Overview
Lisa Akhtar is a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist and a Pediatrics provider in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Akhtar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Measles. Her top areas of expertise are Neonatal Herpes, Herpes Simplex Encephalitis, Kawasaki Disease, and Streptococcal Group A Infection.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 13 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
Accepted insurance can change. Please verify directly with the provider.
Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
Locations
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Lurie Children's Medical Group Inc.
Sameer Patel is a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist and an Infectious Disease provider in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Patel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Measles. His top areas of expertise are Measles, Strep Throat, Relapsing Fever, and Typhus.
Lurie Children's Medical Group Inc.
Virginia Hsu is a Pediatrics provider in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Hsu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Measles. Her top areas of expertise are Measles, Malnutrition, Cerebral Hypoxia, and Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+).
Nupur Mittal is a Pediatrics provider in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Mittal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Measles. Her top areas of expertise are Measles, Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma (NLPHL), Anemia, and Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Herpes Simplex EncephalitisDr. Akhtar isDistinguished. Learn about Herpes Simplex Encephalitis.
- Neonatal HerpesDr. Akhtar isDistinguished. Learn about Neonatal Herpes.
- Advanced
- Kawasaki DiseaseDr. Akhtar isAdvanced. Learn about Kawasaki Disease.
- Experienced
- ChickenpoxDr. Akhtar isExperienced. Learn about Chickenpox.
- Febrile NeutropeniaDr. Akhtar isExperienced. Learn about Febrile Neutropenia.
- Giardia InfectionDr. Akhtar isExperienced. Learn about Giardia Infection.
- MalariaDr. Akhtar isExperienced. Learn about Malaria.
- MeaslesDr. Akhtar isExperienced. Learn about Measles.
- Osteomyelitis in ChildrenDr. Akhtar isExperienced. Learn about Osteomyelitis in Children.