Iowa Glaucoma Fellowship

Thank you for your interest in our glaucoma fellowship. The glaucoma fellowship is a one-year program beginning on July 1 of each year. We emphasize both clinical and research training in this fellowship. Depending on the interest and funding, an additional year of basic research fellowship may be arranged. Our glaucoma fellowship is AUPO FCC approved.

Find out more about Glaucoma Fellowship at Iowa or email fellowship Director, Dr. John H. Fingert.

Our Current Fellow

Austin Fox, MD,

BS, Spring Hill College
MD, University of South Alabama, College of Medicine
Ophthalmology Residency, University of Iowa

Recent Fellow Graduates

Ana Rubin Panvini, MD

Dr. Rubin Panvini finished her glaucoma fellowship on June 30, 2020 and has joined the Ophthalmology group at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania.

Matthew Miller, MD

Dr. Miller finished his glaucoma fellowship on June 30, 2019 and has joined Eye Associates of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Ze Zhang, MD

Dr. Zhang finished her glaucoma fellowship on June 30, 2018 and has joined the Glaucoma Service of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Tulane.

Jason Kam, MD

Dr. Kam finished his glaucoma fellowship on June 30, 2017 and began private practice with Kaiser Permanente in Seattle, Washington

Jiaxi Ding, MD

Dr. Ding finished her fellowship on June 30, 2016 and has joined the faculty at Duke University.

Clinical Fellows

Elisabeth P. Aponte , MD , Lifeview Glaucoma Center, Hibbing, MN
William A. Argus , MD , Fort Wayne Glaucoma Center, Fort Wayne, IN
Roger Barth , MD , Glacier Eye Clinic, Kalispell, MT
Pierre Blondeau , MD , Université de Sherbrooke, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Quebec, Canada
Christina Bruno , MD , Northen Virginia Ophthalmology Associates, Falls Church, VA
James H. Burden , MD , Skyline Vision Clinic, Colorado Springs, CO
John Campagna , MD , Ophthalmology Associates of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Dean Carlson , MD , Eye Associates of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO
Megan Chambers , MD , Ophthalmic Surgeons & Consultants of Ohio, Columbus, OH
Jiaxi Ding , MD , Duke University, Durham, NC
John Fingert , MD, PhD. , University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Thomas Graul , MD , Eye Surgical Associates, Lincoln, NE
Emily Greenlee , MD , University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
William Haynes , MD , Asheville Eye Associates, Asheville, NC
Robert Honkanen , MD , Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
A. Tim Johnson , MD, PhD. , University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Jason Kam , MD , Kaiser Permanente, Kirkland, WA
Cheryl Khanna , MD , Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Michael Krasnow , DO, PhD. , deceased
Ed Langlow , MD , Glaucoma Associates, Covington, LA
John Lee , MD , Decatur, Illinois
Richard A Lewis , MD , Sacramento Eye Consultants, Sacramento, CA
Reid Longmuir , MD , Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Michael Maley , MD , Phillips Eye Specialists, Elmwood Park, NJ
J. Kevin McKinney , MD , EyeHealth Northwest, Oregon City, OR
John H. Mensher , MD , Seattle, WA
Matthew Miller , MD , Eye Associates of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO
Martin Mizener , MD , Midwest Eye Care, Omaha, NE
Michael Motolko , MD , Ivey Eye Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Robert B Nixon , MD , Black Hills Regional Eye Institute, Rapid City, SD (retired)
S. Douglas Owens , MD , Eye Center South, Montgomery, AL
Ana Rubin Panvini , MD , Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Gregory J Panzo , MD , Mid Florida Eye Center, Mt. Dora, FL
Mansi Parikh , MD , Eye Care Center of Northern Colorado, Longmont, CO
Charles D. Phelps , MD , deceased
Gary K Phelps , MD , Southport, Queensland, Australia
Scott Piette , DO , East Florida Eye Institute, Stuart, FL
Lesya Shuba , MD, PhD. , Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Robert Smith , MD , Lancaster, Wisconsin
Kirk Sturridge , MD , Alabama Eye Physicians and Surgeons, Dothan, AL
Ed Sung , MD , Wheaton Eye clinic, Wheaton, IL
Greggory E. Sutton , MD , Eye Surgical Associates, Lincoln, NE
Shandiz Tehrani , MD, PhD. , Oregon Health Sciences University, Casey Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon
Brian Tienor , MD , Associated Eye Care, Stillwater, MN
Yaffa Weaver Brown , MD , Vision Partners, Mobile, AL
Mitchell D. Wolfe , MD , Madison, WI
Norman Zabriskie , MD , University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Ze Zhang , MD , Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Research Fellows

Nour Arafat , MD , Amman, Jordan
Minoru Araki , MD , Tokyo, Japan
Adnan H Halasa , MD , Amman, Jordan
Sungpyo Hong , MD, PhD. , Daegu, South Korea
Kazuhide Kawase , MD , Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
Chan-Yun Kim , MD, PhD. , Sodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Chang-Sik Kim , MD , Taejon, South Korea
Young Kim , MD , Pasan, South Korea
Dertad Manguikian , MD , Fairfax, Virginia
Mary Lucy Pereira , MD , Coral Gables, Florida
Samir G Salamoun , MD , Beirut, Lebanon
Anamika Tandon , MD , Cedar Rapids, IA