Eyecelerator @ AAO 2022
Thursday, September 29
McCormick Place, Chicago
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
*Panels are in development and speakers are subject to change.

Whitsett Vision Group
Zaina Al-Mohtaseb, MD
Partner

Opthea
Megan Baldwin, PhD
CEO and Managing Director

Equinox
John P. Berdahl, MD
CMO

Food and Drug Administration
Wiley A. Chambers, MD
Acing Director, Ophthalmology Division

Outlook Therapeutics
Terry Dagnon
Chief Operations Officer

Iveric Bio
Pravin Dugel, MD
President

Apellis
Cedric Francois, MD, PhD
Co-Founder and CEO

Triangle Eye Consultants
Preeya K. Gupta, MD
Managing Partner

Wills Eye Hospital
Allen C. Ho, MD
Director of Retina Research

Keck School of Medicine USC
Mark S. Humayun, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology

BMC
Ranna Jaraha
Executive Director, New Media

Kimbell & Associates
Jeffrey Kimbell
President & CEO

Alcon
Franck Leveiller
Chief Scientific Officer, SVP, Global R&D

Flying L Ventures
William J. Link, PhD
Managing Partner

Ocuphire Pharma
Bindu Manne
Head, Market Development and Commercialization

American Academy of Ophthalmology
Stephen D. McLeod, MD
CEO

Johnson & Johnson Vision
Peter Menziuso
Company Group Chairman

REGENXBIO
Stephen Pakola, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Santen, Inc.
Omar Sadruddin, MD
Senior Medical Director

University of Toronto
Matt Schlenker, MS, MD
Associate Professor

Visus Therapeutics
Neda Shamie, MD
Clinical Advisor

Vance Thompson Vision
Vance M. Thompson, MD
Founder

Keck School of Medicine USC
David Wallace, MD
Resident Physician

Virginia Eye Consultants
Elizabeth Yeu, MD
Medical Director and Partner

California Retina Consultants
Robert L. Avery, MD
Founder/CEO

Alcon
Jeannette Bankes
President, Global Surgical Franchise

Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University
Mark S. Blumenkranz, MD, MMS
HJ Smead Professor and Chairman Emeritus

Carl Zeiss Meditec
Andrew Chang
Global Head of Sales, Ophthalmic Devices

Iveric Bio
Dhaval B. Desai
Senior Vice-President & Chief Development Officer

Food and Drug Administration
Malvina B. Eydelman, MD
Director, Ophthalmic Devices

Stepwise Medical
Vartan Ghazarossian
CEO

LifeLong Vision
Ranya G. Habash, MD
CEO

Novartis
J. Jill Hopkins, MD, FRCSC
SVP, Global Head Ophthalmology Development

Market Scope
Kristen Harmon Ingenito, MBA
Director of Ophthalmics

Cleveland Clinic
Peter K. Kaiser, MD
Chair for Ophthalmology Research

InterWest Partners
Gil Kliman, MD
Managing Partner

Minnesota Eye Consultants
Richard Lindstrom, MD
Founder and Attending Surgeon

shifamed
Mariam Maghribi, PhD, MBA
Chief Business Officer

Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Maaza Martin, MS
Senior Director, Marketing

Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson
Biren Mehta
Vice President, MedTech

AcuFocus, Inc.
Yari L. Mitchell
Chief Business Development Officer

BVI Medical
Erin Powers
Vice President, Global Marketing & Product Strategy

UCSF School of Medicine
Julie Schallhorn, MD, MS
Associate Professor

Kellogg Eye Center
Manjool Shah, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Washington University in St. Louis
Arsham Sheybani, MD
Associate Professor

Allergan, An AbbVie Company
Ramin Valian
Vice President, US Eye Care

Visionary Venture Fund
Jeffry Weinhuff
Managing Partner