Residents

Joint Transitional Year

Our department partners with the MacNeal Hospital Transitional Year Residency training program for a joint intern year. The joint program allows PGY1 residents to acclimate early into their Ophthalmology Residency. Three months of the year are dedicated to Ophthalmology at Loyola and Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospitals. The goals and objectives for these rotations follow the ACGME guidelines. During these months, transition year Ophthalmology residents will:

• Rotate through the different subspecialty services
• Care for ophthalmology patients
• Join the ophthalmology operating teams
• Experience inpatient consult services and interact with the consult/consulting team
• Have dedicated time for research and simulation training

Where Do Residents Live in Chicago?

Our residents live throughout the Chicago and Chicago suburb area. Most choose to live in the city with a 20 min (40 minute in heavy traffic) commute to the main Loyola University Medical Center campus in Maywood, IL. (Credit to Neel Vaidya for the following diagram.)

Chicago is an culturally rich and historic city that offers every possible distraction during residency, including what some might consider to be the best dining. Some of our resident's favorite picks for food and fun are below!

Alumni

See a full, detailed directory list of all the Ophthalmology Residency program alumni here.

Class of 2022

• Natalie Chung – Private Practice, Monterey, CA
• Sheena Khanna – Medical Retina Fellowship, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
• Clayton Kirk – Surgical Retina Fellowship, Associated Retina Consultants, Phoenix, AZ
• Erica Smith – Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship, Baylor, Houston, TX

Class of 2021

• Michael Beyer – Private Practice, Palos Heights, IL
• Jose Jogin – Private Practice, Arlington Heights, IL
• Eric Kim – Private Practice, Anaheim, CA
• Sinthu Ranjan – Cornea Fellowship, New York, NY

Class of 2020

• Gregory Fu – Private Practice, Rockville, MD
• Michael Henry – Glaucoma Fellowship, UIC, Chicago, IL
• Jonathan Noguchi – Oculoplastics Fellowship, Calgary, Canada
• Neel Vaidya – Cornea and Refractive Fellowship, Chicago, IL

Class of 2019

• Kimberly Estes – Private Practice, Chicagoland Area
• Christopher Johnson – Private Practice, Sydney, OH
• Neil Shah – Surgical Retina Fellowship, UMKC, Kansas City, MO
• Madeline Ripa – Cornea Fellowship, Moran Eye Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Class of 2018

• Shannon Hunt – Private Pracitice, Chicagoland Area
• Paul Park – Private Practice, Chicagoland Area
• Naryan Sabherwal – Surgical Retina Fellowship, Illinois Retina Associates, Chicago, IL
• David Terrell – Inherited Retinal Degenerations Fellowship, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA

Class of 2017

• Stephen Holland – Private Practice, Springfield, IL
• Rima Patel – Medical Retina Fellowship, USC Roski Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA
• Mackenzie Sward – Private Practice, Milwaukee, WI
• Jordan Thompson – Private Practice, La Crosse, WI

Class of 2016

• Laura Burke – Private Practice, McMinnville, OR
• Matthew Flood – Medical Retina Fellowship, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
• Ruchi Shah – Glaucoma Fellowship, UIC, Chicago, IL
• Marie Somogyi – Oculoplastics Fellowship, TOC Eye and Face, Austin, TX

Class of 2015

• Lindsay Grotting – Uveitis Fellowship, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA
• Srinivas Kondapalli – Medical Retina and Oncology Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• Michael Nolan – Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• Diana Tamboli – Oculoplastics Fellowship, UTSW, Dallas, TX