Jeanine A. Baqai, MD

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1138 ratings Read Reviews

Northwestern Medical Group

Primary Specialty

Cornea and External Disease

Secondary Specialty

Ophthalmology

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Practice Focus Areas

Corneal Transplant Penetrating and Lamellar (DSAEK/DMEK, DLEK)
Keratoconus
Pterygium Surgery
Refractive Cataract Surgery
Refractive Surgery

Education

Medical Education:: MD, Rush University Medical College - 2007
Residency:: Rush University Medical Center - 2011
Fellowships:: Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium - 2012

Languages Spoken

Spanish

Board Certifications

American Board of Ophthalmology - Ophthalmology (Certified)

Faculty Profile

Associate Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine

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Practice Groups and Affiliations

Medical Group:: Northwestern Medical Group
Alignment Category:: Northwestern Medicine Physician Network
On Medical Staff At:: Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Ratings and Reviews

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4.8

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1138 Ratings

Reviews from Patients

100 Most Recent Reviews

Reviews from Patients

100 Most Recent Reviews

April 26, 2024

5.0

I am happy with the surgery

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April 24, 2024

5.0

Caring for her patient and very focused on their care.

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April 23, 2024

5.0

Take the time to answer your questions

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April 18, 2024

5.0

Very kind specialist with great bedside manners. Extremely caring.

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April 17, 2024

5.0

Great â€œâ€bed side â€œâ€. Seemed very concerned.. explained her work clearly..

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April 14, 2024

5.0

Excellent

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April 10, 2024

5.0

Thorough and efficient yet plenty of attention and time for conversation and questions. Very friendly and warm but speaks with authority and expertise. Makes sure she is understood and always asks if you have questions. Gives patience a lot of confidence. I have recommended her to friends and will continue to do so.

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April 08, 2024

5.0

He explained each procedure to follow and helped me cure my health problem.

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April 07, 2024

5.0

Quality care .. results are great

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April 05, 2024

5.0

Excellent doctor

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April 04, 2024

5.0

She was very kind and gentle. I see why she has such a long wait.

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April 03, 2024

5.0

Not overbearingâ€¦. Speaks so I undersyand

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April 03, 2024

5.0

Dr. Baqai was very pleasant and addressed all my questions.

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April 01, 2024

5.0

Dr. Baqai was wonderful! At our first consultation, I was dismayed that I could not schedule the surgery as soon as possible. I moved up my second consultation with Baqai (in Evanston) and she agreed that my cataract needed to be addressed. Dr. Baqai has developed a great team to assist her in her work. She explained every step of the procedure to me and answered all of my questions. Follow-up has been terrific as well. In fact, one of Dr. Baqai's team called me to schedule the procedure on my right eye! I would not hesitate recommending Dr. Baqai (and the entire ophthalmology group) to anyone dealing with eye care. I worked at UIC Medical Center for 30 years and at Cook County Health for 7, but I received my PhD from Northwestern University 47 years ago!

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March 31, 2024

5.0

See comments above. Great Follow up. Dr. Baqai conducted the follow up the next day after the operation. That shows ownership of work!

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March 24, 2024

5.0

Doctor Baqai was excellent

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March 23, 2024

5.0

Very professional

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March 15, 2024

5.0

Excellent care and result.

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March 14, 2024

5.0

She has a very kind and efficient clinical approach.

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March 13, 2024

5.0

Careful, conscientious caring physician .easy to discuss issues with.

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March 12, 2024

5.0

excellent attention

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March 11, 2024

5.0

Professional MD

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March 11, 2024

5.0

Very thorough

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March 10, 2024

5.0

Very good communicator, excellent kind personality goes well with her apparently very good technical skills.

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March 10, 2024

5.0

Excellent care, great explanation to help me make decisions regarding surgery and options.

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March 07, 2024

5.0

She is very confident so I was too.

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March 07, 2024

5.0

Dr. Baqai provides excellent care. Her interaction with me was outstanding. She explained the surgery process well, patiently asking all my questions. She was extremely reassuring along with indicating she was going to take great care of me. She is an awesome physician. I am grateful for the manner that she provided care. Please thank her again for me. It is important for her to learn the level of care was noted.

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March 07, 2024

5.0

Highly conscientious, careful, meticulous physician, willing to answer questions and discuss and weigh available options that are available.

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March 07, 2024

5.0

He explains the procedures to follow very well and his recommendations and attention are excellent.

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March 06, 2024

4.0

First time appointment. Seems very competent

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March 06, 2024

5.0

She is very knowledgeable

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March 01, 2024

5.0

Her commitment to her patients was fantastic and speed of service.

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February 28, 2024

5.0

The doctor's professional holistic and team approach.

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February 28, 2024

5.0

Very good attention, he explained each procedure to me and helped me heal the damage I had in my eye.

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February 28, 2024

5.0

Listens, explains, smart, knowledgeable, and very kind.

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February 28, 2024

5.0

Highly efficient, contentious, meticulous, pleasant physician. Recommend highly to anyone needing eye care.

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February 27, 2024

5.0

Very professional and precise

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February 26, 2024

5.0

Great communication, very competent and nice personality.

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February 26, 2024

5.0

Excellent detailed explanation without rushing. Answered many of my concerns w kindness and easy to understand even complex medical issues

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February 25, 2024

5.0

She explains what she sees and what she expects outcome to be.

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February 22, 2024

5.0

Dr. Baqai is excellent in her specialty and very helpful in explaining diagnoses and procedures.

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February 22, 2024

5.0

Helpful doctor and meet my needs. Hear my concerns and answer questions

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February 21, 2024

5.0

She was kind, empathetic and thorough.

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February 16, 2024

5.0

I like my patient doc relationship with her

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February 15, 2024

5.0

She did very good surgery for me

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February 14, 2024

5.0

A very good doctor and a very professional one who really cares about her patient. I love her approach to making her patients relax and feel comfortable.

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February 14, 2024

5.0

Very concerning and very informative and kind

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February 14, 2024

5.0

Dr. Baqai is an outstanding physician. She's very skilled, empathetic, and I have been going to her for my annual exam for several years.

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February 14, 2024

5.0

Listens to my concerns and is very reassuring

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February 13, 2024

5.0

excellent

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February 10, 2024

5.0

Professional with very good bedside manner. Encouraging and instills confidence.

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February 08, 2024

5.0

Very knowledgeable and listened to my concerns .

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February 07, 2024

5.0

You can tell she is very good in what she does. She takes time to listen to any concerns or question you may have and her service is always excellent!

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February 06, 2024

5.0

For the time he has there and his professional knowledge!

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February 05, 2024

5.0

Very good: communication skills, technical knowledge, bed side manner - nice personality and kind treatment

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February 05, 2024

5.0

Excellent care and explanation of the solution to medical care

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February 05, 2024

5.0

She is very knowledgeable.

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February 02, 2024

5.0

She is just SO knowledgeable. The little inconsequential things I talked with her about she knew of, and gave definitive answers. She tells me exactly whatâ€™s happening, what I should and should not worry about and what is happening every step of the way. I felt very safe and secure having Dr. Baqai operating on my eye. No doubts at all. Which is unusual for me.

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January 31, 2024

5.0

Sheâ€™s kind and excellent at what she does!

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January 29, 2024

5.0

Smart and a great listener and communicator.

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January 28, 2024

5.0

Dr Baqai was confident and at ease while performing surgery on my eye. My vision improved quickly following the surgery. I did not experience pain at any time during surgery.

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January 25, 2024

4.0

Long history and trust in Northwestern Hospital's medical service.

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January 25, 2024

5.0

Doctor Baqai listen very careful to her patient. Very helpful to let my fear go away. Very smart, friendly and a faithful doctor and honest to her patient. God bless you Baqai and all the doctors, nurses and teams for your job well done.

