Curriculum Vitae

Saba Quraishi, M.D.

MEDICAL EDUCATION
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• 2000-04   Northwestern University
  Chicago, IL
  Doctorate of medicine
• 1996-00  Loyola University Chicago
  Chicago, IL
  B.S. Biochemistry, summa cum laude

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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• Sept 2008 – Present Bond Eye Associates     Bloomington, IL
  Ophthalmologist
• July 2005-June 2008   Henry Ford Health Systems     Detroit, Michigan
  Ophthalmology resident
  Special interest in glaucoma, including surgical and laser therapy; medical retina including grid/focal/PRP laser and intravitreal injections; blepharoplasty and Botox
• 2004-05  Louis Weiss Memorial Hospital    Chicago, IL
  Preliminary medicine resident

HONORS
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• Northwestern University 
  Summer research scholar 2001
• Loyola University Chicago
  Phi Beta Kappa
  Honors program 
  Alpha Epsilon Delta, premedical society, president-1999-2000
  Mulcahy research grant recipient 1998-2000
  Dean’s list every semester

LICENSURE
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VISX certified in Refractive Surgery and Phototherapeutic Keratectomy
USMLE step 1, 2, 3 - passed
BLS

 RESEARCH
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• 8/2006 - 6/08 Henry Ford Hospital 
  The effects of tamsulosin on pupil size and visual function
  Preceptor: Aldo Fantin, MD
• 9/2007– 6/08  Henry Ford Hospital 
  Rate of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Pseudoexfoliation patients in a U.S. urban setting
• 6/2001 – 8/01  Northwestern University
  Examination of the uptake and effects of sulfated steroids in mammary tumor cells, and determining the role of IL-6 in the process of aromatization.
  Preceptor: Robert Chatterton, M.D. PhD,  Robert Lurie Cancer Institute
• 6/1998 – 5/00 Loyola University of Chicago
  Synthesis and evaluation of hemoglobin polymers as a blood substitute
  Preceptor: Kenneth Olsen, PhD Chairman of Chemistry Department

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Women in Ophthalmology
• American Medical Association

VOLUNTEER WORK
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• Henry Ford Hospital Employee health fair vision screening Detroit, MI
• Ashland Community Health clinic     Chicago, IL
• Patient advocate at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
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• Value maintaining personal physical fitness with such activities as yoga, weight training, and running
• Also enjoy cooking and experimenting with world cuisine
• Travel is also of particular interest
• Proficiency with Urdu and Spanish languages