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William S. Tasman, MD (Mid Atlantic Retina, Philadelphia). While serving in the U.S. Air Force in Germany, Dr. Tasman worked with Professor Meyer-Schwickerath at the University of Bonn, who was developing the xenon arc photocoagulator for treating diabetic retinopathy. Dr. Tasman founded Mid Atlantic Retina, which is affiliated with Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. Aside from retinopathy of prematurity, Dr. Tasman has had a strong interest in other pediatric vitreoretinal conditions, such as Stickler's syndrome. He has been president of the Retina Society and American Board of Ophthalmology.

 

Dr. Tasman received his MD from Temple University Medical School in Philadelphia. After two years in the Air Force, he completed a residency at Wills Eye Hospital and a vitreoretinal fellowship in Boston. He has given several named lectureships and has received numerous awards, including the Zentmayer Award, Heed Award, Jules Stein Lifetime Achievement Award, Howe Medal of the American Ophthalmological Society, Award of Merit in Retina Research from the Retina Society and Honor Award, Senior Honor Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and Distinguished Service Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

John T. Thompson, MD (Retina Specialists, Towson, Md.). In addition to his practice at Retina Specialists, Dr. Thompson holds appointments at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the University of Maryland in College Park. He has served as vice president of the American Society of Retina Specialists and president of the Maryland Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Thompson earned his MD from Johns Hopkins Medical School and completed an ophthalmology residency and surgical and medical retina specialty training at the Wilmer Institute in Baltimore. He has been American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting chairman for retina, vitreous and intraocular inflammation and uveitis.

Richard Tipperman, MD (Ophthalmic Partners of Pennsylvania, Bala Cynwyd). Dr. Tipperman is part of Ophthalmic Partners of Pennsylvania, specializing in refractive surgery, cataract surgery and management of complications of cataract surgery. He has authored numerous publications and twice won the Best Paper of Session award at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery annual meeting. Dr. Tipperman received his MD from the University of Rochester (N.Y.) School of Medicine and Dentistry. He was a general surgery resident at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, a neurosurgery resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and chief resident in ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.

 

Michael T. Trese, MD (Associated Retinal Consultants, Royal Oak, Mich.). Dr. Trese is an expert in retinopathy of prematurity and pediatric retinal disease.  In addition to being a partner of Associated Retinal Consultants, he currently is Clinical Professor of Biomedical Sciences at The Eye Research Institute of Oakland University (Rochester, MI), and Clinical Associate Professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. He is also chief of Pediatric and Adult Vitreoretinal Surgery at William Beaumont Hospital, based in Royal Oak, Mich.  A former president of the Retina Society, Dr. Trese has participated in trials sponsored by the National Institute of Health and National Eye Institute. Having earned his MD from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., he completed an ophthalmology residency at Jules Stein Eye Institute in Los Angeles and a vitreoretinal fellowship at Duke University in Durham, N.C.

Russell N. Van Gelder, MD, PhD (University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle). Dr. Van Gelder chairs the ophthalmology department at the University of Washington School of Medicine and director of UW Medicine Eye Institute. He has been president of the American Uveitis Society and chair of the commercial relations committee of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. He is a reviewer for the American Journal of Ophthalmology, associate editor of Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, and serves on the editorial boards of IOVS, Journal of Biological Rhythms and Molecular Vision.

 

Dr. Van Gelder received his MD and a PhD in neuroscience from Stanford (Calif.) University. He completed his ophthalmology residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and a uveitis and medical retinal disease fellowship at Washington University and the Barnes Retina Institute, all in St. Louis. He is a recipient of the National Eye Institute's K08 Clinician-Scientist Award, the Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award and a NARSAD Young Investigator Award.

 

Woodford Van Meter, MD (University of Kentucky, Lexington). Dr. Van Meter directs the Cornea and External Disease Service at the University of Kentucky School of Medicine and is a consultant for the Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the CDC. He currently serves as president of the Kentucky Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.

 

Dr. Van Meter earned his MD from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. He completed an ophthalmology residency at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minn., and cornea and external disease fellowship at Emory University Clinic in Atlanta. He is the recipient of the R. Townley Paton Award from the Eye Bank Association of America, Castroviejo Cornea Society Award, Honor Award and Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Rohit Varma, MD, MPH (Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles). Dr. Varma has received among the top amount in grant funding from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health. He is director of the glaucoma service, ocular epidemiology center and clinical trials at Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California.

 

Dr. Varma received his MD from Maulana Azad Medical College at the University of Delhi, India. He completed an ophthalmology residency at Wilmer Eye Institute in Baltimore and fellowships at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia and the Doheny Eye Institute. He is the principal investigator of the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study, Multi-Ethnic Pediatric Eye Diseases Study and Chinese American Eye Study.

 

George A. Violin, MD (Medical Eye Care Associates, Norwood, Mass.). Dr. Violin was one of the early investigators of epikeratophakia, a precursor of LASIK technology. He is the founder of Medical Eye Care Associates and devotes most of his practice to cataract surgery, LASIK and related surgeries. He is one of the three founding principals of the Ambulatory Surgery Centers of America and is affiliated with Caritas Norwood (Mass.) Hospital, Faulkner/Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and New England Medical Center, all in Boston. He earned his MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York and completed his ophthalmic residency at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

John A. Vukich, MD (Davis Duehr Dean Center for Refractive Surgery, Madison, Wis.). Dr. Vukich twice served as program chairman of the largest refractive surgery meeting in the world, the ISRS/AAO Refractive Surgery Subspecialty Day. He is the surgical director of Davis Duehr Dean Center, holds an appointment at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Milwaukee and is an associate editor of the Journal of Refractive Surgery. Dr. Vukich earned his MD from Emory University in Atlanta and completed an ophthalmology residency at the University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary in Chicago.

R. Bruce Wallace III, MD (Wallace Eye Surgery Center, Alexandria, La.). Dr. Wallace is the founder and medical director of Wallace Eye Surgery Center. He holds appointments at LSU Medical School and Tulane School of Medicine, both in New Orleans. The current president of the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society, he has been AAO meeting chair for cataract and president of the Society for Excellence in Eyecare and American College of Eye Surgeons.

 

Dr. Wallace earned his MD and performed his ophthalmology residency at Tulane School of Medicine. He serves on the editorial board of Ocular Surgery News, Ophthalmology Management, EyeWorld, Review of Ophthalmology, Refractive EyeCare, Advanced Ocular Therapy and Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today.

 

Robert S. Weinberg, MD (Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore). Dr. Weinberg chairs the department of ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and is associate professor of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins. A specialist in corneal and external diseases of the eye, uveitis and ocular manifestations of systemic disease, he previously served as director of the cornea service at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond.

 

Dr. Weinberg received his MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed an ophthalmology residency at the University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary in Chicago and a corneal, external disease, and uveitis fellowship at the Francis Proctor Foundation at the University of California in San Francisco.

Robert N. Weinreb, MD (Hamilton Glaucoma Center, San Diego). Dr. Weinreb is chairman of the department of ophthalmology, director of the Shiley Eye Center and director of the Hamilton Glaucoma Center, known for its cross-disciplinary investigative programs. He has served as president of the American Glaucoma Society, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, World Glaucoma Association and Foundation of the American Glaucoma Society. He has written or edited more than 22 books, including Essentials in Ophthalmology, and serves on 31 editorial boards.

 

With an MD from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Dr. Weinreb completed his residency and fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco. He has trained more than 100 post-doctoral fellows in glaucoma, many of whom hold distinguished academic positions throughout the world.

