Course Directors
Elena Bitrian, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Luis E. Vazquez, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Guest Speakers
Luis Abegão Pinto, MD
Profesor of Ophthalmology
Lisbon University
Alameda da Universidade
Lisbon, Portugal
Lauren S. Blieden, MD
Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX
Stelios Georgoulas, MBBS, MSc, PhD, FEBO, FRCOphth, PGDCRS
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital
Cambridge, England
Troy Gurney, MD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Naomi E. Gutkind, MD
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Sylmar, CA
Mary Qiu, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland, OH<
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Speakers
Donald L. Budenz, MD, MPH
Professor of Ophthalmology
Ta Chen Peter Chang, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, and Human Genetics
Medical Director, Samuel and Ethel Balkan International Pediatric Glaucoma Center
Abdelrahman Elhusseiny, MD
Instructor
Steven J. Gedde, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
John G. Clarkson Chair in Ophthalmology
Vice Chair of Education
Elizabeth A. Hodapp, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Richard K. Lee, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Cell Biology, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Neuroscience Graduate Program
Walter G. Ross Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmic Research
Arindel S. Maharaj, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Felipe A. Medeiros, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Vice-Chair of Research
Paul F. Palmberg, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Richard K. Parrish II, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Edward W.D. Norton Chair in Ophthalmology
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Anh H. Pham, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Adam L. Rothman, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Jonathan D. Tijerina, MD, MA
Instructor
Jennifer S. Weizer, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Medical Director of Quality, Safety, and Outcomes
Sarah R. Wellik, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology






