Jennifer Loh, MD is a board-certified ophthalmologist practising in Miami, Florida with a focus on cataract-refractive surgery and dry eye disease. She is founder and medical director of her practice, Loh Ophthalmology Associates, which she started in 2016. Dr Loh also spends her time as a clinical and surgical attending for the Larkin Hospital Ophthalmology Residency program. She is a graduate of Indiana University School of Medicine, where she completed both medical school and ophthalmology residency. On a personal note, Dr Loh enjoys skiing and travelling the world with her husband and son.

Francesco Bandello is Professor and Chairman at the Department of Ophthalmology University Vita-Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. He is Past President Academic Dean of “Corso di Laurea Specialistica/Magistrale in Medicina e Chirurgia” at the same University.  Professor Bandello is President of the Association of Italian University Professors of Ophthalmology (CONPROSO), President of ESASO Foundation (European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology), President of Academia Ophthalmologica Europea, Vice President of EuroLam and Past  President of EURETINA.  

Prof. Bandello is Editor-in Chief of the European Journal of Ophthalmology, Active Member of The  American Ophthalmological Society (AOS), Board Member of the Commission of prevention of blindness  and low vision (Italian Ministry of Health), Executive Board Member of SISO (Società Italiana Scienze  Oftalmologiche), Member of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis and Member of the “Academia  Nazionale di Medicina”.  

Prof. Bandello is former Member of the Board of Directors of Club Jules Gonin and former Executive  Committee Member of the Macula Society.  

Prof. Bandello is co-author of 14 books and he served as a peer reviewer for grant applications for the NEI. He has authored or co-authored 1.087 Pub-Med articles and he served as trained Principal Investigator in several clinical trials performed following ICH/GCP and mainly concerning retinal diseases. 

David F Chang, MD is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of California, San Francisco where he is now a clinical professor Dr Chang is clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco and in private practice in Los Altos, CA. He previously chaired the ASCRS Cataract Clinical Committee and served on the ASCRS executive committee from 2009-2023. Dr Chang was the ASCRS president from 2012-2013, EyeWorld Chief Medical Editor from 2011-2015, and ASCRS Foundation chair from 2015-2023. With a strong interest in global cataract blindness, he received the 2019 AAO Humanitarian Service Award and the 2020 Aravind Venkataswamy Award. Dr Chang is co-founder and the advisory board chair of EyeSustain, a global consortium of eye societies advancing sustainability in ophthalmology. He is a past chair of the AAO Cataract Preferred Practice Pattern Panel and the AAO Annual Meeting Program Committee.

Dr Chang has been honored by the following international societies: AAO (Kelman Lecture), ASCRS (Binkhorst Medal), ESCRS (Ridley Medal), APACRS (Lim Medal), United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (Rayner Medal), Canadian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (Award of Excellence/Stein Lecture), All India Ophthalmology Society (President’s Lecture), Italian Ophthalmological Society (Strampelli Medal), International Intraocular Implant Club (IIIC Medal), AECOS (Visionary Award), DOC-German Ophthalmic Surgeons (DOC Innovator Lecture), International Society of Refractive Surgery (Presidential Award), RANZCO (Gregg Medal), APAO (Jose Rizal International Medal),  MEACO (El-Maghraby International Award), and the ICO (T. Krwawicz Gold Medal).

Dr Marjan Farid is Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Director of Cornea, Refractive & Cataract Surgery at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California-Irvine.  She graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA with a degree in Biology and earned her medical degree at UC San Diego.  Her clinical practice is divided between patient care, teaching and research.  Her research interests focus on corneal surgery, specifically the use of the femtosecond laser for corneal transplantation.  She is also the founder of the Severe Ocular Surface Disease Center at UCI and is a centre of excellence as part of the Holland Foundation for Sight Restoration.  She performs Limbal Stem Cell transplants as well as artificial corneal transplantation for the treatment of patients with severe ocular surface disease.  She currently serves as the Chair of the Cornea Clinical Committee of ASCRS. Her work is published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.  She has authored multiple textbook chapters and travels extensively to present her work at national and international meetings. 

After graduating summa cum laude from Benedictine University, Dr. Nijm was accepted into a dual M.D., J.D. degree program through Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and School of Law. She completed residency at the renowned Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary and a top ranked corneal and refractive fellowship at the University of California at Davis, Dr. Nijm then blazed a path to establish a cornea clinic in an underserved region of Illinois. It was there that she became the first surgeon in central Illinois to perform femtosecond LASIK.

Dr. Nijm is an international lecturer, a published, peer-reviewed author, and has received numerous recognitions, including being named one of the top 50 most influential Ophthalmologists in the world on The Ophthalmologist’s Power List 2019 and multiple times since then. She also founded RealWorldOphthalmology.com to serve as an educational resource to aid young ophthalmologists in successfully transitioning from training to practice.

Bennie H Jeng is Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He earned his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Washington University and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He then completed his ophthalmology residency and chief residency at the Cole Eye Institute of the Cleveland Clinic, which was followed by a fellowship in cornea and external diseases at the Francis I. Proctor Foundation/University of California San Francisco (UCSF) in 2003. He then returned back to the Cole Eye Institute to serve on faculty, during which time he was the recipient of a K-grant from the NIH and also earned his Master degree in Clinical Investigation. He subsequently returned to Proctor/UCSF as an Associate Professor and then Full Professor, where he served as co-director of the UCSF cornea service, Director of the Proctor/UCSF Cornea Fellowship program, and as Chief of Ophthalmology at the San Francisco General Hospital. He was an R01-funded researcher at UCSF, and he assumed his current position at the University of Maryland in August, 2013.

Dr. Jeng is actively involved in the leadership of many of our ophthalmologic societies, including as a member of the Board of Directors of the Cornea Society, the Eye Bank Association of America, and the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists. He also serves on several committees of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, including the Annual Meeting Program Committee, as well as The Council. He is also actively involved with the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dr. Jeng is a past member of the editorial board of JAMA Ophthalmology, and he currently serves on the editorial boards of Ophthalmology, Eye, Cornea, Eye and Contact Lens (as an Associate Editor), and International Journal of Eye Banking.

Cynthia Matossian, MD, FACS, is the founder, medical director and Chief Executive Officer of Matossian Eye Associates with multiple offices in PA and NJ. She specializes in refractive cataract surgery and dry eye disease and was named one of Ocular Surgery News’ Premier Surgeon 300 – an elite group of 300 premium refractive cataract surgeons in the US. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology (Adjunct) at Temple University School of Medicine. Contact Info: cmatossian@matossianeye.com

Maurizio Battaglia Parodi is currently working at the Department of Ophthalmology, Scientific Institute San Raffaele in Milan, and is Associate Professor at University Vita-Salute in Milan. He had previous appointments in the Departments of Ophthalmology at the University of Trieste and University of Udine. Prof Battaglia Parodi’s major clinical and research interests include age-related macular degeneration (AMD), vascular diseases and dystrophies. He has taken part in many international clinical trials, and has authored over 210 peer-reviewed scientific articles and 3 books. Prof Battaglia Parodi has received many awards for his scientific activity and is a reviewer for the most important international journals.

Prof. Arevalo specializes in retinal detachments, vitreoretinal surgery, diabetic retinopathy, and vitreoretinal complications of refractive surgery. He is an Editorial Board member for many journals including World Journal of Ophthalmology (WJO) and a reviewer for over 35 peer reviewed journals.

Prof Arevalo is involved with many societies and is the Executive Vice-president of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology (PAAO). He has presented at and been involved with the organization of numerous conferences globally.

Dr Pinelli is the author of of 50+ peer reviewed articles, an Editorial board member of Journal of Refractive Surgery and serves as a member of Ophthalmology Times Europe’s Editorial Advisory Board.

Dr Pinelli has numerous society affiliations including: Executive Board Committee member of ASCRS; Executive Board Committee member of ISI; EDSCR Publication Committee member; and Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Dr Bellucci has published 200+ articles and 16 book chapters. His research activity has been mainly devoted to anterior segment surgery.

Dr Bellucci is affiliated with numerous societies, including: President ESCRS, Advisory Board – International Society for Intraocular Lens; ESCRS Secretary, 2009-present; ISIS Advisory; and Faculty member European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology.

Dr Shaarawy is the author of 48 peer-reviewed articles and severs the editorial board of International Journal of Ophthalmology, International Glaucoma Review and Journal of Glaucoma. His main research interests are surgical techniques of Glaucoma surgery, normal pressure glaucoma, and glaucoma patterns of practice in developed and developing countries.

Dr Shaarawy is affiliated with numerous societies, including: Secretary General International Society of Glaucoma Surgery; Associate Executive Vice president of World Glaucoma Association (WGA); Associate Advisory Board Member of International Glaucoma Society Representative Committee; Glaucoma Program Committee Member of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS); Founding Member Glaucoma Club of the Egyptian Ophthalmological Society; and Founding and Executive Committee of Pan Arab African Glaucoma Society.

Prof. Shah is the author of 50+ peer reviewed articles and 6 book chapters, an invited speaker at numerous national and international meetings, and Section editor for the British Journal of Ophthalmology. His research interests include novel intraocular lenses, refractive outcomes of lens surgery, corneal thickness and pressure measurement, and ultraviolet light for treatment of corneal infections.

Prof. Shah has numerous society affiliations including: Refractive sub-committee of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists; Academic committee of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists; Past President of the British Society for Refractive Surgery; and Past Council Member for the British Contact Lens Association.

Prof. Richard is author of 180+ peer reviewed publications and author/co-author of 12 books; Co-Editor of Retinal Physician, Ophthalmology Times and Ophthalmologica. He has a special interest in glaucoma.

Prof. Richard has received of 12 honorary awards across four continents.

Prof. Richard is affiliated with numerous societies, including: Founder and the first president (2001) of Euretina; Executive Board Member Euretina – European Society of Retina Specialists; and Chairman of the Publication Committee of Euretina.

Dr Pournaras is the author of 181 peer reviewed articles and Editorial Board member of Graefe’s Archive of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology and European Journal Of Ophthalmology. He is actively investigating the physiology and physiopathology of retinal and papillary circulation.

He has received many national and international awards, including the major Swiss prize of “Ophthalmology Research Prize Alfred Vogt” in 1994, the “International Chibret Award 1996.

Dr Pournaras is affiliated with numerous societies, including: President of European Association for Vision and Eye Research; Member of the French Ophthalmological Society Executive Committee.

Prof. Pleyer is the author of 240 peer-reviewed articles as well as 14 textbooks; Editor of Ophthalmic Research. His research interests include the experimental and clinical immune modulation of inflammatory ocular disorders, gene therapy, immune mechanism, immune pharmacology, keratoplasty and uveitis.

He has received several honours and awards including the International Chibret Award

Prof. Pleyer is affiliated with numerous societies, including: Founding member of the International Ocular Inflammation Society (IOIS); Member of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER); Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS); and Member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).

Prof. Pfeiffer is the author of 170+ peer reviewed articles. His clinical interests are focused on the treatment of glaucoma.

He is the recipient of numerous awards including ”Prix Galien” for pharmacological developments in glaucoma therapy, Film Award of the German Ophthalmological Society, Glaucoma Award of the German Ophthalmological Society and National winner of the “Chibret Award”.

Prof. Pfeiffer is affiliated with numerous societies, including: Vice-President of the German Ophthalmological Society (2005); Executive member of the European Glaucoma Society; President of the German Ophthalmological Society (2006); President of the VOL (2007); and Member of the Executive Committee of BVA.

Prof. Pe’er is the author of 200+ peer reviewed articles and serves the editorial Board for Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. His area of clinical interest is ocular tumors.

Affiliated with numerous societies, including: Former President of the International Society of Ocular Oncology; Past President, International Society of Ophthalmic Pathology (2000 – 2004); and Vice President, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).

Prof. Nordmann is the author of 119+ peer reviewed articles and invited speaker at numerous national and international meetings.

He is affiliated with numerous societies, including: Past President of the French Glauoma Society, French Glaucoma Treasurer, EGS Planning committee.

Author of 50+ peer reviewed articles and 3 book chapters and Associate editor of Ophthalmologica Scandinavia and consulting editor of International Journal of Ophthalmic Practice.

Twice awarded the Pedagogic Prize at the Karolinska Institutet and has received a Pfizer prize for improving glaucoma diagnostics.

Dr Klaus is the author of 50+ peer reviewed articles and an invited speaker at numerous national and international meetings.

He is affiliated to numerous societies including Past President of the European VitreoRetinal Society and Founder and chairman of the Association of Ophthalmological Private Clinics.

Prof. Loewenstein is the author of over 264 peer reviewed articles, more than 200 presentations at scientific meetings and lectures as invited professor and is the Editor-in-Chief of Case Reports in Ophthalmology. Her research interests include age-related macular degeneration (AMD), especially early detection and treatment modalities, retinal vein occlusion, diabetic retinopathy and the investigation of drug toxicity to the retina.

Affiliated with numerous societies, including: Executive Board Member of the International Representative to the Macula Society; Associate Board Member of SOE

Author of numerous peer reviewed articles and is an invited speaker at national and international meetings. His clinical interests include cataract surgery, and he is a pioneers of numerous techniques.

Dr Ducournau is an internationally recognized vitreoretinal surgeon and has made numerous surgical discoveries. Numerous society affiliations including: Founding President of the Society of Retinal Surgery Vitreo; Founder and Past President of the European Vitreo Retinal Society; and Founder of the International Masters of Retina.

Prof. Belfort is the author of 200+ peer reviewed articles and 10 books, a member of the International Board of several journals including Ophthalmology American Journal Ophthalmology. He specializes in inflammatory, infectious and autoimmune diseases such as uveitis, allergy, dry eye, rheumatic diseases, herpes infections, conjunctivitis, and in the surgical area his main area of expertise is in cataract surgery, retina and refractive surgery.

Prof. Belfort is affiliated with numerous societies, including: President of the World Symposium on Uveitis (1988) and the Pan-American Congress of Ophthalmology (1989); Past-Secretary General Member of the International Society of Refractive Surgery; and Former advisor to the Regional Council of Medicine of São Paulo.

Prof. Adenis is the author of 200+ peer reviewed articles and has been an invited speaker at numerous international meetings. His areas of clinical expertise include oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery and surgery of the anterior segment of the eye.

He is affiliated with numerous societies, including: Past President of European Society of Oculoplastic & Reconstructive Surgeons and Member of the International Council of Ophthalmology.

Dr Weinreb is the author of 400+ peer reviewed publications. His clinical and research interests are diverse and include glaucoma surgery, optic neuropathy and aging of the eye, cell and molecular biology of uveoscleral outflow, imaging of the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer, mechanisms of optic nerve damage in glaucoma, neuroprotection of glaucoma, and cataract surgery.

D. Weinreb has served as President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (2002-2003), President of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) (2004-2006) and President of the American Glaucoma Society (2007 – 2009). He is the current President of the American Glaucoma Society Foundation and the President-Elect of the Pan American Glaucoma Society.

Dr Tso is the author of 250+ peer reviewed publications. His areas of research include benign form of retinoblastoma, pathology and pathogenesis of papilledema, macula edema, retinal photic injury, and photoreceptor degeneration.

Dr. Tso is affiliated with numerous societies and organizations including: Vice President, International Council of Ophthalmology, elected in May, 1997; Councilor and Honorary Treasurer, Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology; Honorary Advisor, Chinese Ophthalmological Society, 1996; and Vice Patron, The Hong Kong Society of the Blind.

Prof. Thornton has published 300+ papers and authored or contributed to 27 textbooks. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including being named Ophthalmologist of the Year by his peers and one of the “Best Ophthalmologists in America” by Ophthalmology Times.

Prof. Thornton is affiliated with many societies, including: Past President of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive; Board of Directors of the American College of Eye Surgeons; Board of Directors the International Society for Refractive Surgery; and Board of Directors and the International Refractive Surgery Club.

Dr Sternberg has published 200+ peer reviewed articles and 30 book chapters. He is a recognized retina specialist maintains an active academic and research program, studying the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration.

He has received numerous honors including the Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Award, Lew Wasserman Award of Merit from Research to Prevent Blindness, the Distinguished Service Award from ARVO and the Sommer Prize from the EyeCare Foundation.

