Faculty & Staff

Aishat Abebayo, MD
Aishat Adebayo, MD
Assistant Professor
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Alaa Al-Suradi, MD
Assistant Professor
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Touka Banaee, MD
Associate Professor
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Janice Contreras, MD_adj
Janice Contreras, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
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Matthew Crookston OD_adj
Matthew Crookston, OD
Assistant Professor
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Ashton Ehlers, OD, FAAO
Assistant Professor
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Jaafar El-Annan, MD_adj
Jaafar El-Annan, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
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Sarah El-Khazendar, OD, FAAO
Assistant Professor
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Praveena Gupta, PhD, OD, FAAO
Professor
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Rommel A. Izaguirre Pereira, MD

Assistant Professor
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Kelsi Jones, OD

Assistant Professor
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Noor Laylani, MD
Assistant Professor
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Emma Loucks, MD
Associate Professor
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Kevin Merkley, MD, MBA
Associate Professor and Chair
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Renuka Mopuru, MD

Assistant Professor
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Ashley Nickens, MD
Assistant Professor
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Mohammad Pakravan, MD, MBA
Associate Professor
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Cassie Rogers, OD
Assistant Professor
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Ardalan Sharifi, MD
Assistant Professor
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Mohamed Soliman, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
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Misha Syed, MD, MEHP
Professor
Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
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Fredericus Van Kuijk, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Gianmarco Vizzeri MD_adj
Gianmarco Vizzeri, MD
Professor
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Brian Wong MD_adj
Brian Wong, MD
Associate Professor
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Wenjie Zhan, OD, PhD, FAAO
Assistant Professor
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Ophthalmology Staff

  • Alice Oberholtzer
    Administrator
  • Dorian Nackos
    Assistant Administrator
  • Shayna Bell
    Business Operations Manager
  • Briana Villarreal
    Residency Program Manager
    Vitreoretinal Fellowship Coordinator
  • Carolyn Woodward
    Assistant to the Chair
  • Clarissa Mora
    Business Coordinator, Sr
  • Rene Vela III
    Business Coordinator

Research

  • Massoud Motamedi, PhD
    Professor and Vice Chair, Research
  • Wenbo Zhang, PhD
    Professor
  • Bartosz Szczesny, PhD
    Associate Professor
  • Hua Liu, PhD
    Associate Professor

Opticians

  • Elenor Giroski
  • Jennifer Cisneros
  • Kristina Auzston
  • Kaylan Roque