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MedStar Georgetown University Hospital/
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Residency Program in Ophthalmology 2015-2016
Welcome to our Program
“Is it not a privilege to be one of the founders of an
institution established for the relief of human
misery and the restoration of sight and hearing?”
-- Bishop Satterlee, announcing campaign to build Episcopal Hospital.
Episcopal was built in 1897 and is our direct predecessor.
We are committed to:
• Superior medical and surgical education
• Compassionate, ethical and efficient medical
and surgical eye care
• Your training
• Your success
Our Program:
• 18 Residents
• Over 150 Dedicated Faculty in All
Subspecialties
• 8 Clinical Sites
• Focus on Autonomy and Clinical
Confidence
• 118 Years of Resident Education, Patient
Care and Innovation
Clinical Experience
In 2014-2015 Residents Performed (at MWHC
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22,000+ clinic procedures
12,000+ cataract/general evaluations
4,500+ glaucoma evaluations
3,000+ retina evaluations
Surgical Experience
The 2015 Senior Residents Performed:
• 2050+ Class I surgeries in all rotations
• 4,000+ total resident surgeries
• First year residents begin assisting in
surgery early in the academic year
• Residents begin performing cataract
surgery as primary physician in the
second year
Quality: Patient Care
One of city’s largest, most complete facilities, with
comprehensive ophthalmology clinics and
subspecialty clinics in:
Glaucoma
Ocular motility
Vitreoretinal disease
Low vision
Oculoplastics
Orbital disease
Uveitis
Contact lenses/Dry Eye
Cornea and external disease
Neuro-ophthalmology
We’re All About Residents
• Protected Lecture Time
• Limited Number of Fellows
• Procedures: LASIK, Premium Lenses, K-Pro,
Glaucoma Surgery, DSAEK, intravitreal
injections
• Opportunity for international/mission trips
• Free Food!
Resources
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Georgetown University
Wet Labs
Surgical Simulator
On-Site Ocular Pathology Lab
Access to Superb Medical Libraries
GME Support
Practice Experience of More Than 150
Ophthalmologists
Cutting-Edge Research
• Majority of Residents Present at National Meetings
• Resident Research Day
• Full-Time PhD Research Faculty
• Faculty Involvement in National Studies
Accreditation
Full 4-Year Accreditation received from the
Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education (ACGME) at our last Site
visit in 2011. Next site visit to occur in 2018.
Residency
Program
Affiliates
MedStar Washington Hospital
Center
Jay M. Lustbader, MD
Michael Summerfield, MD
• Home Base
• Fully-supervised
resident-run clinic
• Level I Trauma
Center
• Excellent learning
environment
• Extensive and varied
pathology
MedStar Georgetown University
Hospital
Jay M. Lustbader, MD
• Work directly with
attendings in their practices
• Ophthalmic Pathology
experience
• Basic science faculty
available for research
DC Veterans Affairs Hospital
Soo Y. Shin, MD
• Resident-run clinic
• 2nd year cataract surgery
• Full subspecialty faculty
Walter Reed National Military
Medical Center
Marcus Colyer, MD
• 1st year rotation
• Glaucoma and retina
experience
• Experience in a large
general ophthalmology
setting
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Tofik Ali, MD
• General and subspecialty
clinics and operating
room experience during 2nd
year rotation
• Private surgery center
experience
Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics &
Surgery Center
Chantal Cousineau Krieger, MD
• Comprehensive
ophthalmology clinical and
surgical experience in the
third year
• Exposure to Military
Ophthalmology
Children’s National Medical Center
William Madigan, MD
• Nationally recognized
pediatric hospital
• Birthplace of Pediatric
Ophthalmology
• Exposure to multiple rare
inherited disorders
The Laser Center (TLC)
Andrew Holzman,
MD
• Guidance in performing
laser kerato-refractive
procedures
• Opportunity for
certification in LASIK in
the 3rd year
• Opportunity to perform
LASIK in the 3rd year
First Year Rotations:
MedStar Washington Hospital Center PLUS
• MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
• Walter Reed National Military Medical
Center
2nd Year Rotations:
MedStar Washington Hospital Center PLUS
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2-month pediatric rotation through Children’s National Medical Center
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2-month rotation through MedStar Georgetown University Hospital with
experience in Cornea, Pediatrics and Neuro-Ophthalmology
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4-month rotation through DC Veterans Affairs Hospital
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Refractive surgery rotation through TLC
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2-month rotation through Inova Fairfax Hospital
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Dedicated research time
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Ocular Pathology
Rotation Schedule: Year 3
MedStar Washington Hospital Center PLUS
• DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics & Surgery
Center
• Refractive Surgery
• Optional Mission/International Trip
Academics
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Wednesday academic afternoon
Visiting Professor Series
Journal Clubs
FA Conferences
MRI Rounds
Symposia
WORC
Grand Rounds
Morbidity and Blindness Rounds
Surgical Simulation
Employee Benefits and
Compensation
• Health and dental insurance
• Paid vacation
• Meal tickets
• Free parking
• Competitive salaries
2014 Graduates:
Vickie Addis
Fellowship – Glaucoma – Kellogg Eye Inst./U of Michigan
Noureen Khan
Fellowship – Glaucoma – Northwestern Univ./Feinberg SOM
Hubert Pham
Private Practice – Seattle, Washington
Anjali Sheth
Fellowship – Glaucoma – Baylor College of Medicine
Adam Sise
Fellowship – Cornea – Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
2015 Graduates:
Tanuj Banker
Fellowship – Surgical Retina – Bascom Palmer, FL
Paul Goodman
Private Practice – Riverdale, MD
Lorena LoVerde
Fellowship – Cornea – University of Cincinnati
Rana Mady
Fellowship – Cornea – Albany Medical College
Jessica Mather
Academic Practice – Vanderbilt Univ. SOM, TN
Siri Shetty
Fellowship – Cornea – Cornell-Weill Med. Ctr., NY
What this graduate has to say
about our program:
“I felt incredibly well-prepared, both medically and
surgically, for my fellowship year. Residency at
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital/Washington
Hospital Center gave me excellent exposure to a vast
spectrum of pathology, and I had an extremely solid
skill set from which to start my retina fellowship.”
