Insight Author: Saeed A. Chowdhry, MD

Saeed A. Chowdhry, MD has a busy clinical practice in the Chicago area and also serves as Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, also known as The Chicago Medical School. Dr. Chowdhry is the Chairman and Chief of Plastic Surgery at Christ Hospital in the Chicago area. With close to 800 beds, it is one of the busiest Level I trauma centers and tertiary care referral centers in the Midwest.

He was Educated at Rush University College of Medicine and subsequently completed his General Surgery training at the University of Illinois at Mt. Sinai and Plastic Surgery fellowship training at the University of Louisville. While in training and in practice he has won several research and teaching awards. He has authored peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters that have been reviewed and cited over a thousand times in the surgical literature. Dr. Chowdhry has also served as a reviewer for several journals as well as the Cochrane Review and has been recognized for his expertise in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.