Alan Y. Chow, MD
Pediatric & General Ophthalmology
Dr. Chow is a general and pediatric ophthalmologist who specializes in the correction of eye misalignments (strabismus) in children and adults. He has treated and restored vision to thousands of children with laziness of vision in over 25 years of practice and has surgically corrected their eye misalignments when needed. Dr. Chow also specializes in treating degenerative retinal diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and spearheaded multi-university research collaborations in this area. He is the inventor of the Artificial Silicon Retina that has, for the first time, returned vision to some blind patients. He has received honors and awards from NASA, the National Science Foundation, the NIH, and the Tibbets Award at the White House. He was selected as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, a Scientific American 50, and is the recipient of the World Technology Network Award in Health and Medicine. Among media groups that have highlighted his work have been ABC World News, Dateline NBC, Nightline, Good Morning America, National Geographic, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, the BBC, USA Today, Scientific American, Time, Newsweek, People, and Fortune. Dr. Chow is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Rush University Medical College and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Association of Pediatrics and Strabismus, and the American Society of Retinal Specialists. In 2010, he was inducted into the prestigious American Ophthalmological Society by his peers. Dr. Chow received his Board Certification with honors from the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a reviewer for multiple journals. He is the author of numerous scientific and medical articles and patents. Dr. Chow sees patients at the Hauser-Ross Eye Institute and in his Glen Ellyn office.
