Members
2023/2024

Professor Itay CHOWERS MD
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology
Jonas Friedenwald Chair in
Ophthalmological Research
The Hadassah Medical Center &
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, ISRAEL

Francesco FARALDI, MD
Chairman Department of Ophthalmology
Ospedale Mauriziano – Umberto I
Turin, ITALY

Faisal FAYYAD, MD
Senior Vitreoretinal surgeon
Jordanian Hospital
Amman, JORDAN

Mary Elizabeth HARTNETT, MD
Michael F. Marmor, M.D.
Professor of Retinal Science and Disease Professor of Ophthalmology
Stanford Byers Eye Institute
Palo Alto, CA USA

J. Micheal JUMPER, MD, FASRS
West Coast Medical Retina Group
San Francisco, CA USA

Professor Peter KROLL
Marburg, GERMANY

Professor Dr. Mauricio MAIA
Professor of the Postgraduate Program Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Federal University of São Paulo
Escola Paulista de Medicina
São Paulo, BRAZIL

Tamer MAHMOUD, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Oakland University
William Beaumont School of Medicine
Program Director, Vitreoretinal Fellowship
Associated Retinal Consultants
Royal Oak, MI USA

Dr. Murat ONCEL, MD FASRS
Professor of Ophthalmology
Istanbul Istinye University
Director of Vitreoretinal Surgery
Ulus Liv Hospital
Istanbul, TURKEY

Aleksandra RACHITSKAYA, MD FASRS
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Cleveland Clinic – Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland, OH USA

Francisco J. RODRIGUEZ, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
Universidad del Rosario
Chair, Fundación Oftalmológica Nacional
Bogota, COLOMBIA

Professor Dr. Shwu-Jiuan SHEU
Chief of Ophthalmology
Kaohsiung Veterans Hospital – Taiwan
Professor at National Yang-Ming University & National Defense Medical University – Taipei
Kaohsiung City, TAIWAN

Professor Fumio SHIRAGA
POSTHUMOUS
Okayama, JAPAN

Abdel Latif SIAM, MD
POSTHUMOUS
EGYPT

Professor David H. STEEL
Consultant Ophthalmologist & Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Sunderland Eye Infirmary
Honorary Professor of Retinal Surgery, Newcastle University
Honorary Professor of Ophthalmology,
University of Sunderland
Visiting Professor of Ophthalmology,
University of Liverpool
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Edwin M. STONE, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Director, Carver Nonprofit Genetic
Testing Laboratory
Director, Molecular Ophthalmology Laboratory
Director, Carver Family Center
for Macular Degeneration
Director, Institute for Vision Research
Seamans-Hauser Chair in
Molecular Ophthalmology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA USA

Professor Ramin TADAYONI
POSTHUMOUS
Professor of Opthalmology
University of Paris
Paris, FRANCE

Keith A. WARREN, MD
Founder & President,
Warren Retina Associates
Member, Board of Directors,
American Board of Ophthalmology
Member, Board of Directors,
University of Virginia Medical
Alumni Association
Clinical Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Ophthalmology,
University of Kansas
Overland Park, KS USA

Christina Y. WENG, MD MBA
Professor of Ophthalmology
Fellowship Program Director,
Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery
President, Women in Ophthalmology <President’s Message>
Baylor College of Medicine, Cullen Eye Institute
Houston, TX USA

Professor Federico A. GRAUE-WIECHERS
Chairman – Retina Department
Conde de Valenciana
Ophthalmological Institute
Mexico City, MEXICO

Professor Sebastian WOLF
Professor of Ophthalmology
Director & Chair of the
Department of Ophthalmology
Inselspital University of Bern
Bern, SWITZERLAND

Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD
Director of Research
Retina Consultants of Texas
Chairman of Research
Retina Consultants of America
Deputy Chair of Ophthalmology
Blanton Eye Institute
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX USA

Chung-May YANG, MD
National Taiwan University Hospital
Department of Ophthalmology
Taipei, TAIWAN

