Marjan Farid, MD (Moderator)

University of California, Irvine

Sophie Deng, MD, PhD (Moderator)

Stein Eye Institute, UCLA

Shigeru Kinoshita, MD, PhD

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Wei Wang, PhD

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

Marianne Price, PhD

Cornea Research Foundation of America

Ellen Koo, MD

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Naomi Joseph, BS

Case Western Reserve University

Sophie Deng, MD, PhD (Moderator)

Stein Eye Institute, UCLA

Maria Woodward, MD (Moderator)

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan

Maria Woodward, MD, is a board-certified corneal specialist and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at University of Michigan. She is passionate about the gift of sight provided by deceased persons to patients requiring corneal transplantation. Her research seeks to improve eye banking tissue processes, highlighted threats to tissue supply, and established clinical correlations of tissue characteristics and patient outcomes. Since 201, Dr. Woodward has served on the Research committee for the Eye Bank Association of America and as chair from 2016-2018 and is a past participant of the Physician Leadership Program. She serves on the research committee and medical advisory board for Eversight. 

Ali Djalilian, MD

University of Illinois, Chicago

Chanon Thanitcul

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Allison Umfress, MD

Vanderbilt Eye Institute

Jijo Wang, MD

New York Medical College

Rohan Bir Singh, MD

Massachusetts Eye and Ear

Douglas Lazzaro

NYU Langone Health

C. Drew Salisbury, MD

Premier Medical Group

Marjan Farid, MD (Moderator)

University of California, Irvine

Olivia Lee, MD (Moderator)

Eric Abdullayev, MD, MBA, CEBT

Lions Eye Institute for Transplant and Research

Joseph Ciolino, MD

Massachusetts Eye and Ear

Joana Karanxha

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

William Binotti, MD

Tufts Medical Center

Shahzad Mian, MD

University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center

Shahzad Mian, MD, is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School and holds the Terry J. Bergstrom Collegiate Professorship for Resident Education. He has been irector of the residency training program since 2004, and serves as the Vice Chair for Clinical Sciences and Learning. His practice is focused in cornea and refractive surgery and research interests include corneal transplantation techniques, ocular graft versus host disease, and eye banking. He received the senior achievement award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2015 and the Straatsma award for resident education in 2017. He serves on the Board of the Cornea Society, Residency Review Committee for Ophthalmology, the Accreditation Board for the Eye Bank Association of America, as the Senior Medical Director of Eversight Michigan, and is the past-president of the Program Director’s Council of the Association of University Professor in Ophthalmology.

Stephen Kaufman, MD, PhD

Lions Gift Of Sight, Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota

Stephen C. Kaufman, MD, PhD, is fellowship trained in Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery. He has been an Associate Medical Director of The Lions Gift of Sight Eye Bank since 2007. Dr Kaufman will be the new Vice-Chairman of Ophthalmology, Medical Director, Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of The Cornea Service at the University of Minnesota.

Marjan Farid, MD (Moderator)

University of California, Irvine

Sophie Deng, MD, PhD (Moderator)

Stein Eye Institute, UCLA

Jennifer Li, MD

Chair, Medical Advisory Board

Jennifer Li is a Professor of Ophthalmology and the Director of the Cornea and External Disease Service at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Li completed her medical degree and residency at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, and subsequently, her cornea fellowship at UC Davis. She is the Chair of the EBAA Medical Advisory Board, serves on the EBAA Board of Directors, and serves as the Co-Medical Director at Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank in Sacramento, California. 

Joshua H. Hou, MD

Lions Gift of Sight

Joshua H. Hou, MD, is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences at the University of Minnesota. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Duke University, where he graduated summa cum laude. He then received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. After that, he completed both his ophthalmology residency and cornea and external disease fellowship at the University of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary. Since 2015, Dr. Hou has served as Medical Director of the Lions Gift of Sight. In addition to a busy clinical practice, Dr. Hou also maintains a research laboratory at the University of Minnesota and is currently supported by the Minnesota Lions Vision Foundation. His main research interests include limbal stem cell deficiency and corneal tissue processing. Dr. Hou has been an active member of the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) since completing his cornea fellowship in 2014. He is a past participant of the EBAA Physician Leadership Program, and he currently serves as a member of the Medical Advisory Board and Scientific Programs Committee. He is also a regular physician lecturer for the EBAA Slit Lamp Microscopy Seminar.

Onkar Sawant, PhD

Eversight

Dena Ballouz

University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center

Roheena Kamyar, MD

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center/ Center for Organ Recovery and Education

Anthony Aldave, MD

Stein Eye Institute, UCLA

Anthony Aldave, MD, holds the Walton Li Chair in Cornea and Uveitis and is Chief of the Cornea and Uveitis Division and Director of the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Fellowship Program at the Jules Stein Eye Institute, The University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Aldave has received numerous honors during his career, including the Alpha Omega Alpha Scholarship Award for graduating first in his medical school class, the Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Fellowship, the American Ophthalmological Society-Knapp Testimonial Fund Fellowship, the first Claes Dohlman Society Award, and the Achievement, Secretariat and Senior Achievement Awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. In addition to his busy clinical practice, Dr. Aldave directs the Corneal Genetics Laboratory at the Stein Eye Institute. Dr. Aldave’s NIH-funded laboratory research focuses on the molecular genetics of the corneal dystrophies, a group of inherited disorders that affect corneal clarity and constitute one of the primary indications for corneal transplantation. Recognized as a leader in his chosen field of scientific investigation, Dr. Aldave has authored over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, has been invited to give almost 450 scientific presentations at local, national and international meetings and serves as a scientific reviewer for 19 ophthalmology and genetics journals.

Reza Ghaffari, MD

Stein Eye Instiute, UCLA

Shahzad Mian, MD

University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center

Shahzad Mian, MD, is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School and holds the Terry J. Bergstrom Collegiate Professorship for Resident Education. He has been irector of the residency training program since 2004, and serves as the Vice Chair for Clinical Sciences and Learning. His practice is focused in cornea and refractive surgery and research interests include corneal transplantation techniques, ocular graft versus host disease, and eye banking. He received the senior achievement award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2015 and the Straatsma award for resident education in 2017. He serves on the Board of the Cornea Society, Residency Review Committee for Ophthalmology, the Accreditation Board for the Eye Bank Association of America, as the Senior Medical Director of Eversight Michigan, and is the past-president of the Program Director’s Council of the Association of University Professor in Ophthalmology.