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)
Yan Zhang, MD, MS, PhD
Section: Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley , Calif.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
AP Co-chair (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 (Pathology sub-section)
Lauren Dalvin, MD
Section: Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester , Minn.
Term: 05/01/2022 - 05/05/2025
AP Member (Pathology/Oncology)
Martina Herwig-Carl, MD, FEBO
Section: Anatomy and Pathology
University Eye Hospital Bonn
Bonn , Germany
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
AP Member (Anatomy)
Safal Khanal, OD, PhD, FAAO
Section: Anatomy and Pathology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham , Ala.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
BI Chair
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
BI Member
Marlies Gijs, PhD
Section: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University Maastricht
Maastricht , Netherlands
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
CL Co-chair
Alexander Schuster, MD
Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
Johannes Gutenberg-University
Mainz , Germany
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
CL Co-chair
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
Caroline Brandl, MD, FEBO
Section: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
University Regensburg
Regensburg , Germany
Term: 11/11/2022 - 05/05/2025
CL Member
Tasanee Braithwaite, BMBCh, MA, MPH, DM
Section: Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital and KCL
England , U.K.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
CL Member
Yih Chung Tham, PhD
Section: Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
CO Co-chair (Clinical Scientist)
Martin Heur, MD, PhD
Section: Cornea
University of Southern California
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
CO Co-chair (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
CO Member (Basic Scientist)
Alexander Ljubimov, PhD, FARVO
Section: Cornea
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles , Calif.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
CO Member (Clinician Scientist)
Natasha Frank, MD
Section: Cornea
Harvard Medical School
Harvard , Mass.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
CO Member (Clinical Scientist)
Sangita Patel, MD, PhD
Section: Cornea
University at Buffalo
Buffalo , N.Y.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
EY Chair
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
EY Member
Yi Pang, OD, PhD
Section: Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-Ophthalmology
Illinois College of Optometry
Chicago , Ill.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
GL Co-chair
Rebecca Sappington, PhD
Section: Glaucoma
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem , N.C.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
GL Co-chair
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
GL Member
Meredith Gregory-Ksander, PhD
Section: Glaucoma
Harvard Medical School
Boston , Mass.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
GL Member
Yang Hu, MD, PhD
Section: Glaucoma
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford , Calif.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
IM Chair
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
IM Member
Joveeta Joseph Ruben, PhD
Section: Immunology & Microbiology
L.V.Prasad Eye Institute
Hyderabad , India
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
LE Chair
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
LE Member
Bianca Maceo Heilman, PhD
Section: Lens
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miami , Fla.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
PH Chair
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
PH Member
Denise Inman, PhD
Section: Physiology/Pharmacology
University of North Texas Health Sciences Center
Fort Worth , Tex.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
RE Co-chair (U.S. seat)
Edward Chaum, MD, PhD
Section: Retina
Vanderbilt Eye Institute
Nashville , Tenn.
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
RE Co-chair (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 Co-chair (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
RE Member (U.S.)
Amitha Domalpally, MD, PhD
Section: Retina
Wisconsin Reading Center
Madison , Wisc.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
RE Member (non-U.S.)
Shintaro Nakao, MD
Section: Retina
Juntendo University
Tokyo , Japan
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
RE Member (non-U.S.)
Vishali Gupta, MD
Section: Retina
PGIMER, Cahndigarh
Cahndigarh , India
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
RC Co-chair
Budd Tucker, PhD
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
University of Iowa
Des Moines , Iowa
Term: 05/02/2021 - 05/09/2024
RC Co-chair
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
RC Member
Ann Morris, PhD
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
University of Kentucky
Lexington , Ky.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
RC Member
Andrea Viczian, PhD
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Manlius , NY
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
VI Chair
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
VI Member
William Tuten, OD, PhD
Section: Visual Psychophysics/Physiological Optics
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley , Calif.
Term: 4/27/2023 - 5/7/2026
VN Chair
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
VN Member
Xin Duan, PhD
Section: Visual Neuroscience
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco , Calif.
Term: 4/27/2023 - 5/7/2026
GEN Chair
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
GEN Member
Ayellet Segre, PhD
Section: Genetics Cross-sectional Group
Harvard Medical School
Boston , Mass.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
LV Chair
Aurelie Calabrese, PhD
Cross-sectional Group: Low Vision
Aix-Marseille University
Marseille , 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
LV Member
Yingzi Xiong, PhD
Section: Low Vision Cross-sectional Group
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis , Minn.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
MOI Co-chair
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 Co-chair
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
MOI Member
Myeong Jin Ju, PhD
Section: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
University of British Columbia
Vancouver , Canada
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/07/2026
MOI Member
Kostadinka Bizheva, PhD
Section: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-sectional Group
University of Waterloo
Ontario , Canada
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/06/2027
Ex Officio
Patricia D'Amore, PhD, MBA, FARVO
Section: Retinal Cell Biology
Schepens Eye Research Institute -Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Boston , Mass.
Term: 04/27/2023 - 05/09/2024
Ex Officio
Iris M. Rush, CAE
ARVO
Executive Director
Staff Committee Liaison
Lancy Cowan, JD, CAE
ARVO
Chief Meetings Officer