Annual Meeting Program Committee

Annual Meeting Program Committee

 

Description

The Annual Meeting Program Committee (AMPC), under the direction of the Executive Vice President, is responsible for the content of the scientific portion of the ARVO Annual Meeting.

 

Composition

The members of each Scientific Section and Cross-sectional Group elect an AMPC member from the lists of current ARVO voting members (Regular, Sustaining, or Life members) each year. The Executive Vice President serves as the Committee Chair. Ordinarily, members of the AMPC serve staggered terms of three or four years, with the most senior member serving as the Section Chair. 

 

Qualifications

In compliance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) guidelines, AMPC committee members may not be owners or employees of ACCME-defined ineligible companies.

 

Meetings

The AMPC conducts online abstract reviews between mid-December and mid-January each year and then meets at the end of January to plan the current year's Scientific Program. The AMPC also meets at the Annual Meeting to initiate plans for the subsequent year's program and conducts business via ARVOConnect and e-mail and if needed by conference call during the year.

 

Past members

Roster

Chair

J. Mark Petrash, PhD, FARVO

Section: Lens
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/06/2027

AP Co-chair (Anatomy)

Ranjay Chakraborty, PhD

Section: Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
Flinders University
Adelaide , Australia
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

AP Co-chair (Pathology/Oncology)

Lauren Dalvin, MD

Section: Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester , Minn.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

AP member (Anatomy sub-section)

Sayantan Biswas, PhD, FHEA

Section: Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
Aston University
Birmingham , England
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

AP Member (Pathology/Oncology sub-section)

Martina Herwig-Carl, MD, FEBO

Section: Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
University Eye Hospital Bonn
Bonn , Germany
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

AP Member (Pathology/Oncology sub-section)

Swathi Kaliki, MD

Section: Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
L V Prasad Eye Institute
Hyderabad , India
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

AP Member (Anatomy sub-section)

Safal Khanal, OD, PhD, FAAO

Section: Anatomy and Pathology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham , Ala.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

BI Chair

Robert Hufnagel, MD, PhD, FACMG

Section: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
National Eye Institute
Bethesda , Md.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

BI Member

Gavin Arno, PhD, BSc

Section: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Hitchin , England
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

BI Member

Marlies Gijs, PhD

Section: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University Maastricht
Maastricht , Netherlands
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

CL Co-chair

Caroline Brandl, MD, FEBO

Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
University Regensburg
Regensburg , Germany
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

CL Co-chair

Ching-Yu Cheng, MD, MPH, PhD, FARVO

Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Singapore , Singapore
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

CL Member

Tasanee Braithwaite, BMBCh, MA, MPH, DM

Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital and KCL
England , U.K.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

CL Member

Yih Chung Tham, PhD

Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
National University of Singapore
Singapore , Singapore
Term: 4/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

CL Member

Brian VanderBeek, MD, MPH, MSCE

Section: Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
Scheie Eye Institute University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia , Pa.
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

CL Member

Lisa Zhuoting Zhu, MD, PhD

Section: Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
Centre for Eye Research Australia
East Melbourne , Australia
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

CO Co-chair (Basic Scientist)

Yan Li, PhD

Section: Cornea
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland , Ore.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

CO Co-chair (Clinical Scientist)

Christina Prescott, MD, PhD

Section: Cornea
New York University
New York , N.Y.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

CO Co-chair (Basic Scientist)

Danielle Robertson, OD, PhD, FARVO

Section: Cornea
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Highland Village , Tex.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

CO Member (Basic Scientist)

Natasha Frank, MD

Section: Cornea
Harvard Medical School
Harvard , Mass.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

CO Member (Clinical Scientist)

Thomas Fuchsluger, MD, PhD, FEBO, MSc, MHBA

Section: Cornea
Universitätsmedizin Rostock
Rostock , Germany
Term: 05/02/2024 - 05/09/2027

CO Member (Basic Scientist)

Alexander Ljubimov, PhD, FARVO

Section: Cornea
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

CO Member (Basic Scientist)

