Ophthalmology Residency and Fellowship Programs: Match Day 2025 and Educational Opportunities

We are excited to welcome the newest members of the WashU Medicine John F. Hardesty, MD Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences residency and fellowship programs! We are thrilled to welcome this talented group of residents and fellows to our WashU Medicine community. Your journey is just beginning, and we can’t wait to see all that you accomplish!

Match Day 2025: Incoming Residents and Fellows

Below are the names and affiliations of the incoming residents and fellows joining our team.

Incoming Residents Internal Medicine 2025-2026 & Ophthalmology 2026-2029:

• Mina Farag | WashU Medicine
• Julia Fleecs | University of Iowa
• David Morcos | University of Missouri Kansas City
• Wilson Wang | WashU Medicine
• Samuel Lee | New York University

Incoming Fellows and Clinical Specialists:

• Cornea Fellowship: Marilyn Collins | UT Southwestern – Dallas; Jillian Liu | University of Tennessee – Memphis
• Retina Fellowship: Vichar Trivedi | Kresge Eye Institute / Wayne State University; Hasan Muqri | University of Texas – Houston
• Glaucoma Fellowship: Sharon Sabapathypillai | Washington University; Benjamin Katz | Henry Ford Hospital – Detroit
• Chief of Ophthalmic Trauma: Gregory Bligard, MD, PhD | WashU Medicine

Queen's Ophthalmology Residency Program Information

Our program fosters an inclusive environment in which diverse personalities can flourish. To that end, we strive to provide a collegial atmosphere where residents can work, learn, and ask questions with confidence. While we challenge our residents to reach their potential, we maintain the flexibility to allow individual strengths to thrive, and weaknesses to be addressed in a constructive manner. At Queen's, residents are regarded as colleagues, integral members of our team, and the heart of our academic department.

Medical Student Education at Emory Eye Center

At Emory Eye Center, we pride ourselves on the work we do to ensure the next generation of physicians is equipped to handle common ophthalmic conditions and ocular emergencies. Emory Department of Ophthalmology offers multiple opportunities for medical students to gain a perspective on the field. In addition to electives offered to third-year Emory School of Medicine students, we offer opportunities for elective coursework through the AAMC Visiting Student Learning Opportunities (VSLO) program.

Advanced Electives and Clinical Training

For those students who choose to pursue ophthalmology for their career, our department offers several month-long electives during which our fourth-year medical students gain in-depth training in our subspecialities. Various clinical electives are offered to fourth-year Emory School of Medicine students who are considering a career in ophthalmology. This clerkship is an intensive week-long clinical rotation that is required of all third-year students at the Emory School of Medicine. Students gain valuable exposure to multiple subspecialties at high-volume, urban clinics, located at Grady Hospital and the VA Medical Center.

Scholarship and Internship Opportunities

The M4 Away Rotation Scholarship program is a way to open the field ophthalmology to fourth-year medical students who may be precluded from participating in away rotations due to the prohibited cost. The program offers the selected candidate a $3,000 stipend to help defray the cost of an away-rotation in ophthalmology at the Emory Eye Center. Furthermore, the Emory Eye Center Summer Educational Experience (SEE) is an eight to 10-week internship designed to introduce undergraduates and medical students to the challenges and rewards of a career in ophthalmology.

Note: This clinical intensive annually offers around eight medical students from AAMC-accredited medical schools an opportunity to work alongside Emory's ophthalmic clinicians, fellows, and residents in urban clinics where they will be exposed to a broad range of eye pathologies.