2023 Distinguished Lectures

Gordon K. Klintworth, MD, PhD Distinguished Lecture
April 12, 2023
Sander Dubovy, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology Victor T. Curtin Chair in Ophthalmology Secondary Appointment in Department of Pathology

Joseph M. Bryan Lecture
May 11, 2023
Andrew Dick, MD, FMedSci
University College London, Institute of Ophthalmology

Annual Diversity and Inclusion Lecture
July 18, 2023
Tamara Fountain, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology

Mittra Family Foundation Lecture
September 14, 2023
Dean Eliott, MD

The Dastgheib Pioneer Award in Ocular Innovation Lecture
October 12, 2023
Dimitri Azar, MD

The Stephen and Frances Foster Distinguished Lecture
November 30, 2023
Russell Van Gelder, MD
Previous Guest Lectures

Gordon K. Klintworth, MD, PhD Distinguished Lecture
June 30, 2022
Robert F. Mullins, MS, PhD
Martin Carver Chair in Ocular Cell Biology
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Carver College of Medicine
University of Iowa

The Dastgheib Pioneer Award in Ocular Innovation Lecture
September 20, 2022
José-Alain Sahel, MD
Distinguished Professor and Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Exceptional Class Professor at Sorbonne Université, Paris
The Eye and Ear Foundation Endowed Chair

The Annual Diversity and Inclusion Lecture Series
September 22, 2022
Eve J. Higginbotham SM, MD, ML
Vice Dean for Penn Medicine Office of Inclusion and Diversity
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics
Professor of Ophthalmology
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Inaugural Mittra Family Foundation Lecture
November 29, 2022
Daniel F. Martin, MD
Chairman, Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland Clinic

Joseph M. Bryan Lecture
November 17, 2022
Rando Allikmets, PhD
Stargardt Disease (ABCA4) Locus as a Model for Complex Genetics in Mendelian Traits
Acquavella Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Research Director, Harkness Eye Institute Columbia University

The Stephen and Frances Foster Distinguished Lecture
April 11, 2022
Stephen Pflugfelder, MD
Professor and James and Margaret Elkins Chairman in Ophthalmology
Baylor College of Medicine

Science Professor Lecture
April 14, 2022
Adriana Di Polo, PhD, ARVO
New Insights into Retinal Ganglion Cell Dysfunction and Damage in Glaucoma
Professor in Neuroscience and Ophthalmology
University of Montreal

Joseph M. Bryan Lecture
April 21, 2022
Gregory S. Hageman, PhD, FARVO
Toward the Development of Gene-directed Therapies for Early Stage Age-related Macular Degeneration
Gregory S. Hageman, PhD
John A Moran Presidential Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Utah School of Medicine
Director, Moran Center for translational Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah