Dowling Society

The prestigious Dowling Society recognizes individuals for their significant support for eye and vision research. The society is named for vision researcher and first Chairman of the ARVO Foundation Board of Governors, John E. Dowling, PhD, FARVO in honor of his accomplishments within the ARVO Foundation, ARVO and the vision research community.

Members of the Dowling Society have made a pledge or donation to the Foundation for $10,000 or more. Members have the option of adding a spouse/partner for an additional contribution of $5,000. Learn more about joining

All members of the Dowling Society receive a commemorative medal and are recognized at the ARVO Foundation Gala held at the ARVO Annual Meeting.  

Dowling Society Members

Gary W. Abrams, MD, FARVO and Jane C. Werner, MD
Anthony P. Adamis, MD, FARVO
Jayakrishna Ambati, MD, FARVO
Robert E. Anderson, MD, PhD, FARVO
Joanne Angle*, MLS, MPA
Sally S. Atherton, PhD, FARVO and Robert Atherton
Robert B. Barlow*, PhD, FARVO and Patricia Barlow
Haydee E. P. Bazan, PhD, FARVO and Nicolas G. Bazan, MD, PhD, FARVO
Bernard Becker*, MD, FARVO
David C. Beebe*, PhD, FARVO and Mrs. Betsy Beebe, PA-C
Paul S. Bernstein, MD, PhD, FARVO and Ann Bernstein
Eliot L. Berson*, MD, FARVO and Kyra Kaplan-Berson
Roger W. Beuerman*, PhD, FARVO
Laszlo Z. Bito, PhD
Janet C. Blanks, PhD, FARVO
Stewart A Bloomfield, PhD, FARVO 
Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD, FARVO
William J. Brunken, PhD, FARVO and Dale D. Hunter, PhD, JD
Claude F. Burgoyne, MD, FARVO and Vicki Smith
Patrick Burke, MD, PhD
R. V. Paul Chan, MD and Ann-Marie Lobo-Chan, MD
Stanley Chang, MD, FARVO
Steve T. Charles, MD, FACS, FICS
Emily Y. Chew, MD, FARVO and Robert P. Murphy, MD
Michael F. Chiang, MD FARVO
Thomas A. Ciulla, MD, MBA
John I Clark, PhD FARVO
Bruce E. Cohan, MD
Lancey B. Cowan, JD, CAE
Cheryl M. Craft, PhD, FARVO
Patricia A. D'Amore, MBA, PhD, FARVO
Reza Dana, MD, MPH, MSc, FARVO
Paulus T. V. M. de Jong, MD, PhD, FARVO, FEBOphth, FRCOphth and Marij de Jong
Claes H. Dohlman MD, PhD, FARVO*
John E. Dowling, PhD, FARVO and Judith F. Dowling
Joseph L. Dowling, MD
Melinda K. Duncan, PhD, FARVO
David L. Epstein*, MD, FARVO and Susan M. Epstein, RN, JD
Rafal Farjo, PhD FARVO and Krysten M. Farjo, PhD
Paul T. Finger, MD
Malinda E. C. Fitzgerald, PhD, FARVO
Steven J. Fliesler, PhD, FARVO
Robert N. Frank, MD, FARVO
Ronald E. P. Frenkel, MD
Juan E. Gallo, MD, PhD, FARVO
Ronnie Glaser and Bert M. Glaser*, MD, FARVO
Israel A. Goldberg, PhD and Diane Goldberg
Mae O. Gordon, PhD
Evangelos S. Gragoudas, MD, FARVO
Adrienne Graves, PhD
Hans E. Grossniklaus, MD, FARVO and Daurice A. Grossniklaus, PhD
Julia A. Haller, MD, FARVO and John D. Gottsch, MD, FARVO
Jarrod C. Harman, PhD and Yanhui Ma, PhD
Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD, FARVO
Linda D. Hazlett, PhD, FARVO
John R. Heckenlively, MD, FARVO
John A. Hoepner, MD
Donald C. Hood, PhD, FARVO
David Huang, MD, PhD, FARVO
Leslie Hyman, PhD FARVO
Martine J. Jager, MD, PhD, FARVO
Murray A. Johnstone, MD, and Jeanie Johnstone
Dimitrios Karamichos, PhD
Paul L. Kaufman, MD, FARVO and Margaret Kaufman
John L. Keltner, MD and Nancy Keltner
Shigeru Kinoshita MD, PhD, FARVO
Renu A. Kowluru, PhD, FARVO and Anjan Kowluru, PhD
Ingrid Kreissig, MD
Alan M. Laties, MD, FARVO* and Deena Gu
David Laties
Paul P. Lee, MD, JD, FARVO and Jennifer Lee
Maureen G. Maguire, PhD, FARVO
Todd P. Margolis, MD, PhD FARVO
Marmor Foundation/Michael F. Marmor, MD, FARVO
Maureen A. McCall, PhD, FARVO
Alice R. McPherson, MD*
Jennifer J. Kang-Mieler, PhD, FARVO and William F. Mieler, MD, FARVO
Ann H. Milam, PhD, FARVO
Joan W. Miller, MD, FARVO
Robert F. Miller*, MD, FARVO
Sayoko Eileen Moroi, MD PhD
Alan R. Morse, PhD
Janice Oliva
Samir C. Patel, MD
Christopher A. Paterson*, PhD, DSc, FARVO
David R. Pepperberg*, PhD, FARVO and Audrey Eisenmann
J. Mark Petrash, PhD, FARVO and Kelly Cope Petrash
Stephen C. Pflugfelder, MD, FARVO
Robert Ritch, MD, FARVO
Stella M. Robertson, PhD, FARVO and James D. Robertson, PhD
Frances J. Rucker, PhD, MCOptom FARVO
Iris M. Rush, CAE
Stephen J. Ryan*, Jr., MD, FARVO
SriniVas R. Sadda, MD, FARVO
David E. Saffer
Jose Alain Sahel, Jr., MD, FARVO
Joel S. Schuman, MD, FARVO and Carole Miner Schuman
Lawrence J. Singerman, MD, FACS
Gregory L. Skuta, MD
Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS
Richard F. Spaide, MD, FARVO
Jason Spessard, CAE
William Eric Sponsel, MD, FARVO
W. Daniel Stamer, PhD, FARVO and Catherine Bowes Rickman, PhD, FARVO
Mary Ann Stepp, PhD, FARVO
Michael E. Stern, PhD, FARVO
Paul Sternberg, Jr., MD, FARVO and Gloria Sternberg
Andrew W. Taylor, PhD FARVO
Michael Trese, MD, FARVO
Joyce Tombran-Tink, PhD, FARVO and Colin J. Barnstable, DPhil, FARVO
Carol B. Toris, PhD, FARVO
Cynthia Toth, MD, FARVO
Kazuo Tsubota, MD, PhD, MBA, FARVO
Erik J. van Kuijk, MD, PhD, FARVO and Virginia Brooke, RN, PhD
Sheila K. West, PhD, FARVO
Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD, FARVO and Robert J. D'Amato, MD, PhD, FARVO
David R. Williams, PhD, FARVO and Inger M. Williams, PhD
George A. Williams, MD, FARVO
Terri L. Young, MD, MBA, FARVO
Thomas Yorio, PhD, FARVO and Elena Yorio

*deceased