Dr Sternberg served on the Board of Trustees for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) from 2005 to 2010, where he was vice president from 2009 to 2010. In addition, he has served on the board of scientific counselors for NEI, the board of directors of the International Retinal Research Foundation and the board of directors of the Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology and has been president of the Georgia Society of Ophthalmology. Currently he is president of the Society of Heed Fellows and treasurer of the Macula Society.

Dr Ritch is the author of 500+ peer reviewed publications and 9 textbooks and has presented 700 lectures worldwide, including 40 named lectures. His areas of interest include the underlying etiologies and mechanisms of glaucoma and innovation in its medical, laser, and surgical treatment.

Dr Ritch has received countless honors including the Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Ophthalmologist of the Year award (1996); the Gold Medal of Merit and Honor from the Greek Glaucoma Society, and the Ophthalmology Times Achievement in Ophthalmology Award (1998); the Louis Rudin Award for research in ophthalmology; the American Academy of Ophthalmology Lifetime Achievement Honor Award; the Leadership in Education in Ophthalmology (LEO) Award; the Glaucoma Foundation Award for Innovation and Excellence in Glaucoma; the ARVO Distinguished Service Award, ARVO Gold Fellowship; the World Glaucoma Association Recognition Award; elected to Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis in 2012.

He was appointed to the Advisory Committee to the Board of Directors of the International Council of Ophthalmology and was elected Chairman of the Committee in 2009 and appointed to the Board of Directors of the International Council. He has numerous society affiliations including: Elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and served as Vice-President in 2006-2007; Past President of the Ophthalmic Laser Surgical Society, the New York Glaucoma Society, the Section on Ophthalmology of the New York Academy of Medicine, and the New York Society for Clinical Ophthalmology; Steering Committee of the World Glaucoma Association, and the Board of Directors of the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology.

Dr Majmudar is the author of 20+ peer reviewed publications and 6 book chapters; invited speaker at over 50 national and international meetings. He specializes in laser and non-laser vision correction procedures, cataract surgery, keratoconus and complications stemming from refractive surgery.

Active member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery as well as the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and he recently received the Academy’s Senior Achievement Award. He is an International Council Representative from the United States for the International Society of Refractive Surgery.

Dr. Lindstrom is the author of 100+ peer reviewed publications and is an internationally recognized leader in corneal, cataract, refractive and laser surgery.

Dr. Lindstrom served as President (2007-2008) of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, serves on the Executive Committee, and is the Chair of the Corporate gifts Committee for the ASCRS Foundation, Past President of the International Society of Refractive Surgery and Global Education Liaison of the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Society affiliations, including active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Officer of the ICO Board of Trustees, and President of the WOC2016 Meeting.

Dr Dhaliwal has authored over 30 peer reviewed publications and 3 book chapters and is the Guest editor for Seminars in Ophthalmology. Her special interests are in vision correction surgery, corneal transplantation and cataract surgery.

Dr Dhaliwal has numerous affiliations including: Active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and ISRS/ AAO International Council; Member of the Cataract Knowledge Base Committee; and the Self-Assessment Committee as the Cornea Representative. She is also an active member of the International Society of Refractive Surgery, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and the Cornea Society

Prof. Braga-Mele is the author of 40+ peer reviewed publications. She is a cataract specialist and educator who speaks frequently at both the national and international level.

Prof. Braga-Mele is affiliated with numerous societies, including: Chair of the Cataract Clinical Committee for the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS); and Member of the Governing Board and Program Committee for the ASCRS.

Dr Abbott has authored 90 peer reviewed publications and 32 book chapters, and presented 700+ invited lectures and 27 named lectures. His research and teaching address clinical practice guidelines, development of cognitive knowledge modules and ethics regarding eye care and eye surgery.

He is the recipient of a number of awards, including the U.S. president’s 25-year Volunteer Service Award, the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Duke Elder International Gold Medal.

Dr Abbott is affiliated with numerous societies, including: Past president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology; Past president of the Pan American Association of Ophthalmology and the Pan American Ophthalmological Foundation; Academy secretary for global alliances; Past Chairman of the board of the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company (OMIC); Former director of the American Board of Ophthalmology; Past board director for the International Council of Ophthalmology; and Chairman of the Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee.