Donor Honor Roll
The Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences gratefully acknowledges the following donors who have given from July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2023.*
Donors to the 2023 IllinoisEye Ball Auction
Chicago Athletic Clubs
Chicago Bulls
Chicago White Sox
City Winery
Cooper’s Hawk
Dyson
Float Sixty
Gorjana Jewelry
Harborside Golf
Insomnia Cookies
Mark Janowicz Photography
Mt. Hawley Country Club
Oak Park Festival
Revolution Brewing
Rodan + Fields
Sean McDevitt Artist
The Barrel Run
Shawna and Assaad Zard at Asiri Blooms
FY 2021-23 Honor Roll of Donors
Dr. Javaneh Abbasian
Mr. Michael Abendroth
Ms. Kelly Adams
Dr. Charles S. Ahn
Ms. Sruti Akella
Alcon
Mr. Benny Alexander
Mr. Benson Alexander
Arfaa Ali
Mr. Zayed A. Almadidy
Dr. Daniel C. Alter and Mrs. Laura M. Alter
Mr. Daniel Alter
Ms. Martha Y. Alvarez
American Endowment Foundation
American Society for Investigative Pathology
Ms. Taru S. Amin and Mr. Sudhir J. Amin
Arch W Shaw Foundation
Dr. Ahmad A. Aref and Mrs. Noha El-Sharkawy
Arlington Eye Physicians
Art Optical Contact Lens
Mrs. Nicole Asher
Dr. Alan J. Axelrod and Mrs. Jennifer K. Axelrod
Dr. Dimitri T. Azar and Dr. Nathalie Azar
Mr. Suresh P. Babu and Mrs. Rosy S. Babu
Ms. May R. Bakir
Dr. Genie Bang and Mr. Derek A. Denero
Barbara Epstein Foundation
Dr. Robert A. Barish and Mrs. Jenny A. Barish
Dr. Robert J. Barnes and Dr. Sophia Sarkos
Mr. Keith Barth
Dr. Mark A. Baskin
Mr. Denrick Bayot
Mrs. Alaina Becker
Dr. Anna K. Beckmann
Mr. Ernie Belencion
Mrs. Lizanell Benitez and Mr. Luis D. Benitez
Ms. Joan C. Bergman
Ms. Eileen Berkowitz
Dr. Adrienne J. Berman
Mr. Anthony Besse
Ms. Elizabeth P. Beveridge
Dr. Pooja V. Bhat
Ms. Ellen Bjerregaard
Dr. Norman P. Blair and Mrs. Joy E. Blair
BMO Donor Advised Fund Program
Mr. Craig T. Boggs and Mrs. Jennifer Boggs
Ms. Tatiana Jade Bonete Ho
Ms. Annepeth S. Bonete
Ms. Hannah L. Bonete
Ms. Leia Bordeau
Braude Foundation
Ms. Solna A. Braude
Mr. David Braune and Mrs. Laima Braune
Bries Medical Foundation
Ms. Suzanne C. Burgess and Mr. Harlan H. Burgess
Mr. Peter T. Burgi and Ms. Mary Hutton
Dr. Sharon S. Burke
Ms. Eleonora Burlacu
Ms. Kelly L. Burns
Dr. Dingcai Cao
Ms. Xinyu Cao
Ms. Whitney Castro
Dr. R.V. Paul Chan and Dr. Ann-Marie Lobo-Chan
Mr. Enoch Chan
Dr. Lawrence I. Chapman and Mrs. Patricia Chapman
Dr. Fady T. Charbel and Mrs. B. Alexandra Charbel
Ms. Margaret A. Chervinko
Chicago Biomedical Consortium Northwestern University
Chicago Lighthouse
Mr. Ronald P. Chucan and Mrs. Kathryn H. Chucan
Yessica Cirilo
City of Palos Heights
Ms. Britton Claramunt
Cless Family Foundation
Ms. Ruth I. Cless and Mr. Gerhard Cless
Mrs. Lorraine Coffinet-Smith
Ms. Barbara L. Cohen and Dr. David M. Cohen
Mrs. Karin A. Cohn and Mr. Marlon H. Cohn
Mr. Charles Cole
Dr. Anne L. Coleman
Mrs. Laurie M. Conavay and Mr. J. A. Conavay
Mrs. Patricia R. Conway and Mr. Thomas P. Conway
