Current Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellows

2025-2026

Year 1 Retina

Maryam Ashrafkhorasani, M.D.

• Residency: Rasool Akram Hospital, Iran U of Medical Sciences
• Medical School: Shahid Beheshti U of Med Sciences Faculty of Med

Noraliz Garcia-O'Farrill, M.D.

• Residency: University of Puerto Rico
• Medical School: University of Puerto Rico

Sara Khan, M.D

• Residency: Georgetown University/Washington Hospital
• Medical School: Chicago Medical School

Year 2 Retina

Spencer Moore, M.D., Ph.D.

• Residency: University of Arizona
• Medical School: UC San Diego School of Medicine

Cong Phan, M.D

• Residency: Dartmouth - Hitchcock
• Medical School: Texas Tech School of Medicine

l. to r.: Judy E. Kim, M.D., Vice Chair of Education and Medical Director of Clinical Research; David Shieh, M.D., 2025 retina graduate and recipient of the 2025 Rising Stars in Retina list (Retina Today and YoungMD Connect); and Rafael Ufret-Vincenty, M.D., Director of the Vitreoretinal Surgery fellowship program.

Retina faculty, fellows, Ophthalmology education staff and family members enjoy a day of cooler fall temperatures at the Dallas Arboretum.

Carl Danzig, M.D., 2011 Retina alumnus (l.) and Judy E. Kim, M.D., at the 2025 Retina Society meeting in Chicago.

l. to r.: J. William Harbour, M.D., Chair; Sara Khan, M.D. (foreground); Zelia M. Correa, M.D., Ph.D., Maryam Ashrafkhorasani, M.D., and Noraliz Garcia-O'Farrill, M.D.

First-year vitreoretinal surgery fellows 2025-26 l. to r.: Sara Khan, M.D., Maryam Ashrafkhorasani, M.D., and Noraliz Garcia-O'Farrill, M.D.

 

 

Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship Alumni

• 2025

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Azeem Khan	Springfield, MO
  David Shieh	Cleveland, OH

• 2024

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Jason Chien	Allen, TX
  Sami Kabbara	Rancho Cucamonga, CA

• 2023

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Marwan Abdulaal	Cincinnati, OH
  Mohamed Mohamed	Wichita, KS

• 2022

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Tal Ben Ami	New York, NY
  Jan Ortiz Rosario	Ponce, Puerto Rico

• 2021

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Keerthana Bolisetty	Dallas, TX
  Alex Schneider	Tampa, FL

• 2020

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Pedro Davila	Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  C. Kiersten Pollard	Grand Junction, CO

• 2019

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Jighua Chen	Gainesville, FL
  Vlad Matei	Denver, CO

• 2018

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Erwin Puente	Washington, DC
  Salman Rahman	Houston, TX

• 2017

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Kruti Dajee	McKinney, TX
  Ross Lynds	Abilene, TX

• 2016

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Chaitanya Indukuri	Austin, TX
  Tahira Mathen-Scholle	Houston, TX

• 2015

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Robert Reinauer	Vero Beach, FL
  Justin Gutman	Essex County, NJ

• 2014

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Johnathan Warminski	DFW Metroplex
  Larry Puthenparambil	Pearland, TX

• 2013

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Brian Phelps	Edmond, OK
  Eduardo Uchiyama	Fort Lauderdale, FL

• 2012

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Julie Furlan	Everett, WA
  Sohail Khan	Augusta, GA

• 2011

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Carl Danzig	Deerfield Beach, FL
  Joseph Newman	Temple, TX

• 2010

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Arshad Khanani	Reno, NV
  Hao Wang	Albany, NY

• 2009

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Joel George	Harlingen/McAllen/Weslaco, TX
  Jason Lee	Santa Clara, CA

• 2008

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Dinesh Bahl	El Paso, TX
  Jessica McClusky	Atlanta, GA

• 2007

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Henry Choi	Plano, TX
  Robert Feig	Brooklyn, NY

• 2006

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Marcua Allen	Dallas, TX

• 2005

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Ming Lu	Tyler, TX
  Jeremy Cuthbertson	El Paso, TX

• 2004

  Name	Current Practice Location
  David Parver	Bethesda, MD
  Seong Lee	Abilene, TX

• 2003

  Name	Current Practice Location
  Kelly Mitchell	Lubbock, TX