A thoughtful and well-crafted performance earned Christy K. Sheehy, PhD, the People’s Choice Award and Second Place campuswide in the annual UCSF Postdoc Slam. This unconventional competition challenges postdoctoral research fellows to present compelling presentations in lay language in three minutes or less! Affiliated with the Department of Ophthalmology and the Department of Neurology, Dr. Sheehy serves in the laboratory of […]
Graduates Head for Prestigious Fellowships

Congratulations to UCSF Ophthalmology residents, Class of 2016! Three years of concentrated training in vision care and research has led to skills across every subspecialty in ophthalmology. Each resident trains in all UCSF-affiliated vision clinics, including those at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and the San Francisco VA Medical Center. As emerging leaders […]
The Sky’s the Limit – Class of 2018

UCSF’s outstanding new Ophthalmology residents begin promising careers by immersing themselves in clinical care. Working alongside renowned faculty, they learn leading-edge practices across all areas of ophthalmology. Rotations at San Francisco General Hospital, the San Francisco Veterans Hospital and clinics on the Parnassus and Mission Bay campuses give them broad experience. Please meet the new class (from left): Catherine Sun, MD […]
ResidentsThe Next Generation Residents Shine as Heed Fellows

This spring, Allison Loh, MD, Shivali Menda, MD, and Michael Seider, MD, were honored with Heed Fellowships, the nation’s most prestigious ophthalmology fellowship award. Selected from among 450 ophthalmology residents nationwide, the UCSF residents garnered three of the 20 Heed Fellowships given. UCSF Excellence Recognized Heed Fellowships, which recognize passionate engagement, mastery, exceptional ability, and suitability […]