Poonam Mudgil, PhD, FARVO

Section: Cornea
Charles Sturt University
Orange NSW , Australia
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

CO Member (Clinical Scientist)

Yoshinori Oie, MD, PhD

Section: Cornea
Osaka University
Suita Osaka , Japan
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

CO Member (Clinical Scientist)

Sangita Patel, MD, PhD

Section: Cornea
University at Buffalo
Buffalo , N.Y.
Term: 04-23-2023 - 05-07-2026

EY Chair

Krista Kelly, PhD

Section: Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-Ophthalmology
Retina Foundation of the Southwest
Dallas , Tex.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

EY Member

Yi Pang, OD. PhD

Section: Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-Ophthalmology
Illinois College of Optometry
Chicago , Ill.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

EY Member

Aparna Raghuram, OD, PhD

Section: Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-Ophthalmology
Boston Children's Hospital /Harvard Medical School
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

GL Co-chair

Qi Cui, MD, PhD

Section: Glaucoma
University of Pennsylvania
Yardley , Pa.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

GL Co-chair

Thomas Johnson, III, MD, PhD

Section: Glaucoma
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore , Md.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

GL Member

Meredith Gergory-Ksander, PhD, FARVO

Section: Glaucoma
Harvard Medical School
Boston , Mass.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

GL Member

Samuel Herberg, PhD

Section: Glaucoma
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse , N.Y.
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

GL Member

Yang Hu, MD, PhD

Section: Glaucoma
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto , Calif.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

GL Member

Tasneem Sharma, PhD

Section: Glaucoma
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis , Ind.
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

IM Chair

Lynn Hassman, MD, PhD

Section: Immunology and Microbiology
University of Colorado
Golden , Colo.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

IM Member

Joveeta Joseph Ruben, PhD

Section: Immunology & Microbiology
L.V. Prasad Eye Institute
Hyderabad , India
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

IM Member

Edmund Tsui, MD, MS

Section: Immunology & Microbiology
Stein Eye Institute
Sherman Oaks , Calif.
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

LE Chair

Xingjun Fan, PhD

Section: Lens
Augusta University
Augusta , Ga.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

LE Member

Bianca Maceo Heilman, PhD

Section: Lens
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miami , Fla.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

LE Member

Janice Walker, PhD

Section: Lens
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia , Pa.
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

PH Chair

Gerhard Garhöfer, MD, PhD, FARVO

Section: Physiology and Pharmacology
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna , Austria
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

PH Member

Denise Inman, PhD

Section: Physiology/Pharmacology
University of North Texas Health Sciences Ctr
Fort Worth , Tex.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

PH Member

Fiona McDonnell, PhD

Section: Physiology/Pharmacology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City , Utah
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

RE Co-chair (U.S. seat)

Sun Young Lee, MD, PhD

Section: Retina
USC Roski Eye Institute
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

RE Co-chair (non-U.S. Seat)

Francisco Rodriguez, MD

Section: Retina
Fundacion Oftalmologica Nacional
Bogota , Colombia
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

RE Co-chair (U.S. Seat)

Dimitra Skondra, MD, PhD

Section: Retina
The University of Chicago
Chicago , Ill.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

RE Member (U.S. seat)

Minhaj Nur Alam, PhD

Section: Retina
University of North Carolina
Charlotte , N.C.
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

RE Member (U.S. seat)

Jay Chhablani, MD

Section: Retina
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh , Pa.
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

RE Member (U.S. seat)

Amitha Domalpally, MD, PhD

Section: Retina
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison , Wis.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

RE Member (non-U.S. Seat)

Vishali Gupta, MD

Section: Retina
PGIMER, Cahndigarh
Cahndigarh , India
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

RE Member (non-U.S. seat)

Yoko Miura, MD, PhD

Section: Retina
Medical Laser Center Lübeck
Luebeck , Germany
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

RE Member (non-U.S. Seat)

