HARVARD OPHTHALMOLOGY
CLINICAL TRAINEE GRADUATION
2024
2024 Ophthalmology Clinical Trainee Graduation
Thursday, June 20th, 5:00 PM
Museum of Science, Boston, MA
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Residents Graduation Remarks and Certificate Presentation
• Ophthalmology Residents
• Chief Resident
• Optometry Residents
Residents Video and Chief Resident Gift Presentation
Residents Awards Presentation
• Resident Appreciation Award
• Resident Peer Recognition Award
Teaching and Mentoring Awards Presentation
• Harvard Ophthalmology Excellence in Mentoring Awards
• Simmons Lessell Excellence in Education Award
Fellows Graduation Remarks - Part I
• Anterior Segment Fellowship - Kathryn M. Hatch, MD, and Allison R. Soneru, MD
Joan W. Miller, MD
Joan W. Miller, MD; Alice C. Lorch, MD, MPH; and Clifford B. Kim, MD
Lindsay Kozek, MD, PhD, and Marta Stevanovic, MD MSc
Alice C. Lorch, MD, MPH, and Joan W. Miller, MD
• Cornea, External Diseases, and Refractive Surgery Fellowship - Jia Yin, MD, PhD, MPH, and Austin Meeker, MD
• Glaucoma Fellowship - Lucy Q. Shen, MD, and Daniel Vu, MD
• Inherited Retinal Degenerations Fellowship - Rachel M. Huckfeldt, MD, PhD
• Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship - Dean M. Cestari, MD
• Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Fellowship - George N. Papaliodis, MD, and Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH
• Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship - Suzanne K. Freitag, MD
Fellow-of-the-Year Award Presentation
Fellows Graduation Remarks - Part II
• Ophthalmic Pathology Fellowship - Anna M. Stagner, MD
• Medical Retina Fellowship - Deeba Husain, MD
• Ocular Oncology Fellowship - Ivana K. Kim, MD
Isaac D. Bleicher, MD
• Vitreoretinal Fellowship - Dean Eliott, MD; John B. Miller, MD; and Nimesh A. Patel, MD
• Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital- Gena Heidary, MD, PhD, and Ryan Gise, MD
• Ophthalmic Genetics and Pediatric Medical Retina Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital - Anne B. Fulton, MD
• Medical Retina Fellowship at Joslin Diabetes Center - Lloyd Paul Aiello, MD, PhD, and Mohamed Elmasry, MD, PhD
Fellows Certificates Presentation
Clinical and Surgical Teacher of the Year Awards Presentation
Closing Remarks and Class Photos
Joan W. Miller, MD, and Michael K. Yoon, MD
Ryan Sameen Meshkin, MD and Jonathan B. Lin,MD, PhD
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
Glaucoma
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
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
Ophthalmic Pathology
CLINICAL FELLOWS (contined)
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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