Meet the Fellows – RSA Fellowship Network

RSA FELLOWSHIP

~ A FELLOWSHIP WITH DISTINCTION ~

2023 - 2024

NETWORK

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ASSOCIATE FELLOWS

(Associate Fellows are in the Second Year of their Fellowship)

CHRISTIAN FRANZ BECKER, MD, PCEO

– ASSOCIATE FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Universidad San Martin de Porres

RESIDENCY: CCSM Hospital Dr. Elias Santana

Christian is an Associate Fellow at INLASER Instituto Laser de Los Andes in San Jeronimo, Cusco in Peru under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FWCRS, PCEO.

MONIQUE CAMACHO MD FCOPHTH(SA)

– ASSOCIATE FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of the Witwatersrand Medical School

POST GRAD: University of the Witwatersrand

Monique is an Associate Fellow at The Ear & Eye Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Tony Dos Ramos, MBChB

DANIEL GETANEH MULATU, MD, PCEO

– ASSOCIATE FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Mekelle University, School of Medicine

RESIDENCY: Addis Ababa University, School of Medicine

Daniel is an Associate Fellow at London Vision Clinic in London, United Kingdom, and working in Ethiopia, under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Professor Dan Z. Reinstein, MA(Cavtab) FRCSC, DABO, FRCOphth, FEBO, FWCRS.

KATHERINE SANTOS RONDON, MD

– ASSOCIATE FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: East Carolina University

RESIDENCY: Tulane University

Katherine is an Associate Fellow at Centro Laser in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Juan Batlle Jr, MD, PCEO.

SAMANTHA SCHNEIDER-JOHNSON, DO

– ASSOCIATE FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Western Univ of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific

RESIDENCY: Ascension Macomb Oakland Hospital

Samantha is an Associate Fellow at Schneider LASIK Centers in Carons, California USA under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Mark Schneider, MD, FWCRS, PCEO

NATHANAEL MARK HENSON, MD, PCEO

– ASSOCIATE FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Medical College of Georgia

RESIDENCY: Baylor Scott and White

Nathan is an Associate Fellow at La Fuente Centro de Salud Integral in San Jeronimo, Cusco in Peru under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FWCRS, PCEO

ILTER IRITAS, MD, FICO

– ASSOCIATE FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Akdeniz University

RESIDENCY: Ankara Ufuk University

Ilter is an Associate Fellow at Batigoz in Istanbul, Turkey under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Methiye Onder, MD

TAJ NASSER, MD

– ASSOCIATE FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: East Carolina University

RESIDENCY: Tulane University

Taj is an Associate Fellow at Parkhurst NuVision in San Antonio, Texas, USA under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Gregory D. Parkhurst, MD, FACS, FWCRS, PCEO.

BRADLEY THOMAS SIFRIG, MD, PCEO

– ASSOCIATE FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Florida College of Medicine

RESIDENCY: University of Texas Southwestern Department of Ophthalmology

Bradley is an Associate Fellow at Porter Ophthalmology in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Isaac W. Porter, MD, FWCRS, PCEO

PETER SIMONE, MD, PHD, PCEO

– ASSOCIATE FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Nebraska Medical Center

RESIDENCY: Prisma Health/University of South Carolina (Ophthalmology)

RESIDENCY: Prisma Florida Atlantic University (Internal Medicine)

Peter is an Associate Fellow at Kugler Vision in Omaha, Nebraska, USA under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Lance Kugler, MD, FWCRS, PCEO

MELODY W. SUN, MBBS, FCOPHTH(SA)

– ASSOCIATE FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Cape Town

RESIDENCY: St John Eye Hospital

Melody is an Associate Fellow at Envision Centre for Sight in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Lourens D. Coetzee, MBChB (UP), Dip Ophth (SA), FC Ophth (SA), MMed Ophth (UFS), FWCRS

ELIF CEREN YESILKAYA, MD, FEBO, FICO

– ASSOCIATE FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Cukurova University

RESIDENCY: University of Health Science Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital

Ceren is an Associate Fellow at Dunyagoz in Istanbul, Turkey under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Efekan Coskunseven, MD

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FELLOWS

(Fellows are in the First Year of their Fellowship)

