2024 Ophthalmology Clinical Trainee Graduation Program

HARVARD OPHTHALMOLOGY

2024

CLINICAL TRAINEE GRADUATION

2024 Ophthalmology Clinical Trainee Graduation Thursday, June 20th, 5:00 PM Museum of Science, Boston, MA

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Joan W. Miller, MD

Residents Graduation Remarks and Certificate Presentation

Joan W. Miller, MD; Alice C. Lorch, MD, MPH; and Clifford B. Kim, MD

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Ophthalmology Residents

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Chief Resident

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Optometry Residents

Residents Video and Chief Resident Gift Presentation Residents Awards Presentation •

Resident Appreciation Award

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Resident Peer Recognition Award

Teaching and Mentoring Awards Presentation •

Harvard Ophthalmology Excellence in Mentoring Awards

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Simmons Lessell Excellence in Education Award

Lindsay Kozek, MD, PhD, and Marta Stevanovic, MD MSc

Alice C. Lorch, MD, MPH, and Joan W. Miller, MD

Fellows Graduation Remarks - Part I •

Anterior Segment Fellowship - Kathryn M. Hatch, MD, and Allison R. Soneru, MD

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Cornea, External Diseases, and Refractive Surgery Fellowship - Jia Yin, MD, PhD, MPH, and Austin Meeker, MD

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Glaucoma Fellowship - Lucy Q. Shen, MD, and Daniel Vu, MD

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Inherited Retinal Degenerations Fellowship - Rachel M. Huckfeldt, MD, PhD

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Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship - Dean M. Cestari, MD

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Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Fellowship - George N. Papaliodis, MD, and Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH

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Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship - Suzanne K. Freitag, MD

Fellow-of-the-Year Award Presentation

Isaac D. Bleicher, MD

Fellows Graduation Remarks - Part II •

Ophthalmic Pathology Fellowship - Anna M. Stagner, MD

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Medical Retina Fellowship - Deeba Husain, MD

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Ocular Oncology Fellowship - Ivana K. Kim, MD

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Vitreoretinal Fellowship - Dean Eliott, MD; John B. Miller, MD; and Nimesh A. Patel, MD

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Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital- Gena Heidary, MD, PhD, and Ryan Gise, MD

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Ophthalmic Genetics and Pediatric Medical Retina Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital - Anne B. Fulton, MD

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Medical Retina Fellowship at Joslin Diabetes Center - Lloyd Paul Aiello, MD, PhD, and Mohamed Elmasry, MD, PhD

Fellows Certificates Presentation

Joan W. Miller, MD, and Michael K. Yoon, MD

Clinical and Surgical Teacher of the Year Awards Presentation

Ryan Sameen Meshkin, MD and Jonathan B. Lin,MD, PhD

Closing Remarks and Class Photos

Joan W. Miller, MD

RESIDENTS Harvard Ophthalmology Residency Training Program Program Director: Alice C. Lorch, MD, MPH I Associate Program Director: Clifford B. Kim, MD Bertan D. Cakir, MD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University Palo Alto, CA Jonathan Beaux Lin, MD, PhD Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University Palo Alto, CA Yifan Lu, MD Medical Retina Fellowship Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Marta Stevanovic, MD, MSc Chief Resident, Director of the Eye Trauma Service, and Instructor in Ophthalmology Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Jennifer A. Tran, MD Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery Fellowship Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA Yapei (Rosie) Zhang, MD Glaucoma Fellowship Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

Chief Resident and Director of the Eye Trauma Service at Mass Eye and Ear Isaac D. Bleicher, MD Vitreoretinal Fellowship Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

Optometry Residency Program: Ocular Disease/Cornea and Contact Lens Program Director: Amy Watts, OD Meredith A. Fry, OD Associate Physician, Contact Lens Service and Dry Eye Therapy Marietta Eye Clinic Atlanta, GA

Leah Margolis, OD Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Optometry and Contact Lens Service, Mass Eye and Ear Boston, MA

CLINICAL FELLOWS Anterior Segment Fellowship Director: Kathryn M. Hatch, MD | Associate Fellowship Director: Allison R. Soneru, MD Jeffrey Desilets, MD Cataract, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery Physician Dello Russo Laser Vision Bergenfield, NJ

Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery Fellowship Director: Jia Yin, MD, PhD, MPH | Associate Fellowship Director: Austin Meeker, MD Tomas Andersen, MD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of the Cornea Service Boston Medical Center Boston, MA

