Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is comprised of elected members from ARVO's 13 Scientific Sections along with elected and trustee-appointed officers. The president and vice president(s) are elected from within the Board each year. The executive vice president is elected by the general membership to a five-year term and is a voting member of the Board of Trustees. The ARVO executive director serves as an ex officio member of the Board. For more information on Board of Trustee duties, appointments and elections please refer to the bylaws.

Roster

SriniVas

President

SriniVas Sadda
MD, FARVO

Retina
Doheny Eye Institute, UCLA
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 2020 - 2025

Sophie

President-elect

Sophie Deng
MD, PhD, FARVO

Cornea
Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 2021 - 2026

J. Mark

Executive Vice President

J. Mark Petrash
PhD, FARVO

Lens
University of Colorado
Aurora , Colo.
Term: 2022 - 2027

Patricia

Immediate Past President

Patricia D'Amore
PhD, MBA, FARVO

Retinal Cell Biology
Schepens Eye Research Institute - Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Boston , Mass.
Term: 2019 - 2025

Leopold

Vice President

Leopold Schmetterer
PhD, FARVO

Physiology
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Singapore
Term: 2020 - 2025

Joseph

Vice President-elect

Joseph Demer
MD, PhD, FARVO

Eye Movements
Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 2021 - 2026

Frank

Vice President-elect

Frank Lovicu
PhD, FARVO

Lens
University of Sydney
Sydney , Australia
Term: 2021 - 2026

Wei

Trustee

Wei Li
MD, PhD

Visual Neuroscience
National Eye Institute, NIH
Bethesda , Md.
Term: 2022 - 2027

Tien

Trustee

Tien Wong
FRCS, PhD, FARVO

Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
Singapore National Eye Centre
Singapore
Term: 2022 - 2027

Terri

Trustee

Terri Young
MD, MBA, FARVO

Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison , WI
Term: 2022 - 2027

C. Ross

Trustee

C. Ross Ethier
PhD, FARVO

Glaucoma
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta , Ga.
Term: 2023 - 2028

Matthew

Trustee

Matthew Wilson
MD

Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis , Tenn.
Term: 2023 - 2028

Susana

Trustee

Susana Chung
OD, PhD, FAAO, FARVO

Visual Psychophysics/Physiological Optics
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley , Calif.
Term: 2024 - 2029

Junko

Trustee

Junko Hori
MD, PhD, FARVO

Immunology/Microbiology
Nippon Medical School
Tokyo , Japan
Term: 2024 - 2029

Goldis

Trustee

Goldis Malek
PhD, FARVO

Retinal Cell Biology
Duke University - Ophthalmology Dept.
Durham , N.C.
Term: 2024 - 2029

Ex Officio Members

Rafal

ARVO Foundation Board of Governors Chair

Rafal Farjo
PhD, FARVO

Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
EyeCRO
Ann Arbor , Mich.
Term: 2024 - 2027

Iris M.

Executive Director

Iris M. Rush
CAE

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Rockville , Maryland

Maria

At-Large Members-in-Training Trustee

Maria Cabrera-Aguas
MBBS, MIPH, PhD

Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
University of Sydney-Save Sight Institute
Sydney , Australia
Term: 2023 - 2025