Welcome New Clinical Trainees!

Ophthalmology Residents

PGY-1 Ophthalmology Residents

Last month we welcomed our new class of PGY-1 residents. During their first year, they will spend 75 percent of their time at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, under the direction of Internship Program Director Carrie L. Morgenstein, MD, and Assistant Directors Meghan E. Gange, MD, and Grace R. Bobkowski, MD. The remaining 25 percent of their time will be spent at Mass Eye and Ear.

  • Sandra Alhoyek, MD – Université Saint-Joseph Faculté de Médecine
  • Michael Berry, MD, PhD – Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
  • Aidan Gilson, MD – Yale School of Medicine
  • Blake Hauser, MD, PhD – Harvard Medical School
  • Michael Heyang, MD – Yale School of Medicine
  • Hannah Hwang, MD – Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Annika Samuelson, MD – Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College
  • Sayuri Sekimitsu, MD – Tufts University School of Medicine
  • David Zhao, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

PGY-2 Ophthalmology Residents

We also welcomed eight PGY-2 ophthalmology residents earlier this month to begin their full-time ophthalmology residency training.

  • Grace Baldwin, MD – Harvard Medical School
  • Harold Dorsey, MD – Howard University
  • Andrew Griswold, MD, PhD – Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Mary (Molly) Munsell, MD – Harvard Medical School
  • Janice Ong, MD – Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Ayush Parikh, MD – Harvard Medical School
  • Chhavi Saini, MD, MPH – Government Medical College and Hospital, Panjab University
  • Hueyjong Shih, MD, MPhil – Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Moosa Zaidi, MD, MS – Stanford University

Chief Ophthalmology Resident for AY 2024-2025

As Chief Resident and Director of the Eye Trauma Service for the 2024-25 academic year, Marta Stevanovic, MD, MSc, oversees and coordinates trauma coverage at Mass Eye and Ear, Mass General Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In addition, he serves as a mentor, teacher, and peer resource to Harvard Ophthalmology’s residents.

Mass Eye and Ear Optometry Residents

We welcomed two new optometry residents in July. They will complete a one-year residency program under the direction of Amy Watts, OD.

  • Jiani Lin, OD – Illinois College of Optometry
  • Sakshi Vasiu, OD, MS – SUNY College of Optometry

Clinical Fellows for AY 2024-2025

We're pleased to welcome 28 talented clinical fellows to Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston Children's Hospital, and Mass Eye and Ear.

Anterior Segment, Mass Eye and Ear
Fellowship Director: Kathryn Hatch, MD

  • Rebecca McGee, MD

Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery, Mass Eye and Ear
Fellowship Director: Jia Yin, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate Fellowship Director: Austin Meeker, MD

  • Shaunak Bakshi, MD
  • Jennifer Tran, MD

Glaucoma, Mass Eye and Ear
Fellowship Director: Lucy Shen, MD
Associate Fellowship Director: Daniel Vu, MD

  • Matthew Javitt, MD
  • Paul Parker, MD, MS
  • Yapei (Rosie) Zhang, MD

Inherited Retinal Degenerations, Mass Eye and Ear
Fellowship Director: Rachel Huckfeldt, MD, PhD

  • Ahmad Al-Moujahed, MD, PhD
  • Kirill Zaslavsky, MD, PhD

Medical Retina, Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center

  • Nesime Tiskaoglu, MBBS
  • Anil Ozcil, MD

Medical Retina, Mass Eye and Ear
Fellowship Director: Deeba Husain, MD

  • Shangjun (Collier) Jiang, MD
  • Yifan Lu, MD

Neuro-Ophthalmology, Mass Eye and Ear
Fellowship Director: Robert Mallery, MD
Associate Fellowship Director: Tais Estrela, MD

  • Miguel A. Santiago Cruz, MD
  • Jimena Tatiana Hathaway, MD
  • Mofei (Murphy) Lu, MD, MBA

Ophthalmic Genetics/Pediatric Medical Retina Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital
Fellowship Director: Pablo Altschwager Kreft, MD

  • Samet Gulkas, MD

Ocular Immunology and Uveitis, Mass Eye and Ear
Fellowship Directors: George N. Papaliodis, MD, and Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH

  • Elsayed Elbasiony, MBBCh

Ocular Oncology, Mass Eye and Ear
Fellowship Director: Ivana Kim, MD

  • Joseph Luvisi, MD

Ophthalmic Pathology, Mass Eye and Ear
Fellowship Director: Anna M. Stagner, MD

  • Fabliha Mukit, MD

Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Mass Eye and Ear
Fellowship Director: Michael K. Yoon, MD

  • Sri (Meghana) Konda, MBBS

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Boston Children’s Hospital and Mass Eye and Ear
Fellowship Director: Gena Heidary, MD

  • Alvaro Morgado Ahumada, MD
  • Yoav Glidai, MD
  • Angell Shi, MD

Pediatric Vitreoretinal Surgery and Ocular Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital
Fellowship Director: Efren Gonzalez, MD
Associate Fellowship Directors: Nimesh Patel, MD

  • Osama Sorour, MD

Vitreoretinal Surgery, Mass Eye and Ear
Fellowship Director: Dean Eliott, MD
Associate Fellowship Directors: John B. Miller, MD, and Nimesh Patel, MD

  • Caroline Awh, MD
  • Isaca Bleicher, MD
  • Richmond (Ricky) Woodward, MD
  • Yi Stephanie Zhang, MD
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