Jonathan B Lin, MD, PhD

I am honored to join the Ronald G. Michels Fellowship Foundation family, and I am eternally grateful to all my mentors who have shaped who I am today. I grew up in Ohio, attended Emory University for college, and received a combined MD/PhD from Washington University in St. Louis. For my PhD, I studied how impaired metabolism and the aging innate immune system contribute to retinal neurodegeneration. I next completed the Harvard Ophthalmology Residency Training program. I am currently a vitreoretinal surgery fellow at Stanford University.

I am passionate about a future career as a vitreoretinal surgeon-scientist who not only cares for patients with complex vitreoretinal diseases but also leads a research group dedicated towards improving our understanding of the molecular and cellular underpinnings of blinding diseases.

In my free time, I enjoy exploring the great outdoors with my wife (and incredible scientist), Stephanie.