
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.