Current Residents | Ophthalmology Residency Program | MedStar Health
Last Year’s Senior Residents
- Kelsey Durbin
School of medicine: University of Kentucky College of Medicine - Brice Hwang
School of medicine: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University - Joseph Mekhail
School of medicine: Georgetown University School of Medicine -
Hector Rojas
School of medicine: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine - George Skopis
School of medicine: Florida International University - Leah Umfrey
School of medicine: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Third-Year Residents
- Frank Abella Ayala
School of medicine: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine -
Julio Albarracin
School of medicine: University of Texas Houston School of Medicine -
Michael Izzo
School of medicine: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University -
Davina Kirschenbaum
School of medicine: New York Medical College -
Georgina Medina
School of medicine: University Centrale del Caribe School of Medicine -
Karine Shebaclo
School of medicine: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Second-Year Residents
- Natalia Diaz Torres
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine - Russel Dinh
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine - Marielle Mahan
Georgetown University School of Medicine -
Tiffany Shahrooz
Georgetown University School of Medicine - Justin Shortell
University of Hawaii/Burns School of Medicine - Kristen Suzich
University of Maryland School of Medicine
First-Year Residents
- Philip Conkling
New York Medical College - Jack Creagmile
Rush University Medical College - William “Bren” Davis
Louisiana State University–New Orleans -
Narmien Haddad
Boston University School of Medicine - Thomas Lamson
State University of New York-Stonybrook - Obadah Moushmoush
West Virginia University School of Medicine
PGY1 Interns
- Mazin Elsarrag
University of Virginia School of Medicine - Anthony Fiacco
Georgetown University School of Medicine - Sara Khan
Chicago Medical School -
Felix Kung
Mayo Clinic/Alix School of Medicine - David McGuigan
Georgetown University School of Medicine - Abhishek Naidu
State University of New York-Stonybrook
We are so proud of our residents!
By the time our residents interview for fellowships or private practice positions, they are prepared to impress future instructors, mentors, and colleagues with an excellent fund of knowledge, excellent comprehensive and subspecialty clinical and surgical experience, and an excellent portfolio of accomplishments in research, customer satisfaction, process improvement, humanitarianism, and program and national examinations. Our residents’ Written and Oral Board Exam pass rate is well above the national average, and they have succeeded in matching into top fellowships or joining their preferred practices all over the country.
Where did they go?
| YEAR | NAME | IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATION | |
| FELLOWSHIP | PRIVATE PRACTICE | ||
| 2021 | Kelsey Durbin | Columbus, OH | |
| Brice Hwang | Albuquerque, NM | ||
| Joseph Mekhail | Cornea - UC Irvine |
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| Hector Rojas Martinez | \ |
Clinton, MD | |
| George Skopis | Retina - Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary |
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| Leah Umfrey | Glaucoma - New York Eye & Ear Infirmary |
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| 2020 | Jason Goldberg | Cornea - Univ. of Minnesota | |
| Mariam Mathai | Retina - Retina Group of Wash/WNEC/ |
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| Meghan Moroux | Washington, D.C. | ||
| Adam Pearlman | Glaucoma - West Virginia U |
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| Noreen Shaikh | Retina - Lahey Boston |
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| Dian Yu | Cornea - Johns Hopkins U/Wilmer |
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| 2019 | Patrick Burke | Pediatric Ophthalmology – Children’s National Med. Ctr. | |
| Jacquelyn Daubert | Miami, Florida | ||
| Samantha Feldman | Pediatric Ophthalmology – Vanderbilt University | ||
| Jocelyn Kim | Sacramento, California | ||
| Kirsten Midgley | Cornea – Wake Forest University | ||
| Michael Ullman | Cornea – Washington University, Missouri | ||
| 2018 | Kelly Krespan | Cornea – Ohio State U./Havener Eye Institute | |
| Laura Kueny | Pediatric Ophthalmology – Childrens Natl Med Center DC | ||
| Hari Mylvaganam | Retina - Stroger Hosp. of Cook County/Retina Consultants Ltd | ||
| Ferdinand Rodriguez | Retina – Cincinnati Eye Institute/Univ. of Cincinnati | ||
| Zoey Stoumbos | Glaucoma – New England Eye Center/Tufts U. SOM | ||
| Jacquelyn Weber | Cornea – University of Minnesota | ||
| 2017 | Frank "Stro" Ashburn | Glaucoma – UVA | |
| Olivia Dryjski | Cornea – Wilmer Eye Institute | ||
| Fiona Seager | Pediatric Ophthalmology – Childrens Natl Med Center DC | ||
| Kevin Wells | Retina – U Alabama-Birmingham | ||
| Matthew West | Uveitis – Bascom Palmer | ||
| Bilal Yousufzai | Retina – Associates in Ophthalmology - Pittsburgh | ||
| 2016 | Amelia Fong | Oculoplastics – Univ. of Texas Southwestern | |
| William Grover | Cornea – Wilmer Eye Institute | ||
| Michael Korchak | Cornea – Cornell-Weill Medical Center | ||
| Chad Marcantonio | Retina – Retina Center of Ohio (Cleveland) | ||
| Peter Murr | Perth Amboy, NJ | ||
| Auvni Patel | Tom's River, NJ | ||
| 2015 | Tanuj Banker | Retina – Bascom Palmer Eye Institute | |
| Paul Goodman | Riverdale, MD | ||
| Lorena LoVerde | Cornea – Univ. of Cincinnati | ||
| Rana Mady | Cornea – Albany Medical College | ||
| Jessica Mather | Nashville, TN | ||
| Siri Shetty | Cornea – Cornell-Weill Medical Center | ||
Additional information
For more information, contact
Penelope Helfgott
Executive Director
Washington National Eye Center, Inc.
Administrative Program Director
MGUH/MWHC Ophthalmology Residency Program
110 Irving Street, NW.,
Suite 1A-19
Washington,
D.C.,
20010
