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Loyola Distinguished Alumni Speaker

Date Name, Title & Affiliation Presentation(s)  
June 12, 2026

Matthew J. Welch, MD

Vitreoretinal Surgeon
Ocular Oncology Specialist, Fellowship Director Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology University of Arizona
College of Medicine-Phoenix

"Beyond Training: The Ever Expanding Sphere of an Ophthalmic Surgeon"

 

2025

Hajirah N. Saeed, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine

"Amniotic Membrane: A Journey"

 

2024

Raymond Areaux, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences, University of Minnesota

“Childhood Glaucomas: What I've Learned Since Residency "

 

2023

Susan Tidow, MD

Associate Professor

Ophthalmology

Loyola University Chicago

 

 

2022

Cathleen Cronin, MD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Loyola University Medical Center

"Loyola ROP Experience"

 

 

2021

Robert J. Barnes, MD

Glen Ellyn Ophthalmology Associates/Aurora Eye Clinic

"Which Glaucoma Surgery is Best for Your Patient -MIGS (which one) vs Trabeculectomy/Tube and Should You Be Doing It?"

 

2020

Nick Mamalis, MD

Univ. of Utah John Moran Eye Center

“Accommodating IOL Update”

 

2019

Rukhsana Mirza, MD

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

"Practical applications of oct-angiography: a case-based discussion"

 

2018

Ahsan M. Khan, MD

Kaiser Permanente

"Update on Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery"

 

2017

Jonathan M. Holmes, MD

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

"Trials and tribulations in strabismus and amblyopia"

 

2016

Brent Hayek, MD

Emory University Eye Center

"Thyroid Eye Disease—What’s New?"

 

2015

Jared S. Nielsen, MD

Wolfe Eye Clinic

“Diabetic Macular Edema-From T and Beyond”