This Year's JVRD Contributor Award Recipients

The American Society of Retina Specialists wishes to recognize and thank the following 2023 JVRD Contributor Award recipients for their critical work in helping maintain the Journal’s world-class quality and unparalleled coverage of today’s most important retina science, clinical information and thought leadership. The enthusiastic participation of ASRS members, both as authors and reviewers, around the world is deeply appreciated and firmly positions JVRD as retina’s preeminent professional journal. 

2023 Master Contributor Award Recipients
(15 or more points)

  • Sean David Adrean, MD, FASRS
  • Michael M. Altaweel, MD, FASRS
  • Carl C. Awh, MD, FASRS
  • Amy S. Babiuch, MD, FASRS
  • Maria H. Berrocal, MD, FASRS
  • Barton L. Blackorby, MD
  • Nick Boucher, BS
  • Peter Bracha, MD
  • Andrew Browne, MD, PhD
  • Jonathan S. Chang, MD, FASRS
  • Jay Chhablani, MD
  • Netan Choudhry, MD, FRCS(C), FASRS
  • Lisa J. Faia, MD
  • Philip J. Ferrone, MD, FASRS
  • Sunir J. Garg, MD, FASRS
  • Dan A. Gong, MD
  • R. Rishi Gupta, MD, FASRS
  • Luis J. Haddock, MD
  • Paul Hahn, MD, PhD, FASRS
  • Samuel D. Hobbs, MD
  • Jason Hsu, MD
  • J. Michael Jumper, MD, FASRS
  • Peter K. Kaiser, MD, FASRS
  • Naresh B. Kannan, MS, FNB, MBA, FASRS
  • Stephen J. Kim, MD
  • Gregg T. Kokame, MD, MMM, FASRS
  • Kyle D. Kovacs, MD
  • James Lin, MD
  • Danny A. Mammo, MD
  • John O. Mason, III, MD
  • John Miller, MD
  • Yasha S. Modi, MD, FASRS
  • Hadi Moini, PhD
  • Sandra R. Montezuma, MD, FASRS
  • Steven D. Ness, MD
  • Patrick R. Oellers, MD
  • Shriji Patel, MD, FASRS
  • Aleksandra V. Rachitskaya, MD, FASRS
  • Prethy Rao, MD, MPH
  • Richard B. Rosen, MD, DSc(Hon), FASRS
  • Jonathan Russell, MD, PhD
  • Edwin H. Ryan, Jr, MD
  • Adrienne W. Scott, MD, FASRS
  • Mark E. Seamone, MD, MSc
  • Ryan A. Shields, MD
  • Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH
  • Jayanth Sridhar, MD, FASRS
  • David H. Steel, MBBS, FRCOphth, MD(Res)
  • Maxwell S. Stem, MD
  • John Stephenson, BSc, MSc, PhD
  • Philip Storey, MD, MPH
  • Jay C. Wang, MD
  • Angeline L. Wang, MD
  • Robert W. Wong, MD, FASRS
  • Edward H. Wood, MD
  • Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD, FASRS
  • Tian Xia, MD
  • Peng Yan, MD, FRCS(C)

2023 Distinguished Contributor Award Recipients
(5-14 points earned) 

  • Thomas M. Aaberg Jr., MD, FASRS
  • Ashkan M. Abbey, MD, FASRS
  • Musa Abdelaziz, MD
  • Shareif Abdelwahab, MD
  • Joseph R. Abraham, MD
  • Gary Abrams, MD
  • Christopher R. Adam, MD
  • Murtaza K. Adam, MD
  • James K. Aden, PhD
