People
Department Chair
José-Alain Sahel, MD Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
Vice Chairs
John D. Ash, PhD 
Jay Chhablani, MD Vice Chair, Clinical Trials; Director, Clinical Research at the UPMC Vision Institute
Deepinder Kaur Dhaliwal, MD, L.Ac Vice Chair, Communication and Wellness; Division Chief, Refractive Surgery Service
Jerome I. Finkelstein, MD, FACS Executive Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
Vishal Jhanji, MD, FRCS (Glasgow), FRCOphth, FARVO Vice Chair, Quality; Division Chief, Cornea Service; Co-Director, Clinical Trials
Joseph N. Martel, MD Co-Division Chief, Retina and Vitreous Services; Vice Chair, Patient Experience and Access
Ken K. Nischal, MD, FAAP, FRCOphth Executive Vice Chair International; Division Chief, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
S. Tonya Stefko, MD Vice Chair, Continuity of Care and Consults; Division Chief, Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery Service
Evan L. Waxman, MD, PhD Vice Chair, Medical Education; Division Chief, Comprehensive Eye Service
Division Chiefs
Gabrielle R. Bonhomme, MD Division Chief, Neuro-Ophthalmology Service
Ellen Butts, OD 
Ian P. Conner, MD, PhD Vice Chair, Communication and Wellness; Division Chief, Refractive Surgery Service
Andrew W. Eller, MD Vice Chair, Quality; Division Chief, Cornea Service; Co-Director, Clinical Trials
Co-Division Chief, Retina and Vitreous Services; Vice Chair, Patient Experience and Access
Executive Vice Chair International; Division Chief, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
William Smith, OD Vice Chair, Continuity of Care and Consults; Division Chief, Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery Service
Vice Chair, Medical Education; Division Chief, Comprehensive Eye Service
Directors
Sabrina Mukhtar, MD, MPH 
Rajesh Sasikumar, MD 
John Swogger, DO Faculty
Issam Al Diri, PhD 
Alexander J. Anetakis, MD, MBA Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Marlene Behrmann, PhD 
Larry Benowitz, PhD 
Miguel Betegon, PhD 
Robert Bittner, OD, FAAO Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Sandeep Bollepalli, PhD Division Chief, Neuro-Ophthalmology Service
Leah Byrne, PhD 
Alireza Chamanzar, PhD 
Michael Chang, MD 
Kun-Che Chang, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurobiology
Yuanyuan Chen, PhD 
Xing Chen, PhD Vice Chair, Clinical Trials; Director, Clinical Research at the UPMC Vision Institute
Joshua Clermont, OD 
Susana da Silva, PhD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Bioengineering and the Center for Neuroscience
Silmara de Lima, PhD 
Emily DePew, OD, FAAO Vice Chair, Communication and Wellness; Division Chief, Refractive Surgery Service
Morgan DiLeo, PhD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Bioengineering and Clinical & Translational Sciences
Pavle Doroslovački, MD 
Asad F. Durrani, MD 
Frank Dyka, PhD 
Amgad Eldib, MD 
Marie-Hélène Errera, MD, PharmD, PhD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Xin Fan, PhD Executive Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
Thomas R. Friberg, MD, FACS 
Kevin Fuller, PhD 
Meghal Gagrani, MD 
Denise S. Gallagher, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Xin (Daniel) Gao, PhD 
Anna G. Gushchin, MD 
Marissa Heary, OD 
Erick Henderson, OD, FAAO Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
James P. Herman, PhD 
Pirro Hysi, MD, PhD 
Nathan E. Isaacson, OD 
Farzad Jamshidi, MD, PhD Vice Chair, Quality; Division Chief, Cornea Service; Co-Director, Clinical Trials
Bryan W. Jones, PhD 
Roheena Kamyar, MD 
Paul (Kip) R. Kinchington, PhD Professor of Ophthalmology, Molecular Genetics, and Biochemistry
Takaaki Kuwajima, PhD 
Kira L. Lathrop, MAMS, PhD 
Ekaterina Lobanova, PhD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Craig A. Luchansky, OD Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Najate Ait-Ali Maamri, PhD 
Alex Mammen, MD 
Jonathan B. Mandell, PhD Co-Division Chief, Retina and Vitreous Services; Vice Chair, Patient Experience and Access
J. Patrick Mayo, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Bioengineering
Sarah J Michelson MD 
Peter W. Mortensen, MD 
Zachary Nadler, MD Executive Vice Chair International; Division Chief, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
George T. Park, DO Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuro-Ophthalmology
Preeti Patil, MD 
Rebecca L. Pfeiffer, PhD 
Shaohua Pi, PhD 
Matthew Pihlblad, MD 
Scott L. Portnoy, MD 
Maria Constanza Potilinski, PhD 
Gaurav Prakash, MD 
Colin Prensky, MD 
Eric Romanowski, MS Research Director, Charles T. Campbell Ophthalmic Microbiology Laboratory
Boris Rosin, MD, PhD 
Ethan A. Rossi, PhD Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
Kateryna Sanders, OD 
Robert M.Q. Shanks, PhD 
Tarek A. Shazly, MD 
Ian A. Sigal, PhD, MASc Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Bioengineering
Vaneet Singh MD 
Emma Smiley, OD 
Anthony St. Leger, PhD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Immunology
Marshall W. Stafford, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Vice Chair, Continuity of Care and Consults; Division Chief, Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery Service
Lillian To, MD 
Kiran Turaka, MD 
Kiran Kumar Vupparaboina, PhD Vice Chair, Medical Education; Division Chief, Comprehensive Eye Service
Xiangyun Wei, PhD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Developmental Biology
Andrew Williams, MD 
Gary (Hin-Fai) Yam, PhD 
Hongmin Yun, MS, MD, PhD 
Islam M. Zaydan, MD Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuro-Ophthalmology
Liyun Zhang, PhD 
Oliver Beale, MD 
Amani Davis, MD 
Aidan Dmitriev, MD 
Crystal Lee, MD, MPH 
Samyuktha Melachuri, MD 
Ryan Williamson, MD, PhD 
John Gote, MD 
Gagan Kalra, MD 
Eitan Shemuelian, MD 
Colin Xu, MD 
Haniah Zaheer, MD 
Ryan Zukerman, MD 
Hamzah Aweidah, MD 
Thomas Bogue, MD 
Richard Brown, MD 
Jordan Chang, MD 
Leslie Huang, MD 
Jordan Philip Safran, MD 
Anas Abuseif, MD 
Ishtiaque Ahmed, MD 
Gunjan Chadha, MD 
Raven Diacou, MD, PhD 
Natalie L. Fick, OD 
Christina Kong, MD 
Matthew R. Martin, MD 
Marah K.H. Shelbayh, MD 
Rashad Sami Sukhtian, MD 
Aditya Uppuluri, MD 
Binbin Xie, OD, PhD