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; Director, Chief Refractive Surgery Service
Marie-Hélène Errera, MD, PharmD, PhD Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Jerome I. Finkelstein, MD, FACS Executive Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
Vishal Jhanji, MD, FRCS (Glasgow), FRCOphth, FARVO Vice Chair, Quality; Director, Cornea Service; Co-Director, Clinical Trials
Joseph N. Martel, MD 
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; Director, Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery Service
Evan L. Waxman, MD, PhD Vice Chair, Medical Education; Director, Comprehensive Eye Service
Division Directors
Gabrielle R. Bonhomme, MD 
Ellen Butts, OD Vice Chair, Clinical Trials; Director, Clinical Research at the UPMC Vision Institute
Ian P. Conner, MD, PhD Vice Chair, Communication and Wellness; Director, Chief Refractive Surgery Service
Andrew W. Eller, MD Vice Chair, Quality; Director, Cornea Service; Co-Director, Clinical Trials
Executive Vice Chair International; Division Chief, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Rajesh Sasikumar, MD 
William Smith, OD Vice Chair, Continuity of Care and Consults; Director, Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery Service
John Swogger, DO Vice Chair, Medical Education; Director, Comprehensive Eye Service
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 
Leah Byrne, 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 and Developmental Biology
Kunal K. Dansingani, MBBS, MA, FRCOphth Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Silmara de Lima, PhD 
Emily DePew, OD, FAAO Vice Chair, Communication and Wellness; Director, 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 Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Xin Fan, PhD Executive Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
Thomas R. Friberg, MD, FACS 
Kevin Fuller, PhD 
Chanin J Funair, OD 
Meghal Gagrani, MD 
Denise S. Gallagher, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Anna G. Gushchin, MD 
Richard Hagan, PhD 
Marissa Heary, OD 
Erick Henderson, OD, FAAO Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
James P. Herman, PhD 
Nathan E. Isaacson, OD 
Farzad Jamshidi, MD, PhD Vice Chair, Quality; Director, Cornea Service; Co-Director, Clinical Trials
Roheena Kamyar, MD 
Paul (Kip) R. Kinchington, PhD Professor of Ophthalmology, Molecular Genetics, and Biochemistry
Takaaki Kuwajima, PhD 
Kira L. Lathrop, MAMS, PhD 
Jennifer Liu, OD 
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 
J. Patrick Mayo, PhD 
Sarah J Michelson MD 
Sabrina Mukhtar, MD, MPH 
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 
Shaohua Pi, PhD 
Matthew Pihlblad, MD 
Scott L. Portnoy, MD 
Maria Constanza Potilinski, PhD 
Gaurav Prakash, MD 
Colin Prensky, MD 
Pamela Rath, MD 
Eric Romanowski, MS 
Boris Rosin, MD, PhD 
Ethan A. Rossi, PhD Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
Kateryna Sanders, OD 
Robert M.Q. Shanks, PhD 
Tarek 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; Director, Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery Service
Lillian To, MD 
Kiran Kumar Vupparaboina, PhD Vice Chair, Medical Education; Director, Comprehensive Eye Service
Xiangyun Wei, PhD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Developmental Biology
Andrew Williams, MD 
Kirsten Winter, OD 
Gary (Hin-Fai) Yam, PhD 
Hongmin Yun, MS, MD, PhD 
Islam M. Zaydan, MD Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuro-Ophthalmology
Liyun Zhang, PhD 
Patricia Campos, MD 
Raven Diacou, MD, PhD 
Doowon Huh, MD, PhD 
Saloni Kapoor, MD 
Christina Kong, MD 
Gideon Nkrumah, MD 
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 
Anas Abusief, MD 
Karl Andersen, MD 
Tatyana Beketova, MD 
Gunjan Chadha, MD 
Farid Kalantaritarari, MD 
Pearson Miller, OD 
Matthew Sommers, MD 
Anna Terrarosa, MD 
Anthony Thieu, MD 
Aditya Uppuluri, MD 
Bushra Usmani, MD 
Ariel Wong, OD