SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Robert Ritch, M.D. , Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board
Medical Director and Member of the Board of Directors
Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Chief, Glaucoma Service
Surgeon Director
The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
New York, New York
Terete Borrás, Ph.D. , University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Professor of Ophthalmology
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Adriana Di Polo, PhD , Université de Montréal, Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Cell Biology
Adjunct Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and the School of Optometry
Rutledge Ellis-Behnke, PhD , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Principal Investigator in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department
Cambridge, Massachusetts
John H. Fingert M.D., Ph.D. , University of Iowa, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, Iowa
M. Rosario Hernandez, D.D.S. , Northwestern University, George & Edwina Tarry Professor of Ophthalmology
Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Simon John, Ph.D. , Associate Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, Maine
Chris Johnson, Ph.D. , Helen C. Levitt Visiting Professor
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Paul L. Kaufman, M.D. , University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Yoshiaki Kitazawa, M.D., Ph.D. , Professor Emeritus
Director, Askaka Kitazawa Eye Clinic
Kitazawa Glaucoma Research Laboratories, Japan
President of Japanese Glaucoma Society
Theodore Krupin, M.D. , Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
James F. Leary, Ph.D. , Purdue University, School of Veterinary Medicine Endowed Professor of Nanomedicine
West Lafeyette, Indiana
Leonard A. Levin, M.D., Ph.D. , University of Wisconsin, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Neurology and Neurological Surgery
Madison, Wisconsin
Jeffrey M. Liebmann, M.D. , Member of the Board of Directors
Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology
New York University School of Medicine
Director, Glaucoma Services
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
New York University Medical Center
New York, New York
Dr. Carlo Montemagno , University of Cincinnati, Dean of the College of Engineering
Cincinnati, Ohio
Robert W. Nickells, Ph.D. , University of Wisconsin-Madison, Medical School, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Madison, Wisconsin
Julia E. Richards, Ph.D. , The University of Michigan, Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Mansoor Sarfarazi, Ph.D. , University of Connecticut Health Center, Professor of Human Molecular Genetics and Director of the Molecular Ophthalmic Genetics Laboratory
Farmington, Connecticut
Michal Schwartz, Ph.D. , Weizmann Institute of Science, Professor of Neuroimmunology
Michael Walter, Ph.D. , University of Alberta, Associate Professor
Ocular Genetics Laboratory
Martin B. Wax, M.D. , Vice President, Research and Development
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
Ft. Worth, Texas
Robert N. Weinreb, M.D. , University of California @ San Diego,
Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Hamilton Glaucoma Center
La Jolla, California
Larry A. Wheeler, Ph.D. , Allergan, Inc., Senior Vice President, Biological Services
Irvine, California
M. Roy Wilson, M.D., M.S. , Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, President
Lubbock, Texas
Michael Young , Harvard Medical School, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Boston, Massachusetts
Thom J. Zimmerman, M.D., Ph.D. , Pfizer, Inc., Global Ophthalmic Medical Director
Louisville, Kentucky
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New England Chapter Meeting