Dr. Maria S. Cortina and Mr. Agustin Lopez-Scala
Mr. James P. Crowley
Crown Family Philanthropies
Arie and Ida Crown Memorial
Ms. Jennifer Cruz
Mr. J. Richard Cummings and Mrs. Maryann K. Miskiewicz
Dr. Kimberlee M. Curnyn
Ms. Penny Dacanay
Daniel Kiernan
Mrs. Ruby David
Mr. Cory R. Deburghgraeve
Ms. Megan DeLeon
Dr. Manishi Desai
Mr. John Dizon
Dr. Ali R. Djalilian and Mrs. Maryam Golshani
Mr. Michael W. Douglas and Mrs. Mary E. Douglas
Mr. John Eding and Mrs. Carol H. Eding
Edwin F Schild Foundation
Mr. Geoffrey N. Eisenmann
Dr. Naomi L. Ellenhorn and Mr. Adrian H. Davis
Elman Retina Group
Ms. Annette Escamilla
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Escollada
Ms. Justine Escritor
Ms. Isabel M. Estrada
Eversight
Ms. Hedy Ewaskov
Mr. Robert A. Falato and Mrs. Lora J. Falato
Mr. Lawrence H. Fee and Mrs. Christine Fee
Dr. Richard M. Feist and Mrs. Lori Feist
Ms. Jaclyn Ferguson
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Dr. Anthony G. Finder and Mrs. M. A. Finder
Ms. Trish Fisher
Dr. Gerald A. Fishman and Mrs. Marlene Fishman
Dr. Ronald S. Fishman and Dr. Marilyn T. Miller
The Honorable James P. Flannery
Dr. Michael T. Flavin and Mrs. Karen Flavin
Ms. Miriam E. Folk and Dr. Eugene R. Folk
Mr. Darnell Fortney
Dr. Jill A. Foster and Mr. Lance K. Hofer
Mr. Dan Fowler and Mrs. Linda Fowler
Ms. Mary Jo Franklin
Dr. David J. Fuerst and Mrs. Marie M. Perrelli-Fuerst
Ms. Umbertina Gallo
Dr. Joseph B. Garber and Mrs. Leslie A. Garber
Ms. Dawn Geeding
Gifford Lions Club
Mr. Ethan Gillman
Mr. Luiza Gjoka
Ms. Bianka Gjoka
Mr. Christopher T. Glenn
Dr. Morton F. Goldberg and Mrs. Myrna Goldberg
Dr. Juliet S. Goldsher
Dr. Debra A. Goldstein and Dr. David P. Cohen
Mrs. Paulette Goodman and Mr. Nathaniel W. Goodman
Dr. Robert E. Gorsich
Ms. Renee H. Grais and Dr. Ira M. Grais
Dr. James L. Green
Ms. Diane Green
Dr. Marc F. Greenberg and Mrs. Susan H. Glatt
Mr. Gary C. Griffith and Mrs. Kathleen A. Griffith
Mrs. Kathy J. Griswold and Mr. Thomas E. Griswold
Ms. Mary D. Griswold
Mrs. Galyna Gryniv
Mr. Daryl Guarizo
Mrs. Margaret F. Guastella and Dr. Frank R. Guastella
Ms. Edlira Guzi and Mr. Phil Seroczynski
Mr. Denis C. Harrington
Ms. Nancy L. Hartman
Mrs. Dawn Heard
Dr. David S. Hillman
Dr. Quan V. Hoang and Mrs. Jessica Pan
Mr. Edward Hodges and Mrs. Kristi Hodges
Ms. Mary Ann Hoey
Genentech
Ms. Martha J. Holland
Ms. Rhoda E. Holland
Ms. Diana Holom
Dr. Paul I. Homer and Mrs. Cindy J. Homer
Ms. Karen Hu
Ms. Therese M. Huske
Dr. Robert A. Hyde
Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness
Ingevity
Mr. David Iruegas
Dr. G. Stephen Irwin and Mrs. Kathleen M. Irwin
Dr. Sherwin J. Isenberg and Mrs. Rina N. Isenberg
Ms. Linda J. Jack
Mrs. Carole E. Jackson and Mr. Michael G. Guerrieri
Dr. Sandeep Jain
Mr. Fernado Jao
Dr. Barbara G. Jericho
Dr. Brooke Johnson
Mr. Scott Jones
Prof. Charlotte E. Joslin
Mr. Simon Kaja
