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Jorge Kattah, MD

Neurology Department Chair

Professor

Department of Neurology

Neurology Residency

About

Dr. Jorge Kattah, received his M.D. degree in 1972 from the University of Rosario, Bogota, Colombia. Following completion of a Neurology Residency Program at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC, Dr. Kattah obtained his Fellowship in Neurophthalmology and Orbital Disease at the University of Pittsburgh Eye and Ear Hospital.

Since completion of his residency program and fellowship, Dr. Kattah served on the faculty of Georgetown University for 20 years and obtained the rank of tenured Professor and Vice Chairman before being recruited to the Peoria area.

He currently serves as Professor and Head of the Department of Neurology with the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. Dr. Kattah’s areas of clinical interest are Neurophthalmology and Neurovestibular Neurology.