Emory Eye Center is proud to announce that six outstanding medical school graduates will be joining the Department of Ophthalmology in the fall of 2024, after completing their internship at the Emory School of Medicine. Announcement of the new class of residents was made February 1 - Match Day - by Jeremy K. Jones, MD, the director of Emory Eye Center's residency program. The six were selected from a field of almost 700 applicants.
We are thrilled to be welcoming this group to our practice in 2024.
said Jones, whose residency program was recently rated #5 in the nation by Ophthalmology Times.
The six new residents are: Megan LaRocca, who earned her medical degree from the University of California Irvine School of Medicine; Elizabeth Slaney, who earned her medical degree from Baylor School of Medicine; Joanne Thomas and Daniel Adamkiewicz - both from the August University medical program; and Ramoncito Caleon from Emory University School of Medicine.
Joining the Emory Eye Center this coming summer are the six residents who are now completing their internship year at the Emory School of Medicine: Matthew (Ryan) Claxton , a graduate of the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine; Nididi-Amaka Onyekaba a graduate of the Augusta University medical program; Brandon McKenzie a graduate of the Howard University medical program; Kafayat Oyemade , a graduate of the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine.; Kathryn Park, a graduate of the University of California School of Medicine at San Diego; and Parth Vaidyaa graduate of Virginia Tech's Carilion School of Medicine.
-Kathleen E. Moore