Faculty & Staff

Tsai, James

Chief, Department of Ophthalmology

James C. Tsai, MD, became Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science effective October 1, 2006. Dr. Tsai previously directed the glaucoma division at the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. Dr. Tsai is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College and alumnus of the Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Following his residency, he completed glaucoma fellowships at the Bascom Palmer...

Karim, Shaheen

Instructor in Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Vitreo-Retinal Fellow

Liu, Ji

Instructor in Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Glaucoma Fellow

Parnes, Aaron

Instructor in Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Vitreo-Retinal Fellow

Third Year Residents


Abbas, Nausheen

M.D., Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2009

Kombo, Ninani

M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, 2009

Mohsenin, Amir

M.D., University of Texas Medical School, Houston, 2009


Rogers, Spencer

M.D., Medical College Wisconsin, 2005

Wong, Ryan

Chief Resident

M.D., Cornell University Medical College, 2009

Second Year Residents


Greene, Daniel

M.D., University of Virginia, 2010

Hafler, Brian

M.D., Harvard Medical School, 2010

Liu, Ting Ting

M.D., Jefferson Medical College, 2010


Shield, David

M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, 2010

Yang, Elizabeth

M.D., Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Med, 2010

First Year Residents


Elia, Maxwell

M.D., Yale School of Medicine, 2011

He, Xining

M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeo, 2011

Kavoussi, Shaheen

M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 2010


Lee, Daniel

M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 2011

Yun, Samuel

B.S., University of Virginia, 2007