Mark S. Blumenkranz, MD

H. J. Smead Professor Emeritus
Fellowship: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami
Residency: Stanford University
Internship: General Surgery, Stanford University
Medical School: Brown University
Undergraduate: Brown University

Research Interests:
• Ophthalmic innovation

Natalia Callaway, MD, MS

Clinical Assistant Professor
Fellowship: Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University
Residency: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami
Internship: AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center Chicag
Medical School: Stanford University
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University

Diana Do, MD

Professor
Fellowship: Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Residency: Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Internship: Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical School: University of California San Francisco
Undergraduate: University of California Berkley

Research Interests:
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Ocular inflammatory diseases
• Age-related macular degeneration 

Theodore Leng, MD, FACS

Associate Professor
Fellowship: Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University
Residency: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami
Internship: Internal Medicine, Huntington Memorial Hospital
Medical School: Stanford University
Undergraduate: Stanford University

Research Opportunities:
• Translational clinical trials
• MicroRNA analysis of ocular disease
• Automated algorithims for image analysis

Loh-Shan B. Leung, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Fellowship: Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University
Residency: Columbia University
Internship: St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University

Research Opportunities:
• Inherited retinal dystrophies
• Gene therapy

Chase Ludwig, MD, MS

Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology
Fellowship: Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard University
Residency: Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University
Internship: California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
Medical School: Stanford University
Undergraduate: Duke University

Research Opportunities:
• High and pathologic myopia and their sequelae 
• Complex vitreoretinal surgery techniques
• Teleophthalmology and artificial intelligence
• Ophthalmic Innovation

Vinit B. Mahajan, MD, PhD

Professor
Fellowship: University of Iowa
Residency: Jules Stein/Doheny Eye Institutes, University of California Los Angeles
Internship: Transitional Year, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Medical & Graduate School: University of California Irvine
Undergraduate: University of California Berkley

Research Opportunities:
• Proteomic analysis of vitreoretinal diseases
• Inherited retinal dystrophies/gene therapy
• Vitreoretinal surgical techniques

Darius M. Moshfeghi, MD

Professor
Fellowship: Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Residency: Tulane University
Internship: Transitional Year, Tulane University
Medical School: Tulane University
Undergraduate: Tulane University

Research Opportunities:
• Pediatric retinal diseases
• Telemedicine

Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, MHS   

Professor
Fellowships: Vitreoretinal Surgery, Duke University
Ocular Oncology, Moorfields Eye Hospital
Residency: Duke University
Internship: University of Rochester
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Graduate School: Albany Medical College
Undergraduate: Renselaer Polytechnic Institute

Research Opportunities:
• Multicenter studies correlating uveal melanoma genetics with survival outcome
• Altering radiation dosing to prevent radiation retinopathy
• Imaging markers to enhance ocular tumor detection
• Outcomes of complex vitreoretinal sugical maneuvers

Ramsudha Narala, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Fellowship: Vitreoretinal Surgery, University of Southern California Roski Eye Institute and Ocular Oncology, Byers Eye Institute at Stanford
Residency: Kresge Eye Institute, Detroit, MI
Internship: Internal Medicine, Loyola University
Medical School: St. Louis University
Undergraduate: St. Louis University

Quan Dong Nguyen, MD, MSc, FAAO  

Professor
Fellowship: Vitreoretinal surgery & Uveitis, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
Residency: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
Internship: Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate: Yale University

Research Opportunities:
• Ocular inflamatory diseases
• Retinal imaging techniques

Carolyn K. Pan, MD

Clinical Associate Professor
Fellowship: Jules Stein/Doheny Eye Institutes, University of California Los Angeles
Residency: University of Colorado
Medical School: Wayne State University
Undergraduate: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Opportunities:
• Smartphone funduscopy
• Telemedicine
• Medical and surgical managment of diabetic retinopathy

Ehsan Rahimy, MD

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
Fellowship: Wills Eye Hospital
Residency: Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Internship: St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Undergraduate: University of Michigan 

Research Interests:
• Machine learning/AI in ophthalmology
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Ophthalmic drug delivery
• Vitreoretinal surgical techniques

Steven R. Sanislo, MD

Clinical Professor
Fellowship: Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Residency: Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University
Internship: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Medical School: University of Michigan

Research Opportunities:
• Complex vitreoretinal surgery techniques
• Intraocular lens-related complications
• Diabetic retinopathy

Ruwan A. Silva, M.D., M. Phil

Clinical Assistant Professor
Fellowship: Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University
Residency: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami
Internship: University of California Irvine
Medical School: Stanford University
Graduate School: Cambridge University (UK)
Undergraduate: Harvard University

Research Opportunities:

• Retinal bioprosthesis
• Neuron-glia interaction
• Vitreoretinal surgical techniques

Stephen J. Smith, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Fellowship:  Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University
Residency: Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan
Internship: Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons/Bassett Medical Center
Medical School: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Undergraduate: Grove City College

Research Opportunities:
• Ophthalmic Innovation
• Intravitreal Chemotherapy for Retinoblastoma
• Ophthalmic Drug Delivery
• Translational Clinical Trials
• Ophthalmic Gene Therapy

Atma Vemulakonda, MD

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
Fellowship: Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
Residency: Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes Hospital / Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, St. Louis, MO
Internship: St. Johns Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Undergraduate: Washington University In St. Louis

Research Interests:
• Evidenced based Clinical Practice Recommendations
• Patient Education
• Management of Diabetic Retinal disease