Specialties
About Neel Lamba, MD, MBA Neel Lamba, MD, is a skilled ophthalmologist with his own private practice in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Lamba is a native Chicagoan specializing in ocular inflammation and vitreoretinal disease. He completed his general surgery internship at Rush University Medical Center and his ophthalmology residency at the John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County. After completing his residency, Dr. Lamba had the fortune of completing a year-long uveitis fellowship at the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution. While at the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Dr. Lamba worked closely with Dr. Charles Stephen Foster, who is one of the world's leading experts in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with uveitis and other inflammatory eye diseases. Following fellowship training in ocular inflammation and uveitis, he completed a 2-year fellowship in vitreoretinal disease and surgery at the Foundation for Retinal Research in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Lamba has published in top ophthalmology peer-reviewed journals, including Clinical Ophthalmology, Survey of Ophthalmology, and Retina. He is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, a member of The American Academy of Ophthalmology, The American Uveitis Society, and The American Society of Retina Specialists.