Ophthalmology
The Department of Ophthalmology is committed to:
- Provide an academic environment that will foster an in-depth understanding of the specialty of ophthalmology.
- Provide education for students, residents, and fellows that prepares them for an academic, community, or mission practice.
- Encourage and support clinical research.
- Inspire students and residents to promote preventive ophthalmology.
Chair
Michael E. Rauser
Vice chair
Ernest S. Zane
Vice chair, Academic Affairs
Kakarla Chalam
Vice chair, Clinical Affairs
Jennifer A. Dunbar
Director
Kakarla Chalam
Retina Fellowship
Howard Guan
Medical Student Education
Frank Hwang
Cornea Fellowship
Program director
Samantha Perea
Residency Program
Association program director
Leila Khazaeni
Residency Program
Primary faculty
John C. Affeldt
Dianne Barrett
Larry Bowes
Kakarla Chalam
Kimberly Chan
Jennifer Dunbar
Moses Enghelberg
Fatema Esmail
Joseph T. Fan
Neil Finnen
Howard V. Gimbel
Howard Guan
Eman Hawy
Martha Henao
Jennifer I, Hui
Frank Hwang
Wayne B. Isaeff
Leila M. Khazaeni
William H. Kiernan
Samuel Kim
Rosalynn H. Nguyen-Stongin
Abraham Park
Samantha E. Perea
Michael E. Rauser
Jewel Sandy
Mark Sherman
David Sierpina
Mukesh B. Suthar
Richard R. Tamesis
Donald G. Tohm
Craig White
Timothy Winter
Tiffany Yanase
Ernest S. Zane
Secondary faculty
Kelly Keefe
Research
Balamurali Ambati
Sangheetha Ravi Kumar
Hironori Uehara
Xiaohui Zhang
