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Entries are due by 11:59 PM, Nov. 30, 2025 (U.S. Pacific time)
2025 Residents and Fellows Contest (now open)
2024 Residents and Fellows Contest (now closed)
WINNERS: To be announced after deliberation
2023 Residents and Fellows Contest (now closed)
- Yandong Bian, MD: Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary, Original Article: Preservatives in Topical Ophthalmic Medications (WINNER)
- Abdelrahman M. Elhusseiny, MD, MSc: University of Arkansas College of Medicine, Original Article: Biosimilars in Ophthalmology (WINNER)
- Lucy Mudie, MD, MPH: Baylor College of Medicine, Cullen Eye Institute, Original Article: Superior Ophthalmic Vein Cannulation for Treatment of Cavernous Sinus-Dural Fistulas (WINNER)
- Jan P. Ulloa-Padilla, MD: Morgenstern Center for Orbital and Facial Plastic Surgery, Original Article: Tear Trough Deformity (WINNER)
2022 Residents and Fellows Contest (now closed)
- Abdelrahman M. Elhusseiny, MD, MSc: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Original Article: Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery in Childhood Glaucoma (WINNER)
- Cris Martin P. Jacoba, MD: Joslin Diabetes Center, Revised 2010 Article: Diabetic Macular Edema (WINNER)
- Jeremy J. Kudrna, MD: Pennsylvania State University, Original Article: Compilation of IOL Power Calculation Formulas and When to Utilize (WINNER)
- Anthony S. Wong, MD, MS: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Revised 2015 Article: Orbital Decompression (WINNER)
- 2022 List of entries.
2021 Residents and Fellows Contest (now closed)
- William I. Evans, MD: University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Optic Nerve Sheath Decompression (WINNER)
- Cris Martin P. Jacoba, MD: Joslin Diabetes Center, Diabetic Macular Ischemia (WINNER)
- Subahari Raviskanthan, MBBS: Houston Methodist Hospital, Neuro Ophthalmic Complications of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (WINNER)
- Anthony Wong, MD, MS: Cook County Hospital, Asian Blepharoplasty (Double Eyelid Procedure)(WINNER)
- 2021 List of entries.
2020 Residents and Fellows Contest (now closed)
- Robin K. Kuriakose, MD: Loma Linda University Eye Institute, Incision Construction (WINNER)
- Jacquelyn Laplant, MD: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and UTHSC Ophthalmology, Carotid Cavernous Fistula (WINNER)
- Minh T. Nguyen, MD: University of Washington, Coronavirus (COVID-19) (WINNER)
- Karen M. Wai, MD: Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Medial Canthal Tendon Avulsion (WINNER)
- 2020 List of entries.
2019 Residents and Fellows Contest (now closed)
- Travis Peck, MD: Wills Eye Hospital, Refractive Error After Cataract Surgery (WINNER)
- Minh T. Nguyen, MD: University of Washington, Ocular Surface Disease in Patients with Glaucoma (WINNER)
- Ahmadreza Moradi, MD: California Pacific Medical Center, Frontalis suspension procedure (WINNER)
- Ivy Zhu, MD: University of Illinois, Ebola Virus (WINNER)
- 2019 List of entries.
2018 Residents and Fellows Contest (now closed)
- Victor D. Liou, MD; Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee, WI; Contracted Socket (WINNER)
- Danny A. Mammo, MD; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN; Capsular Bag Distension Syndrome (WINNER)
- Daniel Oh, MD; Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary; Anaheim, CA; Cannabinoids for Glaucoma (WINNER)
- Ryan A. Shields, MD; Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine; Palo Alto, CA; Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy (ADNIV) (WINNER)
- 2018 List of entries
2017 Residents and Fellows Contest (now closed)
Entries:
- Timothy Boyce, MD; Casey Eye Institute; Portland, Oregon; Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) (WINNER)
- Jorge Orellana-Rios, MD; Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York; New York, New York; Idiopathic Retinitis, Vasculitis, Aneurysms, and Neuroretinitis (IRVAN) (WINNER)
- Sarah Maki, MD; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Infectious Crystalline Keratopathy
- Brian Lee, MD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; X-linked_Retinoschisis and major updates to Retinal_Artery_Occlusion
- Jenna M Kim, MD; Yale Eye Center; New Haven, CT; Nystagmus
2016 Residents and Fellows Contest (now closed)
- Brenton D Finklea, M.D.; Wills Eye Hospital at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; Philadelphia, PA; Zonulopathy: Evaluation and Surgical Management (WINNER)
- Helen Jiang, MD; New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai; New York, NY; Frequency Doubling Technology (WINNER)
- Austin M. Pharo, M.D.; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center; New Orleans, LA; Müller’s Muscle-Conjuntivo Resection (MMCR) Blepharoptosis Repair (WINNER)
- Peter H. Tang, M.D., Ph.D.; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN; Retina_Prosthesis (WINNER)
- Shruti Aggarwal, MD; University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA; OCULAR NEUROPATHIC PAIN
- Hamzah S. Khalaf, M.D.; Valley Retina Institute; McAllen, TX; Neurodegeneration_in_Diabetic_Retinopathy
- Jenna M Kim MD. Yale Eye Center. New Haven, CT. Peripheral exudative hemorrhagic chorioretinopathy
- Peter Bracha, MD. Indiana University. Indianapolis, IN. Choroideremia
- Aakriti Garg, MD; Columbia University Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute; New York, NY; Ocular Trauma: Acute Evaluation, Cataract, Glaucoma
- J.R. Gallagher, MD; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center; New Orleans, LA; Acute Idiopathic Maculopathy
- Deepak Sambhara, M.D.; Penn State Hershey Eye Center; Hershey, PA; Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD)
- Bliss O'Bryhim, M.D., Ph.D.; Washington University in St. Louis; St. Louis, MO; Use of OCT in Neurodegenerative Diseases
2015 Residents and Fellows Contest (now closed)
- Musa Abdelaziz, MD; CWRU University Hospitals Eye Institute; Branch retinal vein occlusion (WINNER)
- Elmira Baghdasaryan, MD; Doheny Eye Institute,UCLA; Confocal microscopy (WINNER)
- Syed Amal Hussnain, MD; Yale School of Medicine; The_Role_of_Cornea_in_Glaucoma_Management:_Central_Corneal_Thickness_and_Corneal_Hysteresis (WINNER)
- Paul O. Phelps, MD; Albany Medical College: Canalicular trauma (WINNER)
- Edward Wood, MD; Byers Eye Institute at Stanford: Stanford University School of Medicine; Syphilis and the Eye (Grand_Rounds).
- R. Allan Sharpe, MD; Storm Eye Institute: Medical University of South Carolina; Conjunctival concretions.
- Viraj J. Mehta, MD, MBA; Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University; https://eyewiki.aao.org/Malignant_Melanoma_of_the_Eyelid
- Eric Feinstein, MD https://eyewiki.aao.org/Glaucoma_Secondary_to_Intraocular_Tumors; University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
- R. Allan Sharpe, MD; Storm Eye Institute: Medical University of South Carolina; Mnemonics
- Musa Abdelaziz, MD; CWRU University Hospitals Eye Institute; Pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy
- Mahdi Rostamizadeh, MD; CWRU University Hospitals Eye Institute; Pattern dystrophies
- Eric Crowell, MD, MPH; The University of Texas Medical School at Houston; https://eyewiki.org/Uveitis-Glaucoma-Hyphema_Syndrome
- Rabeea Khan, MD; Kresge Eye Institute; Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid
- Yusra Siddiqui, MD; The University of Texas Medical Branch; Temporal Artery Biopsy
- Konstantinos Tsaousis, MD; John A Moran Eye Center; https://eyewiki.org/Computational_Fluid_Dynamics_%28CFD%29_in_Ophthalmology
- Victoria S. Chang, MD; Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; https://eyewiki.org/Ocular_Surface_Squamous_neoplasia
- Arjun B. Sood, MD; Emory Eye Center, Emory University;Syphilitic Uveitis
- Deepak Sambhara, MD;Penn State Hershey Eye Center: Sickle Cell Retinopathy
2014 Residents and Fellows Contest (now closed)
- Aniruddha Agarwal, MD, Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Retinal Vasculitis; https://eyewiki.org/Retinal_Vasculitis (WINNER)
- Rahul S. Tonk, MD, MBA, Albany Medical College. Blepharitis. https://eyewiki.org/Blepharitis (WINNER)
- Margaret L. Pfeiffer, MD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Enucleation. https://eyewiki.org/Enucleation (WINNER)
- Sarah H. Van Tassel, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College. Disc Hemorrhage. https://eyewiki.org/Optic_Disc_Hemorrhage (WINNER)
- Jordan Masters, MD, University of Tennessee-Hamilton Eye Institute; Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis. https://eyewiki.aao.org/Vernal_Keratoconjunctivitis
- Jason E. Brenner, MD, Temple University Hospital; Angle Recession Glaucoma. https://eyewiki.org/Angle_Recession_Glaucoma
- Kyle E Miller, MD, Naval Medical Center - San Diego; eyewiki.aao.org/Familial_Exudative_Vitreoretinopathy_(Grand_Rounds)
- Erik Anderson, MD, John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County: Corneal Allograft Rejection and Failure https://eyewiki.aao.org/Corneal_Allograft_Rejection_and_Failure
- Julia K Polat, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Trabectome: Ab Interno Trabeculectomy
- Derek Huang, MD California Pacific Medical Center; https://eyewiki.aao.org/Merkel_cell_carcinoma
- Melanie Mihlstin, MD Kresge Eye Institute; Terrien's Marginal Degeneration. https://eyewiki.aao.org/Terrien%27s_Marginal_Degeneration
- Christy E Benson, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center - Truhlsen Eye Institute; Povidone-Iodine. https://eyewiki.aao.org/Povidone-Iodine_in_Ophthalmic_Surgery
- Daniel Montenegro, MD Kresge Eye Institute; Management of Ocular GVHD. https://eyewiki.org/Management_of_Ocular_GVHD
- James O'Brien, MD, Dean McGee Eye Institute; Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma. https://eyewiki.org/w/index.php?title=Optic_Nerve_Sheath_Meningioma
- Alexander Barash, MD, Stony Brook University Medical Center; Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency. https://eyewiki.org/Limbal_Stem_Cell_Deficiency
- Helen Merritt, MD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Evisceration. https://eyewiki.org/Evisceration
- Mallika Doss, MD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Iris Cysts. https://eyewiki.org/Iris_Cysts
- Joanna Queen, MD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Corneal Epithelial Defect. https://eyewiki.org/Corneal_Epithelial_Defect
- Eric Crowell, MD, MPH The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Adie's Tonic Pupil https://eyewiki.org/Adie%27s_Tonic_Pupil
- Adam C Weber, MD Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute; Entropion https://eyewiki.org/Entropion
- Radwan Ajlan, MBBCh, FRCSC. Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School; Cotton Wool Spots. https://eyewiki.aao.org/Cotton_Wool_Spots
2013 Residents and Fellows Contest (now closed)
- Sanket U. Shah, MD, Indiana University, Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome (WINNER)
- Manik Goel, MD, Washington University in St. Louis. Femtosecond lasers and laser assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) (WINNER)
- Dilraj S. Grewal, MD, Northwesten University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ocular Ischemic Syndrome (WINNER)
- Jenna Kim, MS4, Washington Univ in St. Louis + Yasser Elshatory, MD, Dean McGee Eye Institute, Albinism (WINNER)
- Anupam Jayaram, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Prostaglandin Associated Periorbitopathy
- Kenneth M Downes, MD, California Pacific Medical Center, Sphenoid Wing Meningioma
- Samantha Williamson, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Fibrous Dysplasia
- Adrian Dokey, MD, California Pacific Medical Center, Orbital Neurofibroma
- Fatemeh Rajaii, MD, Wilmer Eye Institute, Basal Laminar Drusen
- Kelly Laurenti, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Conjunctival Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Ocular Sarcoidosis
- Chris Stelton, MD, Emory University, Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Paul Phelps, MD, John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook County, Pleomorphic adenoma (benign mixed tumor) of the lacrimal gland
- Yuna Rapoport, MD, MPH, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Neuroblastoma
- Rima Patel, MD, Loyola University, Duane Retraction Syndrome
- Christopher Estopinal, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Congenital Lacrimal Fistula
- Ghazala Datoo O'Keefe, MD, USC Doheny Eye Institute, Sympathetic Ophthalmia
- David J. Herren, MD, MSHS, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Coloboma
- Peter A. Karth, MD MBA, Stanford Universtity, Bevacizumab
- Hema L. Ramkumar, MD, University of California San Diego, Myelinated Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer
- Mary Champion, MD, University of Kansas Myopic Traction Maculopathy
- Mona Sane, MD, University at Buffalo: Ross Eye Institute Corneal inlays
- Anitra Thomas, MD, UCLA: Jules Stein Eye Institute, Disability In Glaucoma
- Negin Agange, MD MBA, University of Texas: Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy
- John Skarie, MD PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, " Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis", https://eyewiki.aao.org/Tubulointerstitial_nephritis_and_uveitis
- Helen Merritt, MD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Silent Sinus Syndrome
- Lena Dixit, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Hereditary Benign Intraepithelial Dyskeratosis
- Tova Mannis, MD, LAC+USC Medical Center/Doheny Eye Institute, Filamentary Keratitis
- Anjum Cheema, MD, Stanford University, Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Glaucoma
- Pooja Garg, MD, Beaumont Eye Institute, Cystoid Macular Edema
- Veena Mathew, MD, MPH, Boston University School of Medicine, Ligneous Conjunctivitis
2012 residents and fellows in training contest (now closed)
- Hubert Pham, Washington Hospital Center/Georgetown University Hospital - Onchocerciasis (African River Blindness) (WINNER)
- Yasser Elshatory, University of Oklahoma, Dean McGee Eye Institute - Age-related macular degeneration (WINNER)
- Crystal Hung, Jules Stein Eye Institute - Glaucomatocyclitic Crisis (Posner-Schlossman Syndrome) (WINNER)
- Rao V. Chundury, St. Louis University - Nonspecific Orbital Inflammation (Idiopathic orbital inflammation, Orbital inflammatory syndrome, Orbital pseudotumor) (WINNER)
- Jacqueline Ng, OHSU Casey Eye Institute - Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Lacrimal Gland
- Melissa Wong, Boston Medical Center - Aqueous Misdirection
- Divakar Gupta, University of Washington - Traumatic Optic Neuropathy
- Gregory Oldham, The Krieger Eye Institute, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore - Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome and Secondary Glaucoma
- Surbhi Bansal, University at Buffalo, Ross Eye Institute - Tolosa-Hunt syndrome [1]
- Ladan Espandar, Duke Eye Center- Application of Stem Cells for Regenerative Therapy in Cornea
- Alina V Dumitrescu, The University of Kansas Medical Center- Leber congenital amaurosis
- Kevin Lai, Texas A&M University/Scott & White Eye Institute - Pituitary Adenoma
- Francesco Pichi, Univeristy of Milan - Central Retinal Vein Occlusion [2]