Professor Marcelo ZAS, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology (UBA)
Head of Retina Section
Ophthalmology Department
Hospital de Clínicas “José de San Martín”
University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
2021/2020
- Alezzandrini, Arturo (ARG)
- Arias Barquet, Luis (ESP)
- Augustin, Albert J (DEU)
- Avci, Remzi (TUR)
- Barak, Adiel (ISR)
- Barr, Charles C (USA)
- Brazitikos, Periklis (GRC)
- Chong, Lawrence P (USA)
- Chung, Mina M* (USA)
- Davis, Janet (USA)
- Del Priore, Lucian (USA)
- De Smet, Marc (CHE)
- El Mofty, Aly (EGY)
- Fawzi, Amani A (USA)
- Fekrat, Sharon (USA)
- Finger, Paul T (USA)
- Gallie, Brenda L (CAN)
- Gillies, Mark (AUS)
- Glaser, Bert M* (USA)
- Gomes, Andre (BRA)
- Gopal, Lingam (IND)
- Gotzaridis, Stratos (GRC)
- Guymer, Robyn (AUS)
- Hariprasad, Seenu (USA)
- Holekamp, Nancy M (USA)
- Iezzi, Raymond Jr (USA)
- Ishibashi, Tatsuro (JPN)
- Kaplan, Henry J (USA)
- Kuhn, Ferenc (USA)
- Laidlaw, Alistair (GBR)
- Lewis, Mary Lou (USA)
- Mateo, Carlos (ESP)
- Meyer, Carsten H (CHE)
- Morales Canton, Virgilio (MEX)
- Morse, Lawrence S (USA)
- Mortada, Hassan A (EGY)
- Moshfeghi, Darius (USA)
- Mruthyunjaya, Prithvi (USA)
- Nagpal, Manish (IND)
- Nehemy, Marcio (BRA)
- Nikolakopoulos, Athanasios (GRC)
- Oshima, Yusuke (JPN)
- Özdek, Sengül (TUR)
- Roca, Jose A (PER)
- Rocha, Jorge (BRA)
- Rodríguez, Álvaro* (COL)
- Roth, Nathan* (USA)
- Ryan, Edwin H (USA)
- Sabti, Khalid K (KWT)
- Sakamoto, Taiji (JPN)
- Sarraf, David (USA)
- Sebag, Jerry (USA)
- Singh, Rishi P (USA)
- Stalmans, Peter (BEL)
- Wolfensberger, Thomas J (CHE)
- Wong, David T (CAN)
- Wong, David (GBR)
* Denotes posthumous recognition
2020
- Ferrera, Napoleone (USA)
- Folkman, Judah* (USA)
- Fujimoto, James G. (USA)
- Houghton, Odette (USA)
- McAllister, Ian (AUS)
2019
- Agarwal, Anita (USA)
- Aiello, Lloyd P. (USA)
- Bakri, Sophie (USA)
- De Laey, Jean-Jacques (FRA)
- Emerson, Geoffrey (USA)
- Hirakata, Akito (JPN)
- Holz, Frank (DEU)
- Pesin, Samuel R. (USA)
- Rezaei, Kourous A. (USA)
- Rosen, Richard (USA)
- Ruby, Alan (USA)
- Sheta, Sherif (EGY)
2018
- Baumal, Caroline (USA)
- Berrocal, Audina (USA)
- Berrocal, Maria (USA)
- Duker, Jay (USA)
- Gitter, Kurt A. (USA)
- Grand, M. Gilbert (USA)
- Heimann, Klaus
- Ip, Michael (USA)
- Kim, Ivana (USA)
- Maguire, Albert (USA)
- McDonald, H. Richard (USA)
- Ohji, Masahito (JPN)
- Patz, Arnall (USA)
- Pulido, Jose (USA)
- Reichel, Elias (USA)
- Schwartz, Steven D. (USA)
- Shroff, Cyrus (IND)
- Sieving, Paul (USA)
- Singer, Michael (USA)
- Stanga, Paulo (GBR)
- Staurenghi, Giovanni (ITA)
- Terasaki, Hiroko (JPN)
- Van Gelder, Russ (USA)
- Wu, Lihteh (CRI)
- Zarbin, Marco (USA)
2017
A
- Aaberg, Sr., Thomas (USA)
- Abrams, Gary (USA)
- Abramson, David (USA)
- Adamis, Anthony (USA)
- Aiello, Lloyd M. (USA)
- Atmaca, Leyla Suna (TUR)
- Arevalo, J. Fernando (USA)
