New Faculty

Sabrina Mukhtar, MD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Dr. Sabrina Mukhtar was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and at a young age moved to South East Asia. She grew up in several countries including Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand and returned to the United States for her undergraduate degree. She received a BA in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. She then attended medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University. Before starting residency, she completed a Masters in Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh. During this time she worked in Dr. Ladan Espandar’s Ocular Surface Regenerative Therapy Lab. She completed her internship in Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She completed her residency and cornea fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh in Ophthalmology.

Robert Bittner, OD Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Dr. Bittner received his BA from the Pennsylvania State University and OD from the Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Optometry. He then completed an optometric residency in ocular disease at the Hershel “Woody” Williams VA Medical Clinic. Dr. Bittner is board certified from the American Board of Optometry.

Nathan Isaacson, OD Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Dr. Isaacson completed his undergraduate work at the University of Pittsburgh, received his BS in Visual Science from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry and his OD from the same. He holds memberships in the National Glaucoma Society, American Optometric Society, Pennsylvania Optometric Association, American Board of Optometry (Diplomate), to name a few.

Lama Khatib, MD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Dr. Khatib completed a clinical pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus fellowship at UPMC Children’s Hospital followed by a two-year fellowship in pediatric oculoplastics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Prior to that she was in private practice in comprehensive and pediatric ophthalmology strabismus in Beirut (2012-2015); an assistant consultant in ophthalmology at the King Faysal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh Saudi Arabia (2013), and a consultant in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus surgery, oculoplastic and orbital surgery (pediatric and adult) at the Clemenceau Medical Center in Beirut.