Faculty

Select a name below from the Department of Ophthamology's full-time faculty, or use the Faculty Directory.

James P. McCulley, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
David Bruton Jr. Chair in Ophthalmology

Faculty Associates
Research Faculty
Clinical Faculty by Subspecialty
Comprehensive Ophthalmology & Cataract Surgery Neuro-Ophthalmology Pediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus
Cornea, External Disease, Refractive & Cataract Surgery Ocular Pathology Retina & Vitreous 
Glaucoma & Cataract Surgery  Oculoplastic & Orbital Surgery  Ultrasound 
Macular Degeneration Ophthalmic Oncology VA Medical Center 

Comprehensive Ophthalmology & Cataract Surgery

Nalini K. Aggarwal, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Preston H. Blomquist, MD
Vice Chair, Education
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Deborah Yeh Chong, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology  

Ziad M. Husseini, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology 

Sandhya Iyer, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Freddie Ray Jones, Jr., MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

V. Vinod Mootha, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology 

Brian R. Sullivan, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology 

Cornea, External Disease, Refractive & Cataract Surgery

R. Wayne Bowman, MD
Professor of OphthalmologyIrene Wadel and Robert I. Atha Professorship in Ophthalmology, in Honor of R. Wayne Bowman, M.D.

H. Dwight Cavanagh, MD, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology
Dr. W. Maxwell Thomas Chair in Ophthalmology

Ziad M. Husseini, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Sandhya Iyer, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

James P. McCulley, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
David Bruton Jr. Chair in Ophthalmology

V. Vinod Mootha, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Steven M. Verity, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology

Glaucoma & Cataract Surgery

Nalini K. Aggarwal, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Karanjit S. Kooner, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology 

Martin B. Wax, MD
Clinical Professor

Jess T. Whitson, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology

Macular Degeneration

Deborah Yeh Chong, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Yu-Guang He, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Zora Meagher Macular Degeneration Research Professorship
Josephine Long Biddle Chair in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Research

Rafael L. Ufret-Vincenty, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Richard L. Winslow, MD
Faculty Associate

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Deborah Friedman, MD
Professor of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, Ophthalmology 

Elliott M. Frohman, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Ophthalmology
Kenney Marie Dixon-Pickens Distinguished Professorship in Multiple Sclerosis Research
Irene Wadel and Robert I. Atha Distinguished Chair in Neurology, in Honor of Elliott Frohman, M.D., Ph.D.

R. Nick Hogan, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Pathology, Neurosurgery, Neurology

Freddie Ray Jones, Jr., MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Ocular Pathology

R. Nick Hogan, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Pathology, Neurosurgery, Neurology

Oculoplastic & Orbital Surgery

Kamel M. Itani, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology

Ronald Mancini, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Ophthalmic Oncology

R. Nick Hogan, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Pathology, Neurosurgery, Neurology>

Kamel M. Itani, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology

Ronald Mancini, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Pediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus

Alison E. Smith, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Serena X. Wang, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

David R. Weakley, Jr., MD
Professor of Ophthalmology

Retina & Vitreous

Deborah Yeh Chong, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Yu-Guang He, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Zora Meagher Macular Degeneration Research Professorship
Josephine Long Biddle Chair in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Research

Rafael L. Ufret-Vincenty, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Richard L. Winslow, MD
Faculty Associate

Ultrasound

Kamel M. Itani, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology

VA Medical Center 

Deborah Yeh Chong, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology 

Ziad M. Husseini, MD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Kamel M. Itani, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology

Karanjit S. Kooner, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology 

Brian R. Sullivan, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology

Research Faculty

Jerry Y. Niederkorn, PhD
Vice Chair, Research and Professor of Ophthalmology and Microbiology
George A. and Nancy P. Shutt Professorship in Medical Sciences
Royal C. Miller Chair in Age-Related Macular Degeneration Research

Igor A. Butovich, PhD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Peter Woon-Hsi Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Christopher W. Cowan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Ophthalmology

W. Matthew Petroll, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology

Danielle M. Robertson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Shusheng Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Pharmacology

David G. Birch, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology
Director of Electrophysiology

Faculty Associates

Kim Du, OD
Linda Jackson, OD
Meghna Shah Lilaram, OD
Cheryl Lopez, OD
Edward N. Mendelson, OD

Hina Ilyas Robertson, OD
Daniel F. Shaheen, OD
Judy M. Yep, OD