- Avery, Robert (USA)
- Avila, Marcos (BRA)
- Avins, Laurence (USA)
- Awh, Carl (USA)
- Aylward, G. William (GBR)
B
- Badrinath, S.S.* (IND)
- Bandello, Francesco (ITA)
- Belfort, Rubens (BRA)
- Beyer, Norman (USA)
- Bhavsar, Abdhish J. (USA)
- Binder, Susanne (AUT)
- Bird, Alan (GBR)
- Blankenship, George* (USA)
- Blodi, Christopher (USA)
- Bloome, Michael* (USA)
- Blumenkranz, Mark (USA)
- Boscher, Claude (FRA)
- Bovino, Jerald (USA)
- Boyer, David (USA)
- Brancato, Rosario* (ITA)
- Breaud, Stephen* (USA)
- Bressler, Neil (USA)
- Bressler, Susan (USA)
- Brinton, Gregory (USA)
- Brown, David (USA)
- Brown, Gary (USA)
- Brucker, Alexander (USA)
- Burton, Thomas (USA)
C
- Campochiaro, Peter (USA)
- Capone, Antonio (USA)
- Chakravarthy, Usha (NIR)
- Chan, R.V. Paul (USA)
- Chang, Stanley (USA)
- Charles, Steve (USA)
- Chew, Emily (USA)
- Chow, David (CAN)
- Clarkson, John (USA)
- Coleman, D. Jackson (USA)
- Claes, Carl (BEL)
- Constable, lan (USA)
- Conway, Brian (USA)
- Corcostegui, Borja (ESP)
- Coscas, Gabriel* (FRA)
- Cox, Morton* (USA)
- Cunha-Vaz, José (PRT)
- Cunningham, Emmett (USA)
- Custodis, Ernst* (DEU)
D
- D’Amico, Donald (USA)
- Davis, Matthew (USA)
- de Juan, Eugene (USA)
- Deutman, August (NLD)
- Diamond, James (USA)
- Doft, Bernard (USA)
- Douvas, Nicholas* (USA)
- Ducournau, Didier (FRA)
- Dugel, Pravin (USA)
E
- Eckardt, Claus (DEU)
- El-Rayes, Ehab (EGY)
- Eliott, Dean (USA)
- Ellsworth, Robert* (USA)
F
- Farah, Michel Eid (BRA)
- Federman, Jay (USA)
- Ferris, III, Frederick (USA)
- Ferrone, Phillip (USA)
- Figueroa, Marta (ESP)
- Fine, Stuart (USA)
- Fisher, Yale (USA)
- Fleischman, Jay (USA)
- Flynn Jr., Harry (USA)
- Folk, James (USA)
- Forlini, Cesare* (ITA)
- Freeman, Hal M. (USA)
- Freilich, Dennis (USA)
- Freund, Bailey (USA)
- Friberg, Thomas (USA)
- Fung, Wayne (USA)
G
- Gardner, Thomas (USA)
- Gass, J. Donald* (USA)
- Gaudric, Alain (FRA)
- Garcia-Arumi, Jose (ESP)
- Girard, Phillipe (FRA)
- Glatzer, Ronald (USA)
- Goldberg, Morton* (USA)
- Gonin, Jules* (CHE)
- Gragoudas, Evangelos (USA)
- Green, Richard* (USA)
- Gribomont, Anne-Catherine (BEL)
- Grizzard, W. Sanderson* (USA)
- Gullstrand, Allvar (SWE)
- Gutman, Froncie (USA)
- Guyer, David (USA)
H
- Hagler, William
- Haik, Barrett
- Haller, Julia (USA)
- Hammer, Mark (USA)
- Han, Dennis (USA)
- Hassan, Tarek (USA)
- Hayreh, Sohan* (USA)
- Heier, Jeffrey (USA)
- Hilton, George (USA)
- Hirose, Tatsuo (USA)
- Ho, Allen (USA)
- Howcroft, Michael (USA)
- Huang, Suber (USA)
- Humayun, Mark (USA)
- Hutton, William (USA)
J
- Jaffe, Glenn (USA)
- Jampol, Lee (USA)
- Johnson, Mark (USA)
- Josephberg, Robert (USA)
K
- Kadonosono, Kazuaki (JPN)
- Kaiser, Peter (USA)
- Kampik, Anselm (DEU)
- Kelly, Neil (USA)
- Kim, Judy (USA)
- Kimura, Alan (USA)
- Kiss, Szilárd (USA)
- Klein, Ronald (USA)
- Knobloch, William* (USA)
- Koch, Frank (DEU)
