Omeed Memar, MD

Dr. Memar and his staff are amazing! He answered every single one of my questions, and also gave me a realistic expectations after my procedure. I had my mom and my three-​year-​old son with me during my appointment, and he allow them to come into the room before the procedure. He is very straightforward, knowledgeable, and thus far I am ecstatic about my results!

I’ve had MOHS surgery about 9 times over the years. I was never that happy with the other dermatologists. They always seemed to be in a hurry and really didn’t explain anything. I always seemed to have an ugly scar after. I was referred to Dr Memar by a friend. I needed a complicated surgery on my face. It was the best experience you could hope for. Dr Memar and his staff did everything to make you feel comfortable. Very professional. He did the surgery and the results were better then anyone could have hoped for. Tries to always make the smallest cut possible and takes the stitching up as important as the surgery.

Although I have been a patient of Dr. Memar since he opened his practice I called recently as I have an issue that I’d like to have checked out. Not a big deal, but something I’d to have dealt with. As I’m a teacher, summer is my best chance of getting things like this taken care of. The soonest appointment is three weeks away while I’ll be out of town. The receptionist was totally unsympathetic, even after I explained how long I’ve been a patient/​customer AND the fact that I’d have to find a new dermatologist. Well, as I’m a man of my word, I WILL be finding a new dermatologist.
UPDATE: After posting this I was contacted by Dr. Memar personally and we were able to schedule an appointment.

I’ve tried scheduling twice now an initial consult/​visit and both times, with different coordinators found commonly rude and unprofessional attitudes so much so I just hung up and am now completely uninterested due to such impressions.

I had a consultation appoinment with Dr Memar back in August ’14. I waited for more than an hour because he was out for personal business.
At the time I had Blue Cross insurance which required me to pay $ 25 co pay for every office visit.
The male assistant/​manager asked me about my insurance information and I told him I had $ 25 co pay for every doctor visit. He told me since I had to wait for Dr. Memar for over an hour, he’d waive it for me.
Fast forward to October 17, I received a bill in the mail from them asking me to pay for the $ 25 co pay. I called them and told them that I’d been told that this would be waived but the male assistant (matt?) told he me he never told me such thing and he would never waive co pay for any patients due to legal reasons (???). He insisted that he or anyone in the office would never offer this to any patient. I know what I heard, matt.
anyway, I paid for it. It’s only $ 25 after all. but this was very unprofessional and unethical (to offer a deal but later denied it) is just astonishing.
If you have to go to this doctor, make sure to get everything in writing. I would not trust a single word from any of these people.

So after 10 years as a patient of Dr Memar’s it would seem appropriate that I should share my secret with the world. Omeed Memar is without question a doctor of integrity and professionalism. Having been the beneficiary of his attentive care and thoughtful advice I enjoy the skin of someone much younger than my age. He is conservative in his approach to enhancements and aggressive in his approach to potential problems and I couldn’t be more grateful for his technique and manner. I am often asked what I use on my skin to make it look so lovely… two words… Omeed Memar. Thank you, Dear One.

I travel for work. Consequently, I have to be very diligent with my appointments in Chicago. I made a Saturday morning appointment. After landing in Chicago Friday night, I got a voice mail saying that they had to cancel my next morning appointment because they called me several times to confirm but they couldn’t get me. First problem, I only got one call and it was the one canceling my appointment. 2^nd problem, usually offices ask you to call back if you need to cancel, not to confirm an appointment already confirmed.
I called the office from the airport and got their voice mail. I left a message making it very clear how disappointed I was. And that I had flown back to Chicago because of this appointment. Never heard back from them.

Dr Memar and his staff are very pleasant. Dr Memar provided good care and did exactly what my primary requested. There is an issue with the phone calls his office makes a couple of days prior to verify appointments. On two of three occasions, His office supposedly called my cellphone and left messages to confirm my appointment. I neither received the calls nor voice messages. The office staff cancelled my appointment. Had I received calls and/​or messages, I understand the cancellation. In this case, I did not receive them and I wasted time showing up for appointments that did not happen (the first time I was able to quickly reschedule, the second I was not). The need to confirm appointments is clear, but the office procedure is in need of a quality check.

i first went to see Dr memar years ago to perhaps get a little rejuvenation procedure as I had finally reached my mid forties. I was eager to do something that would give me a little boost and much to my disappointment, he told me i did not need it! He refused to do any cosmetic procedures on me. He was kind and professional and engaging, did not charge me for the visit, and said come back in ten years! Now Dr memar could have sold me an expensive cosmetic procedure as i was willing and ready that day, but he didnt and for that i take my hat off to him for his integrity!
Since then, i have seen him for both cosmetic as well as «real» dermotologic issues and he has always been professional, engaging, spot on with diagnoses and very reasonably priced. He is intelligent and down to earth and i would see no other! i happen to be a physcian and since that time, i have sent him several referals and have not had one dissatisfied patient feedback. Everyone has been pleased with him for everything from finding and removing a life threatening melanoma to injecting restylane.
In addition, his staff in friendly, especially sweet Pat at the front desk who makes everyone feel important! Advise, just dont be intimidated by the ultra modern office setting… that is not the true Dr Memar. He is a truely caring and outstanding Dermatologist! … Put simply, I would send my mother to him, … and my high maitenance next door neighbor! two thumbs up!

