CLINICAL TEACHING FACULTY
As one of the largest ophthalmology residencies in the United States, the LSU ophthalmology
residency has many strengths including exposure to a wide variety and severity of
ophthalmic pathology, multiple subspecialists in all fields providing varying approaches
to diagnosis and treatment and an ideal combination of supervision and autonomy.
Residents obtain the training and expertise to be skilled in the diagnosis and treatment
of ophthalmic diseases upon graduation, whether or not they chose to continue onto
fellowship training.
Program Director: Maria Reinoso, MD
Associate Program Director: Christine Connolly, MD
Clinical Teaching Faculty residents work directly with for extended amounts of time:
Cataract and Comprehensive
Armin Avdic, MD (LSUHN, UMNCO)
Maria Bernal, MD (LSUHN, UMCNO)
Julie Kumata Boehm, MD (NOLA VA)
Lucy Borne, MD (OLOL)
Christine Connolly, MD (LSUHN, OLOA, UMCNO)
Josh Groetsch, MD (Chabert)
Fred Hall, MD (UHC)
Patrick Keating, MD (UHC)
Angela R. Lewis, MD (UHC)
Rebecca Metzinger, MD (VA)
Michael Morgan, MD (OLOL)
Virgil Murray, MD (UHC)
An Nguyen, MD (OLOA)
Allen Pearce, MD (OLOL)
Shalimar Small, MD (OLOL)
Abram Dulaney Tipton IV, MD (Chabert)
Jared Vincent, MD (UHC)
Seema Walia, MD (Chabert)
Jayne S. Weiss, MD (LSUHN, OLOA, OLOL, UMCNO, UHC)
Cornea
Paul Azar, MD (UHC)
Maria Bernal, MD (LSUHN, UMCNO)
Tom Heigle, MD (OLOL)
Ginny Kullman, MD (Chabert, Ochsner)
Rebecca Metzinger, MD (NOLA VA)
Eric Schmidt, MD (NOLA VA)
Jody Simon, MD (NOLA VA)
Pulin Shah, MD (Ochsner)
Jayne S. Weiss, MD (LSUHN, OLOA, OLOL, UMCNO, UHC)
Jared Vincent, MD (UHC)
Glaucoma
Julie Foreman, MD (UHC)
Katherine Loftfield, MD (Ochsner)
Jonathan Nussdorf, MD (Ochsner)
Taylor Phelps, MD (LSUHN, UMC, OLOA, OLOL)
Jared Vincent, MD (UHC)
Neuro-ophthalmology
Rachel Calix, MD (Ochsner)
Kevin Kirchner, MD (LSUHN, OLOL, OLOA)
Angela Lewis, MD (UHC)
Ocular Pathology
Sonya Bamba, MD (Cook County, Chicago)
Lucy Borne, MD (LSU)
Jayne S. Weiss, MD (LSU)
Ocular Oncology
Adham Al Hariri, MD (Chabert)
Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Adham Al Hariri, MD (Chabert)
Kevin Kirchner, MD (LSUHN, OLOL, OLOA)
Priya Sahu, MD (Ochsner)
Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Rachel Fuerst, MD (Ochsner)
Alejandro Leon, MD (NOLA Children’s)
Natalie Weil, MD (NOLA Children’s)
Refractive Surgery
Rebecca Metzinger, MD (NOLA VA)
Jeffrey Singer, MD
Pulin Shah, MD (Ochsner)
Jayne S. Weiss, MD (LSUHN, OLOA, OLOL, UMCNO)
Uveitis
Maria Bernal, MD (LSUHN)
Vitreoretinal Surgery
Joseph Benevento, MD (Chabert, Ochsner)
Robert Blem, MD (UHC)
Jordan Burnham, MD (OLOL)
Mallika Doss (UMCNO)
Jamie Hatcher, MD (OLOL)
Arley Jaramillo, MD (NOLA VA)
David Kilpatrick, MD (OLOL)
D. Anthony Mazzulla, MD (Chabert, Ochsner)
Aravinda Rao, MD (UMCNO, LSUHN)
Maria Reinoso, MD (LSUHCN, OLOA, UMCNO)
Devin Tran, MD (OLOL)