Department of Ophthalmology Visual Sciences

History


Cvekl Lab

Kveta Cveklova
Technician
kveta.cveklova@einsteinmed.org  

Jian Sun
PhD Student
jian.sun@phd.einsteinmed.org  

Shuying He
PhD Student
shuying.he@phd.einsteinmed.org  

Louise Wolf
Research Fellow
louise.wolf@einsteinmed.org  

Yi-an Ko
PhD Student
yi-an.ko@phd.einsteinmed.org  

Qing Xie
PhD Student
qing.xie@phd.einsteinmed.org  

Wei Liu
Instructor
wei.liu@einsteinmed.org  

Ariel Vitenzon
Technician
ariel.vitenzon@einsteinmed.org  


Chuck Lab

Alan Fong
MD Student
alan.fong@med.einsteinmed.org 

Sunju Park
MD Student
sunju.park@med.einsteinmed.org 

Nawy Lab

Tanya Casimiro
PhD Student
tanya.casimiro@phd.einsteinmed.org 

Melissa Rampino
PhD Student
melissaann.rampino@phd.einsteinmed.org 

Rebecca Jones
PhD Student
rebecca.jones@phd.einsteinmed.org 

Maria Shenina
Technician
maria.sheinina@einsteinmed.org  

Tejinder Kaur
PhD Student
tejinder.kaur@phd.einsteinmed.org 


Kohn Lab

Xiaoxuan Jia
PhD Student
xiaoxuan.jia@phd.einsteinmed.org 

Stephanie Wissig
MD/PhD Student
stephanie.wissig@med.einsteinmed.org 

Carlyn Patterson
MD/PhD Student
carlyn.patterson@med.einsteinmed.org 

Amin Zandvakili
PhD Student
amin.zandvakili@phd.einsteinmed.org 

Seiji Tanabe
Research Fellow
seiji.tanabe@einsteinmed.org 

Baker Lab

Abhishek Bhattacharya
PhD Student
abhishek.bhattacharya@phd.einsteinmed.org 

Manon Quiquand
Research Fellow

John Fullard
Research Fellow
john.fullard@einsteinmed.org 

Gerard Rimesso
Technician
gerard.rimesso@einsteinmed.org 

Abhijit Kale
PhD Student
abhijit.kale@phd.einsteinmed.org 

Robert Ruggiero
PhD Student
robert.ruggiero@phd.einsteinmed.org 

Chang Hyun Lee
PhD Student
changhyun.lee@phd.einsteinmed.org 

Lan-Hsin Wang
Research Fellow
lan-hsin.wang@einsteinmed.org 

Sam Maung
Research Fellow
saw-myat.maung@einsteinmed.org 

Dachuan Zhang
PhD Student
dachuan.zhang@phd.einsteinmed.org 

 

Department Highlights

  • Currently, faculty is receiving more than $23 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health primarily from the National Eye Institute (NEI)
  • 10 NEI grants have been awarded to our 6 basic science faculty
  • Our basic science faculty participate in multidisciplinary research underway in a number of Einstein's centers
  • Our new office of clinical trials is designed to set up and perform a wide-range of ophthalmology clinical trials
  • Beginning in 2011, the department is supported by the Research to Prevent Blindness Unrestricted Grant