Retina World Congress
Executive Board
President
Kourous A. Rezaei, MD
Associate Professor
Rush University Medical Center
Director of Vitreoretinal Fellowship
Illinois Retina Associates
Senior Partner
Illinois Retina Associates
Chicago, Illinois
Immediate Past-President
Tarek S. Hassan, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Oakland University
William Beaumont
School of Medicine
Partner and Director
Vitreoretinal Fellowship Training
Associated Retinal Consultants, P.C.
Royal Oak, Michigan
Secretary
Baruch D. Kuppermann, MD, PhD
Roger F. Steinert Endowed Professor
Chair
Department of Ophthalmology
Director
Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
Irvine, California
Treasurer
Andre V. Gomes, MD, PhD
Chief of the Retina Department
OSC Institute
Director of the Retina Fellowship Program
ISA Institute
University of Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Emeritus
Rishi P. Singh, MD
President
Cleveland Clinic Martin North and South Hospitals
Stuart, Florida
Center for Ophthalmic Bioinformatics
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Professor of Ophthalmology
Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
RWC Unplugged Co-Chair
Peter K. Kaiser, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Chaney Family Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology Research
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland, Ohio
RWC Unplugged Co-Chair
Pravin U. Dugel, MD
President,
Iveric Bio
Marketing and RWC E-Live Chair
Jorge C. P. Rocha, MD, PhD
Director and President
iRetina Eye Institute
Salvador, Bahia
Board Member
Brazilian Retina and Vitreous Society
Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Bahia, Brazil
Executive Vice-President
(Executive Director)
Debbie Espe, MPA
Retina World Congress
San Diego, California
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Board of Directors
Arturo Alezzandrini, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Chairman of Oftalmos Institute
University of Buenos Aires
President Pan-American Retina and Vitreous Society
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maria Berrocal, MD
Berrocal and Associates
University of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
David R. Chow, MD, FRCSC
St. Michael’s Hospital
University of Toronto
Toronto Retina Institute
Toronto, Ontario
Pravin U. Dugel, MD
President,
Iveric Bio
Ehab N. El Rayes, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Institute of Ophthalmology
Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
Retina Eye Center
Cairo, Egypt
Marta S. Figueroa, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Alcala de Henares
Medical Director
Vissum Madrid
Director of Medical Department
Ramon y Cajal Hospital
Madrid, Spain
Andre V. Gomes, MD, PhD
Chief of the Retina Department
OSC Institute
Director of the Retina Fellowship Program
ISA Institute
University of Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tarek S. Hassan, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Oakland University
William Beaumont
School of Medicine
Partner and Director
Vitreoretinal Fellowship Training
Associated Retinal Consultants, P.C.
Royal Oak, Michigan
Peter K. Kaiser, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Chaney Family Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology Research
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland, Ohio
Baruch D. Kuppermann, MD, PhD
Roger F. Steinert Endowed Professor
Chair
Department of Ophthalmology
Director
Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute
Irvine, California
Virgilio Morales-Canton, MD
Asociacion Para Evitar La Ceguera En Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Sundaram Natarajan, MD
Chairman and Managing Director
Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital
Managing Trustee
Aditya Jyot FOUNDATION for Twinkling Little Eyes
President Elect & Chairman
International Relations
All India Ophthalmological Society
Professor of Ophthalmology
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
National Board of Examination
Secretary General
Global Eye Genetics Consortium
Mumbai, India
Barbara Parolini, MD
Director of Vitreo-Retinal Service,
Istituto Clinico S.Anna di Brescia
Department of Ophthalmology Goiania,
Eyecare Clinic
Brescia, Italy
Kourous A. Rezaei, MD
Associate Professor
Rush University Medical Center
Director of Vitreoretinal Fellowship
Illinois Retina Associates
Senior Partner
Illinois Retina Associates
Chicago, Illinois
Jorge C. P. Rocha, MD, PhD
Director and President
iRetina Eye Institute
Salvador, Bahia
Board Member
Brazilian Retina and Vitreous Society
Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Bahia, Brazil
Stanislao Rizzo, MD
Associate Professor and Chairman
Ophthalmology
Department of Surgical and Translational Medicine
University of Florence
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi
Florence, Italy
Taiji Sakamoto, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair
Kagoshima University
Kagoshima, Japan
Rishi P. Singh
President
Cleveland Clinic Martin North and South Hospitals
Stuart, Florida
Center for Ophthalmic Bioinformatics
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Professor of Ophthalmology
Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Lihteh Wu, MD
Asociados de Macula Vitreo y Retina de Costa Rica
Past-President
Pan American Retina and Vitreous Society
San José, Costa Rica
Retina World Congress
Mission Statement
A focused learning initiative, Retina World Congress unites international professionals spearheading innovation and advanced science in retinal health. In response to dynamic advances within the retina subspecialty, the mission of Retina World Congress is to foster ongoing dialogue and to generate consensus about retinal disease, emerging technologies and treatments, best practices, and clinical research.