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
Nicolas A. Yannuzzi, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Luis J. Haddock, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Course Co-Directors
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
Zohar Yehoshua, MD, MHA
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Da Meng, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology,
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Justin H. Townsend, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Speakers
Saad Ahmad, MD, FASRS
Kovach Eye Institute
CEO, Founder, Plexiform Bioscience, Inc.
Chicago, IL
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
Omar Badla, MD
Research Associate
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Clare Bailey
Consultant Ophthalmologist
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Bristol, England, UK
Mark R. Barakat, MD
Director of Clinical Research
Retina Macula Institute of Arizona
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
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
Enrico Borelli, MD, PhD, FEBO
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Senior Consultant in Medical Retina
Milan, Italy
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
David M. Brown, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Director of Clinical Research
Retina Consultants of Houston
Houston, TX
Stuart Burgess, MD, FACS, FASRS
Fort Lauderdale Eye Institute
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Peter Campochiaro, MD
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Professor of Ophthalmology and
Neuroscience, Wilmer Eye Institute
Director, Retinal Cell and Molecular Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Usha Chakravarthy, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
Queens University Belfast
Royal Victoria Hospital (The Belfast Trust)
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Margaret Chang, MD, MS
Retinal Consultants Medical Group
Sacramento, CA
Varun Chaudhary, MD
Professor of Surgery, McMaster University
Academic Head of Ophthalmology, McMaster University
Chief of Ophthalmology, Hamilton Regional Eye Institute,
St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton & Hamilton Health Science
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada
Gemmy Cheung, MBBS, FRCOphth, FAMS, MCI
Head and Senior Consultant, Medical Retina Department
Singapore National Eye Center
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Singapore
Emily Y. Chew, MD
Senior Investigator
Director, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications
National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
W. Lloyd Clark, MD
Palmetto Retina Center, LLC
West Columbia, SC
Giulia Corradetti, MD
Principal Investigator, Doheny Eye Institute
Health Sciences Clinical Instructor
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
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
Sharon Fekrat, MD, FACS, FASRS
Professor of Ophthalmology
Robert Machemer, MD, Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Duke Eye Center, Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC
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
Sunir Garg, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Retina Service
Wills Eye Hospital
Co-Director, Retina Research Partner
Mid-Atlantic Retina
Gladwyne, PA
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
Seenu M. Hariprasad, MD
Shui-Chin Lee Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
UChicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Jeffrey S. Heier, MD
Chief Scientific Officer, Ocular Therapeutics
Director, Retina Service
Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston
Boston, MA
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
Glenn J. Jaffe, MD
Robert Machemer Professor of Ophthalmology
Chief, Vitreoretinal Division
Director, Duke Reading Center
Duke Eye Center
Durham, NC
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
Kiyoung Kim, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Hospital, Kyung Hee University
Kyung Hee Medical Center
Seoul, South Korea
Stephen J. Kim, MD
Margy Ann and J. Donald Gass Chair in Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology
Vanderbilt Medical Center, Vanderbilt Health
Nashville, TN
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
Michael A. Klufas, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Wills Eye Hospital
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Mid-Atlantic Retina
Philadelphia, PA
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
David R. Lally, MD, FASRS
Director, Retina Research Institute
New England Retina Consultants
Springfield, MA
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
Tong (Linda) Li, MD, PhD
National Clinical Research Center of Eye Disease
Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital
Shanghai Eye Research Institute
School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Jennifer I. Lim, MD
Marion H. Schenk Esq. Chair in Ophthalmology
UIC Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
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
Fuad Makkouk, MD
Austin Eye Center
Austin, TX
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
Toshinori Murata, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Shinshu University
Matsumoto, Japan
Quan Dong Nguyen, MD, MSc, FAAO, FASRS
Professor of Ophthalmology
Byers Eye Institute
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Susanna S. Park, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Chief, Retina Division
UC Davis Health Eye Center
Sacramento, 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
Richard B. Rosen, MD, DSc (Hon), FACS, FASRS, FARVO
Vice Chairman and Surgeon Director
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
New York, NY
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
Marc Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chair
John A. Moran Eye Center
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
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
Sobha Sivaprasad, FRCOphth
Director of Research & Innovations
Consultant and Professor in Ophthalmology
London, England, United Kingdom
Giovanni Staurenghi, MD, FARVO, FEBO
Professor of Ophthalmology
Chairman, University Eye Clinic
Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
Luigi Sacco Hospital
University of Milan
Milan, Italy
Jay M. Stewart, MD
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
University of California Health
San Francisco, CA
Xiaodong Sun, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Shanghai 1st People's Hospital of SJTU
Shanghai, China
Linda Tong, MD, PhD
National Clinical Research Center of Eye Disease
Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital
Shanghai Eye Research Institute
School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Priya Vakharia, MD, FASRS
Retina Vitreous Associates of Florida
Palm Harbour, FL
Lejla Vajzovic, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Director of CME
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC
Stela Vujosevic
Head of Medical Retina Unit, University Eye Clinic
San Giuseppe Hospital
Milano, Italy
Nadia K. Waheed, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Tufts Medical School
Tufts New England Eye Center
Boston, MA
Ruikang (Ricky) Wang, PhD
Professor, Bioengineering & Ophthalmology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Zhichao Wu, PhD
Research Fellow
NCI, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD
Retina Consultants of Texas
Retina Consultants of America
Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
Fatoumata Yanoga, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Wexner Medical Center
The Ohio State University
Dublin, OH
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
Yi Zhang, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Southern California
USC Roski Eye Institute
Los Angeles, CA
Sandy Wenting Zhou, MBBS, MMed (Ophth), FAMS, FRCOphth
Vitreoretinal Specialist
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Singapore
Moderators
Thomas A. Albini, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Robert Z. & Nancy J. Greene Chair in Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Janet L. Davis, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Leach Chair in Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Maura Di Nicola, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Omar El-Mulki, MD
Research Fellow
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
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
Brian E. Goldhagen, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Raquel Goldhardt, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami 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
Gissel Herrera, PhD
Research Fellow
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
Basil Williams, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL