Close
Close 
Search this website

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
    <div class="three-columns">
    <p>Zenia Aguilera, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Carlos Buznego, MD <br />Associate Professor <br /> <br />Albert Gasper Caruana Jr., MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Lourdes Amada Casuso, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Anny Cheng, MD <br />Associate Professor <br /> <br />Cristobal Cruz Colon, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Mario Del Cid <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Eugene Mark Eisner <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Hosam El Sheha, MD, PhD <br />Adjunct Professor <br /> <br />Jack L. Gabay, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Orlando Galindez <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Lawrence Halperin, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Charles Josiah Kaiser, MD <br />Associate Professor <br /> <br />Lorraine G. Karpinski, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Louis Kasner, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Matthew Kay, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Gaston O. Lacayo III, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Wilfredo Constantino Lara, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Elena Lopez <br />Adjunct Assistant Professor</p>
    <p>Raul Masvidal, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Mark Michels, MD <br />Associate Professor <br /> <br />Daniel Montenegro, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Prashant Parekh, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Andrew Schimel, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Joseph Selem, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Richard Shugarman, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Matthew Shulman, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Richard B. Simon <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Frank E. Spektor, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Myron Tanenbaum, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Barry S. Taney, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Sean Tighe <br />Instructor <br /> <br />Henry L. Trattler, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />William Trattler, MD <br />Associate Professor <br /> <br />Ana Carolina Victoria, MD <br />Assistant Professor <br /> <br />Roberto Warman, MD <br />Associate Professor</p>
    </div>