UW Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Alumni Directory

Alumni from the UW-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences are carrying our mission to save sight around the globe through their research, teaching and passionate patient care. Our residents, fellows, researchers and volunteers embody The Wisconsin Idea and we celebrate their many accomplishments here and in their careers.

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Timothy Daley, MD

Cat N. Burkat, MD, FACS

Professor

Justin L. Gottlieb, MD

Professor, Retina Service Chief

Heidi Jarecki, MD

Alon Kahana, MD, PhD

Ashley Lundin, MD

Alexander Ringeisen, MD

Former Resident

Bennett S Romanoff, MD

Burton J. Kushner, MD

Professor Emeritus

Our Alumni

Aazy Aaby

Daniel J. Acheson, PhD

Swati Agarwal, MD

Visar Ajeti, PhD

Radeekorn Akkarawongsa

Claron Alldredge, MD

James C. Allen, MD

Michael M. Altaweel, MD

Professor, Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship Director

Sharon E. Altmann

Ishmael G. Amarreh, PhD

C. Joseph Anderson, MD

Richard Angrist, MD

Duva J. Appleman, MD

Jessica K. Athens, PhD

Robert Avery, MS, PhD

Amir A. Azari, MD

Allison E. Babiuch, MD

Amy Badger-Asaravala, MD

Mark H. Barak, MD

Michael Barondes, MD

Peter James Barry, MD

Richard F. Baske, MD

Kenneth A. Batko, MD

Kenneth Baum, MD

Denys A. Beauvais, MD

Robert T. Bechtel, MD

Nancy Benegas, MD

H. Jane Blackman, MD

Robert P. Blau, MD

Paul Boeke, MD

Alumni, Retina Fellow 2017

608-263-6429

John E. Bokosky, MD

G. Andrew Boush, MD

Randy Christopher Bowen, MD

Resident, Class of 2019

Matt Boyer, MD

Robert Brass, MD

Frederick S. Brightbill, MD

Eric P. Brinton, MD

John R. Brooks, MD

Paul Bruer, MD

Richard Bryan, MD

Paul Bryar, MD

Ksenija Bujanovic, PhD

Braden Burckhard, MD

Resident, Class of 2020

Jeremy Van Buren, MD, PhD

Cat N. Burkat, MD, FACS

Professor

Charlotte A. Burns, MD

Christopher K. Burris, MD

Roy T. Butera, MD

U. Füsun Cardakli, MD

John D. Carew, PhD

Cynthia M. Carlsson, MS

Robert V. Castrovinci, MD

Yi Chai, PhD

Pik Sha Chan, MD

Timothy S. Chang, PhD

Debanjana Chatterjee, PhD

Klio Chatzistefanou, MD

Robert Chestler, MD

Rosan Choi, MD

Edward Chow, MD

Neil Chungfat, MD

Erwin G. Clahassey, MD

Randall S. Condit, MD

James R. Conforto, MD

Briggs Cook, MD

L. Todd Cook, MD

George B. Corcoran, MD

Dietmar Cordes, PhD

Patricia A. Cosgrove, MD

Thomas Cowden, MD

Ean Crennel, MD

Christopher Croasdale, MD

Gregory J. Czaplewski, MS

Alfred D. De Ramus, MD

Timothy Daley, MD

Stuart R. Dankner, MD

Roger C. David, MD

J. David Davidson, MD

Matthew D. Davis, MD

Professor Emeritus; Founder of the Fundus Photograph Reading Center

608-262-1334

Frederick J. Davis, MD

George E. Davis, MD

Daniel Dawson, MD

Peter Debry, MD

Maryanna Destro, MD

Anthony DeVincentis, MD

Terri A. Dimaio, PhD

Drew Dixon, MD

Arthur Dorf, MD

John W. Doty, MD

C. Thomas Dow, MD

Elaine Downie, MD

Oculofacial Plastic Surgery Fellow

edownie@wisc.edu

Lilun Du, PhD

Stephen S. Dudley, MD

James Dummett, MD

Walter E. Bundy III, MD

James A. Eadie, MD

Lorri Effron, MD

James Egbert, MD

Alan A. Ehrhardt, MD

Michael K. Eide, MD

Saad El-Naggar, MD

Victor M. Elner, MD, PhD

Stephen M. Emrich, Post-doc

Jacob Evans, MD

Resident, Class of 2021

jevans2@uwhealth.org

Samir G. Farah, MD

Jennifer A. Faralli, PhD

Joseph Feder, MD

Irene Fedorovich, MD

Joseph G. Feghali, MD

Michael Feifarek, MD

Marni Feldmann, MD

Bruce R. Fishburn, MD

William Foord, MD

Peter S. Foote, MD

Nicholas J. Frame, MD

Lars Freisberg, MD

Yao Fu, PhD

Randall L. Funderburk, MD

Thomas G. Furgason, MD

David M. Gamm, MD, PhD

Professor, Director of the McPherson Eye Research Institute

Sapna Gangaputra, MD

Roberta E. Gausas, MD

John Geanon, MD

Alireza Ghaffarieh, MD

Shahed Ghoghawala, MD

Dalia Girgis, MD, PhD

Joel Gleiser, MD

Earl G. Gloeckner, MD

Julius Gomolin, MD

Russell Gonnering, MD

Jose M. Gonzalez, PhD

Colleen Grace, MD

Gregory Griepentrog, MD

Sarah A. Groessl, MD

Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor

Richard Grostern, MD

David E. Grosz, MD

Xiaoxiao Gu, PhD

Yelena Guller, PhD

Jonathan Gunther, MD

Xiao Guo, PhD

Jaclyn Gurwin, MD

Alumni

gurwin@wisc.edu

Vicki J. Gutgesell, MD

David R. Gwynn, MD

Patrick J. Halbach, MS

Gunnsteinn Hall

Michael A. Hall, MD

Massihulah Hamidi, MS, PhD

Sheryl Handler, MD

Beth Handwerger, MD

Dorrie M. Happ, MD

Edward Hargis, MD

David G. Harper, MD

Gilbert W. Harris, MD

James A. Harris, MD

W. Andrew Harris, MD

Devin A. Harrison, MD

Gary A. Haug, MD

Michael J. Hawes, MD

Gregg A. Heatley, MD, MMM

Professor, Director of Quality and Improvement

Charles Hejny, MD

Andrew Hendrick, MD

John G. Heredia, PhD

Orin A. Hermundstad, MD

Patric J. Hernandez, PhD

Chee Hian (James) Tan, MD, Phd

Hugo Higa, MD

Clifford D. Hogenson, MD

Richard J. Holden, PhD

Peter W. Holm, MD

James A. Holzberger, MD

Brian Horsman, MD

Peter Hovland, MD, PhD

Janet Howard, MD

Yujie Hu, MS

Erwin Hultsch, MD

Elizabeth B. Hutchinson, PhD

Clare F. Hutson, MD

Frank S. Hwang, MD

Megumi Iizuka, MD

Pascal Imesch, MD

Bridget T. Jacques-Fricke, PhD

Talor J. Jaraczewski, MS

Heidi Jarecki, MD

Pimkwan Jaru-ampornpan, MD

Paul Jeppsen, MD

Karla J. Johns, MD

Britt A. Johnson, PhD

David Johnson, MD

Elmer Johnson, MD

Gilbert G. Jose

Erich Groos Jr, MD

Jerome G. Kadell, MD

Alon Kahana, MD, PhD

Sara Kaltreider, MD

George Kambara, MD

Mozhgan Rezaei Kanavi, MD

Albert V. Kanner, MD

Sheldon Kaplan, MD

David W. Karp, MD

Courtney Kauh, MD, MS

Alumni, Ophthalmic Facial Plastic Surgery Fellow 2017

608-263-4823

Sharolyn V. Kawahami-Schulz

Patrick C. Kerstein, PhD

Sherif Khedr, MD

Carol M. Kiekhaefer, PhD

Don O. Kikkawa, MD

Han Kim, MD

Former Resident

(608) 265-8060

David Kim, MD

John S. Kim, MD

Nancy Kim, MD, PhD

Daniel W. Knoch, MD

Professor, Vice Chair of Education and Faculty Development, Director of Medical Student Education

Dara Koozekanani, MD, PhD

Stephen E. Kraft, MD

Nisha Krishan-Dave, MD

Roman Krivochenitser, MD

Resident, Class of 2018

Jan W. Kronish, MD

Christopher J. Kucharski, MD

Amol D. Kulkarni, MD

Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor

Dwight R. Kulwin, MD

Amit Kumar, MD

Bornali Kundu, MD, PhD

Burton J. Kushner, MD

Professor Emeritus

Stephen J. Laczniak, MS

Stuart Landay, MD

Ronald H. Lange, MD

Alexander Laperle, PhD

Tara L. LaRowe, PhD

Christine L. Larsen, MD

Jennifer C. Larson, MD

Assistant Professor

Christopher Larson, MD

Jacques Lasudry, MD

Jeremy Lavine, MD

Tamara J. Lecaire, PhD

Catherine H. Lee, MD

David K. Lee, MD

James H. Lee, MD, PhD

Min-Young Lee, PhD

Sung K. Lee, PhD

Vivian Lee, MD

Bradley N. Lemke, MD

Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor, Private Practice, ASOPRS Fellowship Faculty

