Intern Year Residents (Class of 2026)
Patricia Bai, MD
Undergraduate—Dartmouth College
MD—Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine
Nayanika Challa, MD
Undergraduate—The University of Chicago
MD—The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Eitan Katz, MD
Undergraduate—University of Michigan
MD—University of Illinois College of Medicine
Jeffrey Peterson, MD, PhD
Undergraduate—University of California, Berkeley
MD/PhD—University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Zaynab Sajjadi, MD
Undergraduate—University of California, Berkeley
MD—Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
Ghasem Yazdanpanah, MD, MPH, PhD
MD/MPH—Shahid Beheshti University
PhD—University of Illinois at Chicago
First Year Residents (Class of 2025)
Dara Baker, MD
Undergraduate—George Washington University
MD—George Washington University
Michael Chen, MD
Undergraduate—Northwestern University
MD—University of Illinois College of Medicine
Nikhila Khandwala, MD
Undergraduate—University of Michigan
MD—University of Michigan Medical School
Tochukwu Ndukwe, MD
Undergraduate—University of Michigan
MD—University of Michigan Medical School
Royce Park, MD
Undergraduate—Dartmouth College
MD—SUNY Downstate – Brooklyn
Neil Sheth, MD, MBA
Undergraduate—Northwestern University
MD/MBA—Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Second Year Residents (Class of 2024)
Luis Acaba-Berrocal, MD
Undergraduate— Haverford College
MD—Jefferson College
PGY1—University of Illinois at Chicago
Tala Al-Khaled, MD
Undergraduate—University of Illinois at Chicago
MD—University of Illinois at Chicago
PGY1—University of Illinois at Chicago
Johnathan Jeffers, MD
Undergraduate—Harvard College
MD—University of Chicago
PGY1—University of Illinois at Chicago
Michael Massengill, MD, PhD
Undergraduate—University of South Florida
MD—University of South Florida
PGY1—University of Illinois at Chicago
Paul Parker, MD, MS
Undergraduate—University of Michigan
MD—Rush University Medical Center
PGY1—University of Illinois at Chicago
Stephanie Thermozier, MD
Undergraduate—St. Joseph’s College
MD— University of Pittsburgh
PGY1—University of Illinois at Chicago
Third Year Residents (Class of 2023)
Katherine Chen, MD, MS
Undergraduate— University of California-Berkeley
MD—University of California-Irvine College of Medicine
PGY1—Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Charles Frank, MD
Undergraduate—University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MD—University of Michigan Medical School
PGY1—St. Mary Mercy Hospital, Livonia, Michigan
Katherine Lucarelli, MD
Undergraduate—University of Wisconsin-Madison
MD—University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine
PGY1—Resurrection Medical Center
Mathew Margolis, MD
Undergraduate—University of California-Los Angeles
MD— Washington University- St. Louis
PGY1—West Suburban Hospital
Mohammad Sabbagh, MD
Undergraduate—University of Michigan- Flint
MD—University of Michigan Medical School
PGY1—University of Michigan
Sudarshan Srivatsan, MD
Undergraduate—Northwestern University
MD— University of Michigan Medical School
PGY1—Resurrection Medical Center
Fellows
2022-2023
CORNEA
Nataliya Antonova, MD
MD—State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
PGY1/Ophthalmology Residency—SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
CORNEA
Andrea Arteaga Useche, MD
MD—Universidad Central de Venezuele – Escuela “Luis Razetti”
Research & Clinical Fellowship in Cornea and Ocular Surface—Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
PGY1—Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Ophthalmology Residency—Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
CORNEA
Bella Wolf, MD
MD—Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
PGY1/Ophthalmology Residency—Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
GLAUCOMA
Allyshah Allahdina, MD
MD—Howard University College of Medicine
PGY1/Ophthalmology Residency—Howard University Hospital
GLAUCOMA
Michael Offutt, MD
MD—UT Health San Antonio – Long School of Medicine
PGY1—Greenville Health System
Ophthalmology Residency—UT Health San Antonio
GLOBAL OPHTHALMOLOGY & ASSISTANT CHIEF of SERVICE
Katherine Joltikov, MD
MD—Sackler School of Medicine – New York
PGY1—Maimonides Medical Center
Ophthalmology Residency—Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY
Siamak Shokrollahi, MD
MD—Islamic Azad University Tehran Medical Branch
Ophthalmology Residency—Iran University of Medical Sciences
Medical Retina Fellowship—Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center
OCULOPLASTIC and
RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
Kevin Heinze, MD
MD—University of Michigan Medical School
PGY1—St Mary Mercy Livonia Hospital
Ophthalmology Residency—Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY
Osama Al Deyabat, MD
Medical School—Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine
PGY1—King Abdullah University Hospital
Ophthalmology Residency—Jordan University of Science and Technology
RETINA, 1st Year
Hesham Gabr, MD
MBBS/Ophthalmology—Ain Shams University
Ophthalmology Residency—Duke University, Duke Eye Center
RETINA, 2nd Year
Daniel Wang, MD
MD—University of Illinois at Chicago
PGY1—MacNeal Memorial Hospital
Ophthalmology Residency—New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
RETINA—2nd Year
Alexis Warren, MD
MD—University of Kansas
PGY1—University of Iowa
Ophthalmology Residency—University of Iowa
UNIVERSITY RETINA, 2nd Year
George Skopis, MD
MD—FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Internship—Mount Sinai Medical Center Miami Beach
Ophthalmology Residency—Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center
UVEITIS
Madeleine Yehia, MD