Dr. Nazeer is a practicing psychiatrist with board certifications in both Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. As the Chief Medical Officer for a national comprehensive Opioid Treatment Program, Symetria Recovery, he oversees 15 facilities scattered throughout the United States. In 2016, he established Advanced Psychiatric Solutions (APS Ketamine), pioneering the first dedicated outpatient psychiatric-based ketamine clinic in the Midwest. APS Ketamine, with locations in Oak Brook, IL, and downtown Chicago, has successfully completed over 2500 IV ketamine infusions. Offering a wide array of services, APS Ketamine provides pharmacogenetic testing, psychiatric medication management, neurocognitive testing, IV ketamine, and intranasal esketamine. Dr. Nazeer currently spearheads a research study evaluating the effects of ketamine on Neurocognition. As one of the early members of the American Society of Ketamine Physicians, Practitioners, and Psychotherapists (ASKP3), he is actively involved within the organization. Dr. Nazeer is a speaker in the fields of addiction, ketamine therapy, and pharmacogenetics, both locally and nationally. He has held medical director and leadership positions in various healthcare settings, beginning with his training at Louisiana State University in Shreveport, LA, when he was elected Chief Resident. Dr. Nazeer then went on to lead the PTSD clinic at Overton Brooks VA Medical Center for a year, before moving on to private group practices and hospital work. A native of Illinois, he was raised in the suburbs of Chicago and currently resides there with his wife and twins.
