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