Omer Iqbal, MD, FACC, FESC
Contact Information:
(708) 216-5408
Education/Training
Undergraduate School:
Nizam College
Osmania University
Hyderabad, India
Bachelor of Science, Botany/Zoology/Chemistry 1974
Medical School:
Gandhi Medical College
Osmania University
Hyderabad, India
Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery, 1979
Residency:
Residency in Ophthalmology, 1979-1980
Gandhi Hospital
Secunderabad, India
Board Certification
- Medical Council of India, certified 1980
- Permanent Unrestricted License to Practice Medicine and Surgery
- Hyderabad State Medical Council, India
Professional Organizations
- European Society of Cardiology
- International Society of Hemostasis and Thrombosis
- American College of Cardiology
- American Society of Hematology
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
Awards/Distinctions
- 2006 Best Poster Award (Shared), Annual Conference of the International Union of Angiology (IUA), Lisbon, Portugal
- 2004 Academic Keys Who’s Who in Medical Sciences, WWMSE
- 1995 Best Clinical Investigator, Annual VA Hines Research Forum, Department of Veterans Affairs, Hines, IL
Research Interests
- Homeostasis and thrombosis
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Ocular surface disease
- Angiogenesis and antiangiogenic agents
- Retinal artery/retinal vein thrombosis
- Pharmacogenomic applications in ophthalmology
- Stem cell research in ophthalmology
- Robert J. Barnes, MD
- Geeta Belsare Been, MD
- Charles S. Bouchard, MD
- Ping Bu, MD
- Michael Cassidy, MD
- Cathleen M. Cronin, MD
- Mark J. Daily, MD
- Felipe de Alba, MD
- Eileen Gable, OD
- Bruce Gaynes, OD, Pharm D
- Omer Iqbal, MD
- Walter M. Jay, MD
- Thomas John, MD
- Anuradha Khanna, MD
- Kelly A. Langert, PhD
- Bruce Larson, MD
- Amy Lin, MD
- Varun Malhotra, MD
- James F. McDonnell, MD
- Linda Novak, MD
- Daniel Owens, MD
- Rebecca Parrish, CO
- Shuchi Patel, MD
- Lois Polatnick, MD
- Jay I. Perlman, MD, PhD
- Brian Proctor, DO
- Peter A. Russo, OD
- Nehali Saraiya, MD
- Evan B. Stubbs, Jr, PhD
- Edward Sung, MD
- Shivan Tekwani, MD
- Susanne Tidow- Kebritchi, MD
- Susan Vierling, MD
- Cynthia Von Zee, PhD
- R. Tracy Williams, OD
- David Yoo, MD
