People
Department Chair
José-Alain Sahel, MD Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
Vice Chairs
John D. Ash, PhD 
Deepinder K. Dhaliwal, MD, L.Ac Vice Chair, Communication and Wellness
Marie-Hélène Errera, MD, PharmD, PhD Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Jerome I. Finkelstein, MD, FACS 
Vishal Jhanji, MD, FRCS (Glasgow), FRCOphth, FARVO 
Joseph N. Martel, MD 
Ken K. Nischal, MD, FAAP, FRCOphth Executive Vice Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
S. Tonya Stefko, MD 
Evan L. Waxman, MD, PhD Directors
Gabrielle R. Bonhomme, MD 
Ellen Butts, OD 
Jay Chhablani, MD Director, Clinical Research at the UPMC Vision Institute
Ian P. Conner, MD, PhD Vice Chair, Communication and Wellness
Andrew W. Eller, MD Executive Vice Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
William Smith, OD 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 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
Emily DePew, OD, FAAO Vice Chair, Communication and Wellness
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 
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 
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, Department of Ophthalmology
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 
Rajesh Sasikumar, MD 
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
John Swogger, DO 
Lillian To, MD 
Kiran Kumar Vupparaboina, PhD 
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