Residents, fellows, postdoctoral and graduate students
Class of 2022
Tyler Boulter, MD
Dr. Tyler Boulter earned his medical degree from Texas A&M College of Medicine in Bryan, Texas. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside, California.
Paige Richards, MD
Dr. Paige Richards earned her medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Dr. Richards completed her internal medicine internship at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Kenneth Taylor, MD
Dr. Kenneth Taylor earned his medical degree from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and completed an internship in internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Taylor served as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force from 2015-2019.
Class of 2023
Katherine Dalzotto, MD
Dr. Katherine Dalzotto completed her medical degree at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, followed by a transitional internship year in the inaugural PGY-1 internal medicine/ophthalmology class at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Chintan Pathak, MD
Dr. Chintan Pathak completed his medical degree at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, followed by a transitional internship year in the inaugural PGY-1 internal medicine/ophthalmology program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
William Van De Car, MD
Dr. William Van De Car earned his medical degree from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing, Michigan. He joined DOVS after completing his PGY-1 year as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force.
Class of 2024
Jacob Abou-Hanna, MD
Dr. Jacob Abou-Hanna earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, followed by an internal medicine/ophthalmology internship at UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
kevin elwood, MD
Dr. Kevin Elwood earned his medical degree from the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas, followed by an internal medicine/ophthalmology internship at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
nenita maganti, MD
Dr. Nenita Maganti earned her medical degree from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, followed by an internal medicine/ophthalmology internship at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Class of 2025
breanna aldred, MD
Dr. Breanna Aldred earned her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, Wisconsin.
georges guillaume, MD
Dr. Georges Guillaume earned his medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.
samuel whittier, MD
Dr. Samuel Whittier earned his medical degree at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, UT. He completed a pre-residency ocular imaging/ocular pathology fellowship with the DOVS in June of 2021.
Clinical Fellows
gordon crabtree, MD
Dr. Gordon Crabtree, second-year vitreoretinal surgery fellow, completed his ophthalmology residency training at Geisinger Eye Institute in Danville, Pennsylvania. Dr. Crabtree spent his internship year at Reading Hospital in West Reading, Pennsylvania, and earned his medical degree at Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Study Area: Retina
elaine downie, MD
Dr. Elaine Downie completed her ophthalmology residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Dr. Downie spent her internship year at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and earned her medical degree at the University of Minnesota Medical School, also in Minneapolis.
Study Area: Oculoplastics
benjamin fowler, MD, PhD
Dr. Benjamin Fowler, first-year vitreoretinal surgery fellow, completed his ophthalmology residency at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida. He spent his internship year at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington, Kentucky, where he also earned his medical and doctoral degrees.
Study Area: Retina
michal gutowski, MD
Dr. Michal Gutowski completed his residency at the Casey Eye Institute at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. He spent his internship year at the Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington. Dr. Gutowski earned his medical degree at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington.
Study Area: Glaucoma
rebekah huffman, DO
Dr. Rebekah Huffman completed her ophthalmology residency and internship at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington, Kentucky. She earned her osteopathic medicine degree at Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Medicine in Harrogate, Tennessee.
Study Area: Cornea
Pre-Residency Ocular Imaging Fellows
andrew dieu, MD
Dr. Andrew Dieu serves in the Wisconsin Reading Center as a pre-residency ocular imaging/ocular pathology fellow.
Gjyzeli (Anthony) Genti, MD
Dr. Anthony Genti serves in the Wisconsin Reading Center as a pre-residency ocular imaging/ocular pathology fellow.
Steven Shen, MD
Dr. Steven Shen serves in the Wisconsin Reading Center as a pre-residency ocular imaging/ocular pathology fellow.
Postdoctoral Students
Natascha Merten, MD
Assistant Scientist
Advisor: Karen Cruickshanks, PhD
Philip Mzyk, MD
T32 Vision Research Trainee
Advisor: Colleen McDowell, PhD
Kazuya Oikawa. DVM, PhD
Research Associate
Advisor: Gillian McLellan, BVMS, PhD, DECVO, DACVO
Pankaj Singh
Research Associate
Advisor: Donna Neumann, PhD
Kara Vogel, PhD
Research Associate
Advisor: Gillian McLellan, BVMS, PhD, DECVO, DACVO
Graduate Students
Raymond Doudlah
Program: Cellular and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Ari Rosenberg, PhD
Brianna Ebbinghaus
Program: Neuroscience
Advisor: Mrinalini Hoon, PhD
Kim Edwards
Program: Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Advisor: David Gamm, MD, PhD
Emma Geiduschek
Program: Neuroscience
Advisor: Colleen McDowell, PhD
Jacob Khoussine
Program: Cellular and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Mrinalini Hoon, PhD
Thomas Lawler
Program: Nutritional Sciences
Advisor: Julie Mares, PhD, MSPH
Allison Ludwig
Program: Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Vet Med
Advisor: David Gamm, MD, PhD
Kayley Manuel
Program: Microbiology
Advisor: Donna Neumann, PhD
Steven Mayerl
Program: Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Advisor: David Gamm, MD, PhD
Nicole Muench
Program: Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Advisor: Robert Nickells, PhD
Abhilash Sawant
Program: Cellular and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Mrinalini Hoon, PhD
Mikayla Schowalter
Program: Epidemiology
Advisor: Karen Cruickshanks, PhD
Yong-Seok Song
Program: Molecular and Environmental Toxicology
Advisor: Nader Sheibani, PhD
Lindsay Taylor
Program: Population Health
Advisor: Karen Cruickshanks, PhD
Odalys Torné Escudé, DVM
Program: Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Vet Med
Advisor: Gillian McLellan, BVMS, PhD, DECVO, DACVO
Jacqueline Weycker
Program: Communicative Disorders
Advisor: Karen Cruickshanks, PhD
Serena Wisner
Program: Neuroscience
Advisor: Mrinalini Hoon, PhD
Ziyun Ye
Program: Microbiology
Advisor: Donna Neumann, PhD