Mona Lalehzari, MD

About Dr. Lalehzari

Mona Lalehzari, MD, is a board-certified internist and gastroenterologist at Advanced GI LLC who is committed to serving patients in the Lake View/Lincoln Park area of Chicago, Illinois as well as patients who hail from various other neighborhoods throughout the Chicagoland area.

Dr. Lalehzari is a native of Chicagoland, obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she graduated magna cum laude with high departmental distinction. She then received her medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin with an honors in research distinction. She completed her internal medicine residency at Yale University with a clinical research distinction. She then moved back home to Chicago to complete her gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship at Northwestern University.

During her fellowship, Dr. Lalehzari focused her research efforts on improving quality of endoscopic training for GI fellows. Dr. Lalehzari strives to provide personalized care to each and every patient through a holistic approach which incorporates both physical and mental wellbeing. She appreciates the importance of the patient-physician relationship and wants each patient to play an active role in shared decision-making through open communication. 

Dr. Lalehzari is currently a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

In her free time, Dr. Lalehzari enjoys running and biking on the lakeshore trail, spending time with family and friends, and learning how to cook new foods!