The Department of Ophthalmology was established in the Fall of 2008 as part of the new FIU College of Medicine.

Vision and goals

The Department of Ophthalmology is both a valuable community resource, as well as a nationally and internationally recognized center for excellence in clinical care, research, and education in ophthalmology.

Our goals are to establish a supportive environment to promote the highest standards of education, outstanding clinical service, and novel research approaches in the field of visual sciences. These goals will be accomplished by:

  • Providing a community-based ophthalmological training
  • Fostering rigorous education for our graduates
  • Engendering excellent and compassionate clinical care
  • Creating new scientific and interdisciplinary research initiatives to advance the treatment of eye diseases
  • Developing collaborative efforts encompassing local, national, and international educators and investigators
  • Recruiting and mentoring faculty of the highest quality

Contact us

Florida International University
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology
11200 SW 8th Street, AHC2 675
Fax: 305-348-0123

  • Community-based faculty

    Zenia Aguilera, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Carlos Buznego, MD
    Associate Professor

    Albert Gasper Caruana Jr., MD
    Assistant Professor

    Lourdes Amada Casuso, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Anny Cheng, MD
    Associate Professor

    Cristobal Cruz Colon, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Mario Del Cid
    Assistant Professor

    Eugene Mark Eisner
    Assistant Professor

    Hosam El Sheha, MD, PhD
    Adjunct Professor

    Jack L. Gabay, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Orlando Galindez
    Assistant Professor

    Lawrence Halperin, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Charles Josiah Kaiser, MD
    Associate Professor

    Lorraine G. Karpinski, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Louis Kasner, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Matthew Kay, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Gaston O. Lacayo III, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Wilfredo Constantino Lara, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Elena Lopez
    Adjunct Assistant Professor

    Raul Masvidal, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Mark Michels, MD
    Associate Professor

    Daniel Montenegro, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Prashant Parekh, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Andrew Schimel, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Joseph Selem, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Richard Shugarman, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Matthew Shulman, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Richard B. Simon
    Assistant Professor

    Frank E. Spektor, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Myron Tanenbaum, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Barry S. Taney, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Sean Tighe
    Instructor

    Henry L. Trattler, MD
    Assistant Professor

    William Trattler, MD
    Associate Professor

    Ana Carolina Victoria, MD
    Assistant Professor

    Roberto Warman, MD
    Associate Professor