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.

Jane Bachman Groth, OD, FAAO

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Comprehensive Ophthalmology

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 Elliot Conto, OD, FAAO

Assistant Professor

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

Deborah M. Costakos, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Specialties: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Adult Strabismus, Genetics

Neda Esmaili, MD

Assistant Professor

Specialties: Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Ocular Oncology

Gregory J. Griepentrog, MD

Associate Professor

Specialties: Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, Ocular Oncology

Dennis P. Han, MD

Professor

Specialty: Vitreoretinal Surgery

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

Stephen Kaufman, MD, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology

Specialties: Cornea and External Eye Disease, Refractive Surgery

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

Laura J. Kopplin, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Specialty: Uveitis

Daniel 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)