Current Residents Home Education Current Residents Residency Program Director Dr. Lu has been on the residency and retina fellowship selection committee at UCI's Gavin Herbert Eye Institute since 2010, helping to select numerous bright residents and fellows. She started her position as the ophthalmology residency program director in 2020, and prior to that, she was the associate program director for 5 years. Dr. Lu believes knowledge, passion, and compassion are the most important qualities of a great mentor. Her goal as a mentor is to inspire and help students and trainees to achieve their dreams through education, discovery, and mentorship. 2022 - 2023 Residents Michael Yang, PGY-4 Undergraduate: University of California, Irvine Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles Itamar Livnat, PGY-4 Undergraduate: University of California, Irvine Medical School: University of Illinois Andrea Tham, PGY-4 Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley Medical School: University of Southern California Than-Thao Vu, PGY-4 Undergraduate: Brown University Medical School: University of California, Irvine Michael Han, PGY-3 Undergraduate: University of Southern Calfornia Medical School: Case Western Medical School Claire Kwan, PGY-3 Undergraduate: Northwestern University Medical School: Northwestern University Stephanie Noh, PGY-3 Undergraduate: Vassar College Medical School: University of California, Irvine Lauren Chen, PGY-2 Undergraduate: University of California, San Diego Medical School: University of California, Irvine Jennifer Huang, PGY-2 Undergraduate: John Hopkins University Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine Michael Rafaelof, PGY-2 Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles Medical School: University of California, San Diego