Congratulations to Our 2025 Clinical Trainee Graduates
Harvard Ophthalmology celebrated its clinical trainee graduation on Wednesday, June 18, with an outdoor ceremony at the Boston Museum of Science. The event honored 10 Harvard Ophthalmology residents, the AY2024–2025 Chief Resident, two optometry residents, and 30 clinical fellows from Mass Eye and Ear, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Boston Children’s Hospital.
Department Chair Joan W. Miller, MD, speaking to the graduates, shared, “My hope for you is that you commit to lifelong learning and intellectual challenge. And also that you share your knowledge, discoveries, and insights with your colleagues and the broader community. Pay it forward.”
Several faculty and staff were also honored during the ceremony. Dr. Joan Miller received the Simmons Lessell Excellence in Education Award. This award recognizes faculty who have made—and continue to make—sustained and profound contributions to education— just like Dr. Lessell. Peggy Chang, MD, received the inaugural Medical Student Teacher of the Year Award, Matthew McKay, MD, received the Clinical Teacher of the Year, and Silas Wang, MD, received the Surgical Teacher of the Year Award. Zachary Kahn, Residency Coordinator for the Harvard Ophthalmology Residency Training Program, received the Residency Appreciation Award.
Two ophthalmology trainees were recognized with awards from Harvard Ophthalmology residents. Ahmad Al Moujahed, MD, PhD, MPH, a graduating inherited retinal degenerations fellow, who previously completed a 2-year vitreoretinal fellowship, received the Fellow of the Year Award and graduating resident Enchi Chang, MD, received the Resident Peer Recognition Award.
Residents Pursue Subspecialty Training
This year, nine of our graduating ophthalmology residents, and our chief resident Marta Stevanovic, MD, MSc, will pursue subspecialty training at top-ranking fellowship programs around the country. We’re proud that two graduates will continue their training at Mass Eye and Ear. Lindsay Klofas Kozek, MD, PhD, will stay on as Director of Resident Academics at Harvard Ophthalmology (formerly referred to as the Chief Resident) and Director of Eye Trauma at Mass Eye and Ear. Our two optometry residents will begin careers in private practice and academic medicine.
Ophthalmology Residents | |
Amee Azad, MD | ASOPRS Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Fellowship at Mass Eye and Ear |
Saghar Bagheri, MD, PhD | Medical Retina Fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles |
Enchi Chang, MD | Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery Fellowship Program at Mass Eye and Ear |
Yilin (Eileen) Feng, MD | Cornea and External Disease Fellowship at Stanford University |
James Harris, MD, PhD * | Medical Retina Fellowship at Duke University |
Lindsay Klofas Kozek, MD, PhD | Director of Resident Academics at Harvard Ophthalmology and Director the Eye Trauma Service at Mass Eye and Ear |
Da Meng, MD, PhD | Medical Retina Fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute |
Tatiana Rosenblatt, MD | ASOPRS Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles |
Scott Shuldiner, MD | Medical Retina Fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute |
Melissa Yuan, MD | Vitreoretinal Fellowship at Stanford University |
Chief Resident | |
Marta Stevanovic, MD, MSc | Vitreoretinal Fellowship at Mass Eye and Ear |
Optometry Residents | |
Jiani S. Lin, OD | Instructor in Ophthalmology/Optometrist at Mount Sinai/New York Eye and Ear |
Sakshi Vasiu, OD | Optometrist at Guthrie Corning Hospital in Corning, New York |
* Graduate is a recipient of a Heed Fellowship
What’s Next for Clinical Fellow Graduates?
Our clinical fellows will embark on new careers in both academic medicine and private practice. Several others will pursue additional subspecialty training.
Alvaro Esteban Morgado Ahumada, MD | Attending at the Universidad Catolica and Hospital Sotero del Rio in Santiago, Chile |
Ahmad Al Moujahed, MD, PhD, MPH | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Stanford University |
Shaunak Krishan Bakshi, MD | Plans to go into private practice |
Elsayed Elbasiony, MD, MSc | Pursuing further fellowship training |
William Foulsham MBChB PhD | Private practice at Vitreoretinal Associates in Worcester, Massachusetts |
Yoav Glidai, MD | Attending Physician and Assistant Program Director of the Residency Training Program at Northwell Health |
Samet Gulkas, MD | Will pursue an additional year of training in ophthalmic genetics and inherited retinal diseases at Boston Children’s Hospital |
Jimena Tatiana Hathaway, MD, MPH | Ophthalmic Pathology Fellowship at Mass Eye and Ear |
Jennifer C. W. Hu, MD, MS | Uveitis Fellowship at Mass Eye and Ear |
Matthew J. Javitt, MD | Glaucoma Specialist and Faculty Member at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University |
Shangjun Collier Jiang, MD | Medical Retina Specialist at Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants in Toronto, Ontario |
Lisa Y. Lin, MD, MBE | Ophthalmic Plastic Surgeon and Faculty Member at Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University |
Mofei Murphy Lu, MD, MBA | Neuro-Ophthalmologist Attending at Mass General Hospital |
Yifan Lu, MD | Retina Specialist at a private practice in Los Angeles, California |
Joseph R. Luvisi, MD | Surgical Retina Fellowship at Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah |
Luis A. Martinez-Velazquez, MD, PhD | Retina Specialist at Retina Consultants PC in Hartford, Connecticut |
Rebecca P. McGee, MD | Ophthalmologist at Microsurgical Eye Consultants in Peabody, Massachusetts |
Fabliha Anbar Mukit, MD | ASOPRS Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellow at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center-Memphis |
Anil Tamer Ozcil, MD, FEBO | Glaucoma Fellowship at Indiana University |
Paul R. Parker, MD | Glaucoma Specialist at Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston |
Miguel A. Santiago- Cruz, MD | Neuro-Ophthalmologist and Neurologist in Private Practice in Puerto Rico |
Leyla Yavuz Saricay, MD, FEBO | Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Cornea Specialist at Boston Medical Center/Boston University |
Angell Shi, MD | Pediatric Ophthalmologist at Tufts University Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital |
Osama A. M. Sorour, MBChB, MD | Vitreoretinal Surgeon and Inherited Retinal Degeneration Specialist/Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University |
Assel K. Talaspayeva, MD | Master's Program in Clinical Research at Harvard Medical School/ Medical Retina Attending, Part-time, at Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabetes Center |
Nesime S. Tiskaoglu, MD | Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic |
Jennifer A. Tran, MD | Attending at Boston Medical Center |
Jia Jeannie Xu, MD | Retinal Specialist at Pacific Northwest Retina |
Kirill Zaslavsky MD, PhD | Surgical Retina Fellowship at the University of British Columbia |
Yapei Zhang, MD | Private Practice at Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group in Washington DC |
