Scientific Council
Audina Berrocal, MD
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Retina Department
Medical Director, Pediatric Retina and Retinopathy of Prematurity
Vitreoretinal Fellowship Director, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
Miami, FL
Neil M. Bressler, MD
James P. Gills Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Susan A. Bressler, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Julia G. Levy PhD Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
David M. Brown, MD
Director, Greater Houston Retina Research Center
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
Baylor College of Medicine
Vice-Chair for research
Blanton Eye Institute at Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
Paul Chous, MA, OD, FAAO
Specializing in Diabetes Eye Care & Education, Chous Eye Care Associates
Adjunct Professor of Optometry, Western University of Health Sciences
AOA Representative, National Diabetes Education Program
Tacoma, WA
W. Lloyd Clark, MD
Ophthalmologist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon
Palmetto Retina Center
Columbia, SC
Joseph M Coney MD, FACS, FASRS
Retina Associates of Cleveland
Beachwood, Ohio
Dilsher Dhoot, MD
California Retina Consultants
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Keck School of Medicine (USC)
Santa Barbara, CA
Diana V. Do, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
Byers Eye Institute
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
David Eichenbaum, MD, FAAO
Collaborative Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Director of Research
Retina Vitreous Associates of Florida
St. Petersburg, FL
Victoria Epstein, DO
Ophthalmologist and Surgeon
Neuro-ophthalmologist
Albany Eye Associates
Albany, NY
Steven Ferrucci, OD, FAAO
Chief of Optometry, Sepulveda VA Medical Center
Professor, Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University
Sepulveda, CA
Jennifer Gould, OD, MS, FAAO, DIPL, ABO
Associate Clinical Professor
SUNY College of Optometry
Chief of Advanced Care Services
University Eye Center
New York, NY
Julia A. Haller, MD
Ophthalmologist-in-Chief
Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
Allen C. Ho, MD, FACS, FASRS
Attending Surgeon and Director of Retina Research Wills Eye Hospital
Co-Director of the Retina Service Wills Eye Hospital
Professor of Ophthalmology, Thomas Jefferson University
Mid Atlantic Retina
Philadelphia, PA
Judy E. Kim, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Professor at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Director of Teleophthalmology and Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
Julie Rodman, OD, MSc, FAAO, FORS
Professor of Optometry
Chief, Broward Eye Care Institute
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Srinivas R. Sadda, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Doheny Eye Institute
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Rishi P. Singh, MD
Staff Physician, Cleveland Clinic Florida
Professor of Ophthalmology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Stuart, FL
Michael Stewart, MD
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL
Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD
Director of Research, Retina Consultants of Houston
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Blanton Eye Institute & Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
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