Via live stream or in person at Wills Eye Hospital • 840 Walnut Street • Philadelphia, PA 19107
The Wills Eye Conference Research Symposium, co-sponsored by the Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center at Wills Eye, highlights cutting-edge topics relevant to vision research and features a renowned faculty of clinicians, scientists, and thought leaders who will share their latest findings and solutions.
Registration and Breakfast
Welcome
Zeba A. Syed, MD, Conference Chair
Leslie G. Hyman, PhD,
Vice Chair, Vickie & Jack Farber Vision Research Center at Wills Eye
Basic/Translational Research Free Paper Session
Vickie and Jack Farber Vision Research Center Invited Speaker Sessions
SESSION 1
AI at the Cutting Edge: New Directions in Ophthalmic Research
Moderator: Joel Schuman, MD
TBD
Nazlee Zebardast, MD, MSc
Going from Code to Clinic in Ophthalmic AI
Pearse A. Keane MD, MSc
TBD
Michael D. Abramoff, MD PhD
Panel Discussion
Break
SESSION 2
Neuroprotection to Neurorestoration: New Horizons in Ophthalmic Research
Moderator: Ajay Kuriyan, MD
Investigation of WDR36 a Novel Risk Gene for Glaucoma
Ahmara G. Ross, MD, PhD
TBD
Donald J. Zack, MD, PhD
Neuroinflammation and Gliotherapeutics
Jeffrey L. Goldberg MD, PhD
Panel Discussion
Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Zeba A. Syed, Conference Chair

University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University

University College London
Institute of Ophthalmology
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Moorfields Eye Hospital, London

Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Toronto

Co-Director of the Center for Stem Cells and Ocular Regenerative Medicine (STORM)
Professor in the departments of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Neuroscience,
and the Institute of Genetic Medicine
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University

Massachusetts Eye and Ear