- Kokame, Gregg (USA)
- Kreissig, Ingrid (DEU)
- Kreiger, Allan* (USA)
- Kuppermann, Baruch (USA)
L
- Lambert, H. Michael (USA)
- Landers, Maurice* (USA)
- Leber, Theodor (DEU)
- Lee, Thomas (USA)
- L’Esperance, Francis* (USA)
- Levit, Roy (USA)
- Lim, Jennifer (USA)
- Lincoff, Harvey* (USA)
- Lobes, Louis (USA)
- Lowenstein, Anat (ISR)
- Loyer, Jean-Pierre
- Lucke, Klaus (DEU)
M
- Machemer, Robert* (USA)
- Mahl, Charles (USA)
- Mandava, Naresh (USA)
- Margherio, Raymond* (USA)
- Marshall, John (GBR)
- Martin, Daniel (USA)
- Matthews, G. Philip (USA)
- McCuen, Brooks (USA)
- McPherson, Alice* (USA)
- Meredith, Travis (USA)
- Meyer-Schwickerath, Gerhard* (DEU)
- Michels, Ronald* (USA)
- Mieler, William (USA)
- Miller, David G. (USA)
- Miller, Joan (USA)
- Moisseiev, Joseph* (ISR)
- Monin, Claire (FRA)
- Morris, Robert (USA)
- Murray, Timothy (USA)
N
- Natarajan, S. (IND)
- Nawrocki, Jerzy (POL)
- Newton, James* (USA)
- Norton, Edward* (USA)
O
- Okun, Edward* (USA)
- Olsen, Timothy (USA)
- O’Malley, Conor* (USA)
P
- Packer, Andrew* (USA)
- Packo, Kirk* (USA)
- Pallikaris, Ioannis (GRC)
- Parel, Jean-Marie (USA)
- Parke, II, David (USA)
- Patz, Arnall* (USA)
- Pavan, Peter (USA)
- Peyman, Gholam (USA)
- Pieramici, Dante (USA)
- Pischel, Dohrmann (USA)
- Pollack, John (USA)
- Pournaras, Constantin (CHE)
- Prenner, Jonathan (USA)
- Puliafito, Carmen (USA)
Q
- Quiroz-Mercado, Hugo (MEX)
R
- Rashed, Omar (EGY)
- Ramsay, Robert (USA)
- Regillo, Carl (USA)
- Reppucci, Vincent (USA)
- Rizzo, Stanislao (ITA)
- Robertson, Dennis (USA)
- Rosenfeld, Philip (USA)
- Ryan, Stephen* (USA)
S
- Sadda, Srinivas
- Sanders, Reginald (USA)
- Schachat, Andrew (USA)
- Schatz, Howard (USA)
- Schepens, Charles* (USA)
- Schmidt-Erfurth, Ursula (AUT)
- Seddon, Johanna (USA)
- Scott, John (GBR)
- Shah, Gaurav (USA)
- Shields, Carol (USA)
- Shields, Jerry* (USA)
- Simon, Roger (USA)
- Singerman, Lawrence (USA)
- Singh, Arun (USA)
- Slakter, Jason (USA)
- Small, Kent (USA)
- Smiddy, William (USA)
- Soubrane, Gisèle (FRA)
- Spaide, Richard (USA)
- Stargardt, Karl* (DEU)
- Sternberg, Jr., Paul (USA)
- Spitznas, Manfred (DEU)
- Stirpe, Mario (ITA)
- Straatsma, Bradley (USA)
T
- Tano, Yasuo* (JPN)
- Tasman, William* (USA)
- Thompson, John (USA)
- Topping, Trexler (USA)
- Tornambe, Paul* (USA)
- Toth, Cynthia (USA)
- Treister, Giora (ISR)
- Trese, Michael* (USA)
V
- Van Meurs, Jan (NLD)
- Verne, Allen (USA)
- Vine, Andrew (USA)
- Von Helmholtz, Herman* (DEU)
W
- Watzke, Robert (USA)
- Weingeist, Thomas (USA)
- Welch, Robert* (USA)
- Wendel, Robert (USA)
- Wilkinson, C. Pat (USA)
- Wiedemann, Peter (DEU)
- Williams, David (USA)
- Williams, George (USA)
Y
- Yannuzzi, Lawrence (USA)
- Yoon, Young Hee (KOR)
Z
- Zografos, Leonid (CHE)
- Zakov, Z. Nicholas (USA)
- Zegarra, Hernando (USA)
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