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Past Grantees

2023

Sarah Abdel-Hadi
Rush University

Patricia Bai
University of Illinois Chicago

Ankita Batra
Rush University

Jyotsna Bitra
University of Illinois Chicago

Reynolds Boone
Loyola University

Sahil Doshi
Northwestern University

Michael Drakopoulos
Northwestern University

Brandon Duffy
Northwestern University

Raymond Fang MD
Northwestern University – McKechnie Award

Puranjay Gupta
University of Illinois Chicago

Julie Ha
Loyola University

Sabrina Iddir
University of Illinois Chicago

Timothy Janetos
Northwestern University

Kavya Jatavallabhula
Loyola University

Anne Kim
Rush University

Ishani Majmudar
Northwestern University

Shivani Majmudar
University of Illinois Chicago

Aysenur Musaogullari
University of Chicago – Dreiske Award

Zaid Parekh
University of Chicago

Bhuvanachandra Pasupuleti
Loyola University

Dr. Riddhi Patel
University of Chicago

Dylan Raikar
Rush University

Katerin Riascos
Illinois College of Optometry

Rohan Shah
University of Chicago – Bass AMD Award

Mallika Shekhar
Loyola University

Ruhi Shirodkar
Northwestern University

Amy Song
University of Illinois Chicago

Rebecca Tanenbaum
University of Chicago

Marianna Vakaki
University of Illinois Chicago

Ghasem Yazdanpanah
University of Illinois Chicago

Nancy Zhang
Loyola University

2022

Tala Al-Khaled, MD
University of Illinois Chicago

Viviana Barquet, MD
Cook County Health and Hospital

Ilina Bhattacharya
University of Illinois Chicago

Prithvi Bomdica, MD
Rush University

Kyle Chan
Northwestern/Lurie

Oscar Chen, MD
Rush University

Wyatt Corbin
Loyola University

Jacob Fondriest, MD
Rush University

Roya Garakani, MD
Cook County Health and Hospital

Jena Gilbertson, OD
University of Chicago

Leah Greenfield
Rush University

Philip Cody He
University of Chicago

Briggs Hoyt, MD
Loyola University

Bonnie Huang
Northwestern University – Dreiske Award

Nikhila Khandwala, MD
University of Illinois Chicago

Drew Landrowski
Loyola University

Yanliang Li, MD, PhD
University of Illinois Chicago

Wendy Luo
University of Chicago

Clayton Lyons
Northwestern University

Abishek Manjunathan, MD
Northwestern University

Samuel Minaker, MD
Rush University

Tochukwu Ndukwe, MD
University of Illinois Chicago

Elisabeth Sledz, MD
Loyola University

Jacob Sterling, PhD
Northwestern University – Bass AMD Award

Michael Sun
University of Illinois Chicago

Van Ann Tran, MD
Hines VA Hospital

Arshia Wadhwa, MD
Cook County Health and Hospital

Jessie Wang, MD
University of Chicago

David Wu
University of Illinois Chicago

John Zahour, MD
Loyola University

George Zhang, MD
Cook County Health and Hospital

2021

Nolan Adams, MD
Loyola University

Jonathan Alhalel
Northwestern University

Connor Baharozian, MD
Loyola University/Hines VA CARES

Dara Baker, MD
University of Illinois Chicago

Brian Cheng
Northwestern University

Samantha Diulus
Loyola University

Anjali Ferris
Loyola University

Meredith Furst, MD
Loyola University

Reeti Gulati
Northwestern University

Chunyu Guo
University of Illinois Chicago

Sarah Griffin, MD
Loyola University

Russell Huang, MD
Northwestern

Robert Hyde, MD
UIC – Dreiske Award

Saira Khanna, MD
University of Chicago

Kendal Lee
Northwestern University

John Moir
University of Chicago

Palak Patel, MD
Rush University

Mary Qiu, MD
University of Chicago

Vish Reddy, MD
Loyola University

Alexander Robin, MD
Cook County Health and Hospital

Anara Serikbaeva
University of Illinois Chicago – McKechnie Award

Dana Shannon, OD
University of Chicago

Zhuangjun Si, MD
University of Chicago

Minjia Tang
Northwestern University

Michael Volyanyuk
Loyola University

Jason Xiao
University of Chicago – Bass AMD Award

Yang Zhang
Northwestern University

Jason Zhang
University of Chicago – Bass AMD Award

2020

Ema Avdagic, MD
University of Chicago

Basma Baccouche
University of Illinois Chicago – McKechnie Award

Lindsay Chun, MD
University of Chicago

Melanie Daulton, MD
Northwestern University

Nikhil Dhall
University of Illinois Chicago

Volodymyr Didorchuk
Loyola University – Dreiske Award

Anita Ghosh
Loyola University – Bass AMD Award

Nathaniel Henning
Northwestern/Lurie

Timothy Janetos, MD
Northwestern University

Sheena Khanna, MD
Loyola University

Clayton Kirk, MD
Loyola University

Katie Walker, O.D.
Illinois College of Optometry

Mallory McLaughlin, OD
Illinois College of Optometry

Peter Nesper
Northwestern University

Janice Ong
Northwestern University

Raj Patel
University of Illinois Chicago

Chandrashekhar Patil
University of Illinois Chicago

Alisa Prager, MD
Northwestern University

James Qiao
Loyola University

E. Annie Shepherd, MD
Rush University

Ghasem Yazdanpanah
University of Illinois Chicago

Erica Smith, MD
Loyola University

Mark Solinski
Loyola University

Jessica Song
Northwestern University

Catherine Wang
University of Illinois Chicago

Jacob Wang
Northwestern

2019

Minhaj Alam
University of Illinois Chicago

Michael Beyer
Loyola University

Cindy Cruz Alvarez
Loyola University

Jonathan Eby
Loyola University

David Gu
Northwestern University

Harsh Hariani
Loyola University

Christopher Himes
Loyola University

Aqsa Iqbal
University of Illinois at Chicago

Rhona Ke
Rush University

Claire Kwan
Northwestern University – Dreiske Award

Jennifer Lee
Northwestern University

Yueru Li
University of Illinois Chicago

Rajvi Mehta
University of Illinois Chicago

Christina Morettin
Illinois College of Optometry

Aishwarya Pastapur
University of Illinois Chicago

Sinthu Ranjan
Loyola University

Sahej Samra
Northwestern University

Michael Sun
University of Illinois Chicago – McKechnie Award

Rob Tauscher
Northwestern University – Bass AMD Award

Elise Timtim
University of Chicago

Yi Stephanie Zhang
Northwestern University

Ivy Zhu
University of Illinois Chicago

2018

Joshua Ames
University of Illinois Chicago

Andrea Arteaga
University of Illinois Chicago

Lisa Beckmann
Northwestern University

Lily Dasso
University of Illinois Chicago

Paul de Bustros
Loyola University – McKechnie Award

Anita Ghosh
Loyola University

Kai Guo
University of Illinois Chicago

Michael Henry
Hines VA Hospital

Nancy Hua Su
Northwestern University

Sushma Kalmodia
University of Illinois at Chicago

Levi Kanu
University of Illinois at Chicago

Avinash Kolli
Loyola University

Hong-Gam Le
Northwestern University

Hannah Mallaro
Northwestern University

Asadolah Movahedan
University of Chicago

Nathaniel Moxon
Northwestern University

Jonathan Noguchi
Hines VA Hospital

Neelam Patadia
Loyola University

Palak Patel
Rush University/Stroger

Arthur Segismundo
Loyola University

Neil Shah
Loyola University

Joshua Sink
Loyola University

Rahul Suryawanshi
University of Illinois Chicago

Michael Tan
University of Illinois Chicago

Christos Theophanous
University of Chicago

Neel Vaidya
Loyola University

Wangfei Wang
University of Illinois Chicago – Bass AMD Award

Xian Zhang
Northwestern University

Xiaohua Zhuang
Illinois College of Optometry

2017

Nandita Anand
University of Chicago

Raiza Bonomo
Loyola University

Lindsay Chun
University of Chicago

Prarthana Dalal
Northwestern University

Rebecca Deutsch
Rush University

Frank Gambino
Loyola University

James Hopkins
University of Illinois Chicago

Erik Kulenkamp
University of Chicago

Victoria Lee
University of Chicago – McKechnie Award

Jaymeni Patel
Illinois College of Optometry

Harneet Randhawa
Illinois College of Optometry

Madeline Ripa
Loyola University

Kimberly Sable
Loyola University

Michael Sadek
Loyola University

Monica Sharma
University of Illinois Chicago

Dimitra Skondra
University of Chicago – Bass AMD Award

Alex Song
Northwestern University

Erica Troyer
Illinois College of Optometry

Charles Wu
Loyola University

Tejabhiram Yadavalli
University of Illinois Chicago

Jack Q. Zhou
University of Illinois Chicago

2016

Sarah El-Khazendar
Illinois College of Optometry

Paul Park
Hines VA Hospital – Bass AMD Award

Brian Soetikno
Northwestern University

Alison Szabo
Northwestern University

Avais Ahmed
Loyola University

Crystal Algenio
Loyola University – McKechnie Award

Justin Bloomberg
Cook County Health and Hospital

Sarah Griffin
Loyola University

Shannon Hunt
Loyola University

Kai Kang
University of Illinois Chicago