ALESSANDRO BOLDINI, MD, FEBO

– FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Medicine & Surgery, University of Brescia

RESIDENCY: Eye Clinic, Dept of Neurological & Vision Sciences, University of Brescia

Alessandro is a Fellow at Centro Oculistico Bresciano in Brescia, Italy under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Andrea Russo MD, PhD, FWCRS, PCEO

CRISTOBAL JAVIER CRUZ-COLON, MD, PCEO

– FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Ponce School of Medicine

RESIDENCY: University of Puerto Rico

POST GRAD: Wills Eye

Cristobal is a Fellow at Puerto Rico EyeCare Center in Coto Laurel, Puerto Rico under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Juan Batlle Jr, MD, PCEO.

BRENDAN KYLE CUMMINGS, MBBCh BAO FRCSI(Ophth)

– FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University College Dublin

RESIDENCY: Irish College of Ophthalmology – National Ophthalmic Surgery Training Program

Brendan is a Fellow at Wellington Eye Clinic in Dublin, Ireland under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Arthur B. Cummings, MD, FRCS, FWCRS, PCEO.

PATRICIA FORTIN, MD

– FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Temple University

RESIDENCY: Nassau University Medical Center

Trisha is a Fellow at ClearSight LASIK in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA under the Preceptor/Mentorship of R. Luke Rebenitsch, MD, FWCRS, PCEO

KAREN SOPHIE GLANDORF, MD

– FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University clinic Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel

RESIDENCY: Eye department at St. Francis Hospital

Karen is a Fellow at Precise Vision Augenarzte in Rheine, Germany under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Florian Kretz, MD, FWCRS.

KELLY ANN KISER, MD

– FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

RESIDENCY: Washington University in St Louis Ophthalmology Residency

Kelly is a Fellow at Kugler Vision in Omaha, Nebraska, USA under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Lance Kugler, MD, FWCRS, PCEO

SANJRI MALHOTRA, MBBS, MS

– FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Kasturba Medical College Manipal Academy of Higher Education

RESIDENCY: Subharti Medical College SVSU University

Sanjri is a Fellow at Narayana Nethralaya Bangalore in Bangalore, India under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Pooja Khamar, MBBS, MS, FRCS, PhD and Rohit Shetty, DNB, FRCS, PhD, FWCRS.

MICHAEL LAWRENCE MATHISON, MD

– FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Washington University in St. Louis

RESIDENCY: Jules Stein Eye Institute – UCLA

Michael is a Fellow at Clearview Eye and Laser Medical Center in San Diego, California, USA under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Sandy Feldman, MD, FWCRS, PCEO

RONALD MHIZHA, MBChB, DO, FCS, PCEO

– FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine

INTERNSHIP: Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals

Ronald is a Fellow at iSurgeon in Johannesburg, South Africa, under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Sachin Bawa, MBChB, FCS

EYTAN NOV, MD

– FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Tel Aviv University

RESIDENCY: Meir Medical Center

Etyan is a Fellow at Ein Tal Hadassah in Tel-Aviv, Israel under the Preceptor/Mentorship of David Smadja, MD, FEBO, FWCRS.

PRECIOUS PUSETSO PHATUDI, MD, FCOPHTH, PCEO

– FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Pretoria

POSTGRADUATE: MMED from University of the Free State

Precious is a Fellow at Envision Centre for Sight in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Lourens D. Coetzee, MBChB (UP), Dip Ophth (SA), FC Ophth (SA), MMed Ophth (UFS), FWCRS.

MICHAELA RAMSAUER NEE PORNBACHER, MD, FEBO

– FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: Ludwig Maximilian University Munich

RESIDENCY: Eye Clinic of the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU)

Michaela is a Fellow at REALEYES MVZ Munich GmbH in Munchen, Germany under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Buchmann Hans-Peter MD

WILNA ENID ALWINA RAUTENBACH, MD

– FELLOW –

MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of the Free State

RESIDENCY: University of Stellenbosch

Wilna is a Fellow at Tygervalley Eye and Laser Clinic in Cape Town, South Africa under the Preceptor/Mentorship of Johann Krüger, MD, FWCRS.