Yandong Bian, MD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology New York Eye and Ear New York, NY

Aaron R. Kaufman, MD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati Corneal Specialist, Cincinnati Eye Institute Cincinnati, OH

Glaucoma Fellowship Director: Lucy Q. Shen, MD | Associate Fellowship Director: Daniel Vu, MD Laura E. Barna, MD Private Practice Physician Northeast Eye Specialists Hazle Township, PA

Daniel L. Liebman, MD, MBA Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Glaucoma Service, Mass Eye and Ear Boston, MA

Anthony Marte, MD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Montefiore-Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY

CLINICAL FELLOWS (contined) Inherited Retinal Degenerations Fellowship Director: Rachel M. Huckfeldt, MD, PhD Osama A. M. Sorour, MBChB, MD Pediatric Vitreoretinal Surgery and Ocular Oncology Fellowship Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship Director: Dean M. Cestari, MD Ariel Axelbaum, MD Neuro-Ophthalmology and Neurology Physician Milford Regional Medical Center Milford, MA

Amalie Chen, MD Neuro-Ophthalmology Physician Wake Forest Medical Center Winston-Salem, NC

Daniel Schwartz, MD Neuro-Ophthalmology Physician Westchester Medical Center Valhalla, NY

Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Fellowship Directors: George N. Papaliodis, MD, and Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH Jie (Jessica) Sun, MD, PhD, MPH Medical Retina Fellowship Duke Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Director: Suzanne K. Freitag, MD Carolina Chiou, MD Oculoplastic Physician Brown University Providence, RI

CLINICAL FELLOWS (contined) Ophthalmic Pathology Fellowship Director: Anna Stagner, MD Buravej Assavapongpaiboon, MD, FICO Instructor in Ophthalmology, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, Thailand

Medical Retina Fellowship Director: Deeba Husain, MD Grayson W. Armstrong, MD, MPH Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Director, Ophthalmology Emergency Service, Mass Eye and Ear Boston, MA

Nicole R. Lifson, MD Private Practice Physician Eye Center of Texas Houston, TX

Ocular Oncology Fellowship Director: Ivana Kim, MD Megan S. Steinkerchner, MD Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery Fellowship Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN

Vitreoretinal Fellowship Director: Dean Eliott, MD I Associate Fellowship Directors: John B. Miller, MD, and Nimesh A. Patel, MD Ahmad Al-Moujahed, MD, PhD Inherited Retinal Degenerations Fellowship Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

David J. Doobin, MD, PhD Private Practice Physician NJ Retina Belleville, NJ

Ines Lains, MD, PhD Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Retina Service, Mass Eye and Ear Harvard-Vision Clinical Scientist Development Program (K12) Scholar Boston, MA

CLINICAL FELLOWS (contined) Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School I Fellowship Director: Gena Heidary, MD, PhD I Associate Director: Ryan Gise, MD Tais Couto Bernardes P Estrela, MD Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Neuro-ophthalmologist, Mass Eye and Ear and Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, MA

Lindsay Imber, MD Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Boston Children’s Hospital Comprehensive Ophthalmologist, Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston Boston, MA

Michael Nguyen, MD Pediatric and Comprehensive Ophthalmologist The Hospital for Sick Children, Kensington Eye Institute Toronto, Canada

Pediatric Medical Retina and Ophthalmic Genetics at Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School I Fellowship Director: Anne B. Fulton, MD Ella Arnon Katz, MD Comprehensive Ophthalmologist Flaum Eye Institute Rochester, NY

Medical Retina at Joslin Diabetes Center / Harvard Medical School Fellowship Director: Lloyd P. Aiello, MD, PhD I Associate Fellowship Director: Mohamed Elmasry, MD, PhD Ward Fickweiler, MD Ophthalmologist, Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center Boston, MA

Samet Gulkas, MD Ophthalmic Genetics and Pediatric Medical Retina Fellowship Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

AFFILIATES: Massachusetts Eye and Ear | Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and Ear | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Children’s Hospital | Beetham Eye Institute at the Joslin Diabetes Center | Brigham and Women’s Hospital Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Cambridge Health Alliance | VA Boston Healthcare System | VA Maine Healthcare System PARTNERS: Aravind Eye Hospital (India) | L V Prasad Eye Institute (India) | Shanghai Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University (China)

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