Shintaro Nakao, MD, PhD

Section: Retina
Juntendo University
Tokyo , Japan
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

RC Co-chair

Manuela Bartoli, PhD

Section: Retinal Cell Biology
Augusta University
Augusta , Ga.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

RC Co-chair

Julia Busik, PhD, FARVO
PhD

Section: Retinal Cell Biology
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City , Okla.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

RC Member

Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD, FARVO

Section: Retinal Cell Biology
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco , Calif.
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

RC Member

Ann Morris, PhD

Section: Retinal Cell Biology
University of Kentucky
Lexington , Ky.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

RC Member

Ruchi Sharma, PhD

Section: Retinal Cell Biology
National Institutes for Health
Bethesda , Md.
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

RC Member

Andrea Viczian, PhD

Section: Retinal Cell Biology
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Manlius , N.Y.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

VI Chair

Jessica Morgan, PhD, FARVO

Section: Visual Psychophysics and Physiological Optics
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia , Pa.
Term: 05/01/2021 - 05/08/2025

Section: Visual Psychophysics and Optics

Allen MY Cheong, PhD

Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung-Hom, Kowloon , Hong Kong
Term: 05-02-20024 - 05-09-2028

VI Member

William Tuten, OD, PhD

Section: Visual Psychophysics and Physiological Optics
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley , Calif.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/06/2027

VI Member

Brian Vohnsen, PhD, FARVO

Section: Visual Psychophysics and Physiological Optics
University College Dublin
Dublin , Ireland
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/07/2026

VN Chair

Christophe Ribelayga, PhD

Section: Visual Neuroscience
University of Houston
Houston , Tex.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

VN Member

Xin Duan, PhD

Section: Visual Neuroscience
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco , Calif.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

VN Member

Frans Vinberg, PhD

Section: Visual Neuroscience
University of Utah
Salt Lake City , Utah
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

GEN Chair

Elizabeth Rossin, MD, PhD *RE Section

Gross-sectional Group: Genetics
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Charlestown , Mass.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

GEN Member (*GL Section)

Ayellet Segre, PhD

Section: Genetics Cross-sectional Group
Harvard Medical School
Boston , Mass.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

GEN Member (*CO Section)

Petra Liskova, MD, PhD

Section: Genetics Cross-sectional Group
First Faculty of Medicine Charles University
Prague , Czech Republic
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

LV Chair (*CL Section)

Vijaya Gothwal, PhD, FAAO, Dip LV

Low Vision Cross-sectional Group
L V Prasad Eye Institute
Hyderabad , India
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

LV Member (*CL Section)

Bradley Dougherty, OD, PhD

Low Vision Cross-sectional Group
Ohio State University
Columbus , Ohio
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

LV Member (*VI Section)

Yingzi Xiong, PhD

Low Vision Cross-sectional Group
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis , Minn.
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

MOI Co-chair (*CO Section)

Anthony Kuo, MD

Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
Duke University
Durham , N.C.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

MOI Co-chair (*AP Section)

Robert Zawadzki, PhD

Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
University of California Davis
Sacramento , Calif.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/08/2025

MOI Member (*RE Section)

Bernhard Baumann, PhD

Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna , Austria
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

MOI Member

Kostadinka Bizheva, PhD *CO Section

Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
University of Waterloo
Ontario , Canada
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

MOI Member (*RE Section)

Myeong Jin Ju, PhD

Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
University of British Columbia
Vancouver , Canada
Term: 04/23/2023 - 05/07/2026

MOI Member

Masahiro Miura, MD, PhD *RE Section

Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center
Inashiki Ibaraki , Japan
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

Ex Officio

SriniVas R. Sadda, MD, FARVO

Section: Retina
Doheny Eye Institute
Pasadena , Calif.
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/08/2025

Ex Officio

Iris M. Rush, CAE

ARVO
Executive Director

Staff Committee Liaison

Lancy Cowan, JD, CAE

ARVO
Chief Meetings Officer