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Eyecelerator @ AAO 2025

Save the date: Eyecelerator @ ARVO 2026  |  May 1  |  Denver, CO

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
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Alcon

Laurent Attias

SVP Corporate Strategy, BD&L and M&A

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Retina Specialists of Boston and Wellesley

Caroline R. Baumal, MD

Vitreoretinal Surgeon

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Morgan Stanley

Neha Begwani, MBA

Managing Director, Healthcare Investment

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Altos Eye Physicians 

David F. Chang, MD

Ophthalmologist

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Glaukos

Robert L. Davis, JD

SVP, General Counsel & Business Development

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Rothschild Foundation Hospital 

Damien Gatinel, MD, PhD

Head, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery

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Leerink Partners

Andrew Gitkin

Senior Managing Director

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Wills Eye Hospital

Julia A. Haller, MD

Ophthalmologist-in-Chief

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Wills Eye Hospital

Allen C. Ho, MD

Director of Retina Research

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University of Southern California

Mark Humayun, MD, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology

Gil Kliman, MD

InterWest Partners​

Gil Kliman, MD

Managing Partner

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Washington University School of Medicine

Cecilia S. Lee, MD, MS

Professor of Ophthalmology

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Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

James V. Mazzo

 Executive Chair​

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Roche Pharma

Esther Melo, PhD

BD&L Director, Partnering

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ExSight Ventures, LLC

James C. Murray, JD

Founder and Managing Member

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Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision

Erin Powers, MBA

President

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See Clearly Vision Group

Rajesh K. Rajpal, MD

Founder

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Minnesota Eye Consultants

Thomas W. Samuelson, MD

Founding Partner

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Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.

Namrata Saroj, OD

Chief Business Officer

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Wills Eye Hospital

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Joel S. Schuman, MD

Professor and Vice Chair for Research Innovation

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Singh, Kuldev

Stanford Medicine​

Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH

Professor of Ophthalmology

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Topcon Healthcare, Inc. | Alliance for Healthcare from the Eye

Ali Tafreshi

CEO and President | Founding Member

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Vance Thompson Vision

Vance M. Thompson, MD

Founder​​

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Duke University

Lejla Vajzovic, MD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

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Retina Consultants of Texas

Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD

Surgical Retinal Specialist

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Samsara BioCapital

Roger Zhang, PhD

Vice President

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California Retina Consultants

Robert L. Avery, MD

Founder/CEO

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CBER, FDA

Heidi I. Becker, MD

Ophthalmology Clinical Reviewer

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Glaukos

Thomas W. Burns

Chairman & CEO

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Carol Y. Cheung, PhD

Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

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 Ocular Therapeutix

Pravin U. Dugel, MD

President & CEO

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Glaukos

Joseph E. Gilliam

President & COO

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 EyeBio, A Subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.

David R. Guyer, MD

CEO

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Visionary Ventures

Garrett Hamontree, MBA

Partner

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Horizon Surgical System

Jean-Pierre Hubschman, MD

Co-Founder and CEO

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Market Scope

Kristen Harmon Ingenito, MBA

CEO

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Washington University School of Medicine

Aaron Y. Lee, MD, MSCI 

Arthur W. Stickle Distinguished Professor and Chair

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Alcon

Franck Leveiller, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer and SVP, Head Global Research & Development

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American Academy of Ophthalmology

Stephen D. McLeod, MD

CEO​

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Intuitive | Sonder Capital

Frederic Moll, MD, MS

Co-Founder | Co-Founder & Partner

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Glaukos​​

Tomas Navratil, PhD

Chief Development Officer

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ExSight Ventures, LLC

Firas M. Rahhal, MD

Partner

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Microsoft

David Rhew, MD

 Global CMO and Vice President of Healthcare

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Astellas Pharma

Peter Sandor, MD, MBA

EVP Head of Corporate Strategy

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University of California

Julie M. Schallhorn, MD, MS

​Professor

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Wills Eye Hospital & Thomas Jefferson University Annesley EyeBrain Center

Robert C. Sergott, MD

Margaret and Richard Hayne Professor of Neuro-Ophthalmology and Neuroscience

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Mass Eye and Ear, Mass General Brigham

Rishi P. Singh, MD

Incoming Chair, Department of Ophthalmology

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CDRH, FDA

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Michelle E. Tarver, MD, PhD

Center Director

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Glaucoma Service | Weill Cornell Medicine 

Sarah H. Van Tassel, MD

 Associate Professor of Ophthalmology | Director

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AbbVie

Ramin Valian

VP, Eyecare Global Pipeline and Commercial Strategy

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PROCEPT BioRobotics 

Reza Zadno, PhD

Former President & CEO​

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Equity Research–Medical Technology, BTIG

Ryan Zimmerman, MHA

Managing Director

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