Professional

• Medical Director
• Benjamin Eye Institute
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
• Jules Stein Eye institute, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine

Education

• M.D., Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, North Carolina, 1994

• B.A., Cum Laude, Cornell University

Ithaca, New York, 1989

Clinical Medical Training

• Jules Stein Eye Institute

UCLA School of Medicine, 1995-1998

• Ophthalmology Residency

Harbor UCLA Medical Center1994-1995

Transitional Year Internship

Hospital Affiliations

• UCLA Medical Center
• Cedars Sinai Medical Center
• Olympia Hospital Medical Center

Honors and Awards

• Cum Laude, Cornell University
• Cornell Tradition Fellow, Cornell University
• Dean's List, Cornell University
• New York State Regents Scholarship

Professional Societies

• American Board of Ophthalmology, Diplomate
• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• California Association of Ophthalmology
• American Russian Medical Association (ARMA), Governing and Advisory Board
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Languages

• English
• Russian 
• Spanish (conversational/medical)