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
President
SriniVas Sadda
MD, FARVO
Retina
Doheny Eye Institute
Los Angeles , California
Term: 2020 - 2025
President-elect
Sophie Deng
MD, PhD, FARVO
Cornea
Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Los Angeles , California
Term: 2021 - 2026
Executive Vice President
J. Mark Petrash
PhD, FARVO
Lens
University of Colorado
Aurora , Colo.
Term: 2022 - 2027
Immediate Past President
Patricia D'Amore
PhD, MBA, FARVO
Retinal Cell Biology
Schepens Eye Research Institute - Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Boston , Massachusetts
Term: 2019 - 2024
Vice President
Leopold Schmetterer
PhD, FARVO
Physiology
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Singapore
Term: 2020 - 2025
Vice President-elect
Joseph Demer
MD, PhD, FARVO
Eye Movements
Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
Los Angeles , California
Term: 2021 - 2026
Vice President-elect
Frank Lovicu
PhD, FARVO
Lens
University of Sydney
Sydney , Australia
Term: 2021 - 2026
Trustee
Wei Li
MD, PhD
Visual Neuroscience
National Eye Institute, NIH
Bethesda , MD
Term: 2022 - 2027
Trustee
Tien Wong
FRCS, PhD, FARVO
Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
Singapore National Eye Centre
Singapore
Term: 2022 - 2027
Trustee
Terri Young
MD, MBA, FARVO
Biochemistry
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison , WI
Term: 2022 - 2027
Trustee
C. Ross Ethier
PhD, FARVO
Glaucoma
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta , Georgia
Term: 2023 - 2028
Trustee
Matthew Wilson
MD
Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis , Tenn.
Term: 2023 - 2028
Trustee
Susana Chung
OD, PhD, FAAO, FARVO
Visual Psychophysics/Physiological Optics
University of California Berkeley
Berkeley , Calif.
Term: 2024 - 2029
Trustee
Junko Hori
MD, PhD, FARVO
Immunology/Microbiology
Nippon Medical School
Tokyo , Japan
Term: 2024 - 2029
Trustee
Goldis Malek
PhD, FARVO
Retinal Cell Biology
Duke University - Ophthalmology Dept.
Durham , N.C.
Term: 2024 - 2029
Ex Officio Members
ARVO Foundation Board of Governors Chair
Rafal Farjo
PhD, FARVO
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
EyeCRO
Ann Arbor , Mich.
Term: 2024 - 2027
Executive Director
Iris M. Rush
CAE
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Rockville , Maryland
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