The Retina Group of Washington and Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship Program

The doctors at The Retina Group of Washington for many years have led and administered a clinical and research fellowship program in collaboration with Georgetown University and the Washington Hospital Center. This program is accredited by the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology and participates in the San Francisco Match. Two fellows are selected each year to the comprehensive and diverse two-year training program through a competitive selection process. The fellowship program is under the direction of Dr. Alexander Melamud, Dr. Joshua D. Levinson, and Dr. Mohsin H. Ali.

More information about the fellowship can be obtained by contacting Denise Smith.

The Combined Surgical Retina Fellowship Program at The Retina Group of Washington/Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center has produced some outstanding fellows who have gone on to careers at some of the top private and academic institutions in the country.

Past Fellows

Below is a list of our former fellows and the area in which they currently practice:

Mohammed K. Barazi (2002-2004) The Retina Group of Washington, Washington, DC
Linda Lam (2003-2005) USC Eye Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Reshma C. Katira (2004-2006) The Retina Group of Washington, Washington, DC
George Ko (2006-2008) Retina Institute of Washington, Renton, WA
Hans Kim (2007-2009) Serrano Eye Center, Los Angeles, CA
Marcus H. Colyer (2008-2010) Peak Retina, Yakima, WA
John R. Minarcik (2009-2011) The Retina Group of Washington/Walter Reed, Washington, DC
Mark Patron (2010-2012) Mile High Retina, Denver, CO
Gayatri S. Reilly (2011-2013) The Retina Group of Washington, Washington, DC
James M. Osher (2012-2014) Cincinnati Eye Institute/University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
David J. Warrow (2013-2015) Cumberland Valley Retina Consultants, Hagerstown, MD
Lucas B. Lindsell (2014-2016) Cincinnati Eye Institute/University of Cincinnati
Samuel Kim (2015-2017) Pacific Eye Institute, Apple Valley, CA
Joshua D. Levinson, M.D. (2016-2018) The Retina Group of Washington, Washington, DC
Musa Abdelaziz, M.D. (2017-2019) Retina Center of Texas, Dallas, TX
Kevin Broderick, M.D. (2018-2020) Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, DC
Sneha Padidam, M.D. (2019-2021)The Retina Group of Washington, Washington, DC
Collin Ohning, M.D. (2019-2021) Retina Consultants of Carolina, Spartanburg, SC
Mariam Mathai, M.D. (2020-2022) The Retina Group of Washington, Washington, DC
Travis Peck, M.D. (2021-2023) The Retina Consultants of Delmarva, Easton, MD
Bradley Jacobsen, M.D. (2021-2023) San Diego Retina Associates, San Diego, CA
Janani Polder, M.D. (2022-2024) Retina Northwest, Portland, OR
Aditya S. Rali, M.D. (2022-2024) Georgia Retina, Atlanta, GA
Jeanette Du, M.D. (2023-2025) The Retina Group of Washington, Washington, DC
Jared Ebert, M.D. (2023-2025) Retina Associates of Western New York, Rochester, NY 
Abdullah Abou-Samra, M.D. (2024-2026) Tampa Retina Institute, Tampa, FL
Sarah Kamal, M.D. (2024-2026) Tennessee Retina, Nashville, TN

Current Fellows