Leadership and Faculty

The ophthalmology residency program is led by a team of seasoned educators and practitioners from various specialties within ophthalmology, all committed to upholding the highest academic and clinical standards.

Leadership

Kelly A. Hutcheson, M.D.
Chair
Professor of Ophthalmology

 

Faculty

Core

Ferhina Ali, M.D., M.P.H.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Abha Amin, M.D.
Director, Medical Student Clerkship
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

John Aljian, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

John G. Bortz, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Daniel Elefant, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Sajeev Kathuria, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Robert G. Josephberg, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Sankara Mahesh, M.D., FRCS (G)
Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Pearl S. Rosenbaum, M.D.
Residency Associate Program Director
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

Max Schlesinger, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Opthalmology

Thaddeus L. Wandel, M.D.
Director of Wellness
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Raymond F. Wong, M.D.
Site Director, NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

Gerald Zaidman, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

Emily Zimmerman, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Comprehensive Ophthalmology

Joseph P. Castellano, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Natalia Rodriguez Goldman, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Heather C. McKee, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Meredith Brooke Prevor-Weiss, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Steven B. Zabin, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Kelly A. Hutcheson, M.D., M.B.A.
Professor of Ophthalmology

Scott I. Afran, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Cornea

Abha Amin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Mary E. Davidian, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Howard Strong Kornstein, M.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Mark Lister, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Sankara Mahesh, M.D., FRCS (G)
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Gerald Zaidman, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

Glaucoma

Abha Amin, M.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Seth David Potash, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Thaddeus L. Wandel, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Retina

Robert G. Josephberg, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Raymond F. Wong, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

Oculoplastics

John G. Bortz, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Contact Lens/ Low Vision

Naomi Ruth Knoller, O.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Research

Sansar C. Sharma, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy
Professor of Neurology

Adjunct Faculty

Nicolas Gabriel Biro, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Kenneth R. Cohen, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Cono M. Grasso, M.D.
Associate Professor of Cl Ophthalmology

Dan Hirsch-Kauffmann Jokl, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology

Nisha Krishan-Dave, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

Christopher Kruger, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Jonathan N. Kruh, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

David M. Krumholz, O.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Robert A. Latkany, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Biagio V. Mignone, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

William F. O'Connell, O.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Henry C. Oksman, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Swati J. Parekh, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Adrian Podoleanu, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor of Ophthalmology

Nhora Restrepo
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Diane Prayongratana Romsaitong, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Panus Romsaitong, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Albert C. Rosen, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Dawn Payne Rush, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Fiorella Saponara, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Zahar Sbeity, M.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Farid Shafik, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Ivy L. Shen, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Mitsugu Shimmyo, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Julia P. Shulman, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

Mitchell Brian Stein, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Kelly H. Thomann, O.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Laurence R. Weissman, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Alan C. Weseley, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology

Xiaoliang Leon Xu, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology