapies.
Research Interest
Dr. Ahmed’s research interest focus on endoscopic bariatric therapies and their correlation with improvement in metabolic profile and liver disease. He is also interested in evaluating how healthcare disparities play a role in access to bariatric procedures, sustaining weight loss after bariatric procedures, and cost effectiveness of endoscopic bariatric therapies.
Current Fellows
Zohair Ahmed, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Biographical Info
Education
Residency: Internal Medicine: University of Illinois
Fellowship: Gastroenterology: University of Illinois
Fellowship: Interventional Gastroenterology: University of Illinois
Clinical Interest
Dr. Ahmed is a practicing Interventional Gastroenterologist with a clinical focus on endoscopic bariatric therapies.
Research Interest
Dr. Ahmed’s research interest focus on endoscopic bariatric therapies and their correlation with improvement in metabolic profile and liver disease. He is also interested in evaluating how healthcare disparities play a role in access to bariatric procedures, sustaining weight loss after bariatric procedures, and cost effectiveness of endoscopic bariatric therapies.
Staff
Zohair Ahmed, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Biographical Info
Education
Residency: Internal Medicine: University of Illinois
Fellowship: Gastroenterology: University of Illinois
Fellowship: Interventional Gastroenterology: University of Illinois
Clinical Interest
Dr. Ahmed is a practicing Interventional Gastroenterologist with a clinical focus on endoscopic bariatric therapies.
Research Interest
Dr. Ahmed’s research interest focus on endoscopic bariatric therapies and their correlation with improvement in metabolic profile and liver disease. He is also interested in evaluating how healthcare disparities play a role in access to bariatric procedures, sustaining weight loss after bariatric procedures, and cost effectiveness of endoscopic bariatric therapies.
Affiliated Faculty
Waddah Alrefai, MD
Director of Collaborative Research
Associate Professor of Medicine
Pradeep Dudeja, PhD
Director of Scholarly Activities
Professor of Physiology in Medicine
Andrei Gartel, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics
Ravinder Gill, PhD
Assistant Professor
Seema Saksena, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Jun Sun, PhD
Associate Professor