Envisioning Equity in Eye Care Conference Speakers

Session moderators

Keith D. Carter, MD
DEO and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

R.V. Paul Chan, MD, MSc, MBA
Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,The John H. Panton, MD Professor of Ophthalmology, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois Chicago

Kristen Nwanyanwu, MD, MBA, MHS
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science,
Yale School of Medicine

Eve J. Higginbotham, SM, MD, ML
Vice Dean for Penn Medicine Office of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics, Professor of Ophthalmology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Paul P. Lee, MD, JD, FARVO
F. Bruce Fralick Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Director, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center


Lindsay A. Rhodes, MD, MSPH
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Adrienne W. Scott, MD
Chief, Retina Division, Wilmer Eye Institute
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Speakers

Neeraj Agarwal, PhD, FARVO
Program Director of Translational Research, Training and Workforce Development, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Sally L. Baxter, MD, MSc
Chief, Division of Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science, University of California San Diego
Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute

César A. Briceño, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute
Advisory Dean, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 

Megan E. Collins, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

Matthew Cunningham, MD, FASRS
Partner and Clinical Research Director, Florida Retina Institute
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Lauren P. Daskivich, MD, MSHS
Director, Ophthalmic Services and Eye Health Programs,Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California/Roski Eye Institute and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science 

Angela R. Elam, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Michigan

Hans E. Grossniklaus, MD, FARVO
Vice Chair, Translational Research, Department of Ophthalmology
Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine

Lisa A. Hark, PhD, MBA
Professor of Ophthalmic Sciences, Columbia University, Department of Ophthalmology
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

O'Rese J. Knight, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
University of North Carolina


Jimmy Le, ScD, MA
Program Director for Collaborative Clinical Research, National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health


Yao Liu MD MS
Director, University of Wisconsin Teleophthalmology Program
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Peter W. MacIntosh, MD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Residency Program Director
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois

Paula Anne Newman-Casey MD, MS
Jerome Jacobson Professor, Associate Professor, Associate Chair for Research
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan

Omolola Ogunyemi, PhD
Professor, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

Mildred M.G. Olivier, MD
Founder, Midwest Glaucoma
Inaugural Associate Dean, Ponce School of Medicine

Ahmara G. Ross, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Division of Glaucoma and Neuro-Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania

Ruth Y. Shoge, OD, MPH, FAAO
Associate Clinical Professor, Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, University of California, Berkeley, Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science

Janey L. Wiggs MD, PhD, FARVO
Paul Austin Chandler Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear

Fasika Woreta, MD, MPH
Eugene de Juan, MD, Professor of Ophthalmic Education, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine