Resident Alumni
The medical education you receive as an ophthalmology resident at the Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary will assist you throughout your career. We make sure our residents are among the best-prepared candidates for fellowship or job interviews.
Below, you will find the fellowship placement or first practice of our recent graduates.
Class of 2023
Katherine Chen, MD, MS
University of California, Irvine, Cornea Fellowship
Charles Frank, MD
University of Michigan, Comprehensive Ophthalmology Faculty
Katherine Lucarelli, MD
University of California, Los Angeles, Oculoplastics Fellowship
Mathew Margolis, MD
Stanford University, Cornea Fellowship
Mohammad Sabbagh, MD
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Vitreoretinal Fellowship
Sudarshan Srivatsan, MD
Moran Eye Center, Oculoplastics Fellowship
Class of 2022
Andrea Arteaga, MD
UIC, Anterior Segment Fellowship
Ricky Cui, MD
Duke Eye Center, Glaucoma Fellowship
Shawn Gulati, MD, MPH
Moran Eye Center, Glaucoma Fellowship
Kevin Heinze, MD
UIC, Oculoplastics Fellowship
Katherine Joltikov, MD
UIC, Assistant Chief of Service (General Eye Clinic) and Global Ophthalmology Fellowship
Aaron Kaufman, MD
Mass Eye and Ear, Cornea Fellowship (2 years)
Class of 2021
Sam Burke, MD
Shiley Eye Institute, UCSD, Cornea Fellowship
Lawrence Geyman, MD
Wilmer Eye Institute, Glaucoma Fellowship
Rajvi Mehta, MD
Duke Eye Center, Glaucoma Fellowship
Nita Valikodath, MD
Duke Eye Center, Retina Fellowship
Ivy Zhu, MD
Northwestern University, Retina Fellowship
Emily Cole, MD, MPH
UIC, Assistant Chief of Service (General Eye Clinic) and Global Ophthalmology Fellowship
Class of 2020
Levi Kanu, MD
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Cornea Fellowship
Priyanka Chhadva, MD
University of California Irvine, Cornea Fellowship
Talisa de Carlo, MD
University of Colorado, Retina Fellowship
Judy Chen, MD
UCLA Medical Center, Uveitis Fellowship
Daniel Oh, MD
Columbia University, Retina Fellowship
Kelley Bohm, MD
Wilmer Eye Institute, Cornea Fellowship
Class of 2019
Grace Dunbar, MD
University of Michigan, Cornea Fellowship
Omar Hassan, MD
Northwestern University, Retina Fellowship
Lindsay Machen, MD
Wills Eye Institute, Glaucoma Fellowship
Wyatt Messenger, MD
University of Washington, Cornea Fellowship
Taylor Starnes, MD, PhD
Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary, Cornea Fellowship
Alisa Thavikulwat, MD
National Eye Institute, Retina Fellowship
Class of 2018
Julie Goldman, MD
Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary, Cornea Fellowship
Shilpa Gulati, MD
Tufts New England Eye Center, Retina Fellowship
Alexander Pleet, MD
Northwestern University, Glaucoma Fellowship
Robert Hyde, MD, PhD
Kellogg Eye Center, Retina Fellowship
Bailey Shen, MD
Mayo Clinic, Retina Fellowship
Dan Yoon, MD
University of Massachusetts Worcester
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