Congratulations to the graduating class of 2020. This year’s ceremony—designed for safe social distancing—featured residents in-person with a live broadcast via Zoom, followed by a virtual-only graduation for clinical fellows on June 18. The ceremony celebrated eight Harvard Ophthalmology residents, the AY 2019–2020 Chief Resident and one optometry resident, as well as 24 clinical fellows from Mass. Eye and Ear, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Boston Children’s Hospital.
Joan W. Miller, MD, Chief of Ophthalmology at Mass. Eye and Chair of Harvard Ophthalmology, noted that “Based on the resiliency, compassion, and creativity that each and every one of our residents and fellows has shown—throughout their training and especially during COVID-19—I know that they will be thoughtful change agents who will help lead us into a brighter future.”
Several faculty and staff were also honored during the ceremony. Jo-Ann E. Haney-Tilton, MD, EMHL, received the Clinical Teacher of the Year, while Kristine Tan Lo, MD, received the Surgical Teacher of the Year Award. Ophthalmology Residency Program Coordinator Scot Morrison received the Residency Appreciation Award. And Thaddeus P. Dryja, MD, was recognized with the Simmons Lessell Excellence in Education Award.
Residents Pursue Subspecialty Training
This year, seven of our graduating ophthalmology residents—and our chief resident Grayson Armstrong, MD, MPH—will pursue additional subspecialty training at top-ranking fellowship programs around the country. The eighth resident, Marisa Tieger, MD, will stay on as Chief Resident for academic year 2020-2021.
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Ophthalmolgy Residents |
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| Joshua S. Agranat, MD |
Vitreoretinal Fellowship at Boston University School of Medicine |
| Wen Fan Hu, MD, PhD | Uveitis Fellowship at the Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah |
| Wendy W. Liu, MD, PhD | Glaucoma Fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital at Thomas Jefferson University |
| Victoria Sommer North, MD | ASOPRS Fellowship in Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Manhattan Eye and Ear/NYU |
| Edith R. Reshef, MD | Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Mass. Eye and Ear |
| Marisa Gobuty Tieger, MD | Mass. Eye and Ear Chief Resident for AY2020-2021 |
| Lisa Michelle Tom, MD | Glaucoma Fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami |
| Amy E. Yuan, MD | Vitreoretinal Fellowship at the University of Washington |
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Chief Resident |
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| Grayson Armstrong, MD, MPH | Clinical Fellowship in Ophthalmic Telemedicine at Mass. Eye and Ear/Member of the Comprehensive and Cataract Consultation Service at Mass. Eye and Ear |
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Optometry Resident |
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| Haley DiBiase Italia, OD | Optometrist at Mass. Eye and Ear |
What’s Next for Clinical Fellow Graduates?
Our clinical fellows will embark on new careers in locations around the globe, and across the United States from New York to Los Angeles. Two graduates will join the Harvard Ophthalmology faculty, and seven others will pursue additional training.
| Amani A. Ahmed, MS, MBBS | Private Practice in Massachusetts |
| Nandita Anand, MD | Private Practice at Chicago Glaucoma Consultants |
| Paula M. Cortes Barrantes, MD | Hematopathology Fellowship at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass. |
| Thomas Dohlman, MD | Member of the Cornea Service at Mass. Eye and Ear |
| Abdelrahman M. Elhusseiny, MD | Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship at the University of Illinois in Chicago |
| Mohamed Ashraf Elmasry, MD | Member of the Faculty at the University of Alexandria, Ophthalmology Department in Alexandria, Egypt |
| Kevin Ferenchak, MD | Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota |
| Michael J. Gilbert, MD | Private Practice at Northwest Vision Institute in Bellevue, Washington |
| Ryan A. Gise MD | Member of the Pediatric Ophthalmology and Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology Services at Boston Children's Hospital |
| Mehenaz Adly Hanbazazh, MD | Molecular Pathology Fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Iris Deitch Harel, MD | Member of the Retina Service at the Rabin Medical Center in Israel, affiliated with Tel Aviv University |
| Grace Huang, MD | Private Practice at New Jersey Eye and Ear |
| Mireille Jabroun, MD | Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Fellowship at Children's National Medical Center at The George Washington University |
| Ying Jiang, MD | Member of the Glaucoma Service at Beth Israel Lahey Health |
| Deep U. Parikh, MD | Private Practice at Gentile Retina in New York City/Part-Time Academic Medcine |
| Christina Scelfo, MD | Part-time Academic Medicine in New York City |
| Tomasz P. Stryjewski, MD | Part-time Vitreoretinal Surgeon at Tallman Eye Associates/Growing His Two Ophthalmic Biotechnology Companies |
| Stephan Ong Tone, MDCM, PhD, FRCSC |
Member of the Cornea and External Eye Disease Service at Sunnybrook Hospital at the University of Toronto |
| Melanie Truong-Le, DO, OD | Member of the Neuro-Ophthalmology Service at the University of Texas Southwestern |
| Cindy Ung, MD | Private Vitreoretinal Practice at South Coast Retina in Huntington Beach, California |
| Lianna Marie Valdes, MD | Member of the Faculty at the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass. |
| Jay Wang, MD | Member of the Retina Service at Yale University |
| Aaron Winter, MD | Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver |
| Natalie Wolkow, MD, PhD | Member of the Ocuplastics and Eye Pathology Services at Mass. Eye and Ear |