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January 24, 2024

5.0

Professionalism and attention

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January 23, 2024

5.0

Very knowledge of the procedure with my eye .

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January 22, 2024

5.0

There are none better

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January 22, 2024

5.0

Sheâ€™s beautiful and aside from that sheâ€™s truthful and soft spoken woman.

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January 22, 2024

5.0

Doctor Baqai is very experienced and professional . She is also very friendly and answers your questions.

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January 16, 2024

5.0

She is the best

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January 15, 2024

5.0

Excellent doctor and person

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January 11, 2024

5.0

Just does she goes to the procedure with you really good?

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January 10, 2024

5.0

Careful professional exam

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January 08, 2024

5.0

She is the best of the best

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January 03, 2024

5.0

Dr Baqai is a very knowledgeable, thorough and competent ophtalmic surgeon

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December 24, 2023

5.0

Thorough

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December 20, 2023

5.0

She's the best. Kind smart

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December 19, 2023

5.0

The doctor had a warm personality. She was patient with my questions and she a good answers for them. she helped me to fee at ease.

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December 18, 2023

5.0

Very experienced and professional

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December 16, 2023

5.0

She was very professional informative and overall seems to be a good doctors who knows her job.

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December 14, 2023

5.0

Excellent doctor.

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December 14, 2023

5.0

She did an excellent job with my [ ] surgery.

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December 14, 2023

5.0

She appeared to be knowledgeable, warm caring and understanding.

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December 11, 2023

5.0

Excellent surgeon with good attention to detail; cares about her patients.

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December 11, 2023

5.0

She did a good job explaining my condition, treatment and going through options for various lenses for surgery and benefits/possible drawbacks of each based on my condition.

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December 09, 2023

5.0

Very competent, detailed and careful. Her calm demeanor during the surgery with positive comments and instructions was very comforting.

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December 07, 2023

5.0

I felt Comfortable At My Examination!

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December 02, 2023

5.0

care given

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November 30, 2023

5.0

Professional, knowledgeable, communication skills

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November 27, 2023

5.0

she is very careful and detail oriented, and takes time to explain your medical situation and answer questions.

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November 27, 2023

5.0

Honest and forthright not like others in that department.

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November 22, 2023

5.0

Very helpful to me and my situation of nervous and scared. She made my fear less about my surgery and Iâ€™m comfortable to have her do my surgery and I trust her.

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November 22, 2023

5.0

She's amazing. Very personable and really cares about her patients well being

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November 21, 2023

5.0

She is very good Ophthalmologist Dr. who does her work very well and appears to be very caring about her service to her patients.

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November 20, 2023

5.0

She's very thorough and always takes time to answer your questiuons

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November 20, 2023

5.0

See above Along with very friendly.

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November 20, 2023

5.0

Sheâ€™s the best

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November 20, 2023

5.0

Very kind and detailed care. I felt confident that I was in good hands.

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November 16, 2023

5.0

Dr. Baqai seems very knowledgeable about her work. She does shows that she cares and she listens to any questions you may have or concerns and she does not mind repeating an answer if you did not quite understand is very professional.

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November 14, 2023

5.0

Dr. baqai performed cataract surgery on both eyes recently. She was exceptional in all respects and I would highly recommend her. Before and after surgery she was thorough, professional and very personable. She addressed all questions (I had many) and concerns. On a 1-10 scale I would give her a 20!

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November 14, 2023

5.0

Her specific expertise and experience in treating shingles which she has done for me twice over the past 5 years. Iâ€™m fortunate to be able to have her continuity of excellent care which is becoming a rarity in our health care system, especially at Northwestern Memorial where it can be impossible to get appointments, even as an existing patient. Dr Baqai fits me in her schedule if symptoms flare up or worsen. She listens and offers helpful insights.

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Disclosures

Jeanine A. Baqai, MD reported no external professional relationships for calendar year 2021.

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