Scientific Advisory Board

Chair

Jacque Duncan, MD

Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Beckman Vision Center, University of California, San Francisco

Vice Chair, Program Chair, Genetics

Stephen P. Daiger, PhD

Human Genetics Center, School of Public Health The Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Houston, TX

Vice Chair

Frederick Ferris, III, MD

Ophthalmic Research Consultants, LLC

Vice Chair

John Flannery, PhD

Professor of Neurobiology, Dept. Molecular & Cell Biology, Assoc. 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

Vice Chair

José-Alain Sahel, MD

Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Exceptional Class Professor at Sorbonne Université, Paris, The Eye and Ear Foundation Endowed Chair

Vice Chair

Richard G. Weleber, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Molecular and Medical Genetics Graduate Program, School of Medicine, Program in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, School of Medicine, Casey Eye Institute, School of Medicine, Ophthalmology, School of Medicine

Vice Chair

Marco Zarbin, MD, PhD

Professor and Chair, Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Professor of Neurosciences, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Chief, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Newark, New Jersey

Member

Gustavo Aguirre, VMD, PhD

Professor, Medical Genetics and Ophthalmology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Member

Bela Anand-Apte, MD, PhD

Chair, Department of Ophthalmic Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Member, Program Chair, Novel Medical Therapy

John D. Ash, PhD

Francis M. Bullard Eminent Scholar Chair in Ophthalmic Sciences, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, University of Florida

Member

Isabelle Audo, MD, PhD

Full Professor, Département de Génétique, Institut de la Vision

Member

Radha Ayyagari, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Chief of Ophthalmic Molecular Genetics Laboratory (CLIA certified), Director of Shiley Eye Institute BioBank, Viterbi Family Chair III, Shiley Eye Center, University of California, San Diego

Member

William A. Beltran, DVM, PhD

Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, Professor of 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, Program Chair, Clinical

David G. Birch, PhD

Scientific Director, Director, Rose-Silverthorne Retinal Degenerations Laboratory, Retina Foundation of the Southwest

Member

Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD

Dept. of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine

Member

Catherine Bowes Rickman, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Depts of Ophthalmology & Cell Biology, George and Geneva Boguslavsky Distinguished Professor of Eye Research, Professor in Cell Biology, Duke University School of Medicine

Member, Program Chair, Gene Therapy

Shannon E. Boye, PhD

Assistant Pofessor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Florida

Member

Kari Branham, MS, CGC

Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, 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

Professor of Molecular Therapy for Inherited Retinal Diseases, Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre

Member

Jason I. Comander, MD, PhD

Director, Inherited Retinal Disorders Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Member

Frans Cremers, PhD

Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Principal Investigator, Donders Center of Medical Neurosciences

Member

Elfride De Baere, MD, PhD

Senior Full Professor, Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent University, Senior Clinical Investigator, Research Foundation Flanders

Member

Eugene de Juan, Jr., MD

Vice-Chairman/Professor of Ophthalmology, Retina and Vitreous Clinic, University of California, San Francisco

Member, Program Chair, Regenerative Medicine

Lucian V. Del Priore, MD, PhD

Robert R. Young Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale New Haven Hospital

Member

Debora Farber, PhD

Distinguished Professor, Ophthalmology, Karl Kirchgessner Chair, Ophthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles

Member

G. Jane Farrar, PhD

Professor of Genetics, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin

Member

Steven J. Fliesler, PhD

SUNY Distinguished Professor; Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor, Vice-Chair and Director of Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo VA Medical Center, University at Buffalo

Member

David Gamm, MD, PhD

Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Member

James Handa, MD

Chief, Retina Division, Professor of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Member

Elise Héon, MD

Staff Director, Ocular Genetics Program, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, SickKids, University of Toronto

Member

Leslie G. Hyman, PhD

Vice-Chair for Research, Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center at Wills Eye, Wills Eye Hospital, Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Ophthalmology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Member

Alessandro Iannaccone, MD, MS, FARVO

Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center

Member

Samuel G. Jacobson, MD, PhD

Director, Center for Hereditary Retinal Degenerations Director, Retinal Function William C. Frayer Professor in Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania

Member

Thiran Jayasundera, MD, MS, FACS, FRCSC, FRANZCO

Paul R. Lichter Professor of Ophthalmic Genetics, Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Associate Chair, Strategic Implementation, Michigan Medicine, Ophthalmology Retina Clinic

Member

Alfred Lewin, PhD

Professor, Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida

Member

Tiansen Li, PhD

Senior Investigator, Retinal Cell Biology & Degeneration Section, Neurobiology, Neurodegeneration & Repair Laboratory, National Eye Institute

Member

Maureen Maguire, PhD

Carolyn F. Jones Professor of Ophthalmology, Director, Center for Preventive Ophthalmology & Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania

Member

Goldis Malek, PhD

Associate Professor in Ophthalmology, Vice-Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology, Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine

Member

Roderick R. McInnes, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis Research Institute

Member

Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD

Professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Johns Hopkins University

Member

Maureen Neitz, PhD

Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington

Member

Gary D. Novack, PhD

President, PharmaLogic Development, Inc

Member

Mark Pennesi, MD, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Kenneth C. Swan Endowed Professor of Ophthalmology, Chief, Paul H. Casey Ophthalmic Genetics Division, Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Molecular and Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University

Member

Simon Petersen-Jones, DVM, PhD, DECVO

Professor, Comparative Ophthalmology, Dept. of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University

Member

Thomas Reh, PhD

Professor, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine

Member

Bärbel M. Rohrer, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology, SmartState Endowed Chair in Gene and Pharmaceutical Treatment of Retinal Degenerative Diseases, Medical University of South Carolina

Member

Hendrik Scholl, MA, MD

Director, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Basel

Member

Johanna M. Seddon, MD, ScM

Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of Retina, Director of Macular Degeneration Center of Excellence, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Member

Janet Sparrow, PhD

Anthony Donn Professor of Ophthalmic Science, Professor of Pathology & 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, Professor, Biological Chemistry, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan

Member

Douglas Vollrath, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Genetics, Ophthalmology, Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine

Member

David S. Williams, PhD

Lab Director, Professor of Ophthalmology and Nuerobiology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles

Member

Mike Young, PhD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Co-Director, Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute, Director, Minda de Gunzburg Center for Retinal Regeneration, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School

Member, Program Chair, Cellular and Molecular Mechanism of Disease

Donald J. Zack MD, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Stem Cells and Ocular Regenerative Medicine (STORM), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine