Chicago LASIK Eye Surgeon PARAG MAJMUDAR, M.D.

Appointments:

Chicago Cornea Consultants, Ltd.

(847) 882-5900
(800) 8-CORNEA

Address:

Chicago Cornea Consultants
St. Alexius Medical Center
1585 N. Barrington Rd.
Doctors Building 2, Suite 502,
Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
847-882-5900
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Chicago Cornea Consultants
806 Central Ave.
Highland Park, IL 60035
847-432-6010
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Chicago Cornea Consultants
Rush University Medical Center
1725 W. Harrison St., Ste. #928
Chicago, IL 60612
312-942-5300

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Credentials and Qualifications

Dr. Parag Majmudar has extensive qualifications that we estimate place him among an elite circle comprising the top 1% of LASIK and refractive surgeons in the United States.

For your convenience, these credentials and criteria have been grouped by Experience, Patient Care and Credentials. In addition, Dr. Majmudar has included some additional career highlights that while not used by Trusted LASIK Surgeons in our screening process, clearly supplement his highly distinguished career.

Dr. Majmudar’s qualifications and credentials as one of the top LASIK surgeons include:

Experience

• Over 10 years experience in laser vision surgery, including LASIK
• Over 10 years experience in refractive surgery (laser vision, lens implants and RK))
• Performed over 10,000 LASIK and laser vision procedures
• Principal Investigator for one FDA Study for new phakic IOL technology

Premier Patient Care

• Use of IntraLase system for “All-Laser” or “Bladeless” LASIK
• Use of Wavefront Based (“Custom”) LASIK and PRK
• Offers complete refractive surgery care, including LASIK, PRK, RLE/CLE, CK (Conductive Keratoplasty), Phakic Implants, Limbal Relaxing Incisions, and cataract and multifocal lens implants procedures
• Management of complications of surgery for new patients who had problems from a LASIK or other vision correction procedure performed by another doctor
• Other eye surgeons, optometrists, opticians, employees of companies that specialize in refractive surgery instrumentation or their family members have had their LASIK and other refractive surgeries performed by this Dr. Majmudar

Professional Credentials

• Current Faculty Appointments : Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Rush University Medical Center
• Past Faculty Appointments : Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Rush University Medical Center
• Current Hospital Staff Appointments:
  • Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL,
  • Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park, IL
  • St. Alexius Medical Center, Hoffman Estates, IL
• Past Hospital Staff Appointments:
• Hoffman Estates Surgery Center, Hoffman Estates, IL
• Palos Surgical Center, Palos Heights, IL
• Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL
• Northwest Surgicare, Arlington Heights, IL
• Professional Society and Organization Memberships
  • Affiliation with the American Acdademy of Ophthalmology (AAO) (Member since 1997)
    • Achievement Award (2004)
    • Subcommittee Member, Refractive Surgery, Annual Program Committee (2005-2009)
    • Grader, Refractive Surgery, Annual Program Committee – (2005-2009)
  • International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) (Member since 1997)
    • Appointed to the International Council as the USA representative in 2004
    • Appointed to the Steering Committee for the International Council in 2007
  • Affiliation with American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) (Member since 1999)
    • Selected to ASCRS CME Advisory Committee (April 2004-March 2008)
    • Selected to ASCRS Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee (April 2008)
  • Illinois Association of Ophthalmology (IAO)
  • Chicago Ophthalmological Society
  • Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (CLAO)
  • American Medical Association (AMA)
• Panel Member: asklasikdocs.com (Interactive Web Site for LASIK information)
• Advisory Board Member, US Ophthalmic Review
• Medical Advisory Board Member, Qualsight
• Certified by American Board of Ophthalmology
• Board Certified, ABO (1999-2009)
• Board Certification, (2009-2019)
• Editorial Board:Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today (April 2003)
• Scientific Reviewer for the following publications:
  • Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Journal of Refractive Surgery Investigational Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Current Eye Research, Experimental Eye Research, Cornea, Journal of Refractive Surgery, British Journal of Ophthalmology.
• Over 15 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles published
• Over 30 non-peer reviewed articles published regarding refractive surgery
• 8 text book chapters and/or books
• Lectures on research topics at major eye meetings
• 11 presentations at international ophthalmology meetings, including Germany, UK, Brazil, Korea, and India
• Over 100 presentations at major national ophthalmology meetings
• Over 70 presentations at local/regional ophthalmology meetings

Additional Career Highlights

• Advisory Board Member, US Ophthalmic Review (2007)
• Recognized as one of the “Top Fifty Opinion Leaders”, by Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today (2005)
• Selected to the Editorial Advisory Board by Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today (April 2003)
• Section Co-Editor, “Refractive Surgery Complications Management,” Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today (December 2005)
• Honored Member, Strathmore's "Who's Who", 2000-2001 Millennium Edition
• Beem-Fisher Award – Best Research Paper – Chicago Ophthalmological Society – 1997
• Served as a Volunteer for a Cataract Camp in Dholka, Gujarat India

Education

• Lehigh University- Accelerated Pre-Medical B.A./M.D. Program
  • Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
  • Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
• Medical College of Pennsylvania
  • Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
• Residency: University of Chicago
  • Received the Harvey Z. Klein Award – Outstanding Resident in Ophthalmology, University of Chicago
• Fellowship Training: Rush University Medical Center

  Personal Bio

  Parag Majmudar, M.D., is a fellowship-trained corneal and refractive surgery specialist and a vital member of the Chicago Cornea Consultants’ team. Raised primarily in New Jersey, Dr. Majmudar graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as art of an honors program in medical education. After receiving his degree at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he was a member of the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, Dr. Majmudar completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Chicago, serving as chief resident in the Department of Ophthalmology.

  He followed his residency with a subspecialty fellowship in cornea and external diseases and refractive surgery at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago.

  An active participant in clinical research activities, Dr. Parag Majmudar is a highly regarded, internationally renowned lecturer and instructor on the subjects of corneal and refractive surgery. Currently, he serves as an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Rush University in Chicago, as well as being the former co-director of the Corneal Fellowship at Rush. Dr. Majmudar is an active member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery as well as the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and he recently received the Academy's Achievement Award. He is an International Council Representative from the United States for the International Society of Refractive Surgery.

  Dr. Parag Majmudar has private practices in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, and Highland Park, Illinois, where he specializes in laser and non-laser vision correction procedures, cataract surgery, and complications stemming from refractive surgery.

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