Distinguished Lectures
CME credit is not offered for these events.
Stephen and Frances Foster lecture
February 18, 2025
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Richard Lee, MD, PhD
Clinical Director, National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Lecture
February 25, 2025
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Stephen McLeod, MD
Chief Executive Officer
American Academy of Ophthalmology
Edward G. Buckley Pediatric Lecture
April 8, 2025
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Gena Heidary, MD, PhD
Director, Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology Service
Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Fellowship Program
Boston Children's Hospital
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School
Joseph M. Bryan Research Lecture
September 4, 2025
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Jeffrey Goldberg, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology
Byers Eye Institute
Stanford University
Dastgheib Pioneer Award in Ocular Innovation Distinguished Lecture
September 30, 2025
5:30pm - 6:30pm
John G. Flannery, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology, Dept. Molecular & Cell Biology
Assoc. Director, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
University of California, Berkeley
Visiting Science Professor Lecture
October 9, 2025
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Bela Anand-Apte, MBBS, PhD, MBA
The Llura and Gordon Gund Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology Research
Cleveland Clinic Learner Research Institute
Mittra Family Foundation Lecture
November 20, 2025
5:30pm - 6:30pm
SriniVas R. Sadda, MD
A. Ray Irvine, Jr., MD Endowed Chair in Clinical Ophthalmology and Professor of Ophthalmology
University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA)
Geffen School of Medicine
Joseph M. Bryan Lecture
December 4, 2025
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Patricia A. D’Amore, PhD, MBA
Charles L. Schepens Professor of Ophthalmology
Professor of Pathology
Vice-chair of Basic and Translational Research, Dept of Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School
Associate Chief of Basic and Translational Research, Ophthalmology
Mass Eye and Ear
Previous Guest Lectures
Dastgheib Pioneer Award in Ocular Innovation Distinguished Lecture
September 25, 2024
5:30pm - 6:30pm
"Applications of High-Resolution Retinal Imaging"
Joseph Carroll, PhD
Richard O. Shultz, MD / Ruth Works Professor in Ophthalmology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Lecture
May 20, 2024
Arlene V. Drack, MD
Ronald Keech Professor for Pediatric Genetic Eye Disease Research,
University of Iowa
Stephen and Frances Foster Distinguished Lecture
May 14, 2024
Eric Pearlman, PhD
Director, Institute for Immunology
Professor, Physiology and Biophysics
Professor, Ophthalmology
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Visiting Science Professor Lecture
April 11, 2024
Valeria Canto-Soler, PhD
Doni Slouch Family Chart in Ocular Stem Cell Research
Director, CellSight - Ocular Stem Cell and Regeneration Research Program
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Visiting Science Professor Lecture
April 24, 2024
Joshua Stein, MD, MS
Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center
Inaugural Edward G. Buckley, MD Lecture
September 17, 2024
"Partner to a Renaissance Man – Rising Tide and Independent Travels – My 30-year Adventures at Duke!"
Sharon Freedman, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Division Chief Pediatric Ophthalmology
Professor of Pediatrics
Gordon K. Klintworth, MD, PhD Distinguished Lecture
April 12, 2024
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
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