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