Faculty & Staff
Ron Afshari Adelman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director of the Retina and Macula Service
Luciano V. Del Priore, MD, PhD
Robert R. Young Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Robert R. Young Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine
Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale New Haven Hospital
Hilary Fazzone, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Adeniyi A. Fisayo, MD, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Neurology and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Susan H Forster, MD
Clinical Professor and Director of Medical Studies, Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale Health
James E Kempton, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Associate Director of Vitreoretinal Fellowship Program
Director, Eye Care Services, VA CT
Kristen Nwanyanwu, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Kathleen M Stoessel, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director, Retina Fellowship Program
Christopher Teng, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director, Glaucoma Section and Glaucoma Fellowship
Research
Ron Afshari Adelman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director of the Retina and Macula Service
Dr. Adelman is the Director of the Retina and Macula Service at Yale University School of Medicine. He is an internationally recognized expert in diseases and surgery of macula, retina and vitreous and currently serves as the Scientific Director of European Vitreo-Retinal Society (EVRS) and President of Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (CSEP). He has been invited faculty in 14 countries including Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico and Canada. His clinical interests include macular...
Miguel Coca-Prados, PhD
Professor Emeritus of and Professor (Adjunct) of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Luciano V. Del Priore, MD, PhD
Robert R. Young Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Robert R. Young Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine
Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale New Haven Hospital
Lucian V. Del Priore, MD, PhD specializes in the surgical and medical treatment of retinal disease, including age-related macular degeneration, retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, macular holes, epiretinal membranes and ocular trauma. Dr. Del Priore is the Robert R. Young Professor and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science at Yale School of Medicine. He is chief of Ophthalmology at Yale New Haven Hospital.
He received his BS in physics from the Cooper Union for the...
Jonathan B. Demb, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and of Cellular And Molecular Physiology
Mark Anthony Fields, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Z. Jimmy Zhou, PhD
Marvin L. Sears Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Professor of Neuroscience
Vice Chairman and Director of Research, Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Clinical Research
Ron Afshari Adelman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director of the Retina and Macula Service
Dr. Adelman is the Director of the Retina and Macula Service at Yale University School of Medicine. He is an internationally recognized expert in diseases and surgery of macula, retina and vitreous and currently serves as the Scientific Director of European Vitreo-Retinal Society (EVRS) and President of Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (CSEP). He has been invited faculty in 14 countries including Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico and Canada. His clinical interests include macular...
Luciano V. Del Priore, MD, PhD
Robert R. Young Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Robert R. Young Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine
Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale New Haven Hospital
Lucian V. Del Priore, MD, PhD specializes in the surgical and medical treatment of retinal disease, including age-related macular degeneration, retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, macular holes, epiretinal membranes and ocular trauma. Dr. Del Priore is the Robert R. Young Professor and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science at Yale School of Medicine. He is chief of Ophthalmology at Yale New Haven Hospital.
He received his BS in physics from the Cooper Union for the...
Ji Liu, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Dr. Liu, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the Yale Eye Center, specializes in cataract, glaucoma and anterior segment diseases. His clinical interests include medical and surgical management of glaucoma, cataract surgery, premium intraocular lens implant, and anterior segment surgeries. Dr. Liu completed ophthalmology residency at the George Washington University and served as Chief Resident during his senior year of training. He completed a glaucoma clinical...
Kathleen M Stoessel, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director, Retina Fellowship Program
Dr. Stoessel is a full-time retina faculty, specializing in Medical Retina and Director of the Retina Fellowship Program. She graduated from the College of New Rochelle and received her medical degree (MD) from the State University of New York – Downstate Medical Center . She completed her ophthalmology residency training at the Yale University School of Medicine , followed by a vitreoretinal fellowship, also at Yale. Dr. Stoessel joined the Yale Eye Center as a full time faculty in Retina.
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Christopher Teng, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director, Glaucoma Section and Glaucoma Fellowship
Dr. Christopher Teng is a board certified subspecialty trained glaucoma specialist. He is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at Yale University School of Medicine and is the Director of the Glaucoma Service and Glaucoma Fellowship.
Dr. Teng received his undergraduate degree from The University of Chicago and Doctor of Medicine from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. He completed his Ophthalmology residency at New York University Medical Center and fellowship in Glaucoma...
Visual Scientists with Secondary Appointments
Michael C Crair, PhD
William Ziegler III Professor of Neuroscience and Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Deputy Dean for Scientific Affairs (Basic Science Departments)
Michael C. Crair is the William Ziegler III Professor in the Department of Neuroscience, Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Science and Deputy Dean for Scientific Affairs (Basic Science Departments). Dr. Crair obtained his doctoral degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, and did postdoctoral training in physics and neuroscience at Kyoto University and Kyoto Prefectural Medical School in Japan and in neuroscience at the University of California, San Francisco. He was a...
Josephine Hoh, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Josephine Hoh, associate professor in chronic disease epidemiology and of ophthalmology and visual science, is currently involved in interdisciplinary research to elucidate disease pathophysiology, including how the genetic factors can actually lead individuals who carrying the risk variants to be ill at one point in life, what the environmental exposures are, and how they can influence an individual’s chance of contracting the disease.
Dr. Hoh was trained in mathematics in Taiwan and...
Lawrence James Rizzolo, PhD, FARVO
Professor of Surgery (Gross Anatomy)
Director of Medical Studies
Dr. Rizzolo received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from Duke University in 1977. He received postdoctoral training in biochemistry at Harvard Medical School and in cell biology at the New York University School of Medicine. He received further training in pedagogy and curriculum development at the Harvard-Macy Institute and is a Gallup-Certified strengths coach. Rizzolo joined the Yale faculty in 1993 where he has served as the Director of Medical Sciences for the Section of Anatomy, and Course...
Vasilis Vasiliou, PhD
Department Chair and Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences) and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Vasilis Vasiliou, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences. He received his BSc in Chemistry (1983) and PhD in Biochemical Pharmacology (1988) from the University of Ioannina, Greece. He then trained in gene-environment interactions, molecular toxicology and pharmacogenetics at the Department of Environmental Health in the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati (1991-1995). In 1996, he joined the faculty of the University of Colorado School of...
Caroline J Zeiss, PhD, DACVP, DACLAM
Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Director, Mouse Research Pathology Core
Unit Chief, Pathology
Dr Zeiss is a double-boarded veterinary pathologist and laboratory animal veterinarian. She has over 20 years’ experience in veterinary pathology, with particular expertise in ophthalmic- and neuropathology. She directs the Yale Mouse Research Pathology Core, and collaborates on multiple studies with Yale and external investigators in academia and industry. Her research focuses on mechanisms of neurodegeneration with a strong focus on translation of basic studies towards clinical relevance....
David Zenisek, PhD
Professor of Cellular And Molecular Physiology and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Ninani Emang Kombo, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