Ms. Vansa Kamar
Ms. Leni Kantor
Dr. Rashmi Kapur
Mr. Paul Katz
Dr. Lawrence M. Kaufman and Mrs. Ana Kaufman
Mr. Steven E. Kellar and Mrs. Toni J. Kellar
Ms. Stacye Kellermann
Dr. Amy L. Kenter and Dr. Michael J. Shapiro
Ms. Rachael Kersey
Dr. Daniel F. Kiernan and Mrs. Kristi Carpenter
Kimberly Clark Matching Gift Program
Dr. Spero J. Kinnas and Mrs. Anastasia Kinnas
Ms. Kathleen Kirkpatrick
Mrs. Kathleen M. Kirn and Mr. David A. Levinson
Dr. Peter Kirstein
Ms. Arlene M. Knapp
Ms. Margot Knight
Mr. Lawrence J. Konn and Mrs. Patricia A. Konn
Dr. Mark Krakauer and Mrs. Elaina Krakauer
Dr. Sabine Kreilinger
Dr. Vibhash Kumar and Mrs. Sapna Tibrewal
Mrs. Nancy J. Kurz and Mr. Steffen Kurz
Mrs. Cindy W. Lau and Mr. Paul C. Lau
Lawrence M Kaufman MD PHD SC
M. Hung Wai Lee
Mrs. Hyun Lee and Mr. Kyuyeon Han
Ms. Catherine C. Lee
Ms. Jenna Lee
Mr. John W. Leen and Mrs. Georgiana Leen
Dr. Yannek I. Leiderman
Dr. Erika Levin
Dr. Janet M. Lim
Dr. Jennifer I. Lim and Mr. John Miao
Mr. Richard G. Lim and Mrs. Cliona D. Lim
Ms. Antonia Lin
Mr. Allan J. Lindrup and Ms. A. A. Holcomb
Lions of Illinois Foundation
Mrs. Patricia M. Livingston
Ms. Kyla Lombardo
Mr. Alberto A. Lopez-Scala
Mr. Gustavo M. Lopez
Ms. Gina S. Lopez
Ms. Valerie Lungu
Mrs. Barbara A. Macek and Mr. Raymond Macek
Dr. Peter W. Macintosh
Dr. Varun K. Malhotra
Ms. Kathleen B. Mammoser
Mrs. Mirasol B. Manalaysay
Ms. Lindsay Manzo
Ms. Laura J. Martelli and Mr. Nevo L. Martelli
Mr. Jorge A. Martinez Romo
Ms. Vicki J. Mayfield
Ms. Helorna N. McFall
Dr. Timothy McMahon and Mrs. Kay McMahon
Mr. Sunny Mehra
Ms. Lidiya Melnikov
Mrs. Katherine A. Mendelblatt and Dr. Frank I. Mendelblatt
Mrs. Peggy Michel
Midwest Retina Consultants
Mr. Dennis Mielnikowski
Ms. Alice J. Miller and Mr. C. H. Miller
Dr. Rukhsana Mirza
Mrs. Linda E. Mlinarcik
Dr. Mehmet C. Mocan
Mr. James Monaco and Mrs. Sophia Peng
Dr. Dorothy M. Moore and Mr. Garry J. Cap
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust
Dr. David D. Morimoto and Mrs. Celeste Kaliski
Dr. John J. Moy and Mrs. Donna T. Moy
Ms. Johanna Munar
Ms. Joanna Muresan
Ms. Tina Nagata
Ms. Georgiana Nanu
Ms. Monica Ninker
Mrs. Cathy G. O’Kelly and Mr. Paul B. O’Kelly
Ocugen
Mr. John Oliver
Mr. Casey Ollry
Ms. Samantha M. Ollry
Mr. Anthony J. Onesto and Mrs. Leslie K. Onesto
Mrs. Lacrimioara A. Oros and Mr. Marius Oros
Ms. Manuela Oros
Ms. Lisa Ortega
Palmyra Lions Club
Mr. Steve N. Pangere and Mrs. Georgiann Pangere
Panton Eye Center
Dr. Peter J. Panton and Mrs. Estelle C. Panton
Dr. Robert W. Panton and Mrs. Marika M. Panton
Ms. Elizabeth A. Parker
Dr. Pravin-Kumar Patel and Mrs. Mojgan Patel
Dr. Ashok R. Penmatcha and Mrs. Sunita K. Penmatcha
Philip and Myn Rootberg Foundation
Dr. Bryan J. Phillips and Dr. Dawn R. Phillips
Mrs. Jennifer Plakut
Mr. Michael S. Pope and Mrs. Sally L. Pope
Prevent Blindness America
Dr. Allen Putterman and Mrs. Lynett Putterman
