Meet the 2025 Annual Meeting Program Committee candidates

All candidate bios and nomination statements are available on the official ballots

Anatomy and Pathology/Oncology (AP)

Zhihui

Zhihui She
MD, PHD

Anatomy
University of Houston

Swati

Anatomy

Swati Singh
MBBS, MS, Dr. Med

University Eye Hospital Bonn

Dennis Yan-Yin

Anatomy

Dennis Yan-Yin Tse
PhD, BOptom

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Anita

Pathology

Anita Chan
MMBBS, FRCS, FRCPath

Singapore National Eye Center/SERI

Biochemistry/Molecular Biology (BI)

Kinga

Kinga Bujakowska
PhD

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Vasiliki

Vasiliki Kalatzis
PhD

Hopital St Eloi

Nawajes

Nawajes Mandal
PhD

Univ of Tennessee, Health Science Center

Clinical/Epidemiologic Research (CL)

Anran

Anran Ran
MD, PhD

DOVS, CUHK

Yaxing

Yaxing Wang
MD

Tsinghua University

Jason

Jason Yam
MD

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Cornea (CO)

Thomas

Clinical Scientist

Thomas Dohlman
MD

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Neel

Neel Pasricha
MD

University of California, San Francisco

Jia

Jia Yin
MD, PhD, MPH

Harvard Medical School

George

Basic Scientist

George Maiti
PhD

NYU School of Medicine

Han

Basic Scientist

Han Peng
PhD

Northwestern University

Vivek

Basic Scientist

Vivek Singh
PhD

LV Prasad Eye Institute

Susmit

Basic Scientist

Susmit Suvas
PhD

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Eye Movements/Strabismus/Amblyopia/Neuro-ophthalmology (EY)

Eric

Eric Gaier
MD, PhD

Boston Children's Hospital

Michael

Michael Gilhooley
MB, PhD, FRCOphth

University College London & Moorfields Eye Hospital

Shahin

Shahin Nasr
PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Zhanhan

Zhanhan Tu
MD, PhD

University of Leicester

Glaucoma (GL)

Sanna

Sanna Leinonen
MD, PhD

Tays Eye Centre, Tampere University Hospital

Milica

Milica Margeta
MD, PhD

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Rithambara

Rithambara Ramachandran
MD, MSc

University of Pennsylvania

Ahmara

Ahmara Ross
MD, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

Swarup

Swarup Swaminathan
MD

Basom Palmer Eye Institute

Mengyu

Mengyu Wang
PhD

Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School

Immunology/Microbiology (IM)

Holly

Immunologist OR Clinician Scientist Immunology Research Position

Holly Chinnery
PhD

University of Melbourne

Jeremy

Immunologist OR Clinician Scientist Immunology Research Position

Jeremy Lavine
MD, PhD

Northwestern University

Lens (LE)

Timothy

Timothy Plageman
PhD

The Ohio State University

Mason

Mason Posner
PhD

Ashland University

Physiology/Pharmacology (PH)

Taiji

Taiji Nagaoka
MD, PhD

Asahikawa Medical University

Padmanabhan

Padmanabhan Pattabiraman
PhD

Indiana University

Clemens

Clemens Strohmaier
MD, PhD

Johannes Kepler University

Retina (RE)

Kakarla (KV)

RE: United States

Kakarla (KV) Chalam
MD, PhD, MBA, FACS

Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Jian-Xing (Jay)

RE: United States

Jian-Xing (Jay) Ma
MD, PhD

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Manju

Manju Subramanian
MD

Boston University School of Medicine

Lisa

RE: non-United States

Lisa Nivison-Smith
B.Sc (Hons), PhD, FAAO

University of New South Wales

Kenji

RE: non-United States

Kenji Yamashiro
MD, PhD

Kochi Medical School, Kochi University

Retinal Cell Biology (RC)

Ashay

Ashay Bhatwadekar
MS, PhD, RPh, FARVO

Indiana University School of Medicine-Glick Eye

Vera L.

Vera L. Bonilha
PhD

Cole Eye Inst/Cleveland Clin Lerner Ctr

Abdelrahman (Abdel)

Abdelrahman (Abdel) Fouda
B. Pharm, PhD

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Mary Elizabeth

Mary Elizabeth Hartnett
MD, FACS, FARVO

Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University

Chunqiao

Chunqiao Liu
PhD

State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology

Ruchira

Ruchira Singh
PhD

University of Rochester

Dorota

Dorota Skowronska-Krawcyk
PhD

UC Irvine

Shusheng

Shusheng Wang
PhD

Tulane University

Visual Psychophysics/Physiological Optics (VI)

Katarzyna

Katarzyna Komar
PhD

Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS

Ethan A.

Ethan A. Rossi
PhD

University of Pittsburgh

Visual Neuroscience (VN)

Anna

Anna Matynia
PhD

University of Houston College of Optometry

Ivy

Ivy Samuels
PhD

Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Yunlu

Yunlu Xue
PhD

Lingang Laboratory

Ditta

Ditta Zobor
MD, PhD, FEBO

Department of Ophthalmology, Semmelweis University

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Zuniga-Sanchez
PhD

Baylor College of Medicine

Genetics Cross-Sectional Group (GEN)

Jessica

Jessica Cooke Bailey
PhD, MA

GL Section
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine

Low Vision Cross-Sectional Group (LV)

Arathy

Arathy Kartha
BS, MPhil, PhD

VI Section
SUNY State College of Optometry

Gang

Gang Luo
PhD

VI Section
Harvard Medical School

Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging Cross-Sectional Group (MOI)

Kazuhiro

Kazuhiro Kurokawa
PhD

GL Section
Devers Eye Institute

Kaveri

Kaveri Thakoor
PhD

CL Section
Columbia University