Fellowship Training and Visiting Professorship

Dr. Wright teaching international fellows.

Dr. Wright teaching international fellows.

We offer post-graduate training in strabismus to U.S. and international fellows. Our program offers 3-6 months observerships which include clinical and surgical activities. Fellows must have completed residency training in Ophthalmology.

Applicants interested in our Fellowship Program please contact us at wrightcenter2020@gmail.com

Previous Fellows

US Fellow Dates of Fellowship Place of Residence
Edward Brown, M.D. 1984 – 1985 San Diego, California
Andrea B. Lanier, M.D. 1986 – 1987 Fresno, California
Laurie E. Christensen, M.D. 1987 – 1989 Los Angeles, California
John H. McVey, M.D. 1988 – 1989 Jackson, Mississippi
Andrew P. Terry, M.D. 1989 – 1990 Mobile, Alabama
Ann Stout, M.D. 1990 – 1992 Los Angeles, California
Talia Kolin, M.D. 1991 – 1992 Los Angeles, California
Amy Aiello Leverant, M.D. 1992 Phoenix, Arizona
Dean Fiergang, M.D. 1995 – 1996 Baltimore, Maryland
Peter Spiegel, M.D. 1996 – 1997 Iowa City, Iowa
Dean Bonsall, M.D. 1998 – 1999 Camden, New Jersey
Robert Rhee, M.D. 1999 – 2000 Toledo, Ohio
Edward Guthrie, M.D. 2000 – 2001 Birmingham, Alabama
Pauline Hong, M.D. 2001 – 2002 Chicago, Illinois
Lisa S. Thompson, M.D., 2004 – 2005 Chicago, Illinois
Tinny T. Dinh, M.D. 2007 – 2008 Chicago, Illinois
Yi Ning Strube, M.D. 2009 – 2010 Loma Linda, California
Rebecca Leenheer, M.D. 2010 – 2011 Chicago, Illinois
International Fellow Dates of Fellowship Country of Residence
Sheue-Shya Chuang, M.D. 07/1‍989 – 08/1‍989 Taiwan, China
Byung-Moo Min, M.D. 1989 – 1990 Daejeon, Korea
Chan Park, M.D. 1989 – 1990 Seoul, Korea
Leslie Bruce-Lyle, M.D. 1990 – 1991 Saudi Arabia
Michael Branley, M.D. 06/1‍991 – 09/1‍991 Australia
Margaret Muh-Chiou Lin, M.D. 1991 – 1992 Taiwan, China
Yang Shan, M.D. 1991 – 1992 Harbin, China
Jeong-Min Hwang, M.D. 1992 Seoul, Korea
Jyoti Raina, M.D. 1994 – 1995 London, England
Adolfo Guemes, M.D. 1996 – 1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina
M. Gabriela Salvador, M.D. 1999 – 2000 Salta, Argentina
Ossama M. A. El-Hakim, M.D. 01/2‍000 – 06/2‍000 Cairo, Egypt
Loren Ong, M.D. 07/2‍000 – 06/2‍001 Cebu, Philippines
Suleyman Karaatli, M.D. 12/2‍001 – 03/2‍002 Ankara, Turkey
Nancy Suarez, M.D. 08/2‍002 – 10/2‍002 Trujillo, Peru
Mario Najera-Covarrubias, M.D. 08/2‍002 – 06/2‍003 Monterrey, Mexico
Mehmet Cem Mocan, M.D. 10/2‍002 – 06/2‍003 Ankara, Turkey
Fernanda Moreira, M.D. 07/2‍003 – 06/2‍005 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lizbeth Vincecnio-Regner, M.D. 01/2‍004 – 06/2‍004 Cebu, Philippines
Eugenia Maria Cruz, M.D. 03/2‍004 – 07/2‍004 San José, Cost Rica
Leticia Procianoy, M.D. 01/2‍005 – 02/2‍005 Porto Alegre, Brazil
Gernot Winkler, M.D. 05/2‍005 – 08/2‍005 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Moataz Gheith, M.D. 07/2‍005 – 10/2‍005 Cairo, Egypt
Yutthaphong Imsuwan, M.D. 12/2‍005 – 05/2‍006 Pathumthani, Thailand
Mi Ra Park, M.D. 09/2‍005 – 08/2‍006 Seoul, Korea
Hanan Enany, M.D. 04/2‍007 – 11/2‍007 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Francisco Conte, M.D. 03/2‍008 – 09/2‍008 Santiago, Chile
Claudia de Paula Faria, M.D. 04/2‍008 – 10/2‍008 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ben Chung, M.D. January 2009
Faisal Ghadhfan, M.D. 07/2‍009 – 12/2‍009 Kuwait
Nihal Samy, M.D. 10/2‍009 – 11/2‍009
Jenney Cen, M.D. 01/2‍010 – 06/2‍010 Shanghai, China
Farhan Al-Swelmi, M.D. 04/2‍010 – 06/2‍010 Saudi Arabia
Khadijah Alattas, M.D. 03/2‍011 – 06/2‍011 Saudi Arabia
Yang Shiqiang, M.D. 02/2‍011 – 02/2‍012 Tianjin, China
Cheuk Sing Yam, M.D. January 2012 Hong Kong, China
Milorad Ljutica, M.D. 01/2‍013 – 03/2‍013 Belgrade, Serbia
Ching-Ju Hsieh, M.D. 02/2‍013 – 04/2‍013 Taipei City, Taiwan
Ishita Anand, M.D. 01/2‍014 – 06/2‍014 New Delhi, India
Harsha Vardhan Reddy G., M.B., D.O. 10/2‍014 – 11/2‍014 Hyderabad, India
Mohamed Ali Ramzy Elgarf, FRCS 11/2‍014 – 12/2‍014 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Swelam Shahin. MD 04/01/1‍6-04/30/2‍016 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Abdulhamid Aly, MD 06/2‍0/1‍7-09/2‍0/1‍7 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Chenhao “Ben” Yang, MD 03/05/1‍8-05/1‍8/1‍8 Shanghai, China
Arow Majd, MD 07/09/1‍8 Ashkelon, Israel
Ghassan Zein, MD 08/1‍3/1‍8-08/2‍4/1‍8 Kuwait
Visiting Professor Dates of Fellowship Country of Residence
Connie Lai, M.D. May 2005 Hong Kong
Seo Wei Leo, M.D. 10/2‍005 – 11/2‍005 Singapore
Hilary Tsang, M.D. January 2006 Hong Kong
Sonal Farzavandi, FRCS (Edin) 08/2‍006 – 11/2‍006 Singapore
Monica Stoppani, M.D. 01/2‍007 – 03/2‍007 Milan, Italy
Yuko Emoto, M.D. 03/2‍008 – 06/2‍008 Tokyo, Japan
Hirofumi Emoto, M.D. 03/2‍008 – 06/2‍008 Tokyo, Japan
Chung Yin Chu, M.D. January 2009 Hong Kong
Aynur Zohrabova, M.D. 06/2‍009 – 09/2‍009 Baku, Azerbaijan
Sevinj Salmanova, M.D. 06/2‍009 – 09/2‍009 Baku, Azerbaijan
Sidky Abdelmoaty, M.D. 07/2‍009 – 09/2‍009 Kuwait
Amro Salah, M.D. 07/2‍010 – 10/2‍010 Egypt
Ghassan Zein, M.D. August 2010 Kuwait
Helena Buch Hesgaard, M.D. September 2014 Copenhagen, Denmark
Giulia Corradetti, M.D. 07/2‍015 – 06/2‍016 Milan, Italy