Karl Csaky, MD, PhD

Dr. Csaky is the T. Boone Pickens Director of the Clinical Center of Innovation for Age-
Related Macular Degeneration, Chief Executive and Chief Medical Officer of the Retina
Foundation of the Southwest. His main area of interest is studying both clinical research
and drug delivery development as it pertains to retinal diseases. In particular Dr. Csaky
is involved in multiple clinical trials in retina treatment, is studying vision function
assessments of patients with various stage of AMD and developing drug delivery
approaches for the treatment of retinal diseases. In addition Dr. Csaky has led several
meetings with the FDA and NEI on evaluating novel endpoints for retinal diseases. Dr.
Csaky is a member of the Macula Society, Retina Society, and American Academy of
Ophthalmology, ARVO and the American Society of Retinal Specialists. He finished a
retina fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University and a postdoctoral
fellowship at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Csaky completed an internship
in medicine at Duke University, his ophthalmology residency at Washington University,
and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Essen Eye Clinic, Essen, Germany. He received his
combined MD/PhD degree from the University of Louisville. Dr. Csaky has over 140
peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.