People
Department Chair
José-Alain Sahel, MD, FARVO Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
Vice Chairs
John D. Ash, PhD 
Jay Chhablani, MD Vice Chair, Clinical Trials; Director, Clinical Research at the UPMC Vision Institute
Vishal Jhanji, MD, FRCS (Glasgow), FRCOphth, FARVO Vice Chair, Quality; Division Chief, Cornea Service; Co-Director, Clinical Trials
Joseph N. Martel, MD Division Chief, Retina and Vitreous Services; Vice Chair, Patient Experience and Access
Division Chiefs
Vice Chair, Quality; Division Chief, Cornea Service; Co-Director, Clinical Trials
Division Chief, Retina and Vitreous Services; Vice Chair, Patient Experience and Access
Faculty
James R. Anderson, PhD Research Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Petr Baranov, MD, PhD 
Silke Becker, PhD 
Marlene Behrmann, PhD 
Larry Benowitz, PhD 
Miguel Betegon, PhD 
Sandeep Bollepalli, PhD 
Leah Byrne, PhD 
Alireza Chamanzar, PhD 
Kun-Che Chang, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurobiology
Yuanyuan Chen, PhD 
Xing Chen, PhD Vice Chair, Clinical Trials; Director, Clinical Research at the UPMC Vision Institute
Susana da Silva, PhD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Bioengineering and the Center for Neuroscience
Silmara de Lima, PhD 
Morgan DiLeo, PhD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Bioengineering and Clinical & Translational Sciences
Frank Dyka, PhD 
Xin Fan, PhD 
Kevin Fuller, PhD 
Xin (Daniel) Gao, PhD 
James P. Herman, PhD 
Pirro Hysi, MD, PhD Vice Chair, Quality; Division Chief, Cornea Service; Co-Director, Clinical Trials
Richard Johnston, PhD 
Bryan W. Jones, PhD 
Paul (Kip) R. Kinchington, PhD Professor of Ophthalmology, Molecular Genetics, and Biochemistry
Takaaki Kuwajima, PhD 
Kira L. Lathrop, MAMS, PhD 
Ekaterina Lobanova, PhD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Najate Ait-Ali Maamri, PhD 
Jonathan B. Mandell, PhD Division Chief, Retina and Vitreous Services; Vice Chair, Patient Experience and Access
J. Patrick Mayo, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Bioengineering
Rebecca L. Pfeiffer, PhD 
Shaohua Pi, PhD 
Maria Constanza Potilinski, PhD 
Eric Romanowski, MS Research Director, Charles T. Campbell Ophthalmic Microbiology Laboratory
Boris Rosin, MD, PhD 
Ethan A. Rossi, PhD Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
Clayton P. Santiago, PhD 
Robert M.Q. Shanks, PhD 
Ian A. Sigal, PhD, MASc Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Bioengineering
Anthony St. Leger, PhD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Immunology
Michael Telias, MSc, PhD 
Kalyan C. Vinnakota, PhD Research Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Kiran Kumar Vupparaboina, PhD 
Xiangyun Wei, PhD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Developmental Biology
Andrew Williams, MD 
Gary (Hin-Fai) Yam, PhD 
Hongmin Yun, MS, MD, PhD 
Liyun Zhang, MD, PhD