Meet the team

The program director

Helen Chung

Dr. Helen Chung was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. She completed medical school with special training in research at the University of Alberta and finished her ophthalmology residency training here in Calgary. She practices general ophthalmology, with interest in a wide variety of ophthalmic presentations, from anterior to posterior segment and beyond.

She has actively pursued research through her medical career, publishing in peer reviewed journals and acting as a reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. She has presented her research at local, national, and international conferences, being awarded with research grants both for travel and project support. Some of her research interests include ocular trauma, refractive surgery, glaucoma, and neuro-ophthalmology.

The Residents

The Graduates

Graduation

NameSpecialtyCurrent Location

2023

Étienne Bénard-Séguin

Neuro-ophthalmology (Emory University)

Atlanta (GA)

2023

Natalie Doughty

Comprehensive

Kamloops (BC)

2022

Daniel Moroz

Comprehensive

Langley (BC)

2022

Michael Mak

Surgical Retina (McGill University)

Montreal

2021Ammar Khan

Glaucoma (University of Calgary)

Calgary

2021Alexander RaganComprehensiveCalgary
2020Paul HaungComprehensiveCalgary
2019Monique MunroSurgical Retina (University of Illinois-Chicago)

Calgary

2019Brett PoulisUveitis (UCSF-Proctor Institute)Calgary
2018Helen ChungComprehensive

Calgary

2017Vikram LekhiComprehensiveCalgary
2017Faazil KassamComprehensiveCalgary
2017Micah LuongLow Vision (Toronto)Calgary
2016Malcolm GooiComprehensiveCalgary
2015Adam MuzychukCornea (Université de Montreal)Calgary
2015Lisa LagrouPediatrics (University of Michigan)Calgary
2014Azien SafarpoorComprehensiveBurnaby (BC)
2013Tom Gonder

Surgical Retina (University of Calgary)

Queen’s (Kingston)
2013Stephanie WoodComprehensiveQueen’s (Kingston)
2012Patrick Gooi

Glaucoma and Anterior Segment (University of Toronto)

Calgary

2010

Peter Lee

Comprehensive

Red Deer

2009

Patrick Mitchell

Surgical Retina (University of Calgary)

Calgary