Featured Speakers
Dimitri Azar, MD, MBA
UIC Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, Bioengineering and Pharmacology
Dean Emeritus of the College of Medicine
B.A. Field Chair in Ophthalmologic Research
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Dean Emeritus of the College of Medicine
B.A. Field Chair in Ophthalmologic Research
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
THOMAS GARDNER, MD
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Professor, Internal Medicine – Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes
Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Senior Scholar,
A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute
Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan
Professor, Internal Medicine – Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes
Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Senior Scholar,
A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute
Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan
Artur V. Cideciyan, PhD
Research Professor of Ophthalmology
Co-Director, Center for Hereditary Retinal Degenerations, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Director, Center for Hereditary Retinal Degenerations, University of Pennsylvania
Timothy W. Corson, PhD
Professor and Co-Director
Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Toronto
Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Toronto
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
Eric A. Pierce, MD, PhD
Director, Ocular Genomics Institute
Harvard Medical School
Director, Berman-Gund Laboratory for the Study of Retinal Degenerations
Senior Scientist
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Harvard Medical School
Director, Berman-Gund Laboratory for the Study of Retinal Degenerations
Senior Scientist
Massachusetts Eye and Ear