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PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Eyecelerator @ AAO 2026
Gil Kliman, MD

Program Director
Managing Partner
InterWest Partners
Robert L. Avery, MD

Program Co-Chair (Retina)
Founder/CEO
California Retina Consultants
Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS

Program Committee
Professor, Clinical Opthalmology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
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Aleksandra V. Rachitskaya, MD

Program Committee
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Kuldev Singh, MD

Program Co-Chair (Glaucoma)
Professor, Ophthalmology
Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University
Allen C. Ho, MD

Retina Program Director
Director of Retina Research
Wills Eye Hospital
Stephen D. McLeod, MD

Program Committee
Chief Executive Officer
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Rachel M. Huckfeldt, MD, PhD

Program Committee
Director, Inherited Retinal Disorders
Clinical Trials
Mass Eye and Ear
Julie M. Schallhorn, MD, MS

Program Co-Chair (Anterior Segment)
Professor, Ophthalmology
University of California San Francisco
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