Faculty & Staff

James Tsai
Chief, Department of Ophthalmology
James C. Tsai, MD, became Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science effective October 1, 2006. Dr. Tsai previously directed the glaucoma division at the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. Dr. Tsai is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College and alumnus of the Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Following his residency, he completed glaucoma fellowships at the Bascom Palmer...
Ron Adelman
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director, Yale Retina Service
Jessica Chow
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Susan Forster
Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale University Health Service
Director of Medical Studies, Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Jennifer Galvin, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and of Pediatrics
Tomas Grippo
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Interim Director, Glaucoma Section
Program Director, Glaucoma Fellowship Program
Associate Director, Clinical Trials & Translational Research
Assistant Director, Medical Education Program - Yale Eye Center
Director, Academic Associate Program - Yale Eye Center
John Huang
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Residency Program Director
Director, Clinical Trials and Translational Research
Director, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis
James Kempton
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Flora Levin
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Miguel Materin
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director of Ophthalmic Oncology
David Parke
Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Lions Low Vision Clinic at Yale Eye Center
Juan Servat
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Aryan Shayegani
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Kathleen Stoessel
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director, Retina Fellowship Program
James Tsai
Robert R. Young Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Erica Volker
Clinical Instructor in Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Thomas Walsh
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and of Neurology
Research
Bo Chen
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and of Neurobiology
Miguel Coca-Prados
Professor Emeritus of and Professor (Adjunct) of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Jonathan Demb
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
In-Jung Kim
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and of Neurobiology
James Tsai
Robert R. Young Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Chief, Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Z. Jimmy Zhou
Marvin L. Sears Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Neurobiology
Vice Chairman and Director of Research, Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Clinical Research
John Huang
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Residency Program Director
Director, Clinical Trials and Translational Research
Director, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis
Kathleen Stoessel
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director, Retina Fellowship Program
Secondary Appointments
Michael Crair
William Ziegler III Professor of Neurobiology and Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director, Graduate Studies
Josephine Hoh
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health) and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Lawrence Rizzolo
Associate Professor of Surgery (Gross Anatomy) and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director of Medical Studies
Caroline Zeiss
Professor of Comparative Medicine and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director, Mouse Research Pathology Service
Unit Chief, Pathology
David Zenisek
Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Shaheen Karim
Instructor in Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Vitreo-Retinal Fellow
Ji Liu
Instructor in Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Glaucoma Fellow
Aaron Parnes
Instructor in Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Vitreo-Retinal Fellow
Third Year Residents
Nausheen Abbas
M.D., Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2009
Ninani Kombo
M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, 2009
Amir Mohsenin
M.D., University of Texas Medical School, Houston, 2009
Spencer Rogers
M.D., Medical College Wisconsin, 2005
Ryan Wong
Chief Resident
M.D., Cornell University Medical College, 2009
Second Year Residents
Daniel Greene
M.D., University of Virginia, 2010
Brian Hafler
M.D., Harvard Medical School, 2010
Ting Ting Liu
M.D., Jefferson Medical College, 2010
David Shield
M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, 2010
Elizabeth Yang
M.D., Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Med, 2010
First Year Residents
Maxwell Elia
M.D., Yale School of Medicine, 2011
Xining He
M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeo, 2011
Shaheen Kavoussi
M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 2010
Daniel Lee
M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 2011
Samuel Yun
B.S., University of Virginia, 2007