  • Janelle M. Adeniran, MD, PhD
  • Brent Aebi, MD
  • Steven A. Agemy, MD
  • Nitika Aggarwal, B.Tech CS&T
  • Joshua S. Agranat, MD
  • Levent Akduman, MD, FASRS
  • Mohsin H. Ali, MD
  • Alaa M. Ali
  • Hasenin Al-Khersan, MD
  • Alexandra Y. Almasov, BA
  • Rayan Alshareef, MD
  • Joshua David Amason, BS
  • Muhammad Amjad, MBBS, FRCO, PGDip
  • Michael Ammar, MD
  • Chris A. Andrews, PhD
  • Mariam Aoun, BS
  • Parnian Arjmand, MD, MSc, FRCSC, DABO
  • Grayson Armstrong, MD, PhD
  • Jorge Guillermo Arroyo, MD, MPH
  • Masumi G. Asahi, DO
  • Emily D. Ashmore, MD
  • Jessica Avetisjan, BA
  • Muhammad Amer Awan, MD, FRCSEd, FRCOphth, FRCS Glasgow, FACS
  • Caroline Choonmi Awh, MD
  • Steven T. Bailey, MD
  • Chad F. Baker, MD, FRCSc
  • Saaquib Bakhsh, MD
  • Grace Baldwin, BA
  • Augustine Bannerman, BA
  • Mark R. Barakat, MD, FASRS
  • Gaetano R. Barile, MD
  • Riley Bastian, BS
  • Caroline Baumal, MD, FASRS
  • Justin Baynham, MD
  • James R. Beal, PhD
  • Sean Berkowitz, MD, MBA
  • Duncan E. Berry, MD
  • Devin M. Betsch, MD
  • Muna Bhende, MD
  • Faith Birnbaum, MD
  • Michael P. Blair, MD
  • Jill F. Blim, MS
  • Jeffrey Bloom, DO
  • Carisa Bohnak, MD
  • Durga Borkar, MD
  • Gwendolyn Boyd, MD
  • Christopher J. Brady, MD, MHS, FASRS
  • H. Logan Brooks, MD
  • J. Shepard Bryan, MD
  • Ayesha S. Bryant MSPH, MD
  • Greg Budoff, MD
  • Ana G. Burk
  • Katherine Cleveland Burkett, BA
  • Miguel A. Busquets, MD, FACS
  • Natalia F. Callaway, MD, MS
  • David Camejo, MD
  • Thomas W. Cameron III, BS
  • Michelle Cao, MD
  • Mariam Cernichiaro-Espinosa, MD
  • Deepali Y. Chachare, RPh
  • Ju Byung Chae, MD
  • Stanley Chang, MD
  • Louis Chang, MD, PhD
  • Christopher B. Chapman, MD
  • Nauman A. Chaudhry, MD
  • Xuejing Chen, MD, MS
  • Brian T. Cheng, MD
  • Amy M. Cherof, MD
  • Michael F. Chiang, MD
  • Priyanka Chilakamarri, MD
  • Nicholas D. Chinskey, MD
  • Chris Cho, ScM
  • Christina E. Choi, BA
  • Lindsay Y. Chun, MD
  • Thomas Clifford, MD
  • Steven M. Cohen, MD
  • Marcus H. Colyer, MD
  • Joseph F. Coney, MD, FASRS
  • Ian P. Conner, MD, PhD
  • Ghassan Joseph Cordahi, MD, FACS
  • Scott W. Cousins, MD
  • Razek Georges Coussa, MDCM, MPhil, MEng, BEng 
  • Jason N. Crosson, MD
  • Natasha Ferreira Santos da Cruz, MD
  • Matthew A. Cunningham, MD, FASRS
  • William J. Cunningham, MBChB
  • Rami Darwich, PhD
  • Jacquelyn Daubert, MD
  • Janet L. Davis, MD
  • Richard Davis, MD
  • Elfride De Baere, MD, PhD
  • Meri Debbarma, MS
  • Vaidehi S. Dedania, MD
  • Dilsher S. Dhoot, MD, FASRS
  • Bernard                Dib, MD
  • Alexander B. Dillon, MD, MBA
