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Alumni

View where graduates of the SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine Ophthalmology Residency Program were placed for fellowship and where they are practicing now.

Where Are They Now?

Class of 2026

  • Duyen "Vivian" Dinh-Dang, cornea fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles
  • Adam Lewis, comprehensive ophthalmology in Pleasant Grove, Utah
  • John Lee, refractive surgery fellowship in Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Michael Moussa, comprehensive ophthalmology in Cleveland, Ohio

Class of 2025

  • Jillian (Baker) Litchfield, comprehensive ophthalmology in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Nicholas "Koh" Baugnon, comprehensive ophthalmology in Eugene, Oregon
  • Rocio "Rosy" Bentivegna, comprehensive ophthalmology in O’Fallon, Missouri
  • Scott Sonne, retina fellowship at Associate Retina Consultants in Phoenix, Arizona

Class of 2024

  • Osasu "Su" Adah, glaucoma in Madison, Mississippi (fellowship at The Ohio State University)
  • Cinthia Pi, comprehensive ophthalmology in Creve Couer, Missouri
  • Andrew Polk, comprehensive ophthalmology in Fenton, Missouri
  • Ji Hyae Lee, comprehensive ophthalmology in Chicago, Illinois

Class of 2023

  • Katherine Kindle, pediatric ophthalmology fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis
  • Cameron Paladino, cornea fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • W. Jake Anderson, retina fellowship at The Retina Institute in St. Louis
  • Jacob Grodsky, retina fellowship at Ochsner Health

Class of 2022

  • Reem Gonnah, retina fellowship at University of Chicago
  • Jillian Kaplita, Burlington, Vermont
  • Jennifer Sim, Salisbury, Maryland
  • Douglas Snyder, neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis

Class of 2021

  • Spencer Adams, comprehensive ophthalmology in Fresno, California
  • Ariana Diamond, comprehensive ophthalmology in Daytona, Florida
  • Andrew Jilwan, pediatric ophthalmology in Naperville, Illinois (fellowship at The Ohio State University)
  • Jessica Liu, glaucoma in Omaha, Nebraska (fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis)

Class of 2020

  • Alex Barsam, comprehensive ophthalmology in Durham, North Carolina
  • Mary Haschke, comprehensive ophthalmology in Omaha, Nebraska
  • Erik Johnson, oculoplastics in Raleigh, North Carolina (fellowship at the University of Alabama)
  • Siripong Rojanasthien, comprehensive ophthalmology in Daytona, Florida

Class of 2019

  • Whitney Marlow, comprehensive ophthalmology in O’Fallon, Illinois
  • Kelvin Paul McDaniel, comprehensive ophthalmology in Fairhope, Alabama
  • Maria Stunkel, pediatric ophthalmology in St. Louis, Missouri (fellowship at Indiana University)
  • Lisa Wasielewski Bennett, comprehensive ophthalmology in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Class of 2018

  • Hayley Klein, pediatric ophthalmology in Charlotte, South Carolina (fellowship at Case Western Reserve University)
  • Craig Eck, cornea and comprehensive ophthalmology in St. Louis, Missouri (fellowship at the University of Oklahoma)
  • Erik Ostler, glaucoma and comprehensive ophthalmology in Nampa, Idaho (fellowship at Case Western Reserve University)
  • Hang Pham, retina in Cleveland (fellowship at Cincinnati Eye Institute)

Class of 2017

  • Sam Kuchinka, comprehensive ophthalmology in Ashland, Wisconsin
  • Varun Pawar, uveitis in New York (fellowship at UCSF)
  • Sara Reggie, oculoplastics and neuro-ophthalmology in St. Louis, Missouri (fellowships at N.O, UPENN, Plastics, UTMem)
  • Christopher Smith, cornea and refractive surgery in Salt Lake City, Utah (fellowship at Moran Eye Center)

Class of 2016

  • Zachary Bodnar, retina in Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Ross Chod, retina in Denver, Colorado
  • Parvathi Rayudu, comprehensive ophthalmology in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Tad Schoedel, glaucoma in Roanoke, Virginia

Class of 2015

  • Mohamed Abou Shousha, cornea in Miami, Florida
  • David Dodds, comprehensive ophthalmology in Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Jason Newman, comprehensive ophthalmology in St. Louis, Missouri
  • Eric Schmidt, cornea in New Orleans, Louisiana

Class of 2014

  • Tonya Alberelli, comprehensive ophthalmology in Hayward, California
  • Rao Chundury, oculoplastics in Omaha, Nebraska
  • Ankit Desai, retina in Joliet, Illinois
  • Rindha Reddy, comprehensive ophthalmology in Redondo Beach, California

Class of 2013

  • Matthew Currie, comprehensive ophthalmology in Holland, Michigan
  • Rohit Parihar, comprehensive ophthalmology in Melbourne, Florida
  • Melissa Schleeper, comprehensive ophthalmology in Godfrey, Illinois
  • Anusha Vasamsetti, pediatric ophthalmology in Valparaiso, Indiana

Class of 2012

  • Jennifer Thompson, comprehensive ophthalmology in Peoria, Illinois
  • Clayton Scanlon, retina in St. Louis, Missouri
  • Rafif Ghadban, pediatric ophthalmology in St. Louis, Missouri
  • Christopher Pole, comprehensive ophthalmology in Overland Park, Kansas

Class of 2011

  • Aaron Grant, pediatric ophthalmology in San Antonio, Texas
  • Shana Widick, cornea in St. Louis, Missouri
  • Dimple Modi, medical retina in Snellville, Georgia
  • Jeffrey Lynch, pediatric ophthalmology in Stillwater, Minnesota