Course Co-Directors
Philip J. Rosenfeld, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
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
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
Speakers
Hasenin Al-Khersan, MD
Retina Consultants of Texas
Houston, TX
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
Postdoctoral Associate, Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Alessandro Berni, MD
Postdoctoral Associate, Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
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
David M. Brown, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Director of Clinical Research
Retina Consultants of Houston
Houston, TX
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
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
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
Carl Danzig, MD
Director, Vitreo-Retinal Services
Rand Eye Institute
Deerfield Beach, FL
Dilsher 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
Justis P. Ehlers, MD
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
K. Bailey Freund, MD
Senior Partner, Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, NY
Martin Friedlander, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, the Scripps Research Institute
Chief, Retina Services, Division of Ophthalmology, Scripps Clinic
President, The Lowy Medical Research Institute
La Jolla, CA
James G. Fujimoto, PhD
Elihu Thomson Professor of Electrical Engineering
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Roger A. Goldberg, MD, MBA
Bay Area Retina Associates
Walnut Creek, CA
Jeffrey S. Heier, MD
Director, Vitreo-Retinal Service
Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston
Boston, MA
Gissel Herrera, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Allen C. Ho, MD
Director, Retina Research Wills Eye Hospital
Professor of Ophthalmology
Wills Eye Institute
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
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
Peter K. Kaiser, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Chaney Family Endowed Chair of Ophthalmology Research
Cleveland Clinic College of Medicine
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland, OH
Arshad M. Khanani, MD, MA
Director of Clinical Research, Sierra Eye Associates
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
Reno, NV
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
Byron L. Lam, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Robert Z. & Nancy J. Greene Chair in Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Professor Domenico Lepore, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli
Rome, Italy
Anat Loewenstein, MD
Professor and Director, Division of Ophthalmology
Tel Aviv Medical Center
VP Ambulatory Services
Tel Aviv University
President, Israeli Ophthalmological Society
Tel Aviv, Israel
Matthew MacCumber, MD, PhD, FASRS
Illinois Retina Associates
Chicago, IL
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
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
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
Professor Dr. Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth
Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
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
Medical Advisor, Apellis Pharmaceuticals
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
Director of Clinical Research, University Retina and Macula Associates
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, IL
Michael A. Singer, MD
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Texas Health Science Center
Director of Clinical Research
Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates
San Antonio, TX
Lawrence Singerman, MD
Voluntary Professor of Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Giovanni Staurenghi, MD, FARVO, FEBO
Professor of Ophthalmology
Chairmen Eye Clinic
Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
Luigi Sacco Hospital
University of Milan
Milan, Italy
Nathan C. Steinle, MD
California Retina Consultants
Santa Barbara, CA
Jennifer K. Sun, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Xiaodong Sun, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Shanghai 1st People's Hospital of SJTU
Shanghai, China
Omer Trivizki, MD, MBA
Research Associate
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL
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
John A. Wells, III, MD
Palmetto Retina Center
Columbia, SC
Tien Yin Wong, MD
Founding Head and Chair Professor, Ophthalmology
Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital
School of Medicine, Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
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
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Kyung Hee University
Seoul, South Korea
Moderators
Janet L. Davis, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Leach Chair in Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Maura Di Nicola, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami 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
Raquel Goldhardt, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Clinical 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 Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Ninel Z. Gregori, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Luis J. Haddock, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami 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
Justin H. Townsend, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Basil Williams, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Nicolas A. Yannuzzi, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical 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