Residents & Fellows Spotlight: Cetin Akpolat, MD

Where are you from? Turkey Where did you attend Medical School? Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Where did you complete your residency? Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşçıoğlu City Hospital (Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital), Istanbul, Turkey Why did you choose Ophthalmology and your specialty? I am interested in Ophthalmology from my Medical School years […]

Residents & Fellows Spotlight: Ariana Levin, MD

Where are you from? Connecticut Where did you attend Medical School? Weill Cornell Medicine Where did you complete your residency? University of Utah Why did you choose Ophthalmology and your specialty? I chose ophthalmology and then glaucoma because my patients and I have an opportunity together to change the course of the disease before, during, […]

Residents & Fellows Spotlight: Jessica Yang Walia, MD

Where are you from? Arcadia, California Where did you attend Medical School? University of Illinois Where did you complete your residency? University of Florida Why did you choose Ophthalmology and your specialty? I picked ophthalmology because it is an incredibly gratifying field. Vision is such an important part of a person’s quality of life. It […]

Residents & Fellows in the Spotlight: Matthew Santos, MD

Matt Santos completed his residency in Ophthalmology at WashU this year and I am absolutely delighted that he will be serving as the Chief of Ophthalmic Trauma for the 2022-2023 academic year. I am not alone in this sentiment- our faculty, staff, his colleagues and junior residents have all been overwhelmingly supportive, and for good […]

Residents & Fellows Spotlight: C. Maxwell Medert, MD

What are your future plans? I will be joining the University of Chicago and act as a Glaucoma and Advanced Anterior Segment specialists. Why did you choose Ophthalmology and your specialty? Ophthalmology offers a unique opportunity to help people see and live better.  Connecting with patients in the clinic and treating them surgically in the […]

Residents & Fellows Spotlight: Jessica Liu, MD

What are your future plans? Part-time Glaucoma Faculty at Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska, and private practice with my father at Omaha Eye Institute. Why did you choose Ophthalmology and your specialty? I chose ophthalmology because preserving vision gives our patients the opportunity to remain productive members of society and providers for their families […]

Residents & Fellows Spotlight: Tricia Fernandez, MD

Where are you from? Detroit, Michagan Where did you attend Medical School? Wayne State University Where did you complete your residency? Indiana University Why did you choose Ophthalmology and your specialty? Ophthalmology is a great combination of medicine, surgery, physics, and technology. It’s absolutely fascinating and offers many opportunities to make clear and immediate improvements […]

Incoming Residents & Fellows Spotlight: Charles “Max” Medert, MD

Where are you from? Cincinnati, OH Where did you attend Medical School? Emory University School of Medicine Where did you complete your residency? Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Why did you choose Ophthalmology and your specialty? I selected Ophthalmology because I can establish bonds with my patients in the clinic and be a part of microsurgical […]

Residents & Fellows Spotlight: Jessica Liu, MD

Where are you from? Omaha, NE Where Where did you attend Medical School? St. Louis University Where did you complete your residency? St. Louis University Why did you choose Ophthalmology and your specialty? I chose ophthalmology after working with an eye surgeon in a Tibetan province of China for 7 weeks when I was 20 […]

Incoming Residents & Fellows Spotlight: Julianne Matthews, MD

Where are you from? Youngstown, OH Where did you attend Medical School? Northeast Ohio Medical University Where did you complete your residency? The Ohio State University Why did you choose Ophthalmology and your specialty? I am a third generation Ophthalmologist, so Ophthalmology was as easy as breathing! I love cornea because you can profoundly impact […]