Dr. Gupta, MD
Dr. Balaji Gupta grew up in Kansas City, MO in a family of doctors. "By second grade, I was already aiming to be a surgeon," said Dr. Gupta. Attending the accelerated combined medical program at Northwestern University allowed him to achieve his dream. As a medical student, he fell in love with ophthalmology. "I was always a photographer, having my own darkroom as a child, and becoming an eye doctor was a natural fit," said Dr. Gupta.
After earning his medical degree and completing his residency in Ophthalmic Surgery at the University of Illinois, Dr. Gupta proudly served as a Major in the United States Air Force performing surgery on pilots, retirees, and dependents. Afterwards, he took advanced training in pediatric eye surgery and eye muscle surgery with some of the world’s most respected pediatric eye surgeons.
This led to an assistant professorship at the Eye and Ear Infirmary at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Dr. Gupta said, "Teaching residents while examining complex patients referred by other ophthalmologists was rewarding." For many years, he was also clinical faculty at the University of Chicago and at Loyola University. He left full time academics to start a medical practice that would eventually lead to DuPage Ophthalmology.
"My mission is to bring cutting edge university level care to all my patients," said Dr. Gupta. "The highest compliment is to have physicians and patients refer friends and family to me." He has broad experience in treating a variety of eye diseases.
Dr. Gupta is an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, a board member of the Illinois Ophthalmology Association and the Elmhurst Outpatient Surgicenter. His honors include National Merit Scholar, AOA medical school academic society, Senior Resident of the Year for ophthalmology, and the Golden Apple Award for best teacher.
Dr. Lam, MD
In 1972, Dr. Lam immigrated to the United States with his parents and younger brother from Taiwan, where he spent the first thirteen years of his life. Soon after their arrival to Chicago, the Lams settled in Skokie, Illinois. In 1978, Dr. Lam was graduated from Niles East High School and began his undergraduate studies at Northwestern University.
Dr. Lam attended Northwestern University Medical School from 1980 to 1984. After his internship at Swedish Covenant Hospital of Chicago, Dr. Lam spent a year as a researcher in ophthalmic pathology at the University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, where he met his wife, Lisa. They married two years later and had their only child, Olivia, in 1989, the same year Dr. Lam completed his ophthalmology residency at University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida.
Dr. Lam returned to the University of Illinois for a one-year fellowship in uveitis, He also concurrently served as the chief resident in ophthalmology, who supervised the ophthalmology residents. It is in this capacity, Dr. Lam first met Dr. Gupta, who at that time was a first-year resident. In 1991, Dr. Lam completed a cornea fellowship at the University of Iowa, and he joined the faculty at the University of Illinois Department of Ophthalmology. In addition, he also served as the head of ophthalmology at Westside VA Hospital.
In August of 1993, Dr. Lam joined Dr. Cahill of Lombard, Illinois. In January of the following year, Dr. Lam took over Dr Cahill's practice, and ever since, Dr. Lam has been practicing ophthalmology in Lombard and Elmhurst. In July of 2006, Dr. Lam combined his practice with Dr Gupta's and formed DuPage Ophthalmology.
Dr, Lam has led a productive professional career, having published well over fifty articles, chapters, letters, and abstracts. He has also given presentations to many professional and lay groups. Dr. Lam is consulted frequently in conditions, such as cataract, corneal disorders, and ocular inflammatory diseases. Surgically, Dr. Lam specializes in cataract surgery, corneal transplantation and laser refractive surgery.
Dr. Lam resides in Naperville with his wife, Lisa, and the family cat, Kitty. Their daughter, Olivia, is currently attending the University of Miami, majoring in biology and computer science. Olivia has expressed categorically no desire of following dad's footstep and is interested in pursuing a career in bioinformatics. In 2005, Dr Lam completed a masters degree in liberal studies from North Central College of Naperville, the most enjoyable educational endeavor he has ever taken.
In his spare time, Dr. Lam enjoys taking cruises, reading, working out, exploring downtown Naperville with Lisa, and engaging in philosophical argumentation with whoever has the misfortune of encountering him. Dr Lam attributes his good life to the grace of God, to his doting parents, to his loving spouse, and to his dedicated staff at DuPage Ophthalmology. They have made him a success in spite of his many shortcomings.
Dr. Rupani, MD
Dr. Sujaya Rupani has been seeing patients for over twenty five years. She finished her residency in ophthalmology at Cook County Hospital and has been a comprehensive ophthalmologist in the western suburbs ever since. Her patients have a strong and loyal relationship with her.