  • Ali Dirani, MD, MSc, MPH
  • Mark J. Donaldson, MBBS(Hons)
  • Jared C. Donaldson, MD
  • James W. Dooner, MD, FASRS
  • Weiming Du, MA
  • Alia K. Durrani, MD
  • Andreas Ebneter, MD, PhD, FASRS
  • Jose J. Echegaray, MD
  • David S. Ehmann, MD, FRCSC, ABO
  • Jaafar El-Annan, MD
  • Lily K. Emerson
  • Paula W. Feng, MD
  • Samantha Fink, BS
  • Avni P. Finn, MD, MBA, FASRS
  • Nora J. Forbes, MS
  • Jorge A. Fortun, MD
  • Yousef A. Fouad, MBBCh, MSc
  • Carolina Lampert Monte Francisconi, MD
  • Heather Frazier, BS
  • K. Bailey Freund, MD
  • Roberto Gallego-Pinazo, MD, PhD, DiSSO
  • Itika Garg, MD
  • Kathleen Campbell Garwood, PhD
  • Michael Gemayel, MD
  • M. Gilbert Grand, MD
  • Marina Gilca, MD
  • Gregory Bryant Giles, DO
  • Manjot K. Gill, MD, FASRS
  • Mark C. Gillies, MBBS, PhD, FRANZCO
  • Robert Gizicki, MD, FRCSC, DABO
  • Lediana Goduni, MD
  • Daniel Gologorsky, MD, MBA
  • Maria Gomez-Caraballo, BS
  • Harshal Sahare Fellow, MS, DNB, FICO, FVRS
  • Victor Hugo Gonzalez, MD, FASRS
  • Jack Gormley, MBchB
  • Viren K. Govindaraju, MD
  • M. Gilbert Grand, MD
  • Michael A. Grassi, MD
  • Mark D.J. Greve, MD, FRCS(C)
  • Lalita Gupta, MD
  • Majda Hadziahmetovic, MD
  • Yong S. Han, MD
  • Emily N. Harris
  • William E. Harris, MD
  • John W. Hinkle, MD
  • Allen C. Ho, MD, FASRS
  • Vincent Y. Ho, MD
  • Nancy M. Holekamp, MD, FASRS
  • Grant L. Hom, BA
  • Samuel K. Steven Houston III, MD, FASRS
  • Sandra Hoyek, MD
  • Ming Hu, PhD
  • Hong-Uyen Hua, MD
  • Rehan M. Hussain, MD
  • Thomas S. Hwang, MD
  • Yasmin Islam, MD
  • Reda Issa, MD
  • Prashanth G. Iyer, MD, MPH
  • Sayena Jabbehdari, MD, MPH
  • Rama D. Jager, MD, MBA, FACS
  • Nieraj Jain, MD, FASRS
  • Durgasri Jaisankar, BS
  • Farzad Jamshidi, MD, PhD
  • Karen W. Jeng-Miller, MD
  • Haoxing D. Jin, MD
  • Katherine Joltikov, BS
  • Daniel P. Joseph, MD, PhD
  • Jesse J. Jung, MD, FASRS
  • Ananda Kalevar, MD, FRCS(C), DABO, FASRS
  • Swathi Kaliki, MD
  • Megan Kasetty, MD
  • Raviv Katz, MS
  • M. Cristina Kenney, MD
  • M. Ali Khan, MD, FASRS
  • Arshad M. Khanani, MD, MA, FASRS
  • Aziz A. Khanifar, MD
  • Amin Kherani, MD, FASRS
  • Judy E. Kim, MD, FASRS
  • Jonathan Kim, MD
  • Anne Kim
  • Brian Y. Kim, MD
  • Chaesik Kim, BSEE
  • Dong Yoon Kim, MD, FASRS
  • Sang Jin Kim, MD, PhD
  • Ronald M. Kingsley, MD
  • Andrew W. Kirker, MD, FRCS(C)
  • John W. Kitchens, MD, FASRS
  • Thomas Koch, BS
  • Veronica A. Kon Graversen, MD
  • Jun Kong, MD, PhD
  • Jaclyn L. Kovach, MD, FASRS
  • Brandon Kuley, BA
  • Jaya B. Kumar, MD, FASRS
  • Robert A. Lalane, MD
  • Azeema Latiff, RN, BSN, MBA
