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
SESSION 1: OCULAR NEOVASCULARIZATION | Moderator: Jason Hsu, MD
Dual Targeting of Inflammation and Angiogenesis in Neovascular Eye Disease
Timothy W. Corson, PhD
Integrin Co-Receptors in Ocular Neovascularization and Exudation
Peter A. Campochiaro, MD
Corneal Angiogenic Privilege: Insights from the Clinic and the Lab
Dimitri Azar, MD, MBA, FARVO
Panel Discussion
Break
SESSION 2: GENE THERAPY | Moderator: Sunir J. Garg, MD
Gene-based Therapies to Improve Vision in Inherited Retinal Diseases
Artur V. Cideciyan, PhD
Gene Therapy for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Nancy J. Newman, MD, PhD
Presentation Title TBD
Eric A. Pierce, MD, PhD
Panel Discussion
Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Zeba A. Syed, Conference Chair

Dean Emeritus of the College of Medicine
B.A. Field Chair in Ophthalmologic Research
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Wilmer Eye Institute,
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine

Co-Director, Center for Hereditary Retinal Degenerations, University of Pennsylvania

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

Professor of Ophthalmology & Neurology,
Emory University School of Medicine
director, Neuro-Ophthalmology,
Emory Eye Center

Harvard Medical School
Director, Berman-Gund Laboratory for the Study of Retinal Degenerations
Senior Scientist
Massachusetts Eye and Ear