HARVARD OPHTHALMOLOGY
CLINICAL TRAINEE GRADUATION
2026 Ophthalmology Clinical Trainee Graduation
Thursday, June 18th, 5:00 PM
Museum of Science, Boston, MA
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Resident Certificate Presentation
• Ophthalmology Residents
• Chief Resident
• Optometry Residents
Residents Video and Chief Resident Gift Presentation
Resident-Presented Awards
• Resident Appreciation Award
• Resident Peer Recognition Award
Teaching and 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
Rishi P. Singh, MD
Rishi P. Singh, MD
Jennifer L. Lindsey, MD, MBA
Clifford B. Kim, MD
Sayuri Sekimitsu, MD
Henry W. Zhou, MD, MS
Rishi P. Singh, MD
• Cornea, External Diseases, and Refractive Surgery Fellowship - Hyunjoo J. Lee, MD, PhD, 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 - Robert M. Mallery, MD, and Tais Couto Bernardes P Estrela, 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
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
• Vitreoretinal Fellowship - Dean Eliott, MD, John B. Miller, MD, and Nimesh A. Patel, MD
Annika G. Samuelson, MD
• Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital - Gena Heidary, MD, PhD, and Ryan Gise, MD
• Ophthalmic Genetics/Inherited Retinal Diseases Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital - Pablo Altschwager Kreft, MD
• Pediatric Vitreoretinal Surgery & Ocular Oncology Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital - Efrén González, MD, and Nimesh Patel, MD
• Medical Retina Fellowship at Joslin Diabetes Center - Lloyd Paul Aiello, MD, PhD, and Ward Fickweiler, MD
Fellow Certificate Presentation
Clinical and Surgical Teacher of the Year Awards
Closing Remarks and Class Photos
Rishi P. Singh, MD
Michael K. Yoon, MD
Chhavi Saini, MBBS, MPH
Ryan Sameen Meshkin, MD
Rishi P. Singh, MD
RESIDENTS
Harvard Ophthalmology Residency Training Program
Program Director: Jennifer L. Lindsey, MD, MBA I Associate Program Director: Clifford B. Kim, MD
Dennis Y. Akrobetu, MD
Cornea, External Disease, & Refractive Surgery Fellowship, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH
Darren A. Chen, MD
Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Fellowship, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami - Miami, FL
Edward S. Lu, MD
Vitreoretinal Fellowship, Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School - Boston, MA
Ryan Sameen Meshkin, MD
Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship, Duke University - Durham, NC
Rachel Tandias, MD
Cornea & External Disease Fellowship, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA
Hursuong Vongsachang, MD, MPH
Glaucoma Fellowship, Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School - Boston, MA
Seyedeh Maryam Zekavat, MD, PhD
Medical Retina Fellowship, Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School - Boston, MA
Henry W. Zhou, MD, MS
Director of Resident Academics, Harvard Ophthalmology and Director of the Eye Trauma Service, Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School - Boston, MA
Chief Resident and Director of the Eye Trauma Service at Mass Eye and Ear
Lindsay Kozek, MD, PhD
Vitreoretinal Fellowship, Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School - Boston, MA
RESIDENTS
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Optometry Residency Program: Ocular Disease/Cornea and Contact Lens Program Director: Amy Watts, OD
Clarice Ann Bouvier, OD, MS
Optometrist, Mass Eye and Ear, Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School - Boston, MA
Kendra H. Kim, OD
Bausch + Lomb Medical Science Liaison, New England and Upstate New York
CLINICAL FELLOWS
Anterior Segment
Fellowship Director: Kathryn M. Hatch, MD | Associate Fellowship Director: Allison R. Soneru, MD
Nnana A. Amakiri, MD
Private Practice Physician, Charlotte Eye Ear Nose and Throat Associates - Charlotte, NC
Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery
Fellowship Director: Hyunjoo J. Lee, MD, PhD | Associate Fellowship Director: Austin Meeker, MD
William W. Binotti, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Tufts University - Boston, MA
Enchi K. Chang, MD
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Physician and Surgeon, Mass Eye and Ear - Boston, MA
Angela Chen, MD
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Physician and Surgeon, Mass Eye and Ear - Boston, MA
Glaucoma Fellowship Director: Lucy Q. Shen, MD | Associate Fellowship Director: Daniel Vu, MD
Michael Y. Chen, MD
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Physician and Surgeon, Mass Eye and Ear - Boston, MA
Manpreet S. Tiwana, MD
Glaucoma Specialist, Kaiser Permanente - Sacramento, CA
CLINICAL FELLOWS (continued)
Glaucoma (continued)
Fellowship Director: Lucy Q. Shen, MD | Associate Fellowship Director: Daniel Vu, MD
Yi-Hsien Yeh, MD, MS
Private Practice Physician, Clarus Eye Centre - Olympia, WA
Lucy Yuan, MD
Glaucoma Specialist, Madigan Army Medical Center - Tacoma, WA
Inherited Retinal Degenerations
Fellowship Director: Rachel M. Huckfeldt, MD, PhD
William B. Yates, MD, PhD
Vitreoretinal Physician and Surgeon, University of Auckland - Auckland, New Zealand
Neuro-Ophthalmology
Fellowship Director: Robert M. Mallery, MD | Associate Fellowship Director: Tais Couto Bernardes P Estrela, MD
Elizabeth O. Akinsoji, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD
Abigail L. Healy, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Connecticut - Mansfield, CT
Samir Touma, MD
Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship, Hospital Foundation Adolphe De Rothschild - Paris, France
Ocular Immunology and Uveitis
Fellowship Directors: George N. Papaliodis, MD, and Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH
Jennifer Hu, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Boston University, Vitreoretinal Surgery and Uveitis Physician, Boston Medical Center - Boston, MA
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Fellowship Director: Suzanne K. Freitag, MD
Sri Meghana Konda, MD
Private Practice Physician, Charlotte, NC
Ophthalmic Pathology
CLINICAL FELLOWS
Fellowship Director: Anna Stagner, MD
Jimena Tatiana Hathaway, MD, MPH
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Physician and Surgeon, Mass Eye and Ear - Boston, MA
Medical Retina
Fellowship Director: Deeba Husain, MD
Sean Wang, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University - Stanford, CA
Ocular Oncology
Fellowship Director: Ivana Kim, MD
Saba Samet, MD
Vitreoretinal Fellowship, University of Ottawa - Ottawa, Canada
Vitreoretinal Fellowship Director: Dean Eliott, MD I Associate Fellowship Directors: John B. Miller, MD, and Nimesh A. Patel, MD
Caroline C. Awh, MD
Vitreoretinal Physician and Surgeon, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH
Isaac D. Bleicher, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Tufts University - Boston, MA
Richmond Woodward, MD
Physician and Surgeon, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital - New York, NY
Yi Stephanie Zhang, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Washington - Seattle WA
CLINICAL FELLOWS
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
Dalia El Hadi, MD
Ophthalmic Genetics and Inherited Retinal Diseases Fellowship, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School - Boston, MA
Mark J. Phillips, MD, MA
Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship, Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School - Boston, MA
Raghav Vadhul, MD
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Pediatric Comprehensive Physician, Boston Children’s Hospital - Boston, MA
Ophthalmic Genetics and Inherited Retinal Diseases at Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School I Fellowship Director: Pablo Altschwager Kreft, MD
Samet Gulkas, MD
Physician and Surgeon, Center for Sight - Carmel, IN
Pediatric Vitreoretinal Surgery and Ocular Oncology at Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School I Fellowship Director: Efren Gonzalez, MD I Associate Fellowship Director: Nimesh A. Patel, MD
Reem Alahmadi, MBBS
Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship, University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL
Medical Retina at Joslin Diabetes Center / Harvard Medical School Fellowship Director: Lloyd P. Aiello, MD, PhD I Associate Fellowship Director: Ward Fickweiler, MD
Vivian Paraskevi Douglas, MD, MBA, MSc
Medical Retina Fellowship, Chief Fellow, Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center - Boston, MA
Hassan N. Jessani, MD
Comprehensive and Medical Retina Specialist, Brooklyn Eye Center - Brooklyn, NY
Sakshi Shiromani, MD
Inherited Retinal Degenerations Fellowship, Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School - Boston, MA
AFFILIATES: Mass 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)