Biography:Dimitri Azar
Dimitri Azar | |
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| Alma mater | American University of Beirut, Lebanon; Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medicine; Massachusetts eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School; University of Chicago Booth School of Business |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ophthamology |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Chicago; American Ophthalmological Society; Chicago Ophthalmological Society; Chicago Medical Society; Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology; Verily; Verb Surgical Inc; Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society; Novartis |
Dimitri Azar M.D. (born 1959) is an American ophthalmologist, professor and businessman. He has served as dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) from 2011 to 2018.[1][2]
Education
Azar received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.[1] Dr. Azar practiced at the Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medicine [3] and completed his fellowship and residency training at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School[4] where he was tenured.[5]
Dr. Azar also holds an honorary master’s degree from Harvard and an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.[1]
Academic positions
Azar has taught as a professor of ophthalmology, bioengineering and pharmacology at UIC,[1] where he also served as head of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and B.A. Field Endowed Chair of Ophthalmologic Research.[5] He is a member of the American Ophthalmological Society,[6] former president of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society,[1][7] and president-elect of the Chicago Medical Society.[8] Azar also sits on the Board of Trustees of the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.[1]
Commercial roles
Azar has been a non-executive member of Novartis' Board of Directors since 2012.[1] He is also a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee and the Research & Development Committee.
Dr. Azar is also a senior director of ophthalmological innovation at Verily, Alphabet's Life sciences research organisation.[9] He is on the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society board in the USA,[10] the board of Verb Surgical Inc.[11]
Published works
- Excimer Laser Phototherapeutic Keratectomy, Dimitri T. Azar and Roger F. Steinert, Williams & Wilkins, 1997 ISBN:978-0683303469
- Refractive Surgery, Dimitri T. Azar and Damien Gatinel, 2006, Mosby ISBN:978-0323035996
- Management of Complications in Refractive Surgery, Jorge L. Alió y Sanz and Dimitri T. Azar, Springer, 2008 ISBN:978-3540375838
- Difficult and Complicated Cases in Refractive Surgery, Jorge L. Alió and Dimitri T. Azar, Springer, 2015 ISBN:978-3642552373
- Pharmacologic Therapy of Ocular Disease (Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology), Scott M. Whitcup and Dimitri T. Azar, Springer 2017 ISBN:978-3319582887
Awards and recognition
Azar's awards include being regularly named as one of The Best Doctors in America and recognized in Castle Connolly’s Regional Top Doctors in America.[1] He has also received the 2009 Lans Distinguished Award from the International Society of Refractive Surgery, and the University of Illinois at Chicago Scholar Award.[1][12]
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Dimitri Azar - Profile". https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=154165586&privcapId=382553.
- ↑ "Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (4/6/2018)". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 2018-04-01. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Appointments-Resignations/242981.
- ↑ Azar, Dimitri T.; Koch, Douglas (2002-11-26) (in en). LASIK (Laser in Situ Keratomileusis): Fundamentals, Surgical Techniques, and Complications. CRC Press. pp. xi. ISBN 9780824745776. https://books.google.com/books?id=6lbctGIMeVIC&pg=PR11&lpg=PR11&dq=dimitri+Azar++Wilmer+Eye+Institute&source=bl&ots=xsLVTQXuAq&sig=9mIPSbSP-DXty84LSBMRk-5LmNA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1tte_-s7cAhVB2lMKHbmYBT04ChDoATAJegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=dimitri%20Azar%20%20Wilmer%20Eye%20Institute&f=false.
- ↑ "Drs. Nathalie & Dimitri Azar: THE INFIRMARY’S DYNAMIC DUO". Contact: news from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Fall 2001. https://www.masseyeandear.org/~/media/testupload/files/contactfall01.pdf?la=en.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Cornea Specialist Named Dean of UIC College of Medicine". https://www.newswise.com/articles/cornea-specialist-named-dean-of-uic-college-of-medicine.
- ↑ "MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS; One Hundred and Forty-Second Annual Meeting". Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society: p. 11. 2006. https://www.aosonline.org/assets/xactions/2006/06-taos-frontmatter.pdf.
- ↑ Paul, Richard. "Past-Presidents" (in en-us). https://www.chicagoeyenet.org/past-presidents.
- ↑ "Executive Committee — Chicago Medical Society". http://www.cmsdocs.org/about-us/leadership/Executive_Committee.
- ↑ Spitzer, Julie. "Google's 6 most recent hospital hires" (in en-gb). https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/google-s-6-most-recent-hospital-hires.html.
- ↑ "Board of Directors". http://www.tearfilm.org/paginesin-board_of_directors/46_41/eng/.
- ↑ "Arvo 2018 Moderator index". 2018. https://www.arvo.org/globalassets/annual-meeting/program/psb/psb_moderator-author-index.pdf.
- ↑ "UI Board of Trustees approves appointment of Dimitri Azar, MD, MBA as Dean of the College of Medicine" (in en-US). Chicago Medicine. https://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/ui-board-of-trustees-approves-appointment-of-dimitiri-azar-md-mba-as-dean-of-the-college-of-medicine/.
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