---
name: "Thaer Ahmad"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thaer-ahmad"
fi1m_id: "thaer-ahmad"
imdb_id: "nm15480860"
tmdb_id: 6363090
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-21T02:13:22.358482+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Thaer Ahmad

## Identity

Thaer Ahmad

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thaer-ahmad
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thaer-ahmad
- **IMDb ID:** nm15480860
- **TMDB ID:** 6363090
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15480860/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6363090

Actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15480860/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6363090

## Biography

Thaer Ahmad is a Palestinian-American emergency medicine physician based in Chicago. He appears as himself in the 2026 documentary film *American Doctor*, which follows three American physicians providing medical aid in Gaza.

Ahmad was born in Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign before receiving his medical degree from Rush Medical College. He serves as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago and is a board member of MedGlobal. He has undertaken humanitarian medical work in Gaza and other countries.

*Sources: imdb.com, chicago.suntimes.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *American Doctor* (2026), Fi1m 80, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/american-doctor.md)

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