- Betsy Colon-Acevedo, Department of Ophthalmology School of Medicine University of Puerto Rico - Acquired Oculomotor Nerve Palsy
- Danielle Trief, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA- Chemical (Alkali and Acid) Injury of the Conjunctiva and Cornea[3]
- Evan Silverstein, Vanderbilt University - Sebaceous Carcinoma
- Jared Knickelbein, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA - Herpes Simplex Virus Stromal Keratitis and Endotheliitis
- Alan Hromas, University of Kansas Medical Center - Stickler syndrome
- Charlotte Gore, University of California, San Diego - Capillary Hemangioma
- Susan Wakil, McGill University, Canada- Pseudotumor cerebri (idiopathic intracranial hypertension)
- Aristomenis Thanos, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary - Retinal Capillary Hemangioblastoma and von Hippel-Lindau Disease
2011 residents contest (now closed)
- Scott K Schultz, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Nashville TN - Axenfeld Rieger Syndrome (WINNER)
- Yoshihiro Yonekawa, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA - Pseudophakic Cystoid Macular Edema (WINNER)
- Ladan Espandar, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA - Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lens Fitting (WINNER)
- Michael A. Klufas, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY - Intra-arterial Chemotherapy for Retinoblastoma [4] (WINNER)
- James Chelnis, University at Buffalo: Ross Eye Institute - Toxocariasis
- Scott K Schultz, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Nashville TN - [5]- Bleb Associated Infections, Axenfeld Rieger Syndrome
- Darin R Goldman, UCLA/Jules Stein Eye Institute - Angioid Streaks
- Harpreet Walia, Emory University Resident- [6], [7]
- Brandon B Johnson, Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia PA- [8], Vitreous Hemorrhage
- Dalia Girgis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI- [9]*
- Adam G. Chun, University of South Carolina-Columbia, SC- [10] Peters' Anomaly
- Peter A. Karth, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI - Incontinentia Pigmenti
- Nadeem Fatteh, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta GA - Neuroretinitis
- Sonya B. Shah, Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA - Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
- Michael A. Klufas, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY - Intra-arterial Chemotherapy for Retinoblastoma [11], Boston Keratoprosthesis (KPro) [12]
- Aleksandra Rachitskaya, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL - Combined Hamartoma of Retina and Retinal Pigment Epithelium
- Katrina A. Mears, Kresge Eye Institute, Detroit, Michigan - Punctate Inner Choroidopathy
- Michael J. Siegel, Kresge Eye Institute, Detroit, Michigan - Endoscopic Cylcophotocoagulation (ECP)
- Gary L. Legault, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Consortium, San Antonio, Texas - Corneal Esthesiometry
- Joanne C. Wen, UCLA/Jules Stein Eye Institute - Radiation Retinopathy
- Nirali Bhatt, University of Maryland, Baltimore MD - Optic nerve head drusen
- Gregory Oldham, Krieger Eye Institute, Baltimore MD - Hyphema
- Ella Leung, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary- Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy [13]
2010 residents contest (now closed)
- Annie Lim, UCLA Resident, Primary vs. Secondary Angle Closure Glaucoma (WINNER)
- Sujata Prabhu, Stony Brook University - Tuberculosis Uveitis (WINNER)
- Kevin M. Bowman, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Neonatal Conjunctivitis (WINNER)
- Juliette M Stenz, University at Buffalo, Ross Eye Institute, Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis (WINNER)
- Christian Hester, California Pacific Medical Center - Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
- Jennifer Hung, University of South Carolina. Scleritis
- Jay Chhablani, University of San Diego, California - Drug Induced Maculopathy, Vitreous Substitutes. Siderosis, Retinal Macroaneurysm, Intraocular Foreign Bodies - Management
- Savak Teymoorian, University of Missouri, Kansas City - Examination of the optic nerve at the slit-lamp biomicroscope with a handheld lens
- Marie-Eve C. Noel, University at Buffalo, Ross Eye Institute - Myasthenia Gravis
- Yannis M Paulus, Stanford University resident, Pellucid Marginal Corneal Degeneration
