Faculty

Faculty

Jonathan M. Holmes, MD
Head, Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Professor, Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Adult Strabismus
Shivi Agrawal, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology
Cornea/Cataract
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Todd W. Altenbernd, MD
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology
Glaucoma
Michael W. Belin, MD
Professor, Ophthalmology
Cornea/Cataract
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Rita M. Bhakta, OD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology
Pediatric Optometry
Jillian Colson, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology
Chief of Ophthalmology, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Site Director for Ophthalmology, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Abhijit Date, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Nicholas Delamere, PhD
Professor and Head, Physiology
Professor, Ophthalmology
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Wolfgang Fink, PhD
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Inaugural Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Associate Professor, Systems and Industrial Engineering
Associate Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Elham Ghahari, MD
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology
Glaucoma
Mireille Jabroun, MD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Pediatric Ophthalmology/Adult Strabismus
Cori Jones, OD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Specialty Contact Lenses/Comprehensive Eye Care
Igor Kozak, MD, PhD
Professor, Ophthalmology
Retina
Burke Lieppman, OD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Comprehensive Eye Care
Robert Lindberg, DO
Assistant Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology
Neuro-Ophthalmology/Cataract
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Brian S. McKay, PhD
Professor, Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Professor, Physiology
Leslie Neems, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology
Oculoplastics
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Roy Swanson, MD
Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
Comprehensive Ophthalmology/Cataract
Tanu Thomas, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology
Retina
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
J. Daniel Twelker, OD, PhD
Professor, Ophthalmology
Assistant Professor, Public Health
Comprehensive Eye Care
Ovette Villavicencio, MD, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology
Cornea/Cataract
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Jin Zhang, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Comprehensive/Cataract
Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
Professor Emeritus
Harold E. Cross, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Erin M. Harvey, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Joseph M. Miller, MD, MPH
Professor Emeritus, Ophthalmology and Vision Science

Associates

Brock Bakewell, MD
Clinical Instructor
Cornea and Anterior Segment
Eye Associates of Tucson

Lansing Brown, MD
Clinical Lecturer
Banner University Medical Center - Tucson

Diego Calonje, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Surgical Retina/Vitreous

John Christoforidis, MD
Clinical Professor
Surgical Retina/Vitreous
Retina Specialists of Southern Arizona

Kathleen Duerksen, MD, FACS
Assistant Clinical Professor
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Robert Fintelmann, MD, FACS
Associate Clinical Professor
Cornea, Cataract, Refractive Surgery
Midwestern University, Phoenix

Sean Garrity, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Surgical Retina/Vitreous
Retina Associates

April Harris, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Surgical Retina/Vitreous
Retina Associates

Michael Henry, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Glaucoma
Oracle Eye Physicians and Surgeons

Brian Hunter, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Oracle Eye Physicians and Surgeons

Cameron Javid, MD, MBA
Clinical Professor
Surgical Retina/Vitreous
Ocular Oncology
Retina Associates

Anthony Joseph, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Surgical Retina/Vitreous
Retina Associates

Khin Kilgore, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Glaucoma
Arizona Eye Consultants

Lisa Lane, MD
Clinical Instructor
Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Arizona Eye Consultants
Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System

Jason Levine, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Glaucoma
Arizona Eye Consultants

Mikel Lo, MD
Lecturer
Oculoplastics
About Faces Cosmetic Surgery and Med Spa

Jeff Maltzman, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Glaucoma
Oracle Eye Physicians and Surgeons

Ann McColgin, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Cornea and External Disease
Cornea Associates

Lynn Polonski, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Catalina Eye Care
Banner University Medical Center - Tucson

Maria Ramirez, MD
Lecturer
International Ophthalmology
Oftalmologos Asociados
Nogales, Sonora, Mexico

Tatyana Sherman, DO
Assistant Clinical Professor
Cornea and Refractive Surgery
Oracle Eye Physicians and Surgeons

Mark Swanson, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
International Ophthalmology
Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico

Patrick Tsai, MD, MHA
Associate Clinical Professor
Glaucoma
Advanced Eye Care of Tucson
Banner University Medical Center-Tucson

Mark Walsh, MD, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Surgical Retina/Vitreous
Retina Associates

Mingwu Wang, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor
Cornea and External Disease
Cornea Associates

Ryan Wong, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Surgical Retina/Vitreous
Retina Associates

Retired Faculty

Harry Carrozza, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Ophthalmology
1998-2019

Richard Ober, MD
Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology
1993-2020