Dr. Memar is a good doctor and I will continue to go back to him (hopefully not TOO often). However, the real star of his office is one of his medical assistants. I regret not getting her name, but she is African American, and early 30’s (I’m guessing). Her bedside manner is impeccable, her friendliness is genuine, and she is very knowledgeable. She is a true asset to Dr. Memar’s office.

Felt rushed (2 minutes with doctor type of rushed) and impersonal. After reading the reviews it seems as if he gives the same advice to most female patients, which is the same advice he gave me! Not sure if it just wasn’t his specialty, maybe he’s better known for other aspects within his scope of practice. My experience was unpleasant.

I have been coming to Dr. Memar’s office getting work done for three years. Tina and Dr. Memar are very skilled and compassionate professionals. Their office staff has upped their game and that’s a big plus. My only small criticism is that most of the time I wait about 15 minutes before my appointment, however, this does not take away from their 5 star rating in my book.
I recommend them!

I highly dislike this place, after waiting literally for 2 hours each time that I’d come in for a tattoo removal session I decided that it was time to leave. Each time I went up to the counter asking what’s going on and they just kept telling me another 15 minutes with their rude snarls and attitude. I went their a total of 3 times for tattoo removal sessions and I’ve seen no fading or results whats over and paid $ 300 for each session. This place is a money grabbing scam. Since then I’ve gone to a less notable place for my tattoo and paid $ 100 each session and the tat is now gone after just 5 sessions. At Memars place the tat didn’t even fade! Beware! I wish I could get my money back!

I just came form Dr. Memar office this last Saturday and could not be more completely satisfied. He was professional and his staff (Tina) was great. He explained options for me and then the differences in treatments.
I would recommend him to my friends and I will!

As an update, Dr. Memar billed my insurance for the same procedure at a lower cost than he billed me out of pocket. I have called several times in an attempt to get my money back as my insurance has paid him, and I have not gotten straight answers or my money back. So this doctor charged me AND my insurance company, for the same procedure, at different rates (I was charged much more), and has been paid twice, and I have not recieved a refund. Please, save yourself a hassle and do not go here!

Recently this office has closed without explaining why. The billing office continues to send bills stating that the balance is unpaid, even though the insurance company and bank have verified that the doctor received payment for services rendered. Most importantly the doctor removed a cyst from my face left the stitches in and they became infected. Dr. Memar insisted that the stitches would self dissolve. He was wrong. My advice be very careful of this person before you let him treat you.

It took many weeks — and a letter from my lawyer — for them to return the overcharged amount. This sort of error should not be hard to reverse, and in my opinion, it should be a priority! Customers are not there to lend a company money.

I rarely leave negative reviews because I believe people experience different things within a given situation/​environment.
But… This has been the worse experience with a dermo doctor’s office I’ve ever had.
It was suppose to be a simple switch of doctors and back to getting my prescription but out of the times I visited, I only saw the doctor once;
First time: they lost my referral but then found it after I left.
Second time: They did not have my insurance though they had a copy ready for the 3^rd time.
Third time: saw the doctor but they outsource their blood work so that took more time (a week and a half later they could see me so I could get my prescirption — but front desk told me it takes a week)
Fourth time: waited 45 mins and still no doctor, no prescription and so I walked out.
Maybe others who are established with the office have better service but if your new, have to work and can wait (all visits I waitied 45 mins to an 1 15 mins) to just sit in the doctor office before even being seen) you may have better luck then I.

I do not like to put bad reviews but this one should be mentioned. I decided to see Dr. Memar because of all the reviews here on Unilocal and boy, was it wrong. I told him that I had really itchy scalp and needed something asap, his recommendation was… cethapil! really? for long hair by my waist? so, at that point I was done with my appointment.
Maybe Dr. Memar feels that skin conditions are not his specialty and he rather see women who are looking for other cosmetic improvements like botox, etc.

I really wanted to like this doctor. It’s close to my work and just convenient with hours etc.
— The receptionists are no help whatsoever. I always get stuck talking to someone named Pat, who never returns calls like promised, tells you to come pick up a prescription and then doesn’t have it ready. (She is better than the guy that picks up though).
When i asked a question regarding my insurance to one of the girls behind the counter, she told me she didn’t know, and that i was basically taking up her time because she was getting ready to call on a patient. She didn’t offer to help me at another time, or passed me on to one of the other women behind the counter. Nothing.
–If you are getting blood work done by Dr. Memar, get ready to go to the seediest lab in all of downtown. He sends his patients across the street to Labcorp but somehow results still manage to take 3 weeks.
–If your main problem for visiting the dermatologist is acne, please go somewhere else. I actually got the same diagnosis another Unilocaler got for a rash! (His diagnosis: «You’re body is telling you that it doesn’t like something. You need to go natural — no perfume and use my products (shampoo, conditioner, soap) that don’t have harmful chemicals. Once you cleanse yourself, your rash will heal.») All he’ll do is prescribe you antibiotics (which are horrible, especially for women), give you a cortisone shot, and stick you in a light therapy box. $ 300 dollars later (with insurance) nothing has changed.
–Be prepared for your 5:30 appointment to be exactly 2 minutes long. He will come in rushed, look at you and just prescribe you more meds.
I understand these results are mine and my own only, that everyone is different, and may respond differently to medications and experiences etc. But reading others reviews i’m not too far off. Don’t get me wrong he is a nice guy, but i get the feeling his operation has gotten too big for his own good.
And what other doctor has a door with their face on it?!