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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. Foster is the Founder of the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI)- a state of the art practice with its own chemotherapy infusion suite and phlebotomy lab, and Founder and President of the Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation (OIUF)- a nonprofit dedicated to the research and support of Ocular Inflammatory Disease. Dr. Foster received his medical degree at Duke University Medical Center in 1969 and completed various distinguished training in Internal Medicine and Ophthalmology. He began his independent research in 1977, and has continued his research and teaching activities since opening his private practice, MERSI, in 2005. Dr. Foster has published over 1000 papers and 14 textbooks on the topic of Ocular Inflammatory Diseases.
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.
Dr. Compton is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Louisville Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. He also serves as the ophthalmology residency program director, oculofacial plastic fellowship director, Vice Chair of Academics, and Dr. Arthur and Virginia Keeney Endowed Chair of Ethics in Ophthalmology. Dr. Compton attended the University of Alabama-Birmingham for medical school and ophthalmology residency training at the Callahan Eye Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. He then traveled to Louisville in 2013 to complete a fellowship in Oculofacial Plastics and Orbital Surgery, then joined the faculty at University of Louisville Department of Ophthalmology in 2015.
Dr. Soltau is the Dr. William H. and Mrs. Blondina F. Evans Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, KY. Dr. Soltau earned his Doctorate of Medicine at the Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg, Germany. He then joined the Kentucky Lions Eye Research Institute in Louisville, KY before completing his internship and residency at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. He stayed on for another year as Chief Resident before completing his glaucoma fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, FL. He then moved back to Louisville to join the faculty and head the Glaucoma Service.
I was born in Antalya, Turkey. After finishing my residency at Istanbul University Medical School, I worked as a comprehensive ophthalmologist for 2 years. I worked at Advanced Dry Eye Lab at UT Southwestern as a research fellow in translational research for 1 year. After the research fellowship, I started a Medical Retina and Uveitis fellowship at the Mayo Clinic and worked as a clinical fellow and instructor for 1 year. Afterward, I completed a 1-year Medical Retina fellowship at the University of Kentucky. I joined the University of Louisville as a uveitis and medical retina specialist in September 2023. I also work closely with residents in the outpatient and inpatient clinics, staffing them for cataract and trauma surgeries.
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at the University of Louisville, with a dedicated focus on patient care, translational research, teaching, and academic service. After completing fellowships in vitreoretinal and uveitis, my clinical practice centers on managing vitreoretinal conditions and intraocular inflammation diseases, including diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and uveitis. Since 2020, I have served as the Director of the Electrophysiology Lab. I am Vitreoretinal Fellowship Program Director in the department of ophthalmology, Uofl. My research concentrates on retinal degeneration. We have explored various therapeutic approaches, including stem cell therapy, gene therapy, and retinal prosthetics, using large genetic animal models to identify optimal treatment strategies. I have authored 37 publications, including two first-author papers in Cell Reports.
Dr. Huang is an ophthalmologist specializing in pediatric ophthalmology, cornea and external disease, and uveitis. She graduated medical school from Rush University in Chicago and completed her ophthalmology residency training at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mt. Sinai. She went on to complete a Pediatric Ophthalmology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles/USC affiliated with Doheny Eye Institute and a Uveitis, Cornea and External disease fellowship at The University of California- Irvine, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute. Dr. Huang has a special interest in complex pediatric anterior segment disease, ocular inflammatory disorders in children and adults, and corneal transplants.
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