Meet the residents of the Department of Ophthalmology.
Third year residents (Class of 2027)
Lillian Chien, MD
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Jennifer E. Chung, MD
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Timothy J. Goblirsch, MD
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Vincent Huang, MD
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Caroline L. Simon, MD
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Second year residents (Class of 2028)
Victor F. Cox, MD
Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Robert T. James, MD
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Anita Kundu, MD
Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Brian J. Liu, MD
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Kirstyn C. Taylor, MD
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
First year residents (class of 2029)
Edward P. Esposito, III, MD
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Marine-Ayan Ibrahim Aibo, MD
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Nithya S. Shanmugam, MD
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
Ashley S. Shirriff, MD
Medical School: University of Hawaii School of Medicine
Kevin R. Zhang, MD, PhD
Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Interns
Ana Garcia, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Adam Hidad, MD
Georgetown University
Kimberly Jin, MD
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
Taiki Nishihara, MD
University of California, San Diego
Ricardo Tochimani, MD, MS
New York Medical College
>Fellows 2026-2027
Yasaman Ataei, MD
Specialty: CHOP Oculoplastics
Residency Program: Medical College of Wisconsin
Debora H. Lee, MD
Specialty: Retina
Residency Program: University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Carrie Huang, MD
CHOP Peds
Sanjana Murali, MD
CHOP Peds
Urmi Mehta, DO
CHOP Peds
Annie Yan, MD
Cornea
Palwasha Syar, MD
Glaucoma
Simon Mogendi, MD
Glaucoma
Jennifer Drechsler, MD
Neuro-Op
Faith D. Lee, MD
Neuro-Op
Peter Maduka, Jr., DO
Retina