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"The abstract submission and registration are open for Indianapolis Meeting" (Membership is required for abstract submission and registration)
Early bird abstract and travel award submission dates Feb 16th – June 2nd, 2023
Late-breaking abstract submission June 3rd – July 1st, 2023
Early registration Feb 16th – June 30th, 2023
Late registration June 30th – Aug 13th, 2023
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Indianapolis Local Host Committee
AOPT XVI MEETING VENUE: 120 West Market Street
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46204, USA
DATES: 10th Aug – 13th Aug 2023

Padmanabhan Pattabiraman, Ph.D.
Chair - Local Organizing Committee
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Indiana University School of Medicine
GK 305X, 1160 West Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5209
Email: ppattabi@iu.edu
Phone: 317-274-2652

David Wallace MD, MPH
Chair - Department of Ophthalmology
Indiana University School of Medicine
GK 305Q, 1160 W. Michigan St,
Indianapolis, IN, 46202
Email: dwallac@iu.edu

Timothy Corson, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Indiana University School of Medicine
GK 305Q, 1160 W. Michigan St,
Indianapolis, IN, 46202
Email: tcorson@iu.edu
Phone: (317) 274-3305

Thomas A Ciulla, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer and Chief Development Officer,
Clearside Biomedical Inc.
Volunteer Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology,
Indiana University School of Medicine
Vitreoretinal Medicine and Surgery,
Midwest Eye Institute
Email: thomas.ciulla@clearsidebio.com

S P Srinivas, Ph.D.
Professor
IU School of Optometry
Bloomington, Indiana
Email: srinivas@indiana.edu
Phone: 812-855-0132

Yuk Fai Leung, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Purdue University
LILY 2-236, 915 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Email: yfleung@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-496-3153

Weiming Mao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Indiana University School of Medicine
RM305v, 1160 W. Michigan St,
Indianapolis, IN, 46202
Email: weimmao@iu.edu
Phone: 317-278-0801

Jason S. Meyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics
Stark Neurosciences Research Institute
Indiana University School of Medicine
320 W. 15th Street, NB400B
Indianapolis IN 46202
Email: meyerjas@iu.edu
Phone: 317-274-1040

Tasneem P Sharma, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Indiana University School of Medicine
1160 W. Michigan St, Room GK305U
Indianapolis, IN, 46202
Email: tpsharma@iu.edu
Phone: 317-278-4529
General Chair
Padmanabhan Pattabiraman
Technical Program Committee
Timothy Corson, Tasneem Sharma, Jason Meyer, and Thomas A Ciulla
Abstract Committee
S P Srinivas, and Yuk Fai Leung (Back up – Jason Meyer)
Logistics Committee
Weiming Mao, S P Srinivas, and Tim Corson
Finance Committee
Weiming Mao and Padmanabhan Pattabiraman
Whova Committee
Jason Meyer, and Tasneem Sharma