Nicholas Leonardy, MD

Eamon Leung, MD

Erin Leverentz

MD

Lawrence M. Levine, MD

Robert M. Levy, MD

David Lewis, MD

Jarrod A. Lewis, PhD

Richard Lewis, MD

Curtis M. Libby, MD

Richard M. Lipman, MD

Boaz Lissauer, MD

John H. Lodge, MD

James W. Long, MD

Neil J. Lucchese, MD

David Luellwitz, MD

Ashley Lundin, MD

David Lyon, MD

Benjamin E. Lyons, MD

Sophia M. Schussler-Fiorenza Rose, PhD

Gary S. Mackman, MD

Scott M. MacRae, MD

James M. Magnusen, MD

Edward P. Mann, MD

Marcus Marcet, MD

Wayne F. March, MD

Andreas Marcotty, MD

David Marshall, MD

Jacob Martin, MD

Alumni, Ocular Pathology Fellow 2017

Wanda M. Martinez, MD, PhD

Benjamin Mathew, MD

Nathan Mathews, MD

Chief Resident, Class of 2019

Maureen McBride, MD

David McCann, MD

Peter J. McCanna, MD

Chloe M. McCoy, PhD

Mark L. McDermott, MD

James F. McDonnell, MD

John J. McGetrick, MD

Rachel D. McKinsey, PhD

Shauna McKusker, MD

Alan B. McMillan, PhD

Alice R. McPherson, MD

Alumni, Resident 1958

Ashish M. Mehta, MD

Jay Mehta, MD

Niyati R. Mehta, PhD

William Meisekothen, MD

Toufic S. Melki, MD

Manuel Mendoza, MD

Oksana Mensheha, MD

Stephen Merriam, MD

Brandon Metcalf, MD, MPH

Alumni, Cornea Fellow 2017

Mark Meyer, MD

Sanford M. Meyers, MD

John C. Michael, MD

Aleksandra Michalik, DO

Alumni, Glaucoma Fellow 2017

Joel A. Miller, MD

Richard A. Miller, MD

Steven A. Miller, MD

Myung-Soon Moon, PhD

Shawn D. Moorehead, MS

V. Vinod Mootha, MD

Parham Morgan, MD

Rebecca Morgan, MD

Stephen A. Moss, MD

Mansoor Movaghar, MD

Ross A. Mueller, MD

Michael Mulhern, MD

Paul B. Mullaney, MD

Todd Murdock, MD

Jonathan P. Myers, PhD

Harrison N. Bowes Jr, MD

Scott D. Nash, PhD

Bernadita Navarro, MD

Aneesh Neekhra, MD

Earl W. Nepple, MD

Steven W. Newell, MD

Catherine Newton, MD

Juan Carlos Nieto, MD

T. Michael Nork, MD, MS, FARVO

Professor

Amanda K. Nosie

Milton E. Nugent, MD

Monica Nuyens, MD

Molly K. Nyholm, PhD

Roy Olarn, MD

Jessica Oliver, MD

George Oosterhous, MD

Mary Jo Oyen, MD

Tammy L. Palenski, PhD

Brett Pariseau, MD

Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor

Sunyoung Park, PhD

Achyut Patel, MD

Cajal Patel, MD

Sarit Patel, MD

Heather R. Pelzel, PhD

Rob Peralta, MD

Samantha Perea, MD

Donald Peterson, MD

Paul O. Phelps, MD

Michael Pingree, MD

Ricardo A. Pizarro, PhD

Ronald Plotnik, MD

Laura S. Plummer, MD

Heather Potter, MD

Professor, Ophthalmic Pathology Service Chief

Margaret Powell, MD

Alumni

mpowell6@wisc.edu

Rexxi D. Prasasya, MS

Mary V. Pratt, MD

Jay G. Prensky, MD

Mark W. Preslan, MD

Mark E. Promersberger, MD

Tracy L. Puccinelli, PhD

Eric M. Pueschel, PhD

Catherine Qui, MD

Milton Radewan, MD

Irene Rae, PhD

Joseph (Jamie) Raevis, MD

Alumni

raevis@wisc.edu

Nicholas A Ramey, MD

Prethy Rao, MD

Rajesh C. Rao, MD

Peter Rapoza, MD

Ganesh Rau, MD

Meisha Raven, DO

Fellow, Class of 2021; Resident, Class of 2020

Devasis ‘Dave’ Reddy, MD

Alumni, Ocular Pathology Fellow 2017

Matthew Reed, MD

Donny Reeves, MD

William M. Reiff, MD

Alexander Ringeisen, MD

Former Resident

Charlene Rivera, PhD

James C. Robinson, MD

Estuardo Robles, PhD

Karien J. Rodriguez, PhD

