Faculty honored as Healthcare Research All-Stars

UW Department of Ophthalmology faculty members were named among the top five percent of ophthalmology researchers worldwide in the Avant-garde Health 2025 Ophthalmology Research All‑Stars ranking.

The Healthcare Research All-Star Awards honor the outstanding physicians and hospitals whose contributions to healthcare research significantly enhance the quality of patient care. The study examined the research of more than 4,700 hospitals and 424,000 physicians and included only the top five percent based on the quantity and quality of their published research.

UW Ophthalmology faculty listed in the rankings are:

Top 1%

Aaron Lee, MD, Professor

Cecilia Lee, MD, Professor

Debarshi Mustafi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor

Top 2-3%

Michelle Cabrera, MD, Professor

Shu Feng, MD, Assistant Professor

Chris Fortenbach, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor

Laura Huang, MD, Assistant Professor

Kathryn Pepple, MD, PhD, Associate Professor

Kristina Tarczy-Hornoch, MD. D.Phil, Professor

Top 4-5%

Jennifer Chao, MD, PhD, Professor

Karine Duarte Bojikian, MD, Assistant Professor

Miel Sundararajan, MD, Assistant Professor

Andrew Stacey, MD, Associate Professor

The methodology for producing the lists of Healthcare Research All-Stars is explained in detail here.

 

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