  • Wen-Hsiang Lee, MD, PhD
  • Andrew C. Lee, MD
  • Brian Lee, MD
  • Joo Yong Lee, MD
  • Sun Young (Sunny) Lee, MD, PhD
  • Gareth Lema, MD, PhD
  • Ella H. Leung, MD, FASRS
  • Steve D. Levasseur, MD
  • Young-Ju Lew, MD, PhD
  • Katie X. Li, MD
  • Michelle C. Liang, MD, FASRS
  • Feng-Chang Lin, PhD
  • Jennifer L. Lindsey, MD
  • Alexander J. Lingley, MSc
  • T. Y. Alvin Liu, MD
  • John I. Loewenstein, MD
  • Andrew J. Lotery, MD
  • Cassie A. Ludwig, MD, MS
  • Karen Mackey, RN
  • Tamer H. Mahmoud, MD, PhD
  • Raziyeh Mahmoudzadeh, MD
  • Brett Malbin, MD
  • Lauren A. Maloley, MD
  • Dimosthenis Mantopoulos, MD, PhD
  • Joseph Markoff, PhD, MD
  • Elizabeth D. Marlow, MD
  • Joseph Martel, PhD, MD
  • Rosanna K. Martens, MD
  • Jose M. Martinez Ciriano, MD
  • Ichiro Maruko, MD, PhD
  • Maiko Maruyama-Inoue, MD
  • Lauren Mason, MBA
  • Nathalie Massamba, MD
  • Elias C. Mavrofrides, MD
  • Mark McAllister, MD
  • Colin A. McCannel, MD, FASRS
  • Heather McDonald, MD
  • Alexander Melamud, MD, MA
  • Rohan Merani, MBBS (Hons), MMed, FRANZCO
  • David G. Miller, MD
  • Samuel A. Minaker, MD, MSc
  • Rukhsana G. Mirza, MD, MD, FASRS
  • Kapil Mishra, MD
  • Mihai Mititelu, MD, MPH, FASRS
  • Robert A. Mittra, MD, FASRS
  • Bobeck S. Modjtahedi, MD, FASRS
  • Jeffrey K. Moore, MD
  • Daniel R. Moroz, MA
  • Darius M. Moshfeghi, MD, FASRS
  • Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD, MHS, FASRS
  • Rusdeep S. Mundae, MD
  • Monique Munro, MD, FRCSC
  • Marco Mura, MD, FASRS
  • Justin C. Muste, MD
  • Aaron Nagiel, MD, PhD
  • Archana A. Nair, MD, MS
  • Mehdi Najafi, MD, PhD
  • Frederick D. Nelson, MD
  • Jared S. Nielsen, MD, MBA, FASRS
  • Mohamed Nowara, FRCS (Glasg).
  • Eric Nudleman, MD, PhD, FASRS
  • Yuichiro Ogura, MD
  • Masahito Ohji, MD
  • Collin R. Ohning, MD
  • Scott C. Oliver, MD
  • Lisa C. Olmos de Koo, MD, MBA, FASRS
  • E. Mitchel Opremcak, MD
  • Susan Ostmo, MS
  • Sophia I. Pachydaki, MD
  • Kirk H. Packo, MD, FACS, FASRS
  • Haig Pakhchanian, BS
  • Alan G. Palestine, MD
  • Maitri Pancholy, BS
  • Saagar A. Pandit, MD, MPH
  • Anthony Parendo, MD
  • Kyu-Hyung Park, MD
  • Luv G. Patel, MD
  • Samir N. Patel, MD
  • Sarju Patel, MD, MPH, MPH, MSc
  • Harshad P. Patel, MD
  • Ajay Patil, MBChB
  • Paula Pecen, MD
  • Travis J. Peck, MD
  • Crandall E. Peeler, MD
  • Hang Pham, MD
  • Ashlyn M. Pinto, MD, MSc, BHSc (Honours)
  • Brenda Plassman, PhD
  • John S. Pollack, MD, FASRS
  • Alexander D. Port, MD
  • Michael E. Possin, MD
  • Matthew A. Powers, MD, MBA
  • Supalert Prakhunhungsit, MD
  • Rahul Raiker, BS
  • Robert Raut, MD
  • Vishal R. Raval, MBBS, DNB, FMRF, FASRS
  • Franco M. Recchia, MD, FASR
  • Rahul K. Reddy, MD, MHS, FASRS
  • Donovan S. Reed, MD
  • Jamie Reese, RN
  • Ahmad Rehmani, DO
  • David A. Reichstein, MD
  • Gayatri S. Reilly, MD
  • Vincent S. Reppucci, MD
  • Christopher D. Riemann, MD
  • Nathaniel C. Riemann
  • Stanislao Rizzo, MD, FASRS
  • Landon J. Rohowetz, MD
  • Roberto Roizenblatt, MD, PhD, FASRS
  • Kevin I. Rosenberg, MD
  • Larry Roth, MS
  • Alan J. Ruby, MD, FASRS
  • Sunil Ruparelia
  • David D. Saggau, MD
  • Yoichi Sakurada, MD, PhD
  • Mirataollah Salabati, MD
  • Christopher Sales, MD
  • Wasim A. Samara, MD
  • Therese M. Sassalos, MD
  • Shimpei                Sato, MD
  • Mack W. Savage, MD
  • Alfonso Savastano, MD
  • Kathleen R. Schildroth, MD
  • Stephen G. Schwartz, MD, MBA
  • Nathan L. Scott, MD, MPP
  • Chirag Shah, MD, MPH, FASRS
  • Ankoor R. Shah, MD, FASRS
  • Neil S. Shah, MD
  • Abtin Shahlaee, MD
  • Akbar Shakoor, MD
  • Chakshu Sharma, MEng
  • Fadi Shaya, BS
  • Nicole H. Siegel, MD
  • Vipul Singh
  • Robert A. Sisk, MD, FACS, FASRS
  • George Skopis, MD
  • Kent W. Small, MD, FASRS
  • Warren M. Sobol, MD
  • Guneet S. Sodhi, MD
  • Joshua D. Stein, MD, MS
  • Robert L. Steinmetz, MD
  • Sandra S. Stinnett, MD, PhD
  • Manju L. Subramanian, MD
  • Thomas A. Swain, PhD
  • Sarah Syeda, MD
  • William M. Tang, MD
  • Hiroko Terasaki, MD, PhD
  • Asheesh Tewari, MD, FASRS
  • Atalie Thompson, MD, MPH
  • Marisa Tieger, MD
  • Tu M. Tran, MD, MSc
  • Matthew GJ. Trese, DO, MA
  • Andrew SH. Tsai, MBBS, MMed (Ophth), FRCOphth, FAMS, MCI
  • Jonathan C. Tsui, MD
  • J. Niklas Ulrich, MD, FASRS
  • Sami H. Uwaydat, MD, FASRS
  • Eric Van Buren, BS
  • Stijn Van De Sompele, MSc
  • Malini Veerappan Pasricha, MD
  • Michael J. Venincasa, BS
  • Natalia Vila, MD, PhD, FEBO
  • Thoai Vu
  • Karen M. Wai, MD
  • Kira Wang, BA
  • Michael F. Ward, II, DO
  • Christina Y. Weng, MD, MBA, FASRS
  • Adam S. Wenick, MD, PhD
  • Hannah E. Wescott, BS
  • Todd D. Whitescarver, DO
  • Turner D. Wibbelsman, BS
  • R. Geoff Williams, MD, FRCS(C)
  • Sebastian Wolf, MD, PhD
  • David T. Wong, MD, FRCSC
  • Lihteh Wu, MD
  • Frances Wu, MD
  • Shin Yamane, MD, PhD
  • Sung Jae Yang, MD, PhD
  • Shanna C. Yeung
  • Siqing Yu, MD
  • David N. Zacks, MD, PhD
  • Brent Zanke, MD, PhD
  • Rebecca Zeng, BA
  • Wenlan Zhang, MD
  • Martin S. Zinkernagel, MD

** Note: The annual awards cycle runs April to April with recipients announced each year.  Program points are cumulative over time allowing contributors to reach the Master Contributor level through ongoing participation.