President
Filippo Drago, M.D.
Univ Of Catania Medical School
f.drago@unict.it
Vice President/President-Elect
Dr Ash Jayagopal
Kodiak Sciences
ash@kodiak.com
Immediate-Past-President
Thomas Yorio, Ph.D.
University of North Texas Health Science Center
thomas.yorio@unthsc.edu
Treasurer
Shusheng Wang, Ph.D.
Tulane University
swang1@tulane.edu
Secretary
Cheryl Rowe-Rendleman, Ph.D.
Omar Consulting Group, LLC
crrendleman@omarconsultants.com
Journal Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Dan Stamer
Duke University
dan.stamer@duke.edu
Board Advisor
Malinda Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Christian Brothers University
drmecfitz@gmail.com
Board Advisor
Carol Toris, PhD
University of Nebraska
Medical Center
ctoris@unmc.edu
Trustee
Dorette Ellis, Associate Professor
Univ Of North Texas Health Science Center
Dorette.ellis@unthsc.edu
Trustee
Heping Xu, MD, PhD
Queen’s University Belfast, UK
heping.xu@qub.ac.uk
Trustee
Goldis Malek, PhD, Associate Professor
Duke University, Albert Eye Research Institute
gmalek@duke.edu
Trustee
Chi-ho To, PhD, Professor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
chi-ho.to@polyu.edu.hk
Trustee
Naj Sharif, PhD, DSc, FARVO, FBPhS
Vice President
Santen USA
Najam.Sharif@santen.com
Trustee
Shahid Husain, PhD, Professor
Medical University of South Carolina
Husain@musc.edu
Trustee
Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya, M. Tech., Ph.D. Professor
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
sbhattacharya@med.miami.edu
Trustee
Claudio Bucolo, Ph.D.
University of Catania
claudio.bucolo@unict.it
Trustees serve for a 2-year term and may be reelected for a second consecutive term
Officers (President, Vice-President, Immediate-Past-President, Treasurer, Secretary) serve for one 4-year term
Service is voluntary and not compensated