Dr. Abdulhamid S. Keswani, MD

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Get to know Family Physician Dr. Abdulhamid S. Keswani, who serves patients in Chicago, Illinois.

Fluent in both English and Urdu, Dr. Keswani is a dedicated and compassionate family physician who can be found on staff at Jackson Park Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. 

Jackson Park Hospital & Medical Center is a 256-bed, short-term comprehensive acute care facility serving the south side of Chicago. The hospital’s service to the community goes back as far as World War I when it provided care to returning wounded veterans. It offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, therapeutic, and ancillary services with a commitment to medical education at all levels. Additionally, Jackson Park Hospital & Medical Center offers full medical, surgical, obstetric, psychiatric, and medical stabilization (detox) services as well as medical subspecialties including cardiology, pulmonary, gastrointestinal disease, renal, orthopedics, ENT, ophthalmology, infectious disease, HIV, hematology/oncology, and geriatrics. Quality ambulatory care is provided through the family medicine center and the senior health center.

Back in 1986, Dr. Keswani earned his medical degree from Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. Upon relocating to the United States, he went on to complete his residency in family medicine at Jackson Park Hospital & Medical Center. 

The doctor is board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties.

Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. The specialist is called a family physician or family doctor. A family physician is often the first person a patient sees when seeking healthcare services. They examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailments to a specialist or appropriate facility. 

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