WELCOME

The new Millennium Park Eye Center opens under the direction of Dr. Dimitri Azar, Head of the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.

Dr. Azar brings an international reputation and over 15 years of experience in refractive and cornea surgery to Chicago, most recently from Harvard’s Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Situated conveniently on Michigan Avenue, across from Millennium Park in the heart of the city’s cultural attractions, the Millennium Park Eye Center provides the finest laser vision correction and specialized vision services for the most discriminating patients. Now Offering

IN THE NEWS

		Dr. Dimitri Azar: Top Doctor in Chicago Magazine Click for article by Geoffrey Johnson January 2008 "Every evening I'm in the lab," he says—and the results show up in the clinic, where Azar (who is 48) and his colleagues deploy a wide range of seemingly futuristic procedures.
		'I was trying not to cry' Implant lets blind man see wife for 1st time in 5 years February 11, 2007 George Setinc can now see after receiving an artificial cornea operation performed by the team of doctors Jose de la Cruz and Dimitri Azar.
		Refractive Surgery, 2nd Edition Edited by Dimitri T. Azar, MD, Damien Gatinel, MD and Thanh Hoang-Xuan, II, MD International refractive surgeons provide practical, clinically focused coverage of the surgical advances shaping this rapidly changing field. Abundant photographs, line drawings and video clips on DVD.
		101 Pearls in Refractive, Cataract, and Corneal Surgery Editors: Melki, Samir A.; Azar, Dimitri T. Focusing on practical tips rather than theoretical aspects of surgical procedures, and including clear illustrations of techniques. Each pearl will enhance surgical outcomes, reduce surgical time, minimize complications, or simplify a complicated step.
		Smolin and Thoft's The Cornea Scientific Foundations & Clinical Practice Fourth Edition Editor(s): C. S Foster MD, FACS; Dimitri T Azar MD; Claes H Dohlman MD Smolin and Thoft’s The Cornea is often praised as the best available source of information on corneal and external diseases. This new edition, with its greatly expanded color atlas section, continues to provide guidance on diagnosing and managing problems associated with the cornea.