Co-chairs Wrap-up Successful OIS@ASCRS
Emmett Cunningham, MD, Gil Kliman, MD, and Bill Link, PhD, co-chairs of OIS, talk about device funding, myopia, and the Masters of the Industry following a successful OIS@ASCRS. Nearly 600 people attended the Los Angeles event, making it the largest OIS@ASCRS yet.
Moderator:
![Tom Salemi](https://ois.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Tom-Salemi.jpg)
Tom Salemi
Tom serves as Content Director for Healthegy, joining the company in 2014, to create and manage a new line of podcasts, publications and other editorial products.
Participants:
![Emmett-Cunningham](https://ois.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/emmett-cunningham.jpg)
Emmett T. Cunningham Jr., MD, PhD, MPH
Dr. Cunningham joined Clarus Ventures with 20+ years in the biomedical and biopharmaceutical sectors. Prior, Dr. Cunningham was the SVP, Medical Strategy at Eyetech Pharmaceuticals.
![William-Link](https://ois.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/William-Link-2016.jpg)
William J. Link, PhD
Bill was Founder, Chairman and CEO of Chiron Vision, sold in 1997. Bill founded and served as President of American Medical Optics (AMO), sold in 1986.
![Gilbert-Kliman](https://ois.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Gilbert-Kliman-2016.jpg)
Gilbert H. Kliman, MD
Dr. Gil Kliman leads the medical device investment team at InterWest Partners and invests in a broad array of healthcare opportunities, with a special interest in ophthalmology and digital health.