Dr. Richard Quinones and Mrs. Jill Kosmin
Ms. Evelyn Ramirez
Vidhya Rao
Mrs. Susan L. Rasch and Mr. Andrew P. Rasch
Cretia Rasul
Lynn Rau
Mr. James T. Reid and Mrs. Karen C. Reid
Mrs. Badonna Reingold
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Research to Prevent Blindness
Retina Research Foundation
Mr. Ronald R. Ritchhart
Ms. Annie Robinson
Ms. Tanina Rodriguez
Ms. Yanet Rodriguez
Ms. Ruth Rootberg
Mr. Charles I. Rosenberg and Mrs. Renee A. Rosenberg
Dr. Mark I. Rosenblatt and Mrs. Jean Tsai
Mrs. Lisa K. Ross and Dr. William G. Myers
Ms. Haley Ross and Ms. Megan DeLeon
Dr. Ari B. Rubenfeld and Mrs. Kimberly Miller-Rubenfeld
Ms. Lesley B. Rubin
Ms. Sheila Ware Rudolph
Dr. Ahmar Sajjad
Mrs. Brittney B. Saks and Dr. Noel D. Saks
Mrs. Jessica Salgado
Bedsaida Santiago
Ms. Theresa Sauvageau
Dr. Angelica C. Scanzera and Mr. Evan Scanzera
Dr. Miriam T. Schteingart and Dr. Miles P. Light
Mr. Richard L. Schultz and Mrs. Judith L. Schultz
Schwab Charitable Fund
SCP Eye Care Services
Selagine
Dr. Pete Setabutr
Jordan Shavit
Mr. William W. Shaw
Mrs. Ilene Shaw and Mr. Michael S. Shaw
Mr. James Sheehy and Mrs. Patricia A. Sheehy
Dr. Joanne F. Shen and Dr. Robert Ortega-Hamilton
Dr. Deepak Shukla and Mrs. Arunima Shukla
Mr. Naved Siddique
Ms. Elizabeth B. Skinner
Dr. David A. Snyder
Dr. Stuart P. Sondheimer and Mrs. Bonnie Lucas
Mr. Stephen Sotoloff
Mrs. Catherine E. Speer
Mrs. Katie I. Sperl and Mr. Robert M. Sperl
Ms. Barbara S. Spielman
Dr. Taylor W. Starnes
Bogdan Stetco
Dr. Marcie L. Stoshak-Chavez and Mr. Milton Chavez
Dr. Arnold M. Strimling and Mrs. Karol J. Strimling
Mr. David A. Stumpf
Dr. Joel Sugar and Mrs. Anita S. Gerber
Mr. Daniel S. Sugar
Mrs. Mary Sullivan and Mr. Mark Sullivan
Dr. Karen D. Sumers and Mr. Jeffry Finkel
SynergEyes
Mr. Stephen Talty
Anjali Tannan
Dr. Howard H. Tessler and Mrs. Tena Tessler
Dr. John B. Thompson and Mrs. Rita J. Thompson
Mr. Matthew Thompson
Mrs. Sarah B. Thompson and Mr. Alan J. Thompson
Mr. Matthew J. Thompson and Mrs. Stacy Thompson
Mrs. Laurel A. Thorley and Mr. Dennis Thorley
Dr. David P. Tojo and Mrs. Catherine M. Russe
Van Ann Q. Tran
Ms. Jessica Trojahn
Ms. Linda Trout
Dr. Samuel J. Vainisi and Dr. Gretchen M. Vainisi
Dr. Mark Vajaranant and Dr. Thasarat S. Vajaranant
Mrs. Tamara J. Van Drunen and Mr. Ross G. Van Drunen
Mr. Jack F. Vanoverloop
Miss Anne M. Vekich
Ms. Denise Villasenor-Jord
Cary L. Villasenor
VitreoRetinal Surgery Foundation
Mr. Sanjay Wadhwa and Mrs. Namrata Wadhwa
Mr. Jonathon Wanta
Mrs. Kay A. Weller and Mr. Robert L. Weller
Mr. Stuart M. Widman
Dr. Jacob T. Wilensky and Mrs. Rochelle Wilensky
Mr. Basil Williams
Mrs. Nancy C. Williamson and Mr. Steven Byers
Ms. Marilyn Wroblewski
Dr. George J. Wyhinny and Dr. Patricia P. Wyhinny
Dr. Beatrice Y. Yue and Dr. Vincent T. Yue
Ms. Nicole Zangler
Dr. Mary Ann Zervakis Brent
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