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: 05/20/2022 - 05/31/2027
AP Co-Chair (Anatomy)
Chea-su Kee, BSc, PhD
Section: Anatomy and Pathology
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
AP Co-Chair (Pathology/Oncology)
Vikas Khetan, DO, DNB, FMRF
Section :Anatomy and Pathology
Flaum Eye Institute
Rochester , NY
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
AP Member (Anatomy)
Yan Zhang, MD, MS, PhD
Section: Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley , Calif.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
AP Member (Pathology/Oncology)
Jesse Berry, MD
Section: Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
Children's Hospital-Los Angeles
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
AP member (Anatomy sub-section)
Ranjay Ranjay Chakraborty, PhD
Section: Anatomy and Pathology
Flinders University, Optometry and Vision Science
Adelaide , Australia
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
AP Member 9Pathology sub-section)
Lauren Dalvin, MD
Section: Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester , Minn.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
BI Chair
Stephanie Hagstrom, PhD
Section: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Cleveland Clinic / Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland , Ohio
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
BI Member
Elena Semina, PhD
Section: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee , Wisc.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
BI Member
Robert Hufnagel, MD, PhD, FACMG
Section: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
National Eye Institute
Bethesda , Md.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
CL Co-Chair
Van Lansingh, MD, PhD
Section: Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
HelpSeeMe
Weston , Fl.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
CL Co-Chair
Joshua Ehrlich, MD, MPH
Section: Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
Kellogg Eye Center at the University of Michigan School of Medicine
Ann Arbor , Mich.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
CL Member
Alexander Schuster, MD
Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
Johannes Gutenberg-University
Mainz , Germany
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
CL Member
Gui-shuang Ying, PhD
Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia , Penn.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
CL Member
Ching-Yu Cheng, MD, MPH, PhD
Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
Singapore Eye Research Institute
Singapore , Singapore
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
CL Member
Meraf Wolle, MD, MPH
Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore , Md.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
CO Co-Chair (Basic Scientist)
Kyung-Chul Yoon, MD, PhD
Section: Cornea
Chonnam National University Hospital
Gwangju , Korea
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
CO Co-Chair (Clinician Scientist)
Pedram Hamrah, MD, FRCS, FARVO
Section: Cornea
Tufts University Medical Center
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
CO Co-Chair (Clinician Scientist)
Vishal Jhanji, MD, FRCS, FRCOphth
Section: Cornea
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh , Pa.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
CO Member (Basic Scientist)
Sunil Chauhan, DVM, PhD
Section: Cornea
Harvard Medical School
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
CO Member (Clinical Scientist)
Martin Heur, MD, PhD
Section: Cornea
University of Southern California
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
CO Member (Clinical Scientist)
Shizuka Koh, MD, PhD
Section: Cornea
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
Osaka , Japan
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
CO Member (Basic-scientist seat)
Danielle Robertson, OD, PhD
Section: Cornea
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Highland Village , Tex.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
CO Member (Basic-scientist seat)
Yan Li, PhD
Section: Cornea
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland , Ore.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
CO Member (Clinician-scientist seat)
Christina Prescott, MD, PhD
Section: Cornea
New York University
New York , N.Y.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
EY Chair
Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, MD, PhD
Section: Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-Ophthalmology
University of Cambridge
Cambridge , England
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
EY Member
Mervyn Thomas, BSc, PhD
Section: Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-Ophthalmology
University of Leicester
Leicester , England
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
EY Member
Krista Kelly, PhD
Section: Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-Ophthalmology
Retina Foundation of the Southwest
Dallas , Tex.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
GL Co-Chair
Brian Samuels, MD, PhD
Section: Glaucoma
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham , Al.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
GL Co-Chair
Daniel Sun, PhD
Section: Glaucoma
Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
GL Member
Rebecca Sappington, PhD
Section: Glaucoma
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem , N.C.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
GL Member
Paloma Liton, PhD
Section: Glaucoma
Duke University
Durham , N.C.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
GL Member
Qi Cui, MD, PhD
Section: Glaucoma
University of Pennsylvania
Yardley , Penn.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
GL Member
Thomas Johnson, III, MD, PhD
Section: Glaucoma
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore , Md.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
IM Chair
Ashok Kumar, PhD
Section: Immunology & Microbiology
Wayne State University
Detroit , Mich.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2023
IM Member
Anthony St. Leger, PhD
Section: Immunology and Microbiology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh , Penn.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
IM Member
Lynn Hassman, MD, PhD
Section: Immunology & Microbiology
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis , Missouri
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
LE Chair
Juliet Moncaster, PhD
Section: Lens
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
LE Member
Catherine Cheng, PhD
Section: Lens
Indiana University
Bloomington , Ind.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
LE Member
Xingjun Fan, PhD
Section: Lens
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University
Augusta , Georgia
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
PH Chair
Raghu Krishnamoorthy, PhD
Section: Physiology/Pharmacology
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth , Tex.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
PH Member
Dorota Stankowska, PhD
Section: Physiology and Pharmacology
North Texas Eye Research Institute
Fort Worth , Tex.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
PH Member
Gerhard Garhöfer, PhD
Section: Physiology/Pharmacology
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna , Austria
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
RE Co-Chair (U.S.)
Catherine Cukras, MD, PhD
Section: Retina
National Eye Institute / National Institutes of Health
Bethesda , Md.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
RE Co-Chair (non-U.S.)
Yuki Morizane, MD, PhD
Section: Retina
Okayama University Medical School
Okayama , Japan
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
RE Co-Chair (non-U.S.)
Lihteh Wu, MD
Section: Retina
Instituto De Cirugia
Miami , Fl.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
RE Member (U.S. seat)
Edward Chaum, MD, PhD
Section: Retina
Vanderbilt Eye Institute
Nashville , Tenn.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
RE Member (non-U.S.)
Koji Nishiguichi, MD, PhD, FRCOphth
Section: Retina
Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
Nagoya , Japan
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
RE Member (non-U.S.)
Christian Pruente, MD
Section: Retina
University Eye Clinic-Basil
Binningen , Switzerland
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
RE Member (U.S. seat)
Sun Young Lee, MD, PhD
Section: Retina
USC Roski Eye Institute
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
RE Member (U.S. seat)
Dimitra Skondra, MD, PhD
Section: Retina
The University of Chicago
Chicago , Ill.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
RE Member (non-U.S. seat)
Francisco Rodriguez, MD
Section: Retina
Fundacion Oftalmologica Nacional
Bogota , Colombia
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
RC Co-Chair
Sabine Fuhrmann, PhD
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
Vanderbilt University
Brentwood , Tenn.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
RC Co-Chair
Olaf Strauss, PhD, FARVO
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
Virchow-Klinikum
Berlin , Germany
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
RC Member
Budd Tucker, PhD
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
University of Iowa
Des Moines , Iowa
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
RC Member
Jason Meyer, PhD
PhD
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
Indianapolis , Ind.
Term: 07/12/2021 - 05/09/2024
RC Member
Manuela Bartoli, PhD
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
Augusta University
Augusta , Georgia
Term: 05/05/2022 - 05/05/2025
RC Member
Julia Busik, PhD, FARVO
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
Michigan State University
East Lansing , Mich.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
VI Chair
Jos Rozema, PhD
Section: Visual Psychophysics and Physiological Optics
Antwerp University Hospital
Edegem , Belgium
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
VI Member
Fuensanta Vera-Diaz, OD, PhD, FAAO
Section: Visual Psychophysics/Physiological Optics
New England College of Optometry
Boston , Mass.
Term: 5/4/2020 - 4/27/2023
VI Member
Jessica Morgan, PhD
Section: Visual Psychophysics and Physiological Optics
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia , Penn.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
VI Member
Brian Vohnsen, PhD
Section: Visual Psychophysics and Physiological Optics
University College Dublin
Dublin , Ireland
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
VN Chair
Tiffany Schmidt, PhD
Section: Visual Neuroscience
Northwestern University
Morton Grove , Ill.
Term: 5/4/2020 - 4/27/2023
VN Member
David Krizaj, PhD
Section: Visual Neuroscience
University of Utah
Salt Lake City , Utah
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
VN Member
Christophe Ribelayga, PhD
Section: Visual Neuroscience
University of Houston, College of Optometry
Houston , Tex.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
GEN Chair
Sudha Iyengar, PhD
Section: Genetics Cross-sectional Group
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland , Ohio
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
GEN Member
Pirro Hysi, MD, PhD
Gross-sectional Group: Genetics
King’s College London
London , England
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
GEN Member
Elizabeth Rossin, MD, PhD *RE section
Section: Genetics Cross-sectional Group
Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Charlestown , Mass.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
LV Chair
Ruth van Nispen, MA, MSc, PhD
Section: Low Vision Cross-sectional Group
Amsterdam University Medical Center
Amsterdam , Netherlands
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
LV Member
Aurelie Calabrese, PhD
Cross-sectional Group: Low Vision
Université Côte d’Azu
Valbonne , France
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
LV Member
Vijaya Gothwal, PhD, FAAO, Dip LV
Cross-sectional Group: Low Vision
L V Prasad Eye Institute
Hyderabad , India
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
MOI Co-Chair
Carol Cheung
Section: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
MOI Co-Chair
Yoshiaki Yasuno, PhD
Section: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba Ibaraki , Japan
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
MOI Member
Toco Chui, PhD
Cross-sectional Group: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging
New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
New York , N.Y.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
MOI Member
Michael Pircher, PhD
Cross-sectional Group: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging
Medical University of Vienna,
Vienna , Austria
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
MOI Member
Anthony Kuo, MD
Cross-sectional Group: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging
Duke University
Durham , N.C.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
MOI Member
Robert Zawadzki, PhD
Cross-sectional Group: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging
University of California - Davis
Sacramento , Calif.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
Ex Officio
Maureen G. Maguire, PhD, FARVO
Section: Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia , Penn.
Term: 05/07/2021 - 05/09/2022
Ex Officio
Iris M. Rush, CAE
ARVO
Executive Director
Staff Committee Liaison
Lancy Cowan, JD, CAE
ARVO
Chief Meetings Officer