People

Our doctors at the Eye Institute provide state-of-the-art clinical and surgical care in a compassionate and timely manner with more than 60,000 patient visits and 3,300 surgical cases each year.

Deborah M. Costakos, MD, MS

Chair, Professor

Specialties: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Adult Strabismus, Genetics

Baseer Ahmad, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Vitreoretinal Surgery

Jane Bachman Groth, OD, FAAO

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Comprehensive Eye Care

Edward M. Barnett, MD, PhD

Professor

Specialty: Glaucoma Service

Joseph Besharse, PhD, FARVO

Marjorie & Joseph Heil Professor in Ophthalmology Research Director, the Eye Institute

Cellular and molecular basis of circadian rhythmicity; the cellular basis of membrane turnover in retinal photoreceptors

Joseph Carroll, PhD

Richard O. Schultz, MD / Ruth Works Professor of Ophthalmology Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Biophysics, and Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy Director, Advanced Ocular Imaging Program

High-resolution retinal imaging & structure-function relationships in the human retina

Alicia M. Chacon, OD

Instructor

Specialty: Pediatric Eye Care

Smith Ann Meile Chisholm, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Pediatrics and Strabismus

Ross Collery, PhD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy

Thomas B. Connor, MD

Professor

Specialty: Vitreoretinal Surgery

John Elliott Conto, OD, FAAO

Assistant Professor

Specialties: Comprehensive Eye Care, Ocular Surface Disease/Dry Eye

Neda Esmaili, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialties: Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Ocular Oncology

Annette L. Giangiacomo, MD

Associate Professor

Specialty: Glaucoma

Gregory J. Griepentrog, MD

Associate Professor

Specialties: Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Ocular Oncology

Dennis P. Han, MD

Professor

Specialty: Medical Retina

Gerald J. Harris, MD

Professor

Specialties: Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Ocular Oncology

Beth Nicole Healy, OD

Optometrist

Specialties: Comprehensive Eye Care, Specialty Contact Lenses

Judy Hoggatt, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Comprehensive Ophthalmology

Sang Hun Hong, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialties: Neuro-ophthalmology, Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Ocular Oncology

Iris S. Kassem, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialties: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Adult Strabismus

Alexander Joseph Khammar, MD

Associate Professor

Specialty: Pediatric Ophthalmology

Judy E. Kim, MD

Professor

Specialty: Vitreoretinal Surgery

Steven B. Koenig, MD

Professor

Specialties: Cornea and External Eye Disease, Refractive Surgery

Daryl Kruse, OD

Optometrist

Juna Lee, OD

Optometrist

Daniel M. Lipinski, MSc, DPhil

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy

Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV)-mediated gene therapy, diabetic retinopathy, inherited retinal disease (e.g., Retinitis pigmentosa), age-related macular degeneration (AMD)