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Mark J. Daily Inherited Retinal Diseases Research Center

The Mark J. Daily Inherited Retinal Diseases Research Center at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute will continue to collaborate with local and national scientists based on programmatic needs and priorities. The broad expertise of the interdisciplinary clinical and laboratory collaborators listed below includes extensive knowledge and proficiency in IRD clinical measures, surgery, retinal imaging, and laboratory IRD models that capitalizes and enhances the existing strengths of the IRD clinical trial program at Bascom Palmer with a strong translational research component that will enable new novel treatments into clinical trials.

Byron L. Lam, M.D.

Byron L. Lam, M.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology
Clinical Profile | Publications
Biography: Byron L. Lam, M.D. is a clinician and a researcher with a focus in neuro-ophthalmology, hereditary retinal disease, and ophthalmic epidemiology. He is a professor of ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami Miller School in Medicine and is the holder of the Robert Z. & Nancy J. Greene Chair in Ophthalmology.

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Ninel Z. Gregori, M.D.

Ninel Z. Gregori, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Clinical Profile
Biography: Ninel Gregori, M.D., is a professor of clinical ophthalmology and chief of ophthalmology at the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida. She specializes in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, macular diseases and dystrophies, retinal diseases and dystrophies, complications of...
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Janet L. Davis, M.D.

Janet L. Davis, M.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology
Clinical Profile | Publications
Biography: After completion of her ophthalmology residency at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Janet Davis undertook fellowships in Vitreoretinal Surgery at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and in Ocular Immunology at the NEI Laboratory of Immunology under the late Dr. Robert Nussenblatt. Currently she is the Leach Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at University of Miami Miller...
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 Audina M. Berrocal, M.D.

Audina M. Berrocal, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Clinical Profile
Biography: Audina Berrocal, M.D., is a pediatric retina specialist and world-leader in the medical and surgical management of retinopathy of prematurity and pediatric vitreoretinal disorders. Berrocal has been instrumental in the description and management of pediatric retinal disorders. She has advanced the use of fluorescein angiography in pediatric vitreoretinal disorders improving...
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Abigail S. Hackam, Ph.D.

Abigail S. Hackam, Ph.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology
Publications
Biography: Abigail Hackam, Ph.D. is a Professor at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Director of Laboratory Research at Bascom Palmer, and Associate Director of the Master’s of Science in Vision Science and Investigative Ophthalmology at the University of Miami. Her PhD training was in Human Genetics at Johns Hopkins University, followed by post-doctoral positions in Medical Genetics...
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Vittorio Porciatti, D.Sc.

Vittorio Porciatti, D.Sc.

Professor of Ophthalmology, Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering 
Director and Vice Chairman of Research
James L. Knight Professorship in Ophthalmology
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Jesse Sengillo, M.D.

Jesse Sengillo, M.D.

Chief Resident
Stephan L. Zuchner, M.D., Ph.D.

Stephen Zucher, M.D. Ph.D.

Department of Human Genetics
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Xue Zhong Liu, M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery