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Eyecelerator @ AAO 2026

Register to join us: Oct. 8 | New Orleans

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
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EyeBio, a Merck Company

Anthony P. Adamis

Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Officer

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California Retina Consultants

Robert L. Avery, MD

Founder/CEO, Program Co-Chair

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Barclays Biopharmaceutical Investment Banking

Jim Birchenough, MD

Chairman & Global Co-Head

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Science Corporation

Frank Brodie, MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer

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Altos Eye Physicians

David F. Chang, MD

Ophthalmologist

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Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Kendall Donaldson, MD, MS

Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

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AbbVie

Doug Faunce

Executive Director

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Rothschild Foundation

Damien Gatinel, MD, PhD

Head of Anterior Segment & Refractive Surgery

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Wills Eye Hospital

Allen C. Ho, MD

Director of Retina Research, Retina Program Director

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Marketscope

Kristen Harmon Ingenito

CEO

Gil Kliman, MD

InterWest Partners​

Gil Kliman, MD

Managing Partner, Program Director

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Bausch + Lomb

Cathleen McCabe, MD

Strategic Medical Advisor

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Singapore National Eye Centre

Jod Mehta, MBBS, PhD, FRCOphth

Professor

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RxSight

Aziz Mottiwala

President and Chief Executive Officer

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Johnson & Johnson

Erin Powers

President, Surgical Vision, North America

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Horizon Surgical Systems

Rajesh K. Rajpal, MD

Chief Strategy and Medical Officer

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University of California

Julie M. Schallhorn, MD, MS

​Professor and Program Co-Chair

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Stanford Medicine​

Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH

Professor of Ophthalmology and Program Co-Chair

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Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Michelle Tarver, MD, PhD

Director

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CBER

Katerina Tsilou, MD

Medical Officer & Clinical Reviewer

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Alcon

Laurent Attias

SVP, Corporate Strategy, BD&L and M&A

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Nanoscope Therapeutics

Samuel B. Barone, MD

Chief Medical Officer

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FDA Ophthalmology Division

William M. Boyd, MD

Director

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Ocular Advisors

Wiley Chambers, MD

Ophthalmic Pharmaceutical Consultant

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Glaukos

Robert Davis

SVP & General Counsel

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 Ocular Therapeutix

Pravin U. Dugel, MD

President & CEO

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Topcon Healthcare

Daniela Ferrara, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer

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Visionary Ventures

Garrett Hamontree, MBA

Partner & CFO

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Harvard Medical School

Rachel Huckfeldt, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

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Astellas Pharma

Erin Kimbrel, PhD

Head of Cell & Gene Therapy Research​

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Patient Square Capital

Jim Mazzo

Senior Advisor

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American Academy of Ophthalmology

Stephen D. McLeod, MD

CEO​, Program Committee

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STAAR Surgical

Magda Michna, PhD

Chief Clinical, Regulatory & Medical Affairs Officer

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Glaukos​​

Tomas Navratil, PhD

Chief Development Officer

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Cleveland Clinic, Cole Eye Institute

Aleksandra Rachitskaya, MD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

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Bausch + Lomb

Brent Saunders

CEO

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Tarsus Pharmaceuticals

Sara Siddiqi

VP, Business Development & Corporate Strategy

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Bausch + Lomb

Andrew Stewart

​President, Global Pharmaceuticals & International Consumer

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Vance Thompson Vision

Vance Thompson, MD

Ophthalmologist

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