PGY-4

Dillan Patel, MD, MBA 
Hometown: Clarks Summit, PA 
Undergraduate School: Temple University 
Graduate School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine 
Post Graduate Training: Temple University Hospital 
Interests: Traveling, piano, following sports, spending time with his dog, Thor 

Hassan Jessani, MD 
Hometown: Bryn Mawr, PA 
Undergraduate School: Emory University 
Graduate School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine 
Post Graduate Training: Lankenau Medical Center
Interests: playing basketball, watching all sorts of sports, hiking and spending time with family and friends

Preston Kung, MD, MBA 
Hometown: New York, NY 
Undergraduate School: Stony Brook University 
Graduate School: Stony Brook University School of Medicine 
Post Graduate Training: NYU Long Island, NY 
Interests: Photography, running and gastronomy 

 

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PGY-3

Christopher Ahmed, MD
Hometown: Dothan, Alabama
Undergraduate School: Auburn University
Graduate School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Post Graduate Training: Temple University Hospital
Interests: Aquascaping, painting, finding new music

Brittany Bernstein, MD
Hometown: Eagleville, PA
Undergraduate School: The George Washington University
Graduate School: The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Post Graduate Training: Temple University Hospital
Interests: Golf, piano, traveling, baking, fitness classes at Orangetheory

Philippe Ortiz, MD
Hometown: Sterling, MA
Undergraduate School: College of the Holy Cross
Graduate School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Post graduate training: Temple University Hospital
Interests: Fishing, baseball, pizza making, and reading to his children.

 

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PGY-2

Hannah Levin, MD
Hometown: Berwyn, PA
Undergraduate School: Tufts University
Graduate School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Post Graduate Training: Temple University Hospital
Interests: Hiking, biking, reading, and spending time with family and friends

Olivia Taylor, MD
Hometown: Lewes, Delaware
Undergraduate School: University of Richmond
Graduate School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Post Graduate Training: Temple University Hospital
Interests: all things indoor plants, watercolor painting, game show reality tv (great British baking, survivor), concerts and dancing

Christopher Zhu, MD
Hometown: San Antonio, TX
Undergraduate School: UT San Antonio (7-year BS/MD)
Graduate School: Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio
Post Graduate Training: Temple University Hospital
Interests: Reading and writing modern poetry, fitness, figure skating, skiing, running, tennis, international films, classical music

 

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PGY-1

Ruby Hollinger, MD, MSC
Hometown: Vero Beach, Florida
Undergrad: University of Notre Dame
Medical school: Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Graduate School: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 
Post Graduate Training: Temple University Hospital
Interests: books, art, travel, coffee shops, baking, mentorship

Ruchir Gupta, MD
Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI
Undergraduate School: Washington & Jefferson College
Graduate School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Post Graduate Training: Temple University Hospital 
Interests: Amateur magic tricks, tennis, rollerblading, basketball, skiing, Christopher Nolan films, spending time with family and friends.

Florence Yan, MD
Hometown: Wayne, PA
Undergraduate School: University of Virginia
Graduate School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Post Graduate Training: Temple University Hospital
Interests: Hiking, running, yoga, cleaning, planning every minute of my life, reality TV, thriller movies, live music, art/design, cats, sunshine, ice cream

 

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Alumni 

Year	Graduate	Specialty	Institution
2024	Sean Considine	Comprehensive
2024	Tony Thieu	Cornea	University of Pittsburgh, PA
2024	Evelyn Tran	Comprehensive
2023	Jack Lemon	Medical Retina	UCLA/Stein Eye and Doehney Eye Institutes, CA
2023	James Murphy	Glaucoma	University of Maryland, MD
2023	Danijel Pericic	Neuro-ophthalmology	Wills Eye Hospital, PA
2022	Jordan Sugarman	Medical Retina	UCLA/Stein Eye and Doheny Eye Institutes
2022	Jonathan Lam	Anterior Segment Surgery	Harvard School of Medicine, Mass Eye and Ear, MA
2022	Taylor Givnish	Comprehensive
2021	Andrew Shyu	Comprehensive
2021	Josh Paul	Glaucoma	University of North Carolina
2021	Erich Hufnagel	Comprehensive
2020	Matin Khoshnevis	Comprehensive
2020	James Benjamin	Retina	West Virginia University
2020	Sumana Kommana	Cornea	Weill Cornell
2019	Jenny Jiang	Glaucoma	Harvard School of Medicine, Mass Eye and Ear, MA
2019	Alexander Juhn	Medical Retina	Jules Stein Eye institute/Doheny Eye Center, CA
2019	Joseph Matz	Comprehensive
2018	Helayna Feit	Cornea	Corneal Associates of New Jersey in Fairfield, NJ
2018	Jui Pandya	Oculoplastics	Allegheny University Hospitals - Allegheny General
2018	Jasmeeta Patel	Comprehensive
2017	David Camejo	Retina	University of Missouri-Kansas City
2017	Hana Kim	Comprehensive
2017	Stephen McConnell	Comprehensive
2016	Upneet Bains	Glaucoma	Harvard School of Medicine, Mass Eye and Ear, MA
2016	Anil Birdi	Comprehensive	Susskind and Almallah Eye Associates, NJ
2016	Sophia Siu	Cornea	Wills Eye Hospital, PA