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 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