Brianna Knoll
Northwestern University

Jonathan Lautz
Hines VA Hospital

Hui Liu
Loyola University

Elizabeth Martin
Cook County Health and Hospital

Jason Park
University of Illinois Chicago

Justin Park
Northwestern University

Krishna Patel
Cook County Health and Hospital

Sasha Rosen
Loyola University

Naryan Sabherwal
Loyola University

Clara Stelman
University of Illinois Chicago

David Terrell
Loyola University

Sean Till
Loyola University

Shuangyoung Wang
University of Illinois Chicago

2015

Hasenin Al-khersan
University of Chicago

Mackenzie Becker
Loyola University

Andrea Blitzer
Hines VA Hospital

William Chang
Northwestern University

Judy Chen
University of Illinois Chicago – McKechnie Award

Dong-Jin Choi
University of Illinois Chicago

Matthew Collins
University of Illinois Chicago

Daniel Colon
Northwestern University

Christy Cunningham
Cook County Health and Hospital

El Harith Elsiddig
Loyola University

William S. Gange
Loyola University

Stephens Holland
Loyola University – Bass AMD Award

Paul Gerard O’Malley
Loyola University

Rima Patel MD
Loyola University

Joseph Simonett
Northwestern University

Thompson, John
Loyola University

Zhai, Yougang
Loyola University

2014

Erik Anderson
Cook County Health and Hospital

Matthew Asano
Cook County Health and Hospital

Pablo Barrionuevo
University of Illinois Chicago

Wells Branbl
Loyola University

Laura Burke
Loyola University

Liza Cohen
Northwestern University

Matthew Flood
Loyola University

Andrew Francis
University of Illinois Chicago

Sachin Jain
University of Illinois Chicago

Jasleen Jhajj
Illinois College of Optometry

Joel Kaluzny
Northwestern University

Brianna Knoll
Northwestern University

Jackson Lau
Illinois College of Optometry

Janathan Lautz
Hones VA Hospital

Patrick Lee
Illinois College of Optometry

Olga Lekakh
Loyola University

Danielle Leong
Illinois College of Optometry

Hao Li
Northwestern University

Hieu Nguyen
Northwestern University

Sapna Tibrewal
University of Illinois Chicago

Gautam Vangipuram
University of Illinois Chicago

Hongyu Ying
University of Illinois Chicago

2013

Vinay Aakalu
University of Illinois Chicago

Lindsay Ambrecht
Loyola University

Andrea Blitzer
Hines VA Hospital / Loyola University

Joseph Bogaard
University of Illinois Chicago

Vanessa Braimah
Illinois College of Optometry

Stephanie Fromstein
Illinois College of Optometry

Joshua Hou
University of Illinois Chicago

Shivani Kamat
Loyola University

Christina Morettin
Illinois College of Optometry

Heather Moss
University of Illinois Chicago

Nichole Nikolic
Loyola University

Albara Ottman
Loyola University

Rajni Parthasarathy
University of Illinois Chicago

Andrew Pittner
Loyola University

Faheeman Saeed
Illinois College of Optometry

Joy Sarkar
University of Illinois Chicago

Joseph Simonett
Northwestern University

Ashley Speilburg
Illinois College of Optometry

Diana Tamboli
Loyola University

Huizi Yin
Illinois College of Optometry

Ji Yin
Northwestern University

2012

Andrea Birnbaum
Northwestern University

Jin-Hong Chang
University of Illinois Chicago

Jonathan Chou
Northwestern University

Frederick Collison
Chicago Lighthouse

Amani Fawazi
Northwestern University

Spiro Getsios
Northwestern University

Joelle Hallak
University of Illinois at Chicago

Chen Hui
Northwestern University

Danielle Irvine
Illinois College of Optometry

Julia Malalis
Loyola University

Behard Milani
University of Illinois Chicago

Paul Park
University of Illinois Chicago

Hijirah Saeed
Loyola University

Mahsa Sohrab
Northwestern University

Sanja Tuturro
University of Illinois Chicago

Qing Wei
Northwestern University

Hongyu Ying
University of Illinois Chicago

Xiaohua Zhuang
University of Illinois Chicago

2011

Yonggang Pang
Hines VA Hospital

Evan Price
Hines VA Hospital

Sara Duke
Loyola University

Bruce Gaynes
Loyola University

Pooja Jamnadas
Loyola University

Smir Vira
Loyola University

Daniel Watson
Loyola University

Kristin Al-Ghoul
Rush University

Jacqueline Poston
University of Chicago

Mark Krakauer
University of Illinois Chicago

Joshua Hou
University of Illinois Chicago

