Course Directors
Philip J. Rosenfeld, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Omer Trivizki, MD, MBA
Research Associate
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Course Co-Directors
Zohar Yehoshua, MD, MHA
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Sander R. Dubovy, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Victor T. Curtin Chair in Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Da Meng, MD, PhD
Resident, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Speakers
Jayakrishna Ambati, MD
DuPont Guerry, III, Professor of Ophthalmology
Vice Chair for Research
Founding Director of the Center for Advanced Vision Science
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, VA
Sara Beqiri, MD
Postdoctoral Associate, Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Jay M. Berdia, MD
Cumberland Valley Retina Consultants
Hagerstown, MD
Alessandro Berni, MD
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Department of Ophthalmology
Milan, Italy
Robert Bhisitkul, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
David S. Boyer, MD
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Senior Partner, Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group
Los Angeles, CA
Usha Chakravarthy, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
Queens University Belfast
Royal Victoria Hospital (The Belfast Trust)
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Gemmy Cheung, MBBS, FRCOphth, FAMS, MCI
Head and Senior Consultant, Medical Retina Department
Singapore National Eye Center
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Singapore
W. Lloyd Clark, MD
Palmetto Retina Center, LLC
West Columbia, SC
Karl G. Csaky, MD, PhD
T. Boone Pickens Director
Clinical Center of Innovation for Macular Degeneration
Managing and Medical Director
Retina Foundation of the Southwest
Dallas, TX
Christine A. Curcio, PhD, FARVO
White-McKee Endowed Professor
Director, AMD Histopathology Lab
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Heersink School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL
Dilsher S. Dhoot, MD
California Retina Consultants
Santa Barbara, CA
Diana V. Do, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Byers Eye Institute
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
Amitha Domalpally, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Research Director, Wisconsin Reading Center
Assistant Professor, A-EYE Research Unit Scientific Director
McPherson Eye Research Institute
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Justis P. Ehlers, MD, FASRS
The Norman C. and Donna L. Harbert Endowed Chair of Ophthalmic Research
Director, The Tony and Leona Campane Center for Excellence in Image-Guided Surgery and Advanced Imaging Research
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
David Eichenbaum, MD
Director of Research
Retina Vitreous Associates of Florida
Collaborative Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida
St. Petersburg, FL
Monika Fleckenstein, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
John A. Moran Eye Center
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
James G. Fujimoto, PhD
Elihu Thomson Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
Roger A. Goldberg, MD, MBA
Bay Area Retina Associates
Walnut Creek, CA
Robyn Guymer, MBBS, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Melbourne University
Deputy Director, Centre for Eye Research Australia
Senior Retina Specialist, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
Melbourne, Australia
Allen C. Ho, MD, FACS, FASRS
Director, Retina Research Wills Eye Hospital
Professor of Ophthalmology,
Wills Eye Institute
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Nancy M. Holekamp, MD
Principal Global Medical Science Leader
Roche Pharmaceuticals
Basel, Switzerland
Michael S. Ip, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Randy H. Kardon, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Pomerantz Family Chair in Ophthalmology
Director, Iowa City VA Center of Excellence for
Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss
Iowa City, IA
Pearse Keane, MD
Professor of Artificial Medical Intelligence
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, United Kingdom
Arshad M. Khanani, MD, MA, FASRS
Director of Clinical Research, Sierra Eye Associates
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
Reno, NV
Szilard Kiss, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Bob and Dolores Hope – Robert M. Ellsworth, MD Distinguished Professor in Ophthalmology
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
Baruch D. Kuppermann, MD, PhD
Steinert Endowed Professor
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Director, Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Eleonora M. Lad, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Duke University Medical Center
Duke University
Durham, NC
Aaron Y. Lee, MD, MSCI
Arthur W. Stickle Distinguished Professor and Chairman
John F. Hardesty, MD, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Edward F. Linton, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA
Anat Loewenstein, MD
Professor and Head of Retina, Division of Ophthalmology
Tel Aviv Medical Center
VP Ambulatory Services
President, Euretina
Sydney Fox Chair of Ophthalmology
Tel Aviv University
President, Israeli Ophthalmological Society
Tel Aviv, Israel
Andrew Moshfeghi, MD, MBA
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Medical Director, USC Roski Eye Institute
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Maximilian Pfau, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
University Eye Hospital
Bonn, Germany
Dante Pieramici, MD
California Retina Consultants
Santa Barbara, CA
Giuseppe Querques, MD, PhD
Head - Medical Retina & Imaging Unit
Department of Ophthalmology
University Vita Salute
Milan, Italy
Carl D. Regillo, MD, FACS, FASRS
Director, Retina Service
Wills Eye Hospital
Professor of Ophthalmology
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
SriniVas R. Sadda, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Doheny Eye Institute, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Mario J. Saravia, MD, PhD
Chair, Buenos Aires Macula Clinical Research
Buenos Aires, Argentina
David Sarraf, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Roy Schwartz, MD, PhD
Retina Specialist and Data Scientist
Moorfields Eye Hospital
London, England
Mengxi Shen, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Veeral Sheth, MD, MBA, FACS, FASRS
Director of Clinical Research, University Retina and Macula Associates
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, IL
Lawrence Singerman, MD
Voluntary Professor of Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Rishi P. Singh, MD
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health North and South Hospitals
Professor of Ophthalmology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Stuart, FL
Xiaodong Sun, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Shanghai 1st People's Hospital of SJTU
Shanghai, China
Nadia K. Waheed, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Tufts Medical School
Tufts New England Eye Center
Boston, MA
John A. Wells, III, MD
Palmetto Retina Center
Columbia, SC
Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD
Retina Consultants of Texas
Retina Consultants of America
Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
Seung-Young Yu, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Chair of Department
Kyung Hee University School of Medicine
Seoul, South Korea
Edna H. Perkiss Research Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center
Ann Arbor, MI
Moderators
Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
The J. Donald M. Gass Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Giovanni Gregori, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Ninel Z. Gregori, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Lois Pope Endowed Chair for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Research
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Jaclyn L. Kovach, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Naples, FL
William E. Smiddy, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
M. Brenn Green Chair in Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at Naples
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Naples, FL
Nicolas A. Yannuzzi, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL