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 members may not be owners or employees of ACCME defined commercial interests.
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
Justine R. Smith, MBBS, PhD, FARVO
Section: Immunology and Microbiology
Flinders University
Adelaide , South Australia
Term: 05/11/2017 - 05/05/2022
AP Co-Chair (Anatomy)
Frances Rucker, PhD, MCOptom, FAAO
Section: Anatomy and Pathology
New England College of Optometry
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/02/2022
AP Co-Chair (Pathology)
Vivian Lee, MD
Section: Anatomy and Pathology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia , Penn.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
AP Member (Anatomy)
Chea-su Kee, BSc, PhD
Section: Anatomy and Pathology
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
AP Member (Pathology/Oncology)
Vikas Khetan, DO, DNB, FMRF
Section :Anatomy and Pathology
Sankara Nethralaya
Chennai , India
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
BI Chair
Carlo Rivolta, PhD
Section: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Basel
Mittlere Strasse 91 , Switzerland
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
BI Member
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
CL Co-Chair
Alison Abraham, PhD
Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore , Md.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
CL Co-Chair
Tiarnan Keenan, MD, PhD
Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
National Eye Institute
Bethesda , Md.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
CL Member
Van Lansingh, MD, PhD
Section: Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
HelpSeeMe
Weston , Fl.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
CL Member
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
CO Co-Chair (Basic Scientist)
Vivien Coulson-Thomas, MSc
Section: Cornea
University of Houston
Houston , Texas
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
CO Co-Chair (Basic Scientist)
Rajiv Mohan, MD, PhD, FARVO
Section: Cornea
University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia , MO
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
CO Co-Chair (Clinical Scientist)
Matilda Chan, MD, PhD
Section: Cornea
University of California - San Francisco
San Francisco , Calif.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
CO Member (Basic Scientist)
Kyung-Chul Yoon, MD, PhD
Section: Cornea
Chonnam National University Hospital
Gwangju , Korea
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
CO Member (Clinician Scientist)
Pedram Hamrah, MD, FRCS, FARVO
Section: Cornea
Tufts University Medical Center
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
CO Member (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
EY Chair
Fatema Ghasia, MD
Section: Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-Ophthalmology
Washington University - Saint Louis
Chagrin Falls , Ohio
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
EY Member
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
GL Co-Chair
Abbot (Abe) Clark, PhD, FARVO
Section: Glaucoma
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth , Texas
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
GL Co-Chair
Yvonne Ou, MD
Section: Glaucoma
University of California - San Francisco
San Francisco , CA
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
GL Member
Brian Samuels, MD, PhD
Section: Glaucoma
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham , Al.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
GL Member
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
IM Chair
Ashok Kumar, PhD
Section: Immunology & Microbiology
Wayne State University
Detroit , Mich.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
LE Chair
Julie Lim, PhD
Section: Lens
University of Auckland
Auckland , New Zealand
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
LE Member
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
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
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
RE Co-Chair (U.S.)
Glenn Yiu, MD, PhD
Section: Retina
UC Davis
Davis , Calif.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
RE Co-Chair (non-U.S.)
Stela Vujosevic, MD, PhD, FEBO
Section: Retina
University Hospital Maggiore della Carita
Novara , Italy
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
RE Member (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 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.)
Yuki Morizane, MD, PhD
Section: Retina
Okayama University Medical School
Okayama , Japan
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
RE Member (non-U.S.)
Lihteh Wu, MD
Section: Retina
Instituto De Cirugia
Miami , Fl.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
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
RC Co-Chair
Petr Baranov, MD, PhD
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
Schepens Eye Research Institute
Boston , Mass.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
RC Co-Chair
Yan Chen, PhD
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Galveston , Texas
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
Sabine Fuhrmann, PhD
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
Vanderbilt University
Brentwood , Tenn.
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
RC Member
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
VI Chair
Andrew Carkeet, MS, PhD
Section: Visual Psychophysics and Physiological Optics
School of Optometry, QUT
Kelvin Grove , Australia
Term: 05/03/2018 - 05/07/2022
VI Member
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
VN Chair
Steven DeVries, MD, PhD
Section: Visual Neuroscience
Northwestern University
Chicago , Ill.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
VN Member
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
GEN Chair
Alice Davidson, PhD
Cross-sectional Group: Genetics
University College of London
London , England
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
GEN Member
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
LV Chair
Alexander Black, PhD
Cross-sectional Group: Low Vision
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane , Australia
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
LV Member
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
MOI Co-Chair
Roxana Ursea, MD
Cross-sectional Group: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging
Veteran Administration Healthcare Services
Tucson , Ariz.
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
MOI Co-Chair
Marinko Sarunic, PhD
Cross-sectional Group: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging
Simon Fraser University
British Columbia , Canada
Term: 05/02/2019 - 05/05/2022
MOI Member
Carol Cheung
Section: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Term: 05/04/2020 - 04/27/2023
MOI Member
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
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