Sameer Ahmed, MD

Dr. Sameer Ahmed, M.D., is Chairman of the Department of Endovascular and Image Guided Surgery at Insight Hospital & Medical Center Chicago. His areas of expertise include peripheral arterial disease, superficial and deep venous disease, limb salvage, embolization, and interventional oncology.
Dr. Ahmed received his medical degree with distinction from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Ahmed completed an Internal Medicine internship at Yale University (Yale-New Haven Hospital), followed by residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He completed a Vascular and interventional radiology fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, where he specialized in the latest minimally-invasive and endovascular treatments.

With a passion for new technologies and how they can help his patients, Dr. Ahmed’s philosophy is to offer the latest in minimally-invasive procedures with compassion and respect for the individual and their families. He is committed to treating his patients as he would his own family, and believes in providing compassionate, personalized service built on trust and respect. Through his hard work and dedication, Dr. Ahmed has built a robust vascular program at Insight Hospital.

Dr. Ahmed has been recognized nationally for his leadership in research and education. He has published extensively on image guided and vascular procedures, and has trained medical students, residents, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and attending physicians throughout the country on the latest techniques in endovascular and image guided surgery. He also hosts in-person and virtual training courses on endovascular treatments for peripheral vascular disease and has been invited to speak at national meetings on this topic.

Dr. Ahmed has received numerous awards in his specialty from the Radiological Society of North America, Society of Interventional Radiology, Radiology Leadership Institute, American College of Radiology, International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy, and several other institutions for his clinical and research work. He has also participated in national clinical trials on the treatment of peripheral vascular disease. Dr. Ahmed is recognized nationally as a leader in the treatment of peripheral arterial and venous disease.

Dr. Ahmed grew up in New Jersey and moved to Chicago after completing his residency. He speaks Urdu, Hindi, and English. In his spare time, Dr. Ahmed enjoys reading, fitness training, traveling, and spending time with his wife and two children.