AAO 2018 Speakers

Jesse Schallek

Jesse Schallek, PhD

By Jackie Wengrod | October 1, 2018

My scientific interests are to develop and deploy new functional imaging tools to image the cellular pathology and progression of vascular disease in the eye.…

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Christina Weng

Christina Weng, MD

By Jackie Wengrod | October 1, 2018

Christina Y. Weng, MD, MBA is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and the Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery Fellowship Program Director at the Baylor College of…

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Brian Hofland

Brian Hofland, PhD

By Jackie Wengrod | September 25, 2018

Brian F. Hofland, Ph.D., is President of Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), a charitable, non-profit organization located in New York City, that funds academic early-stage…

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Dimitri Azar

Dimitri Azar, MD

By Jackie Wengrod | September 25, 2018

Dr. Dimitri Azar, MD, MBA, in 2017, joined Alphabet Verily Life Sciences as Senior Director of Ophthalmic Innovations (including diagnostic, therapeutic, drug delivery and surgical…

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Elias Reichel

Elias Reichel, MD

By Jackie Wengrod | September 25, 2018

Dr. Reichel is a founder of Hemera Biosciences, a clinical-stage start-up developing a gene therapy for age-related macular degeneration. He is Professor and Vice Chair…

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Ramgopal Rao

Ramgopal Rao

By Jackie Wengrod | September 25, 2018

Ramgopal Rao is a serial entrepreneur with 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and device industry. Ram is inventor, founder and CEO of LensGen,…

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Max Wolf

Max Wolf

By Jackie Wengrod | September 14, 2018

Max Wolf is currently the Global Franchise Head for Intraocular Lenses at ALCON. He joined the company in 2012 when he initially lead the DAILIES…

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Steve Speares

Steve Speares

By Jackie Wengrod | September 5, 2018

In April Steve Speares became the executive director of ASCRS. Prior to that, he spent 27 years working on the industry side of ophthalmology with…

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David Endicott

David Endicott

By Jackie Wengrod | April 4, 2018

David J. Endicott is the CEO of Alcon and leads the Alcon Executive Leadership Team. He joined Alcon in July of 2016 as President, Commercial…

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Tom Spurling

Tom Spurling

By Jackie Wengrod | March 26, 2018

Tom Spurling was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of Ellex in 2011. Mr. Spurling has over two decades’ experience in international business development, centered in…

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Shawn O'Neil Sight Sciences

Shawn O’Neil

By Jackie Wengrod | March 26, 2018

Shawn O’Neil is an ophthalmic industry veteran who leads Sight Sciences’ commercial activities and product launches. Previously, Shawn spent more than 20 years at Alcon,…

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Jeffrey Nau, PhD

By Jackie Wengrod | March 26, 2018

Dr. Jeffrey Nau serves as President of the Eye Care Division at Viatris Inc. (NASDAQ: VTRS), a global healthcare company that develops, manufactures, and markets a…

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