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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 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)

Safal Khanal, OD, PhD, FAAO

Section: Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham , Ala.
Term: 05/01/2023 - 05/31/2026

AP Co-chair (Pathology/Oncology)

Martina Herwig-Carl, MD, FEBO

Section: Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
University Eye Hospital Bonn
Bonn , Germany
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

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)

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)

Swati Singh, MBBS, MS, Dr. Med

Section: Anatomy and Pathology
L. V. Prasad Eye Institute
Hyderabad , India
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

AP Member (Pathology/Oncology sub-section)

Anita Chan

Section: Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
Singapore National Eye Center/SERI
Singapore
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

BI Chair

Marlies Gijs, PhD

Section: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University Maastricht
Maastricht , Netherlands
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

BI Member

Gavin Arno, PhD, BSc

Section: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Greenwood Genetic Center
Greenwood , S.C.
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

BI Member

Nawajes Mandal, PhD

Section: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Tennessee, Health Science Center
Memphis , Tenn.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

CL Co-chair

Tasanee Braithwaite, BMBCh, MA, MPH, DM

Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital and KCL
England , U.K.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

CL Co-chair

Yih Chung Tham, PhD

Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
National University of Singapore
, Singapore
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

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

CL Member

Yaxing Wang, MD

Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
Tsinghua University
Beijing , China
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

CL Member

Jason Yam, MD

Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kowloon , Hong Kong
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

CO Co-chair (Basic Scientist)

Natasha Frank, MD

Section: Cornea
Harvard Medical School
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

CO Co-chair (Basic Scientist)

Alexander Ljubimov, PhD, FARVO

Section: Cornea
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

CO Co-chair (Clinical Scientist)

Sangita Patel, MD, PhD

Section: Cornea
University of Buffalo
Buffalo , N.Y.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

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)

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 (Basic Scientist)

Vivek Singh, PhD

Section: Cornea
L. V. Prasad Eye Institute
Hyderabad , India
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

CO Member (Basic Scientist)

Susmit Suvas, PhD

Section: Cornea
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit , Mich.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

CO Member (Clinical Scientist)

Jia Yin, MD, PhD, MPH

Section: Cornea
Harvard Medical School
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

EY Chair

Yi Pang, OD, PhD

Section: Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-Ophthalmology
Illinois College of Optometry
Chicago , Ill.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

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

EY Member

Eric Gaier, MD, PhD

Section: Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-Ophthalmology
Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

GL Co-chair

Meredith Gregory-Ksander, PhD, FARVO

Section: Glaucoma
Harvard Medical School
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

GL Co-chair

Yang Hu, MD, PhD

Section: Glaucoma
Stanford University' School of Medicine
Palo Alto , Calif.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

GL Member

Samuel Herberg, PhD

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

GL Member

Tasneem Sharma, PhD

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

GL Member

Milica Margeta, MD, PhD

Section: Glaucoma
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

GL Member

Swarup Swaminathan

Section: Glaucoma
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miami , Fla.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

IM Chair

Joveeta Joseph-Ruben, PhD

Section: Immunology and Microbiology
L.V. Prasad Eye Institute
Hyderabad , India
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

IM Member

Edmund Tsui, MD, MS

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

IM Member

Holly Chinnery, PhD

Section: Immunology & Microbiology
Lions Eye Institute, Univ. of Western Australia
Nedlands , Australia
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

LE Chair

Bianca Maceo Heilman, PhD

Section: Lens
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miami , Fla.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

LE Member

Janice Walker, PhD

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

LE Member

Mason Posner, PhD

Section: Lens
Ashland University
Ashland , Ohio
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

PH Chair

Denise Inman, PhD

Section: Physiology and Pharmacology
University of North Texas Health Sciences Ctr
Fort Worth , Tex.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

PH Member

Fiona McDonnell, PhD

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

PH Member

Padmanabhan Pattabiraman, PhD

Section: Physiology/Pharmacology
Indiana University, Indianapolis
Indianapolis , Ind.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

RE Co-chair (U.S. seat)

Amitha Domalpally, MD, PhD

Section: Retina
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison , Wis.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

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

Vishali Gupta, MD

Section: Retina
PGIMER, Cahndigarh
Cahndigarh , India
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

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

Shintaro Nakao, MD, PhD

Section: Retina
Juntendo University
Tokyo , Japan
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

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 (non-U.S. seat)

Yoko Miura, MD, PhD

Section: Retina
University of Lübeck
Luebeck , Germany
Term: 05/05/2024 - 05/06/2027

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 (non-U.S. Seat)

Lisa Nivison-Smith, B.Sc (Hons), PhD, FAAO

Section: Retina
University of New South Wales
Kensington , Australia
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

RE Member (U.S. seat)

Manju Subramanian, MD, FACS

Section: Retina
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

RE Member (non-U.S. Seat)

Kenji Yamashiro, MD, PhD

Section: Retina
Kochi Medical School, Kochi University
Kohasu, Oko Nankoku , Japan
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

RC Co-chair

Ann Morris, PhD

Section: Retinal Cell Biology
University of Kentucky
Lexington , Ky.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/031/2026

RC Co-chair

Andrea Viczian, PhD
PhD

Section: Retinal Cell Biology
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Manlius , N.Y.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

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

Ruchi Sharma, PhD

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

RC Member

Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD, FACS, FARVO

Section: Retinal Cell Biology
Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University
Palo Alto , Calfi.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

RC Member

Dorota Skowronska-Krawcyk, PhD

Section: Retinal Cell Biology
UC Irvine
Irvine , Calif.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

VI Chair

Brian Vohnsen, PhD, FARVO

Section: Visual Psychophysics and Physiological Optics
University College of Dublin
Dublin , Ireland
Term: 05/01/2021 - 05/31/2026

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

Allen MY Cheong, PhD

Section: Visual Psychophysics and Optics
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung-Hom, Kowloon , Hong Kong
Term: 05-02-2024 - 05-09-2028

VI Member

Ethan Rossi, PhD

Section: Visual Psychophysics and Physiological Optics
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh , Penn.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2029

VN Chair

Xin Duan, PhD

Section: Visual Neuroscience
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco , Calif.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

VN Member

Frans Vinberg, PhD

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

VN Member

Elizabeth Zuniga-Sanchez, PhD

Section: Visual Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston , Tex.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

GEN Chair (GL Section)

Ayellet Segre, PhD

Gross-sectional Group: Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

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

GEN Member (*GL Section)

Jessica Cooke Bailey, PhD, MA

Section: Genetics Cross-sectional Group
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
Greenville , N.C.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

LV Chair (*VI Section)

Yingzi Xiong, PhD

Low Vision Cross-sectional Group
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore , Md.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

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)

Arathy Kartha, BS, MPhil, PhD

Low Vision Cross-sectional Group
SUNY State College of Optometry
New York , N.Y.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

MOI Co-chair (*CO Section)

Kostadinka Bizheva, PhD

Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
University of Waterloo
Ontario , Canada
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

MOI Co-chair (*RE Section)

Myeong Jin Ju, PhD

Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
University of British Columbia
Vancouver , Canada
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/31/2026

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

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

MOI Member (*GL Section)

Kazuhiro Kurokawa, PhD

Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
Devers Eye Institute
Portland , Ore.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/31/2028

MOI Member (*GL Section)

Kaveri Thakoor, PhD

Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
Columbia University
New York , N.Y.
Term: 05/08/2025 - 05/031/2028

Ex Officio

Sophie Xiaohui Deng, MD, PhD, FARVO

Section: Cornea
Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 05/05/2021 - 05/08/2026

Ex Officio

Iris M. Rush, CAE

ARVO
Executive Director

Staff Committee Liaison

Lancey Cowan, JD, CAE

ARVO
Chief Meetings Officer

Staff Committee Liaison

Kathy Cox

ARVO
Senior Director, Programming