
Scientific Advisory Board

Chair
Jacque Duncan, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Beckman Vision Center, University of California, San Francisco

Vice Chair
Stephen P. Daiger, PhD
TS Matney Professor, Environmental and Genetic Sciences, Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center

Vice Chair
Frederick Ferris, III, MD
Ophthalmic Research Consultants, LLC

Vice Chair
John Flannery, PhD
Associate Director, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley

Vice Chair
Eric A. Pierce, MD PhD
William F. Chatlos Professor, Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School

Vice Chair
José-Alain Sahel, MD
Professor and Chairman, Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Professor, Ophthalmology at Sorbonne Université, Paris

Vice Chair
Richard G. Weleber, MD
Professor, Ophthalmology, Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health and Science University

Vice Chair
Marco Zarbin, MD PhD
Professor and Chair, Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Member
Gustavo Aguirre, VMD PhD
Professor, Medical Genetics and Ophthalmology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Member
Bela Anand-Apte, MBBS PhD
Professor, Department of Ophthalmic Research, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Member
John D. Ash, PhD
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Florida College of Medicine

Member
Isabelle Audo, MD PhD
Group Leader, Department of Genetics, Institut de la Vision, Consultant, Reference Centre for Rare Diseases at CHNO, Quinze-Vingts

Member
Radha Ayyagari, PhD
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Center, University of California, San Diego

Member
William A. Beltran, DVM PhD
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Member
Paul S. Bernstein, MD PhD
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah

Member
David G. Birch, PhD
Director, Rose-Silverthorne Retinal Degenerations Laboratory, Retina Foundation of the Southwest

Member
Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
Professor, Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine

Member
Catherine Bowes Rickman, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center

Member
Shannon E. Boye, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida

Member
Kari Branham, MS CGC
Assistant Research Scientist, Genetic Counselor, Inherited Retinal Dystrophy Clinic, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan

Member
Jennifer Chao, MD PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington

Member
Rob Collin, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre

Member
Jason I. Comander, MD PhD
Associate Director, Inherited Retinal Disorders Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear; Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Member
Frans Cremers, PhD
Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

Member
Elfride De Baere, MD, PhD
Head of Laboratory, Senior Clinical Investigator, Professor Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University

Member
Eugene de Juan, Jr., MD
Jean Kelly Stock Distinguished Professor, Beckman Vision Center, University of California, San Francisco

Member
Lucian V. Del Priore, MD PhD
Robert R. Young Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine Chief of Ophthalmology Yale New Haven Hospital

Member
Debora Farber, PhD
Professor, Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles

Member
G. Jane Farrar, PhD
Professor, Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin

Member
Gerald A. Fishman, MD
Director, The Pangere Center for Hereditary Retinal Diseases, The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired

Member
Steven J. Fliesler, PhD
Professor, Vice-Chair and Director of Research, Department of Ophthalmology, University at Buffalo

Member
David Gamm, MD PhD
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Member
Elise Héon, MD
Mira Godard Chair in Vision Research, The Hospital for Sick Children Professor, Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of Toronto

Member
Leslie G. Hyman, PhD
Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center

Member
Alessandro Iannaccone, MD MS
Professor, Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Eye Center

Member
Samuel G. Jacobson, MD PhD
Director, Center for Hereditary Retinal Degenerations and Retinal Function, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania

Member
Thiran Jayasundera, MD MS FACS FRCSC FRANZCO
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Michigan Medicine Ophthalmology Retina Clinic, W. K. Kellogg Eye Center

Member
Alfred Lewin, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida

Member
Tiansen Li, PhD
Senior Investigator, Neurobiology, Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Member
Maureen Maguire, PhD
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania

Member
Goldis Malek, PhD
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine

Member
Roderick R. McInnes, MD PhD
Director, Lady Davis Research Institute, Jewish General Hospital

Member
Jeremy Nathans, MD PhD
Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Member
Gary D. Novack, PhD
Gary D. Novack, PhD President, PharmaLogic Development, Inc., Professor, Pharmacology and Opthalmology, University of California, Davis

Member
Mark Pennesi, MD PhD
Associate Professor Chief, Ophthalmic Genetics Division, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University

Member
Simon Petersen-Jones, DVM PhD DECVO
Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Member
Thomas Reh, PhD
Director, Neurobiology and Behavior, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine

Member
Bärbel M. Rohrer, PhD
Professor, Ophthalmology and Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina

Member
Hendrik Scholl, MD MA
Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Basel

Member
Johanna M. Seddon, MD ScM
Director, Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, New England Eye Center, Tufts University School of Medicine

Member
Janet Sparrow, PhD
Professor, Ophthalmic Science Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University

Member
Janet Sunness, MD
Medical Director, Hoover Low Vision Rehabilitation Services, Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Member
Debra Thompson, PhD
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan

Member
Douglas Vollrath, MD PhD
Associate Professor, Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine