Residents


Current Loyola Ophthalmology Residents

PGY-4 Residents

Meredith Horacek, MD

Meredith Horacek, MD

Undergraduate: University of Texas - Austin  
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio 
Hometown: Austin, TX 
Interests: Self proclaimed foodie! - cooking, trying new restaurants and reading about food science


Briggs Hoyt, MD

Briggs Hoyt, MD

Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame 
Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine 
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ 
Interests: Camping, fly-fishing, hiking, biking, exploring the natural world with my fiance and our dog


Nileema Patel, MD

Nileema Patel, MD

Undergraduate: Loyola University Chicago 
Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine 
Hometown: Tinley Park, IL 
Interests: Traveling, drawing, spending time with friends and family, exploring Chicago


Elisabeth Sledz, MD

Elisabeth Sledz, MD

Undergraduate: University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign 
Medical School: University of New Mexico School of Medicine 
Hometown: Naperville, IL 
Interests: Practicing yoga, gardening, cooking


PGY-3 Residents

Evan Dackowski, MD

Evan Dackowski, MD

Undergraduate: Emory University 
Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine 
Hometown: Hopkinton, MA 
Interests: Hiking national parks, skiing, house/techno music, spikeball, ping pong, coffee


Paul De Bustros, MD, MS

Paul De Bustros, MD, MS

Undergraduate: Saint Louis University 
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 
Hometown: Flossmoor, IL 
Interests: Biking, skiing, cooking 
 


Suzanne Kirk, MD

Suzanne Kirk, MD

Undergraduate: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 
Hometown: River Forest, IL 
Interests: Running, scuba diving, baking, spending time with family, exploring new restaurants in the city


John Zahour, MD

John Zahour, MD

Undergraduate: University of Illinois 
Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine 
Hometown: Aurora, IL 
Interests: Outdoors, sports, exercise, Star Wars 
 


PGY-2 Residents

Amber Randolph, MD, MS

Amber Randolph, MD

Undergraduate: St. Edward's University 
Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 
Hometown: Austin, TX 
Interests: Reading, video games, exploring Chicago


Alexis Stefaniak, MD

Alexis Stefaniak, MD

Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame 
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 
Hometown: Channahon, IL 
Interests: Distance running, baking, hiking/backpacking, college football, exploring the city with my husband


Meriam Ben Hadj Tahar, MD

Meriam Ben Hadj Tahar, MD

Undergraduate: Loyola University Chicago 
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 
Hometown: 
Interests: Photography, drawing, painting, playing violin, poetry, baking and traveling


Max Whitmeyer, MD

Max Whitmeyer, MD

Undergraduate: Stanford University 
Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine 
Hometown: Columbus, OH 
Interests: Running, cycling, hiking, music analysis, triva, sports statistics and reading 
 


Transitional Year Residents

Kasey Johnson

Kasey Johnson

Undergraduate: Pacific Lutheran University 
Medical School: Washington State Univeristy 
Hometown: Colfax, WA 
Interests: Sports (basketball, volleyball, golf), spending time with family, exploring the city, hiking/backpacking


Patrick Buoniconti

Patrick Buoniconti

Undergraduate: University of Virginia 
Medical School: Western Michigan University 
Hometown: Wheaton, IL  
Interests: biking, hiking, pretending to be athletic


Brian Simon

Brian Simon

Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame 
Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 
Hometown: LaGrange, IL 
Interests: The great outdoors, travel, walking my brother’s dog, White Sox baseball


Lauren Nakhleh

Lauren Nakhleh

Undergraduate: Texas Christian University 
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine 
Hometown: McKinney, Texas 
Interests: Traveling, tennis/pickle ball, ballet, and trying new restaurants in Chicago! 
 


Residents out of work

Residents out of work

Residents out of work

Residents out of work