Maria Rodriguez, MD

Bennett S Romanoff, MD

John G. Rose, MD

Clinical Adjunct Professor, ASOPRS Fellowship Faculty

Erica E Rosenbaum, PhD

Harry Roth, MD

Jocelyn Rowe, MD

Michael S. Ruddat, MD

Amaliris Ruiz, PhD

Travis C. Rumery, DO

Assistant Professor

Bryan K. Rutledge, MD

Robert A. Rymer, MD

Judith R. Sabah, MD, PhD

Patricia C. Sabb, MD

Assistant Professor

Sina John Sabet, MD

Noah Benjamin Saipe, MD

Monali Sakhalkar, MD

Nicholas A. Sanek, PhD

Miguel Santiago-Medina, PhD

Antonio Sarabia, MD

Patrick P. Sassani, MD

Allison Sauppe, PhD

Gabriel S. Schaab, MD

Kathleen R. Schildroth, MD

Assistant Professor

Carl F. Schmidt, MD

Joseph Schmutz, MD

Elizabeth Schroeder, MS

Kurt Schwiesow, MD

Marie K. Schwinn, PhD

David R. Segrest, MD

William Seibold, MD

G. Chandra Sekhar, MD

Paul Selid, MD

Resident, Class of 2018

Sheila J. Semaan, PhD

Linda Brenner Semela, MD

Alexander J. Shackman, PhD

Neha Shah, MD

Shaival L. Shah, MD

James S. Shapiro, MD

Michael B. Shapiro, MD

Wei Shen, PhD

Deborah D. Sherman, MD

Robert L. Shields, MD

Eui Seok Shin, PhD

John C. Shin, MD

Joseph Shovlin, MD

Agileo Sibayan, MD

Bryan S. Sires, MD, PhD

Jonathan M. Skarie, MD, PhD

Gregory L. Skuta, MD

Janine Smith, MD

Barbara Smythe, MD

Stuart P. Sondheimer, MD

Christopher Spearman, MD

Resident, Class of 2019

William Eric Sponsel, MD

Stephen J. Sramek, MD, PhD

D. Heath Stacey, MD

Gregory A. Stainer, MD

George Stasior, MD

Anna L. Steele, MD

Eric A. Steffen, MD

Ralph W. Stevens, MD

David E. Stinchcomb, MD

Jonathan D. Stone, MS

Samuel A. Strickland, MD

Thomas I. Strinden, MD

Rodney J. Sturm, MD

Krishna Surapaneni, MD

Francis Sutula, MD

Nasreen A. Syed, MD

Daniel J Szafir, PhD

Daniel Taglia, MD, JD

Yixin Tang, PhD

Kristen Tarbet, MD

Jessica J. Teslaa, PhD

Rachel Tesser, MD

Jeremy R. Teuton, PhD

Andrew T. Thliveris, MD, PhD

Professor, Vice Chair of Resident Education, Veterans Affairs Hospital Service Chief

Matthew Thompson, MD

Bradley A. Thuro, MD

Dan Tian, PhD

Kimberly A. Topps, PhD

Alana Trotter, MD

Resident, Class of 2020

Elmer Y. Tu, MD

Niles Utlaut, MD

Suzanne W. van Landingham, MD

Assistant Professor

Gerard Van Wesep, MD

Gregory L. Vaughn, MD

Guillermo De Venecia, MD

Angela M. Verdoni, PhD

Michael L. Vilardo, MD

Anthony L. Villanueva, MD

Kathy Vogel, MD

Joshua Vrabec, MD

Michael P. Vrabec, MD

Michael Wage, MD

Paul F. Wagner, MD

Joseph W. Wahl, MD

Prasad Walimbe, MD

Sonja Wamsley-Schluter, MD

Jason Wang, MD

Leo Wang, MD

Angeline Wang, MD

Former Resident

(608) 265-8060

Evan J. Warner, MD

Assistant Professor

Robert C. Watzke, MD

Steve W. Weber, MD

Leslie A. Wei, MD

Stephen A. Wexler, MD

Jeffrey Whitehead, MD

Margarete A. Wichmann, PhD

Joseph C. Wildenberg, PhD

Craig Wilkerson, MD

John M. Wilson, MD

Robin S. Wilson, MD

Maxwell Wingelaar, MD

Chief Resident, Class of 2021

mwingelaar@uwhealth.org

Steve Witkin, MD

Suzanne T. Witt, PhD

Stephanie Woo, PhD

John Woog, MD

Jiale Xu, PhD

Xinjie Xu, PhD

Justin Yamanuha, MD

Idella F. Yamben, PhD

Levon Yazujian, MD

Peter N. Youssef, MD

John C. Zeiss, MD

Xuefeng Zeng, PhD

Weihai Zhan, PhD

Yun Zhao, PhD

Wenjun Zhong, MS