Jennifer Hu
University of Illinois Chicago

Renu Jivrajka
University of Illinois Chicago

Erica Oltra
University of Illinois Chicago

2010

Vinay Aakalu
University of Illinois Chicago

Raymond Areaux
Loyola University

Jeffrey Borgia
Rush University

Ping Bu
Hines VA Hospital

Clement Chow
University of Illinois Chicago

Asim Farooq
University of Illinois Chicago

Caroline Haldin
Northwestern University

Rama Jager
University of Chicago

Joshua Levar
Loyola University

Faheemah Saeed
Illinois College of Optometry

Pangyu Teng
University of Illinois Chicago

Cynthia Von Zee
Hines VA Hospital

Shunbin Xu
Rush University

2009

Dingcai Cao
University of Chicago

Michael Grassi
University of Chicago

Quan Hoang
University of Illinois Chicago

Rashmi Kapur
University of Illinois Chicago

Anand Mantravadi
Loyola University

Praveen Pandey
University of Illinois Chicago

Yi Pang
University of Illinois Chicago

Ambarish Pawar
University of Illinois Chicago

Steven Roth
University of Illinois Chicago

Matthew Welch
Loyola University

Kelly Wentz-Hunter
Roosevelt University

2008

Ping Bu
Loyola University

Ali Djalilian
University of Illinois Chicago

Liang Feng
Northwestern University

Bruce Gaynes
Loyola University

Lisa Nijm
University of Illinois Chicago

Li Pang
University of Illinois Chicago

David Ramsey
University of Illinois Chicago

Manthan Shah
University of Illinois Chicago

Benjamin Ticho
University of Illinois Chicago

Cynthia Von Zee
Hines VA Hospital

2007

Javaneh Abbasian
University of Illinois at Chicago

Ping Bu
Loyola University

Eric Leung
Loyola University

Lisa Nijm
University of Illinois at Chicago

Yi Pang
University of Illinois at Chicago

Rebecca Parrish
Loyola University

Shanti Shenoy
University of Chicago

Vaibhav Tiwari
University of Illinois at Chicago

2006

Jin-Hong Chang
University of Illinois Chicago

Bruce Gaynes
Loyola University

Debra Goldstein
University of Illinois Chicago

Paul Knepper
University of Illinois Chicago

Lisa Nijm
University of Illinois Chicago

Johann Ohly
Loyola University

William Park
Loyola University

Jay Perlman
Hines VA Hospital

Kasra Rezaei
University of Chicago

Steven Roth
University of Chicago

Vaibhav Tiwari
University of Chicago

Emily Velotta
Loyola University

2005

Joseph Doe
Loyola University

Mohammed ElMallah
University of Illinois Chicago

Bruce Gaynes
Loyola University

Brent Hayek
Loyola University

Paul Knepper
University of Illinois Chicago

Sanjay Rao
University of Chicago

Kasra Rezaei
University of Chicago

Stuart Richer
Hines VA Hospital

Steven Roth
University of Chicago

Jill Scheiffele
Illinois College of Optometry

Vaibhav Tiwari
University of Illinois Chicago

Michael Volin
Midwestern University

Leo Wang
University of Illinois Chicago

2004

Rukhsana Mirza
Loyola University

Anthony Cirino
Northwestern University

Ping Bu
Loyola University

John Galasso
Loyola University

Bruce Gaynes
Loyola University

Debra Goldstein
University of Illinois Chicago

Kira Hageman
Illinois College of Optometry

Allison Jay
University of Chicago

Mildred Olivier
Cook County Health and Hospital

Jay Perlman
Loyola University

Haohua Qian
University of Illinois Chicago

Sanjay Rao
University of Chicago

Steven Roth
University of Chicago

Joan Stelmack
Hines VA Hospital

2003

Charles Bouchard
Loyola University

Paul Bryar
Northwestern University

Ping Bu
Loyola University

Bienvenido Castillo
Loyola University

Bruce Gaynes
Rush University

Debra Goldstein
University of Illinois Chicago

Paul Knepper
University of Illinois Chicago

Rima McLeod
University of Chicago

Jose Pulido
University of Illinois Chicago

Michael Volin
Midwestern University

Deborah Weigler
Rush University

2002

Kristin Al-Ghoul
Rush University

Charles Bouchard
Loyola University

Bienvenido Castillo
Loyola University

Sandeep Grover
University of Illinois at Chicago

Jay Perlman
Hines VA Hospital

Vijay Sarthy
Northwestern University

Jennifer Smith
NW Healthcare

Joan Stelmack
Hines VA Hospital

Michael Volin
Midwestern University

Rebecca Zoltoski
Illinois College of Optometry

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