Residents 2009-2010

Third Year Residents:

	Lauren Patty, MD Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts Lauren studied Comparative Literature and Medical Anthropology at Stanford University before receiving her MD from Harvard Medical School. Her research interests are in international health, and she has worked on projects ranging from HIV advocacy in Vietnam to developing outreach in ocular health in Nepal and Bhutan.
	Nahyoung Grace Lee, MD Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Grace received a BA from Johns Hopkins University in Neuroscience and received her medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Grace conducted research in glaucoma and infectious keratitis at the Wilmer Eye Institute. Her current research interests include ocular oncology.
	Amir Kashani, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Amir obtained a BS in Neurosciences from UCLA before pursuing an MD and PhD at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His PhD studies were aimed at understanding the molecular mechanisms by which neuronal excitation causes transcriptional changes in cortical neurons. He has also published work using animal models to assess the safety of intravitreal injection of antibiotics and steroids in experimental endophthalmitis. Amir completed his preliminary year at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the Internal Medicine program before returning to Los Angeles to start his residency in Ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute in 2007.
	Hoai-Ky Ho, MD Stanford University Palo Alto, California Ky received a BS in biology with a chemistry minor from the University of Oregon and an  MD from Stanford University. He completed a transitional internship at the San Bernardino County Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. Ky's research interests include atherosclerosis, angiogenesis, bacterial contamination of needles following intravitreal injection, and dynamic contour tonometry. In addition, he has a keen interest in international ophthalmology and has taken part in humanitarian missions to provide free plastic and reconstructive surgeries to the poor in the remote areas of Vietnam.
	Elma Kim, MD Washington University St. Louis, Missouri Elma completed her medical education at Washington University in St. Louis. She was awarded a Medical Student Eye Research Fellowship from Research to Prevent Blindness to work on a project studying PCR diagnostics for both bacterial and fungal keratitis. During this project, she worked at Aravind Eye Hospital in India. She has also co-authored a chapter on PCR diagnostics for Duane's Clinical Ophthalmology. She plans to pursue a fellowship in Glaucoma.
	Brandon Lee, MD Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts Brandon received his bachelor's degree in Physiological Science from the University of California, Los Angeles, before graduating from Harvard Medical School. His past research focused on the recognition of keratoconus and pellucid marginal degeneration based on corneal topography patterns. His findings have been published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology. He is also interested in the prevention and treatment of eye disease in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.

Second Year Residents:

	Anne Barañano, MD Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Anne studied Spanish at Haverford College and then obtained an MA in Spanish while studying in Madrid with Middlebury College. She received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has published research done with the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES). She plans to continue her active participation in international health care, with a special interest in eye disease in Latin America.
	César Briceño, MD Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland César studied Biology at Harvard College and then worked as a management consultant in the pharmaceutical industry.  He received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has completed research in several areas including tissue preparation for DSAEK, novel applications of OCT, and orbital infections in immunocompromised hosts. César plans to pursue a fellowship in oculoplastic surgery.
	David Jeng, MD Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut David did his undergraduate work at Harvard College before earning his MD from Yale University School of Medicine. During medical school, he performed basic science research and published papers in the field of neuroimmunology.  He also participated in clinical projects in retina and glaucoma.
	Ani Khondkaryan, MD Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts Ani received her bachelors degree from Stanford University and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School, where she pursued research on the barrier functions of the corneal limbus cells.
	Phillip Phuc Le, MD, PhD University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia,  PA Phillip went to MIT as an undergraduate, majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He then earned his MD-PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, where his research focused on studying transcription factors and the genomic sequences that help determine their activity.  Ideally, he would like to participate in a center which integrates computational and bench research.
	Reid Wainess, MD University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Reid received his medical and undergraduate degrees from the University of Michigan. During medical school, Reid published a series of papers using a large surgical database to examine outcomes and epidemiology in a variety of surgical fields, including vascular surgery, neurosurgery, and orthopedics. He has also been involved in ophthalmology research projects involving ion channel transporters and cancer-associated retinopathy

 

First Year Residents:

	Alex Huang, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Alex completed a double major in Neuroscience and Molecular Biology at Pomona College.  He subsequently attended The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed an MD-PhD program with Dr. Solomon Snyder, studying atypical amino acids in the brain and eye.
	LT Dev Nathan Kalyan, MD, JD Duke University School of Medicine Durham, North Carolina Dev studied economics at The George Washington University and then completed a dual degree in law and medicine, earning a JD from Columbia Law School in 2006 and an MD from Duke School of Medicine. Dev has a particular interest in assessing quality of care and organizing systems of care delivery to efficiently and effectively meet validated measures. Dev will enter Active Duty as an Ophthalomologist in the Naval Medical Corps in 2012.
	Grant Lee, MD UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles, California Grant received his bachelor’s degree in Biological Science from Stanford University, before graduating from UCLA Medical School. He is a former Fulbright and Howard Hughes fellow, and is interested in international ophthalmology. His past research has focused on risk factors for ocular toxoplasmosis in Brazil.
	Jesse Maki, MD Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts Jesse attended Harvard College where she studied biochemistry. She went on to Harvard Medical School where she travelled to Thailand, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, studying factors that influence the quality of care provided to international populations via short-term medical missions. Jesse spent her internship in NYC at Sloan-Kettering and published on the misdiagnosis of retinoblastoma.
	Pho Nguyen, MD University of Southern California Los Angeles, Caifornia Upon graduating from UC Davis with undergraduate degrees in biochemistry and chemical engineering, Pho worked in the semiconductor industry as a process engineer. Subsequently, he joined NASA to conduct basic science research in nanotechnology and earned his Masters in chemical engineering.  He came to the Keck School of Medicine with the aspiration to advance health care by clinical and basic science research.  Pho’s research interests include nanotechnology, bioengineering, advanced imaging for ophthalmic applications, and stem cells.
	E. Jason Sabet-Peyman, MD Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Jason studied molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley and conducted research in the field of immunogenetics at the National Institutes of Health before receiving his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Prior research projects have focused on the effects of intravitreal VEGF inhibitor injections and imaging studies in patients with choroidal neovascularization.