PGY1 Intern Year Residents
Sruti Akula, MD
Intern Year Resident
College: Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Med School: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Quillan M Austria, MD
Intern Year Resident
College: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Med School: Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Michael G Boachie-Mensah, MD
Intern Year Resident
College: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Med School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Evguenia (Jane) Ivakhnitskaia, MD, PhD
Intern Year Resident
College: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
PhD: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Med School: University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
PGY2 Resident
Asante R. Quintana, MD
PGY2 Resident
College: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Med School: Meharry Medical College , Nashville, TN
Richard Polo, MD
PGY2 Resident
College: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Med School: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Piscataway, NJ
Gabriella Schmuter, MD
PGY2 Resident
College: Sophie Davis Biomedical Education Program, NY
Med School: City University of New York School of Medicine (CUNY), NY
Tobin Thuma, DO
PGY2 Resident
College: University of California, Berkeley, CA
Med School: Touro College of Osteopathic - New York (TouroCOM-NY)
PGY3 Resident
Bethlehem Wole, MD
PGY3 Resident
College: University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Med School: University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
Sayyada Hyder, MD
PGY3 Resident
College: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Med School: U Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Wyatt Lombard Smith, MD
PGY3 Resident
College: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Med School: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
PGY4 Resident
Lisa R. Koenig, MD
PGY4 Resident
College: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Med School: Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Internship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
James P. Winebrake, MD
Chief Resident
PGY4 Resident
College: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Med School: Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Internship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Anfei Li, MD, Ph.D
PGY4 Resident
College: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Med School: Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Internship: Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, NY
Recent Graduated Alumni
Graduating Class of 2023
Brigette Cole
William Foulsham
Pooja Pendri
Graduating Class of 2022
Karina Somohano
Stephanie Engelhard
Jason Chien
Graduating Class of 2021
Christina Gandy
Mahmood Khan
Michelle Sun
Graduating Class of 2020
Alexander Dillon
Geoffrey Rodriguez
Daniel Kornberg
Graduating Class of 2019
Abdallah Mahrous
Christina Grassi
Monica Ertel
Graduating Class of 2018
Alexander Port
Elizabeth Marlow
Thomas Dohlman
Graduating Class of 2017
Ru-Ik Chee
Matthew Nguyen
Paul Petrakos
Graduating Class of 2016
Kira Segal
John Pena
Sarah Van Tassel
Graduating Class of 2015
Kristin Chapman
Peter Coombs
Steve Ryder
Graduating Class of 2014
Michael Klufas
Charles Kim
George Parlitsis
Graduating Class of 2013
Kristine Yin
Tom Berenberg
Ryan Vassan
Graduating Class of 2012
Anne Barmettler
Claire Frase
Ryan St. Clair
Graduating Class of 2011
David Kim
Dimitra Skondra
Matthew Wessel
Graduating Class of 2010
Jennis Pae
Maya Shammas
Lillian Wang Kim
Graduating Class of 2009
Brian VanderBeek
Grace Sun
Tania Paul
Graduating Class of 2008
Benjamin Levine
Mira Lim
Jayati Sarkar
Graduating Class of 2007
Jason Liss
Victoria Chen Espinoza
Eleanore Kim
NYP/Weill Cornell Medicine Israel Englander Department of Ophthalmology Residency Program Fellowship Matches
Graduating residents 2023
Vitreoretinal Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary-Harvard Medical School
Glaucoma, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-University of Miami School of Medicine
Glaucoma, Casey Eye Institute-Oregon Health & Science University
Graduating residents 2022
WCM Retina
USC Roski Eye Institute – Retina
Washington University - Cornea
Graduating residents 2021
Duke U - Glaucoma
WCM- Retina
Graduating residents 2020
UCLA/Stein Eye Institute- Retina
Tufts / N. Engl Eye Center / OCB - Glaucoma
UCLA/Jules Stein Eye Institute - Cornea
Graduating residents 2019
WCM - Vitreoretinal fellowship
University of Colorado- Glaucoma
Graduating residents 2018
Tufts / N. Engl Eye Center / OCB - Retina
Associated Retinal Consultants Beaumont Health Vitreoretinal Disease & Surgery Royal Oak Program - Retina
Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary - Cornea 2 yr
Graduating residents 2017
Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary - Retina
Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - Glaucoma
Graduating residents 2016
Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary - Retina
Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - Glaucoma
Graduating residents 2015
Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah -Glaucoma
WCM - Retina