2026 Wills Eye Conference
Featured Speakers
Featured Speakers
John Berdahl, MD
Vance Thompson vision
Bernard C. Gettes, MD Lecture
Jesse Berry, MD
Chief, Ophthalmology,
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Director, Ocular Oncology,
USC Roski Eye Institute
Keck School of Medicine
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Director, Ocular Oncology,
USC Roski Eye Institute
Keck School of Medicine
Arthur J. Bedell, MD Lecture
Dr. Glaucomflecken
a/K/A William E. Flanary, MD
Ophthalmologist
Comedian
Ophthalmologist
Comedian
Richard Ellis, MD Lecture
GLENN J. JAFFE, MD
Chief, Division of Retinal Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery; Robert Machemer M.D. Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery,
Duke Health
Duke Health
Irving H. Leopold, MD Lecture
Nancy j. Newman, MD
LeoDelle Jolley Chair of Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology & Neurology,
Emory University School of Medicine
director, Neuro-Ophthalmology,
Emory Eye Center
Professor of Ophthalmology & Neurology,
Emory University School of Medicine
director, Neuro-Ophthalmology,
Emory Eye Center
E. Howard Bedrossian, MD Lecture
and Research Symposium
and Research Symposium
Dimitri Azar, MD, MBA
UIC Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, Bioengineering and Pharmacology
University of Illinois College of Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Research Symposium
Artur V. Cideciyan, PhD
co-director, Center for
Hereditary Retinal Degenerations
University of Pennsylvania
Hereditary Retinal Degenerations
University of Pennsylvania
Research Symposium
Timothy W. Corson, PhD
Co-Director
University of Toronto, Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Toronto, Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Symposium
Thomas W. Gardner, MD, MS
Co-Director
University of Toronto, Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Toronto, Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Symposium
Eric A. Pierce, MD, PhD
Director, Berman-Gund Laboratory for the Study of Retinal Degenerations
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Director, Ocular Genomics Institute
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Director, Ocular Genomics Institute
Harvard Medical School
Research Symposium