Fellows Directory
Vitreo-Retinal Fellow
Joseph D. Bogaard, MD, PhD
Ophthalmology Vitreo-Retinal Fellow
Glaucoma Fellow
Stephen Lesche, MD
Ophthalmology Glaucoma Fellow
Previous Fellows
2021
Alice Y. Zhang, MD
Currently: Saratoga Springs, NY
2020
Suruchi B. Bhui, MD
Currently: Burnaby, BC, Canada
2019
Kathleen Guerrero, MD
Currently: Puerto Rico
2017
Albert L. Lin, MD
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
School of Medicine, University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
2015
Tyson S. Ward, MD
Currently: Nevada Retina Center, Las Vegas, NV
2013
Shahem Kawji, MD
Currently: Newport Retina & Macular Degeneration Center, Newport Beach, CA
2011
Zeina Haddad, MD
Currently: Carolina Eye Associates, Asheboro, NC
2009
Charles P. Richards, MD
Currently: Piedmont Retina Specialists, Greensboro & Winston-Salem, NC
2007
Souha Samir Allam, MD
Currently: American University, Beirut, Lebanon
2006
Sahana Vyas, MD
Currently: Retina Vitreous Associates, Oak Lawn, IL
2005
Claudio Ferreira, MD
Currently: Eye Centers of Florida, Fort Myers, FL
2004
Armand J. Daccache, MD, FAAO
Currently: Danbury Eye Physicians & Surgeons, P.C., Danbury, CT
2003
Michael A. Johnson, MD
Currently: Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, ME
2002
Nicola Ghazi, MD
Currently: American University, Lebanon
2001
Haytham I. Salti, MD
Currently: Associate Professor, Clinical Clerkship Coordinator, Vitreoretinal
American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
2000
Ihab Saad Othman, MD, FRCS
Currently: Cairo University Cairo, Egypt & Eye & Laser World Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
1999
Ziad Bashshur, MD
Currently: Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal
American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
1998
Robert C. Baldwin, MD
Currently: Erie Retinal Surgery Inc, Erie, PA
1997
Christopher J. Kennedy, MD
Currently: St. John of God Eye Clinic, Subiaco, Western Australia
1996
Albert C. Mamaril, MD
Currently: St. Luke’s Medical Center, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
1995
Masayuki Kazahaya, MD
Currently: Chief of Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery
Lehigh Eye Specialists, Allentown, PA
1994
Hardeep S. Dhindsa, MD
Currently: HD Retina Eye Center Ltd., Reno, NV
1993
Amir Bukelman, MD
Currently: Rehovot, Israel
John A. Carver, MD
Currently: Assistant Clinical Professor, Moran Eye Center
Retina & Vitreous Surgeons of Utah, Provo & Salt Lake, UT
1991
John L. Hines, MD
Currently: Vistar Eye Center, Vision & Surgery Specialists, Roanoke, VA
Charles D. Mayron, MD
Currently: Capital Retina Associates, PLLC, Latham, NY
1990
Kirk M. Morgan, MD
Currently: St. Louis Park, MN
1989
Marianne Cowley, MD
Currently: Louisville, KY
1986
Zvi Friedman, MD
Currently: Haifa, Israel
2021
Andrew Pittner, MD
Currently: Virginia Eye Consultants, Norfolk, VA
2020
Sara De La Rosa, MD
currently: Prairie Eye & LASIK Center, Decatur, IL
2019
Jason C. Zhang, MD
currently: University of Michigan, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2018
(Frank) Stro Ashburn, MD
currently: Eye Associates of Washington, DC
2017
Eitan S. Burstein, MD, MS
currently: Danbury Eye Physicians & Surgeons, Danbury, CT
2016
Arjun Dirghangi, MD, MHS
currently: Assistant Professor, Glaucoma
UVA Ophthalmology, Charlottesville, VA
2015
Jessica E. Chan, MD
currently: MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, Olney, MD
2014
Matthew P. Koehler, II, MD
currently: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
2013
J. Ryan McManus, MD
currently: Grand Traverse Ophthalmology Clinic, Traverse City, Michigan
2012
Jack Manns, MD
currently: Attending Ophthalmologist
Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, NY
2011
Meenakshi Chaku, MD
currently: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
2010
Scott D. Lawrence, MD
currently: Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
University of North Carolina Campus Health Services, Chapel Hill, NC
2009
Michele Scott, MD
currently: private practice, North Carolina
2008
John W. Boyle, IV, MD
currently: Acurate Eye Care, Metairie, LA
2007
Elliott M, Kanner, MD, PhD
currently: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
2006
Norman Denton, MD
currently: private practice: West Memphis, AR
2004 – 2005
Peter J. G. Maris, Jr., MD
currently: Island Eye Surgicenter, Westbury, NY
2004
Steven R. Sarkisian, Jr., MD
currently: Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Fellowship Director
Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
2003
Lama Al-Aswad, MD
currently: Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, E. S. Harkness Eye Institute
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
1994
Martin C. Seremet, MD
Currently: Starling Physicians Eye Center
New Britain, CT
1995
Frank Cotter, MD
Currently: Vistar Eye Center, Vision & Surgery Specialists
Roanoke, VA
Previous Glaucoma Research Fellows:
2010
Sumalee Boonyaleephan, MD
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand
2009
Salem Abu Al-Ghanam, MD
Currently: Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon & Glaucoma Surgeon
Ghanam Ophthalmology Eye Clinic, Amman, Jordan
2008
Alvaro P. de Carvalho Lupinacci, MD
Currently: State University of Campinas, Faculty of Medical Sciences
Department of Ophthalmology & Otorhinolaryngology, Valinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2008
Ivan Marais, MD
Currently: Johannesburg, South Africa
2005
Kyoko Ishida, MD
Currently: Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
2004
Naris Kitnarong, MD
Currently: Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine
Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
2003
Adel Al-Jazzaf, MD
Currently: Kuwait City, Kuwait
2002
Dawood Al-Rashad, MD
Currently: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2014
Bina S. Patel, MD
Currently: Daniel E. Bustos, MD PC, Nashville, TN
2010
Jason W. Much, MD
Currently: Palo Alto Center, Palo Alto, CA
2015
Thomas “Ben” Ableman, MD
currently: Walter Reed Military Medical Hospital, Bethesda, MD
2008
Eric D. Weber, MD
currently: William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX
2004
Nir Seider, MD – Oculoplastic Surgery
Currently: Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel