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Dr. Anesi is the co-president and partner of Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI), seeing and treating patients with uveitis, scleritis, keratitis, ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP), dry eye, cataracts, glaucoma and general ophthalmology issues. Dr. Anesi attended the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California to earn his Doctorate of Medicine in 2006. After completion of his residency at Nassau University Medical Center in 2010, where he served as Chief Resident, Dr. Anesi traveled to Cambridge for his Fellowship in Ocular Immunology and Uveitis with Dr. C. Stephen Foster. Dr. Anesi is now a preceptor for the OIUF Research and Clinical Fellowships in Ocular Immunology and Uveitis.
Dr. Anesi is the co-president and partner of Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI), seeing and treating patients with uveitis, scleritis, keratitis, ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP), dry eye, cataracts, glaucoma and general ophthalmology issues. Dr. Anesi attended the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California to earn his Doctorate of Medicine in 2006. After completion of his residency at Nassau University Medical Center in 2010, where he served as Chief Resident, Dr. Anesi traveled to Cambridge for his Fellowship in Ocular Immunology and Uveitis with Dr. C. Stephen Foster. Dr. Anesi is now a preceptor for the OIUF Research and Clinical Fellowships in Ocular Immunology and Uveitis.
Dr. Chang is the co-president and partner of Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI). He received his Doctor of Medicine from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2008 and then pursued a 2-year Clinical Research Fellowship in Uveitis and Ocular Immunology with Dr. C Stephen Foster. The MERSI training helped solidify his interest in complex ocular conditions and systemic rheumatic disorders. Dr. Chang has completed medical internship at Mount Auburn Hospital, residency training in Ophthalmology at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, and fellowship training in Vitreoretinal Surgery at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Chang currently practices at MERSI, and now serves as a preceptor for the OIUF Research and Clinical Fellowships.
Dr. Chu is an ophthalmologist specializing in ocular immunology and corneal transplantation. Dr. Chu completed his Doctor of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine, and ophthalmology residency training at New York Medical College. Dr. Chu was trained by Dr. C. Stephen Foster during his Ocular Immunology fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. He is currently a professor of ophthalmology at the New Jersey Medical School of Rutgers University. His office is located in Palisades Park, New Jersey, where he conducts research and clinical trials and lectures nationally and internationally, striving to provide cutting-edge medical and surgical options for patients with complex ocular conditions.
Frances Foster received her bachelors in nursing and then masters from Boston College. She is an adult health nurse practitioner and has her clinical nurse specialty in health promotion and stress management. She is one of the founders of the uveitis support group of the Ocular and Immunology Uveitis Foundation. She started the support group in 1996 and remains as the group facilitator today. She is a patient advocate for obtaining medications for ocular inflammatory disease patients. She practiced many years as a nurse practitioner in primary care at Mass General Hospital in Boston before joining Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution to oversee the infusion therapy and emergencies for patients with Ocular Inflammatory Disease.
Dr. Shah is an ophthalmology specialist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Specializing in age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and epiretinal membranes. He graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in 2005 and then went on to complete his residency In Ophthalmology at State University of New York. Dr. Shah has also completed fellowships in vitreoretinal surgery, uveitis and ocular immunology, as well as vitreoretinal surgery. Dr. Shah also currently serves as an assistant professor of ophthalmology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Alexander Shusko, M.D., is a board-certified Ophthalmologist with expertise in ocular inflammatory disorders of the eye. Dr. Shusko completed his medical training at Creighton University School of Medicine followed by an ophthalmology residency at Nassau University Medical Center, where he was elected Chief Resident. He went on to complete his fellowship in Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Disease at the Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In addition to caring for patients with uveitis and ocular inflammatory diseases, Dr. Shusko is also committed to advancing the field of ophthalmology. His research focuses on clinical characteristics of Birdshot Chorioretinopathy and Coccidioidomycosis.
Mark Barakat received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Duke University and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed residency training as chief resident at Hahnemann University, followed by retina fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. He is a retinal surgeon at Retinal Consultants of Arizona, Director of the Retinal Research Institute, Vice Chair of Clinical Research at American Vision Partners, Medical Director of Spectra Eye Surgery Center, and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. He is beyond fortunate to have his wife, Monika, and his daughters, Jennah and Kathryn, to support him and remind him that there is life beyond retina.
Dr. Mandi Conway attended medical school and did her internship in Chicago. She attended graduate school in immunology at Southern Illinois University prior to medical school. After a preretinal Fellowship in corneal diseases at Tulane, she did her residency at Tulane University. She did a 3 year NIH post – Doctoral funded research Fellowship (NRSA) in molecular biology of viral retinal diseases at theTulane Primate Center . She did a 2 year Fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery, and uveitis at Washington University in St. Louis. Following this, she was a faculty member at Louisiana State University Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology in New Orleans for 12 years and was Professor of Ophthalmology at Tulane for 6 years, prior to Hurricane Katrina. She joined the University Of Arizona Tucson Department Of Ophthalmology in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina and moved to Phoenix in 2007 where she is currently in private practice at Arizona Retinal Specialists, specializing in vitreoretinal diseases, ocular oncology and uveitis. She is also a Professor of Basic Medical Science at the University of Arizona College Of Medicine Phoenix campus, and Chair ofDept of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences for this campus. She retains a Clinical Professorship atTulane University Department of Ophthalmology. She is over 100 publications, over 75 abstracts, four book chapters, and has spoken internationally in Italy, Greece, Spain, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, and Great Britain. She has trained in numerous residents, vitreoretinal follows, and medical students.
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