Tedi Begaj, M.D.

Meet Dr. Begaj

Tedi Begaj, M.D. is a board-certified, fellowship-trained ophthalmologist at Associated Retinal Consultants, serving patients in Southeast Michigan. He specializes in uveitis and vitreoretinal disease.

Originally from Albania, Dr. Tedi Begaj was a teenager when his family immigrated to Massachusetts. He graduated cum laude with highest distinction from the University of Rochester, where he studied biomedical engineering and optics. Dr. Begaj completed his medical training at the University of Massachusetts, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship to investigate the use of viral gene therapy in retinal degenerative disease, under Constance Cepko, Ph.D., at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Begaj completed his Transitional Year Internship at Cambridge Health Alliance – Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Ophthalmology Residency at Massachusetts Eye and Ear – Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. After residency, Dr. Begaj completed his Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery Fellowship at Associated Retinal Consultants in Royal Oak, Michigan. He then completed a 6-month fellowship in Uveitis at Northwestern University.

Dr. Begaj is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Retina Specialists and Young Uveitis Specialists. He has served as a co-investigator in over 15 clinical research trials, and has authored multiple peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and reviews.