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Dr. Nathalie Azar
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Nathalie Azar, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus

Email nazar@uic.edu
Phone 312-996-6599
Office Phone 312-996-7445
Fax 312-413-3050
Office EEI Room 3.23
Address University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
1855 W. Taylor Street M/C 648
Chicago, IL 60612

Research Interests
Dr. Azar's research interests include amblyopia and eye movement disorders. Her clinical interests are pediatric strabismus, adult strabismus including Graves Disease, and paralytic and restrictive strabismus, and adjustable sutures in strabismus surgery.

Education
1982-1984 B.S., Chemistry, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
1984-1986 American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon Transferred to Boston University School of Medicine
1987-1990 M.D., Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
1990-1991 Internal Medicine Internship, Boston University's School of Medicine's Carney Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
1991 Ophthalmology Residency, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1994-1995 Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Johns Hopkins University Hospital's Wilmer Ophthalmology Institute, Baltimore, Maryland

UIC Appointments
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus
Learn more about the Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus Service

Recent/Representative Publications

Book Chapters

  1. Azar, NF; Davis, EA. Embryology of the Eye.  Ophthalmology.  Yanoff and Duke. Mosby. 2004;2:22 (2nd edition)
  2. Waheed, NK; Azar, NF.  Congenital Abnormalities and Metabolic Diseases Affecting the Conjunctiva and Cornea.  The Cornea.  2005;4:707.
  3. Azar, NF; Azar, DT.  Prismatic Excimer Laser Treatment: Refractive Surgery, D.T. Azar, ed. Appleton-Lange, NY
  4. Azar, N; Ocular Motility.  Handbook of Ophthalmology, D. Langston
  5. Azar, N. Traitement chirurgical du nystagmus patent.  In Cahiers de Sensorio-Motricite XXXe Colloque de Nantes: Les Nystagmus.  A & J Pechereau, FNRO Editions, 2005.
  6. Pavan-Langston D, Azar N:  Extraocular muscles, Strabismus, Nystagmus.  In Manual of Ocular Diagnsois and Therapy.  Pavan-Langston D (ed), 6th Ed.  Lippincott Williams and Williams, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.

Journal Articles

  • Mocan, M; Azar, NF.  Surgical Timing for Infantile Esotropia.  Controversies in Ophthalmology. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2005 Fall;45(4):83-95.
  • Mocan, M; Azar, NF. Amniotic Membrane Transplantation for the Repair of Significant Conjunctival Dehiscence Following Strabismus Surgery with Adjustable Sutures.  Am J Ophthalmol. 2005; 140(3):533-4.
  • Ahuja R, Azar NF   Orbital dermoids in children.  Semin Ophthalmol. 2006, 21(3):207-211.
  • Mocan, C; Ament, C; Azar, N. The Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes of Medial Rectus Recessions in Graves’ Ophthalmopathy.  J Pediatr Ophthalmol 2007; 44(2):1-8.