Thaer Ahmad, MD

Thaer Ahmad, MD, is an emergency medicine physician at Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he serves as assistant program director and global health director. He is also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Dr. Ahmad earned his medical degree from Rush University and completed his emergency medicine residency at Wayne State University. He has held leadership roles in ethics, antibiotic stewardship, and residency education.

His work focuses on global health, including medical humanitarian relief, capacity building, emergency response, and curriculum development in low-resource settings. He is an active member of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Global Emergency Medicine Academy and has published on trauma-informed care, ethics, and international emergency medicine.

His professional interests include global health equity, medical education, and ethical emergency care, and he has received awards for humanitarian service and teaching excellence.