Course Directors
Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD
J. Donald M. Gass Chair in Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Steven J. Gedde, MD
John G. Clarkson Chair in Ophthalmology
Vice Chair of Education
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
(Resident, Fellow 1996)
Moderators
Eduardo C. Alfonso, MD
Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology
Kathleen and Stanley J. Glaser Chair in Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
(Resident 1984)
Zubair Ansari, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
(Resident 2018)
Maura Di Nicola, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Anh H. Pham, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
(Fellow 2022)
Brian C. Tse, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Basil Williams, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
(Resident, Chief Resident and Fellow 2017)
Angela Zhu, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
(Fellow 2020)
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Speakers
First Year Residents
Benjamin Meyer, MD
Brandon Pham, MD
Second Year Residents
Flavius A. Beca, MD
Viet Chau, MD
Naomi E. Gutkind, MD
Lauren C. Kiryakoza, MD
Landon J. Rohowetz, MD
Jonathan Tijerina, MD, MA
Ramsey Yusuf, MD
Third Year Residents
Jason C. Fan, MD, PhD
Caroline L. Lieux, MD
Benjamin R. Lin, MD
Marissa K. Shoji, MD
Shanlee M. Stevens, MD
Michael J. Venincasa, MD
Lily Zhang, MD
Fellows
Mariana Abi Karam, MD
Omar Abu Su'ud, MD
Alaa Al-Dabbagh, MD
Bashaer Aldhahwani, MBBS, MD
Esdras A. Arrieta Quintero, MD
Yamini Attiku, MBBS, MD
Michelle S. Attzs, MBBS, MD
Louis Cai, MD
Stephanie P. Chen, MD
Kevin D. Clauss, MD
Karina Esquenazi, MD
Amir Faramarzi, MD
Maria Paula Fernandez, MD
Julia L. Hudson, MD
Benyam Kinde, MD, PhD
Anne L. Kunkler, MD
Alcina Lidder, MD
Carolina Mercado, MD
Erick M. Rivera-Grana, MD
Humberto Salazar III, MD
Ibrahim Sayed-Ahmed, MD, MS
Sara Schultis, MD
Christopher W. Seery, MD
Jesse D. Sengillo, MD
Anna Sporysheva, MD
Patrick Staropoli, MD
Soraiya Thura, MD
Margaret Wang, MD
Menachem Weiss, MD
Crystal L. Zhang, MD
Yujia Zhou, MD, MS