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2024 Graduates

Elahhe Afkhamnejad, MD

Internship: UTMB - Internal Medicine
Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Undergraduate Education: Occidental College
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Fellowship: Associated Retina Consultants, Retina

Akshaya Gupta, MD

Internship: UTMB - Internal Medicine
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine
Undergraduate Education: University of Minnesota
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fellowship: Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornea

Lena Hummel, MD

Internship: UTMB - Internal Medicine
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
Undergraduate Education: University of Alaska Anchorage & Cornell University
Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska
Fellowship: Private Practice, Alaska Lasik and Cataract Center

Rhys Ishihara, MD

Internship: UTMB - Internal Medicine
Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
Undergraduate Education: Creighton University
Hometown: Waipahu, Hawaii
Fellowship: Baylor Cullen Eye Institute, Glaucoma

2023 Graduates

Alexis Pascoe, MD

Fellowship - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Glaucoma
Internship - University of Texas Medical Branch Internal Medicine
Medical school - UT Health McGovern Medical School
Undergraduate - University of Oklahoma
Hometown - Edmond, OK

Ardalan Sharifi, MD

Fellowship - Johns Hopkins, Wilmer Eye Institute – Cornea
Internship - University of Texas Medical Branch Internal Medicine
Medical school - University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine
Undergraduate - University of Texas at Dallas
Hometown - Frisco, TX

David Szynkarski, MD

Fellowship - Parkhurst NuVision- Refractive Surgery
Internship - Baylor College of Medicine
Medical School - Texas A&M, Bryan, Texas
Undergraduate - Texas A&M University, Dwight Look College of Engineering
Hometown - Houston, Texas

Matthew Yang, MD

Private Practice - Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Chief Resident - 2022-2023
Internship - University of Texas Medical Branch Internal Medicine
Medical School - University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine
Undergraduate - University of Texas at Dallas
Hometown - Houston, Texas

2022 Graduates

Karima Khimani, MD

Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Cornea and Refractive Surgery
Chief Resident: 2021-2022
Internship: Baylor College of Medicine
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Undergraduate Education: University of Texas Austin
Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan

Anam Azimuddin Mazharuddin, MD

Practice:Houston Eye Associates, Houston, Texas
Internship: Baylor University Medical Center
Medical School: University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio
Undergraduate Education: Rice University
Hometown: West Bromwich, United Kingdom

Beena Shah, MD

Fellowship: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Glaucoma
Internship: University of Texas Medical Branch
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Undergraduate Education: Baylor University
Hometown: Houston, Texas

Zhenyang “James” Zhao, MD

Fellowship: University of Michigan (Kellogg Eye Institute), Oculoplastics
Internship: Piedmont Athens Regional
Medical School: Fudan University Shanghai Medical School
Hometown: Shanghai, China

2021 Graduates

Jed Assam, MD

Fellowship: Vitreoretinal Surgery - UT San Antonio
Chief Resident: 2020-2021
Internship: UTMB - Internal Medicine
Medical School: Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota
Undergraduate Education: Bethel University
Hometown: Vermillion, SD

Eric Niespodzany, MD

Fellowship - Anterior Segment Fellowship, Pacific Clear Vision Foundation, Eugene, Oregon
Internship: University Hospital/University of Cincinnati College of Medicine - Internal Medicine
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Undergraduate Education: University of Wisconsin
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

Giovanni Taibbi, MD

Refractive Surgery Fellowship - Correct Vision Laser Institute; Fort Lauderdale, FLInternship: UTMB - Internal Medicine
Medical School: Università degli Studi di Milano Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia
Undergraduate Education: Universita degli Studi di Milano
Hometown: Milan, Italy

Elizabeth Urias, MD

Fellowship: Cornea & Refractive Surgery, UT Southwestern -Dallas
Internship: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago – Internal Medicine
Medical School: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Undergraduate Education: New Mexico State University
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM

2020 Graduates

Bennett Hong, MD

Fellowship: Glaucoma Fellowship at Oregon Health Sciences University/Casey Eye Institute
Internship: Mather Hospital – Transitional Year, Port Jefferson, NY
Medical School: SUNY, Stonybrook University, Stonybrook, NY
Undergraduate Education: Columbia University, New York, NY
Hometown: Queens, NY

Lance Lyons, MD

Fellowship: Glaucoma Fellowship at Mayo Clinic
Internship: University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School – Transitional Year
Medical School: SUNY, Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY
Undergraduate Education: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

Hamza Pasha, MD

Fellowship: Cornea Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh
Chief Resident: 2019-2020
Internship: Henry Ford Hospital – Transitional Year, Detroit, MI
Medical School: University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Undergraduate Education: University of Colorado at Boulder
Hometown: Westminster, CO

Andrew Wallmann, MD

Private Practice at Southwestern Eye Institute in Arizona
Internship: Maricopa Medical Center – Preliminary Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
Undergraduate Education: Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Hometown: St. George, UT

2019 Graduates

Jeffrey Mattingly, MD

Fellowship: Glaucoma, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Health Center
Internship: John Peter Smith Hospital– Transitional Year, Fort Worth, TX
Medical School: University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Undergraduate Education: University of Texas at Dallas
Hometown: Midlothian, TX

Austin Nakatsuka, MD

Fellowship: Cornea and Refractive Surgery, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah
Internship: University of Hawaii – Transitional Year, Honolulu, HI
Medical School: University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI
Undergraduate Education: University of California Los Angeles
Hometown: Honolulu, HI

Hossein Nazari, MD

Fellowship: Surgical Retina, University of Minnesota
Internship: University of Texas Medical Branch – Preliminary Medicine, Galveston, TX
Retina Fellowship: Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Residency: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Medical School/Undergraduate Education: Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
Hometown: Tabriz, Iran

Malkit (Mona) Singh, MPA, MD

Fellowship: Surgical Retina, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Boston MA
Internship: University of Utah –General Surgery,
Salt Lake City, UT
Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
Master of Public Administration: Harvard Kennedy School,
Cambridge, MA
Undergraduate Education: George Mason University,
Fairfax, VA
Hometown: Dumfries, VA

2018 Graduates

Alec Amram, MD

Current Practice: Meadows Retina Group, Las Vegas NV
Fellowship: Vitreoretinal Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Internship: Christiana Care – Transitional Year, Wilmington, DE
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Undergraduate Education: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
Hometown: Portland, OR

Ilyse Kornblau, MD

Current Practice: University of Tennessee / Memphis VAMC
Fellowship: Medical Retina, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL
Internship: Baylor University - Preliminary Medicine, Houston, TX
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Undergraduate Education: Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Hometown: Houston, TX

John Ling, MD

Current Practice: SoCal Eye Associates, Long Beach CA
Fellowship: Glaucoma, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
Internship: University of California, Irvine Health System, Irvine, CA
Medical School: University of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
Undergraduate Education: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Hometown: Clinton, IN

Harris Sultan, MS, MD

Current Practice: New Jersey Retina, in northern NJ
Fellowship: Surgical Retina, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Internship: Washington Hospital Center / Georgetown University Hospital – Preliminary Medicine, Washington, DC
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT
Master of Science: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Undergraduate Education: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Hometown: East Lyme, CT

Past Matched Fellowships