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Past Grantees

2022

Tala Al-Khaled, MD
UIC

Viviana Barquet, MD
Cook County Health and Hospital

Ilina Bhattacharya
UIC

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
U of C

Briggs Hoyt, MD
Loyola University

Bonnie Huang
Northwestern – Dreiske Awardee

Nikhila Khandwala, MD
UIC

Drew Landrowski
Loyola University

Yanliang Li, MD, PhD
UIC

Wendy Luo
U of C

Clayton Lyons
Northwestern

Abishek Manjunathan, MD
Northwestern

Samuel Minaker, MD
Rush University

Tochukwu Ndukwe, MD
UIC

Elisabeth Sledz, MD
Loyola University

Jacob Sterling, PhD
Northwestern – Bass Awardee

Michael Sun
UIC

Van Ann Tran, MD
Hines VA

Arshia Wadhwa, MD
Cook County Health and Hospital

Jessie Wang, MD
U of C

David Wu
UIC

John Zahour, MD
Loyola University

George Zhang, MD
Cook County Health and Hospital

2021

Nolan Adams, MD
Loyola University

Jonathan Alhalel
Northwestern

Connor Baharozian, MD
Loyola University/Hines VA CARES

Dara Baker, MD
UIC

Brian Cheng
Northwestern

Samantha Diulus
Loyola University

Anjali Ferris
Loyola University

Meredith Furst, MD
Loyola University

Reeti Gulati
Northwestern

Chunyu Guo
UIC

Sarah Griffin, MD
Loyola University

Russell Huang, MD
Northwestern

Robert Hyde, MD
UIC – Dreiske Award

Saira Khanna, MD
U of C

Kendal Lee
Northwestern

John Moir
U of C

Palak Patel, MD
Rush University

Mary Qiu, MD
U of C

Vish Reddy, MD
Loyola University

Alexander Robin, MD
Stroger

Anara Serikbaeva
UIC – McKechnie Award

Dana Shannon, OD
University of Chicago

Zhuangjun Si, MD
U of C

Minjia Tang
Northwestern

Michael Volyanyuk
Loyola University

Jason Xiao
U of C – AMD Award

Yang Zhang
Northwestern

Jason Zhang
U of C – AMD Award

2020

Ema Avdagic, MD
U of C

Basma Baccouche
UIC

Lindsay Chun, MD
U of C

Melanie Daulton, MD
Northwestern

Nikhil Dhall
UIC

Volodymyr Didorchuk
Loyola

Volodymyr Didorchuk
Loyola

Anita Ghosh
Loyola

Nathaniel Henning
Northwestern/Lurie

Timothy Janetos, MD
Northwestern

Sheena Khanna, MD
Loyola

Clayton Kirk, MD
Loyola

Katie Walker, O.D.
Illinois College of Optometry

Mallory McLaughlin, OD
ICO

Peter Nesper
Northwestern

Janice Ong
Northwestern

Raj Patel
UIC

Chandrashekhar Patil
UIC

Alisa Prager, MD
Northwestern

James Qiao
Loyola

E. Annie Shepherd, MD
Rush

Ghasem Yazdanpanah
UIC

Erica Smith, MD
Loyola

Mark Solinski
Loyola

Jessica Song
Northwestern

Catherine Wang
UIC

Jacob Wang
Northwestern

2019

Minhaj Alam
University of Illinois at 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

Jennifer Lee
Northwestern University

Yueru Li
University of Illinois at Chicago

Rajvi Mehta
University of Illinois at Chicago

Christina Morettin
Illinois College of Optometry

Aishwarya Pastapur
University of Illinois at Chicago

Sinthu Ranjan
Loyola University

Sahej Samra
Northwestern University

Michael Sun
University of Illinois at Chicago

Rob Tauscher
Northwestern University

Elise Timtim
University of Chicago

Yi Stephanie Zhang
Northwestern University

Ivy Zhu
University of Illinois at Chicago

2018

Joshua Ames
University of Illinois at Chicago

Andrea Arteaga
University of Illinois at Chicago

Lisa Beckmann
Northwestern University

Lily Dasso
University of Illinois at Chicago

Paul de Bustros
Loyola University

Anita Ghosh
Loyola University

Kai Guo
University of Illinois at 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 at Chicago

Michael Tan
University of Illinois at Chicago

Christos Theophanous
University of Chicago

Neel Vaidya
Loyola University

Wangfei Wang
University of Illinois at Chicago

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 at Chicago

Erik Kulenkamp
University of Chicago

Victoria Lee
University of Chicago

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 at Chicago

Dimitra Skondra
University of Chicago

Alex Song
Northwestern University

Erica Troyer
Illinois College of Optometry

Charles Wu
Loyola University

Tejabhiram Yadavalli
University of Illinois at Chicago

Jack Q. Zhou
University of Illinois at Chicago

2016

Sarah El-Khazendar
Illinois College of Optometry

Paul Park
Hines VA Hospital

Brian Soetikno
Northwestern University

Alison Szabo
Northwestern University

Avais Ahmed
Loyola University

Crystal Algenio
Loyola University

Justin Bloomberg
Cook County Health and Hospital

Sarah Griffin
Loyola University

Shannon Hunt
Loyola University

Kai Kang
University of Illinois at Chicago

Brianna Knoll
Northwestern University

Jonathan Lautz
Hines VA Hospital VA

Hui Liu
Loyola University

Elizabeth Martin
Cook County Health and Hospital

Jason Park
University of Illinois at Chicago

Park, Justin
Northwestern University

Krishna Patel
Cook County Health and Hospital

Sasha Rosen
Loyola University

Naryan Sabherwal
Loyola University

Clara Stelman
University of Illinois at Chicago

David Terrell
Loyola University

Sean Till
Loyola University

Shuangyoung Wang
University of Illinois at 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 at Chicago

Dong-Jin Choi
University of Illinois at Chicago

Matthew Collins
University of Illinois at 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

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 at Chicago

Wells Branbl
Loyola University

Laura Burke
Loyola University

Liza Cohen
Northwestern University

Matthew Flood
Loyola University

Andrew Francis
University of Illinois at Chicago

Sachin Jain
University of Illinois at 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 at Chicago

Gautam Vangipuram
University of Illinois at Chicago

Hongyu Ying
University of Illinois at Chicago

2013

Vinay Aakalu
University of Illinois at Chicago

Lindsay Ambrecht
Loyola University

Andrea Blitzer
Hines VA Hospital / Loyola University

Joseph Bogaard
University of Illinois at Chicago

Vanessa Braimah
Illinois College of Optometry

Stephanie Fromstein
Illinois College of Optometry

Joshua Hou
University of Illinois at Chicago

Shivani Kamat
Loyola University

Christina Morettin
Illinois College of Optometry

Heather Moss
University of Illinois at Chicago

Nichole Nikolic
Loyola University

Albara Ottman
Loyola University

Rajni Parthasarathy
University of Illinois at Chicago

Andrew Pittner
Loyola University

Faheeman Saeed
Illinois College of Optometry

Joy Sarkar
University of Illinois at 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 at 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 at Chicago

Paul Park
University of Illinois at Chicago

Hijirah Saeed
Loyola University

Mahsa Sohrab
Northwestern University

Sanja Tuturro
University of Illinois at Chicago

Qing Wei
Northwestern University

Hongyu Ying
University of Illinois at Chicago

Xiaohua Zhuang
University of Illinois at 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 at Chicago

Joshua Hou
University of Illinois at Chicago

Jennifer Hu
University of Illinois at Chicago

Renu Jivrajka
University of Illinois at Chicago

Erica Oltra
University of Illinois at Chicago

2010

Vinay Aakalu
University of Illinois at Chicago

Raymond Areaux
Loyola University

Jeffrey Borgia
Rush University

Ping Bu
Hines VA Hospital

Clement Chow
University of Illinois at Chicago

Asim Farooq
University of Illinois at 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 at 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 at Chicago

Rashmi Kapur
University of Illinois at Chicago

Anand Mantravadi
Loyola University

Praveen Pandey
University of Illinois at Chicago

Yi Pang
University of Illinois at Chicago

Ambarish Pawar
University of Illinois at Chicago

Steven Roth
University of Illinois at Chicago

Matthew Welch
Loyola University

Kelly Wentz-Hunter
Rosevelt University

2008

Ping Bu
Loyola University

Ali Djalilian
University of Illinois at Chicago

Liang Feng
Northwestern University

Bruce Gaynes
Loyola University

Lisa Nijm
University of Illinois at Chicago

Li Pang
University of Illinois at Chicago

David Ramsey
University of Illinois at Chicago

Manthan Shah
University of Illinois at Chicago

Benjamin Ticho
University of Illinois at 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 at Chicago

Bruce Gaynes
Loyola University

Debra Goldstein
University of Illinois at Chicago

Paul Knepper
University of Illinois at Chicago

Lisa Nijm
University of Illinois at 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 at Chicago

Bruce Gaynes
Loyola University

Brent Hayek
Loyola University

Paul Knepper
University of Illinois at 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 at Chicago

Michael Volin
Midwestern University

Leo Wang
University of Illinois at 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 at Chicago

Kira Hageman
Illinois College of Optometry

Allison Jay
University of Chicago

Rukhsana Mirza
Loyola University

Mildred Olivier
Cook County Health and Hospital

Jay Perlman
Loyola University

Haohua Qian
University of Illinois at 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 at Chicago

Paul Knepper
University of Illinois at Chicago

Rima McLeod
University of Chicago

Jose Pulido
University of Illinois at 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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