 

Jon-Marc Weston, MD (Weston Eye Center, Roseburg, Ore.). Dr. Weston introduced the now standard "no needle, no stitch" cataract procedure to Southern Oregon and was among the first in the Pacific Northwest to use endoscopic laser for glaucoma and multi-focal lens implants. In addition to his practice at Weston Eye Center, he founded Vision Surgery & Laser Center and Oregon Laser Eye Center. He is secretary of the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society.

 

Dr. Weston earned his MD and completed his eye surgery training at Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. He received the Helen Keller Benefactors award and Melvin Jones Fellowship as part of his efforts to restore vision through Lions Club International.

 

Charles P. Wilkinson, MD (Greater Baltimore Medical Center). Dr. Wilkinson is chairman of the ophthalmology department at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He is past president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and chaired its preferred practice patterns retina panel. He also was chair of the American Board of Ophthalmology and the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel.

 

Dr. Wilkinson received his MD from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, was a resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also undertook a vitreoretinal fellowship at the University of Miami. He has received the AAO's Honor, Senior Honor and Life Achievement Honor Awards and was a guest of honor at the Academy's 2011 meeting. Research interests include retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.

 

George Williams, MD (William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich.). Dr. Williams has a special interest in advanced vitreoretinal surgery for complex retinal detachment and diabetic retinopathy. The chair of ophthalmology at William Beaumont Hospital, he is also director of the Beaumont Eye Institute, holds an appointment at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in Rochester, Mich., and is a partner with Associated Retinal Consultants. He is currently the principal investigator of several research trials sponsored by the National Eye Institute and the pharmaceutical industry.

 

Having earned his MD at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Dr. Williams completed a residency in ophthalmology and a fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at the Eye Institute of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. He is a recipient of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Special Recognition Award, Secretariat Award and Senior Achievement Award and is a past president of the Vitreous Society, now the American Society of Retinal Specialists.

Ruth D. Williams, MD (Wheaton Eye Clinic, Wheaton, Ill.). A glaucoma consultant and partner at the Wheaton Eye Clinic, Dr. Williams serves on the executive committee of this practice of 26 ophthalmologists. She is president-elect of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and serves on the academy's board of trustees.

 

Dr. Williams received her MD from Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center. She completed a residency in ophthalmology at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and a fellowship in glaucoma at the University of California San Francisco. She led the Ophthalmology Section Council of the AMA for nearly a decade, is an associate examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology and has served on the board of Women in Ophthalmology.

 

M. Edward Wilson Jr., MD (Albert Florens Storm Eye Institute, Charleston, S.C.). Dr. Wilson chairs the pediatric committee of ASCRS and was pediatric issues consultant to the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel. He is director of the Albert Florens Storm Eye Institute and chairman of the department of ophthalmology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Dr. Wilson serves on the board of the South Carolina Society of Ophthalmology and has been president of the Costenbader Society, a pediatric ophthalmology group. He is an executive editor of the American Journal of Ophthalmology and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.

 

Dr. Wilson earned his MD from the Medical University of South Carolina and performed an ophthalmology residency at the National Naval Medical Center and a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus with Marshall Parks, MD. He received a senior honor award from the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and a senior achievement award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Lawrence A. Yannuzzi, MD (Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, New York). Dr. Yannuzzi is a pioneer in angiography, having helped coin the term "idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy" for a particular type of hemorrhagic maculopathy. He is vice chairman and director of the Retinal Research Center of the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital and founder and president of the Macula Foundation. He holds an appointment at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York.

 

Having earned an MD for Boston University School of Medicine, Dr. Yannuzzi completed a residency in ophthalmology at the New York Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital. He is a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and is on the board of Lighthouse International.

Terri L. Young, MD (Duke Eye Center, Durham, N.C.). Dr. Young is professor of ophthalmology and pediatrics at Duke Eye Center. She is the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting chair for pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus. Dr. Young earned her MD from Harvard Medical School in Boston and completed an ophthalmology residency at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She has received honor awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.

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