Lauren Taney, MD
Class of 2013
Medical Retina Fellowship from 2013-2014 at TuftsNew England Medical Center
Meet the Chiefs:
"At our residency, you will spend
nearly all your time in resident run
clinics. That means no looking over
someone's shoulder and no screening
patients for someone else's
clinic. There are not many programs
that train you to be a great all-around
ophthalmologist as well as this
one. We also have a terrific surgical
experience in a broad range of subspecialties. In most other programs,
you won't be doing cutting edge
things like glued IOLs, for instance."
William Grover, MD
Class of 2016
Graduate: Univ. of Tennessee SOM
Undergraduate: Univ. of South Carolina
Meet the Chiefs:
Michael Korchak, MD
Class of 2016
Graduate: Georgetown Univ. SOM
Undergraduate: Boston University
"The resident-run clinic is our
program's backbone. It teaches
autonomy and ownership of
patients, but with experienced
supervision. The numerous
volunteer faculty that work in
the clinic provide an
opportunity to learn various
medical and surgical
approaches to disease. That
being said, the best part of our
residency is the residents. The
program fosters a team
mentality and all of the
residents help one another,
always leave clinic together,
and hang out after clinic."
Meet the First Years
• Your future senior class….
Kelly Krespan
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Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Undergrad: Georgetown University
Med School: Jefferson Medical College
Internship: Crozer Chester Medical Center
Interests: tennis, jogging, eating, art
Comment: Great co-residents, attendings, patients, and city!
Laura Kueny
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Herndon, VA
Virginia Commonwealth University
Medical College of Virginia / VCUHS
Washington Hospital Center
Kittens, puppies, rainbows, and brunch
Friendly program, great people, terrific
pathology, and DC rocks!
Hari
Mylvaganam
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Hometown: Boston, MA
Undergrad: Boston University
Medical:
Boston University School of Medicine
Internship: Washington Hospital Center, Washington D.C
Interests:
Anything Boston, Tennis, playing with our puppy, traveling,
eating cookies, being outdoors, country music, watching The Bachelor
Comment:
DC is a fun city with a great program filled with friendly staff
and supportive residents, with lots of opportunity to see interesting
pathology
Ferdinand
Rodriguez
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Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Undergrad: Univ. of Puerto Rico
Medical:
Univ. of PR School of Medicine
Internship: St. Luke’s Roosevelt at Mount Sinai, NYC
Interests:
Golf, tennis, snowboarding, dominoes, BBQing, ANY
sporting events (specially baseball)
Comment: Autonomy is key in this program, making you think like an
attending from the very beginning while still having enough
supervision to know when there is room for improvement!
Zoey
Stoumbos
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Portland, Oregon
Gonzaga University
Georgetown SOM
Washington Hospital Center
Travel, cooking/eating, the great outdoors, GoT,
adventures, sports, reading, socializing, caffeine
The people are what makes this program so
amazing- from the attendings to co-residents to
office staff, and the patients with their incredibly
broad range of pathologies!
Jacqui Weber
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Downingtown, PA
Gettysburg College
New York Medical College
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, NY
Enjoying the outdoors, craft beer, reading,
traveling
Train with supportive faculty, diverse
patients, and close-knit co-residents
Washington,
DC, has so
much to
offer…
See the sights!
Enjoy our
diversity!
Shopping and
dining within
easy reach!
Our program offers
excellence in
education and
experience, providing
comprehensive,
compassionate care
to all of our patients.
Join us!